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Omaha CUR MAGAZINE FEATURES Wit, hoasor, Mellon ana eoaalo )lenre heat of entertain snent, liMr(lM, asanaeaaeat. AILY WEATHER FORECAST. Tor Nptiiiiskd - Vrf 1 1 led. Km- Iowa -( nottlfl. For 'a)hi rvorl are ik i. V VOL. XL NO. 206. OMAHA, TUKSDAY MlHiXINU. FKIUM'AKV II. 1!)ll-TVi;iA 11 PACKS. COl'Y TWO CENTS. The D Bee 1 PRINTED CARDS EOR THE VOTERS Such Is the Firit Testimony Given at the Legislative Hearing on Omaha Election. JUDGES VOTE BY THE CARD Joint Session it Being Held at the Faxton. INVESTIGATORS ARE DIVIDED sasnosssna Do Rot Know Yet as to Nature of the Probe. JUDGES AND CLERKS TESTIFY Tell of th Vtmt th A otea Were Handled In the rreclnrt of the Third Ward Where Fran la Mleed. Who election Investigation Is tills will the. senate commutes aci concur-) rntly and In conjunction with the house committee? With these question still unanswered the Investigation was resumed at the Paxton hotel at I o'clock. The members of the senate committee took seats In the room and participate! In examination of witnesses. "Hoes thia mean a, concurrent Investiga tion?" I. I. Albert, chairman of the senate was asked. "No, we are Just Retting the foundiitlon. seeing where th- matter stands." replied Albert. Albert explained tlmt the participation of the senate committee In the hearing Mon day afternoon did not signify a l manent agreement to so continue It. Senator Hoagland took a prominent part In the examination of witnesses and forced direct answers, to explicit questions. Dennla H. Cronln, republican m-niler of the house committee, also took a more ag gressive stand and Insisted on explicit and exact answers to the questions propounded to the witnesses. Examine Jadac and t Irrka. Th examination of the Judges and clerks of election In the Second precinct of the First ward occupied the afternoon es aion of the hearing. The evidence In litis connection soon be came" of much significance and Interest so the Investigators. , That . there were three clerks and two judges of election In this precinct, while the lgw provides for three Judges and two clerks was the testimony of witnesses called. Iavid Tonge, W Pacific street. Judge at the Second precinct' of the First ward, divulged a schema of "railroading" voters. His testimony, brought forth with many questions, amounted to' the statement that a printed ticket, bearing the names of can didates, was brought to the polls by voters. ' particularly Italians, and that the voting njsehlaei,a puiled . according ., to; this j printed ticket by the Judges at this pre- Ala.. I ... , . , . A I . . 2 . ' J . . nrlntAil I Abas Hnrsa that ntmal ff t n straight democratic ticket with the exrcep- tlon of "Johnny" Lynch and Judge Sutton. The Witness, declared that he "pulled the democratic lever." (meaning the lever for the straight democratic ticket) flrat and "attended to the two others." Tongw testified that he pulled the levers according to the printed ticket. Noon found the status of the Investiga tloii of Omaha electlona by the committees front the house and senate of the legiala- i ture uncertain that Is, In relation to each other, f "We will go ahead at 1 o'clock." was the sentiment of the house committee, gather ing for a resumption of the hearing which adjourned on February 4. "Probably we will meet with the house committee at the hearing at 1 o'clock,' said I. U Albert, chairman of the senate j Austin lllrrell a description of the govern committee, aa he sat down for lunch at "tent's propoaala for home rule given In the the Rome at noon. House of Commons today. "It la by no means settled thst we will! Tl' c'llf secretary for Ireland was re hold a concurrent Investigation with the i lvln to a question regarding the reten- house ' committee." said W. V. Hoagland of the senate committee shortly before noon. Thus on the eve of the resumption of the Investigation by the house committee the action tu be taken by the senate com mittee remained uncertain. Evident tllaoatlsfuctlon with the work of the house committee was expressd by mem bers of the senate committee. "The house committee has gone ahead wtihout any attention to ua," sa.d Senator Hoagland. I'ncertala) Uit to Da. A transcript -of the evidence adduced be fore the house committee was delivered to the senate committee shortly before noon. None of the aenatoia had had opportunity to review tna evidence at that hour. They were yet uncertain as to what they would do. John O. Telser. lawyer, representing ths governor, declaied himself in readiness to present svldenue bearing on the charges of election frauds at the resumption of the hearing by the house committee this after- noon. The house committee proceeded on the j resumption that It would be Joined by i is senators on the resumption of the hear- r . l . . ... . .. i .1 pres th ins. t'lacts lur me Bnimuie wvrv aatfignca in tne commutes room at rarior a or the I'axton hotel. "We are going ahead at 1 o'clock," aaid B. 8. tlarrlngtou. chairman of the house cuinmlttee, aa h aat in his room In the Faxton fcn conference with otner members of the house committee. The members of the two bodies now con. ci mid in the Investigation of fraud in Omaha's election are' The Senate I'omatlttoee. I. U Albert idem.), chairman; lawyer, Col jmbus fittorge W. Tlbbets (dam ), lawyer, Hast ings. J. U. I.e (deiu ), Lynch. J. II hemp trap ). ier. Fullerton. V. V. Hoagland trep), lawyer. North Platte. lb House toaantlttee. H. g. Harrington, chairman, Ainaworth, democrat, merchant. W. A. 1'iince. Urand Island, republican, law er. I'. 11 Cronln, O'Neill, republican, newa paper publisher. Anton agl, U liber, democrat, banker. II C. Mstrau, Norfolk, democrat, coal dealer. Mr Prince is a cousin of Governor Aid- rich. AU members of both committees. wlthl'" h,r hubnd l helton. la., after a . . -. . U'unlluued on Scond Pag.) Former Legislator Pours Oil on Himself and Applies Match Ex-State Senator David Hart Adams Endeavors to End Life at Hattingi. of HASTING.. Neb.. Feb. 13.-(Speciat Tel egram.) Ex-State Senator Iiavlil Half of A damn county saturated lit h clothes with kerosene and art fir to himself at hi home here this afternoon. Blazing from head to foot ha ran from his houw and j hrs 1 stu 1 a short distance away. People his assistance anl extinguished t ?s. but he was badly burned chest and fare. Beard, hair and were burned away. His con tve. hut the attending physician .will rerover unless complica tion! Inhalation of flamea. iit -5 hel. " 7. tlon elerted to the state senate M o i n In but was prevented from ils seat by mental trouble which , i lin a week after election, l-ately s of his daughter, Miss Eva Ha, , , caused him to glow more de spondent and It la supposed the worrk ove. her condition prompted him to attempt suicide. Indian Contracts to be Let Only at Omaha and Chicago Goods Purchased at Gate City Will Not be Duplicated Double In spection Abolished. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. An Innovation In the matter of letting contracts for sup plies for the Indian service established. It I fald: "In the interests of economy and good business." has been Instituted by the bureau of Indian affairs. Instead of hav ing four "openings and lettlngs" as has been the case heretofore,' there will bo only two-at Omaha and Chicago. Con tracts for goods let at Omaha will not be duplicated at Chicago or vice versa The new system will do away with a double Inspection wh'ch has been In vogue heretorfore. An inspector at San Fran cisco might differ In his Ideas of standards fiom an inspector In the eastern ware houses, thus establishing different stan dards of quality. The estimated cost of supplies, bids for which will be let next March and April, amounts to about 14.000.000. Asquith Will Send Veto Bill to the Commons Monday Evidence that Government Expects to Force Bill Through by Creating New Peers, if Necessary. LONDON. Feb. IS. Premier Asquith an nounced in the House of Commons today that he would Introduce the government s Veto 0111 next Mondsy. As evtccwe of the government's intention to force this meas- tire through, John W Oulland, the Scot- utsh liberal whip, stated In a speech at I "- ousy :JUBt now "''"piling a list of mon who would accept peerages with the object of I P'n8 the veto bill In the upper chamber the event that the conservative peers j Proved recalcitrant. j Irish Program of . British Ministry Austin Birrell Says It Proposes Entire Reconstruction of Irish Ad ministration. UMK)N. Feb. 13. "The entire recon struction of the Irish administration." was tlon of the vice presidency of the depart ment of agriculture and technical Instruc tion for Ireland by Thomas W. Russell, al though he has lost his seat In parliament. The secretary attributed the situation to the probabllly. at a not remote date, of a re conduction of the Irish administration. Vigorous nationalist cheers greeted the promise which was taken to indicate the possibility of the early enaction of Irish legislation. Bathtub Trust Wants to Compromise Case No Defense Will Be Made in Civil Cases if Only Fines Are Assessed in Criminal Cases. WASHINGTON, Feb. It-Falling to se cure the dismissal of the criminal Indict ment against them, the defendants In the .-kvrnment's action aaainat the s....b a bathtub trust will resist the government s I civil suit and begin their defense at Pitt.. burg- tomorrow. The testimony on the gov- ernment'B side In the civil case Is all In ' Ther. wa. an intimation that ahould the! t government compromise for fines only In the criminal caae. no defense would be of- fered to the civil suit. U. S. Kenyon. assist- . ., ant to the attorney general, declines to withdraw hla demand for Jail sentences. Woman Crows When She Wants Eggs for Her Meal A tall German woman walked Into the rertaurant at the Omaha I'll Ion station Monday and sat down on the counter stool with the rest ot a hungry crowd. It soon developed that she ass hungry and a cup of coffee was tried on her. The coffee was fine, but she wanted something else. Try aa they might the waitresses could not get the order that was so vividly described In German. rinauy me woman roae irom tne cnair, carefully napped her arms and crowed, i oca-aaoooie-aoo. iggs was ins oraer. ; riy nw neip oi an interpreter, il ue- veloped that the woman was Mrs. Julius Bchnlesdorfer and that she was going to i""'! i rauon. r-ne pin ueen left In Germany by hi in two decades ago 1 ALDR1CII PRAISES PRESIDENT TA FT " ' Governor Lauds Reciprocity as a Great Step Forward in Constructing Statesmanship. LINCOLN'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT Words Spoken Yars Ago Apply to the Situation Today. ADVICE FOR THE LEGISLATURE "Log Rolling" and Vote Trading Is but Indirect Bribery. PLAIN WORDS AT A BANQUET IHnaer of the loans Men's llepnhll ran Inh of l.lnenln Marked tir a Nolrmorthr t Iterance From Governor Aldrlch. I From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 1.1. i Special. (The twenty-second annual banquet of the Young Mn'e Republican club of Lincoln brought from Governor Aldrlch a first discussion of the president's policy on Canadian reci procity and a warm commendation of his policy. Two hundred men were present at the banquet In the Llndell hotel, and It Was addiesscd by A. M. Hare, Senator Kemp, Congressman-elect Sloan and Gov ernor Aldrlch. The governor said: "Mr. Toastmaatcr and Fellow Republic ans: tin this occasion 1 want to submit to you a few observations on progressive republicanism, and as a text for these re marks I Want to take the closing sentences of a speech delivered on a memorable oc casion by the first progressive republican of America. These words thst I am about to quote were littered upon an occasion and in a situation somewhat analogous to the present day situation that we have In the Nebraska legislature. Abraham Lin coln was In the Illinois legislature with the object and avowed purpose of bring ing the state capltol from Vandalla to Springfield. He waa making headway, but when success seemed almost In sight he was met with the proposition 'vote for a certain measure or we will kill your cap ital removal bill.' Several caucuses hsd been held and the parties had failed to bring Lincoln to terms. A final meeting was held and toward the close of this caucus Abraham Lincoln arose and in the majesty of his manhood at the close of his speech said: " 'You may burn my body to ashes and scatter them to the winds of heaven; you may drag my soul down to the regions of darkness and despair to be tormented forever, but you will never get me to sup port a measure which I believe to be wrong, although by so doing I may accom plish that which I believe to be right.' "These elouent words, or these divinely Inspired words are sentiments worthy to be uttered by the Man of Galilee, and lq many respects there Is a profound analogy between the Nazarene and Abraham Lin coln. The Nazarene never, compromised with error, at ver excused a wrong; slSvays stood out" boldly and unalterably as an enemy of wrong. Abraham Lincoln, no matter what might he the consequence, never would compromise with wrong even if by so doing he could succeed In getting some things that were right. Oat- of the Legislators. "Tha sentence above quoted points out plainly and unequivocally the duty of every legislature' and of every public man; that is to say nom essure should pass through the halls of congress or a state legislature save and only on Its merits. Would that every member of the Nebraska legislature would atudy and analyse and commit to memory these words and If my so doing he could burn these sentences and Its language so deeply Into his soul that he would only support each measures aa had merit and Justice and right on their aide, how Infinitely better off the legislature of Nebraska would be; how much cost and trouble and Injustice would be saved in wrong measures being turned down be cause they were wrong, and right measures supported because they were right. "I do not believe there la a member of the present legislature who would accept a dollar for hla vote or for his Influence; he Is here with right Intentions so far aa that Is concerned. If to get a measure through that la right he lends his vote for an appropriation for an Institution that costs the state $100,000 or more; that Is not needed by the state; that la a burden upon It, and the only reason for It la to help some particular locality; In other words what la termed as "log rollong ' In the legislature, la wrong In principal and deplorable In practice. The practice of thcae methods simply amounts to this 'If you will support my measure I will vote to put your hsnds down Into the pockets of the taxpayers of Nebraska and mulct them In the sum of 1100,000 or more to erect an Institution, or put through a measure thst is absolutely wrong and un necessary and from a standpoint of busi ness should not be tolerated.' Is this not doing by indirection what could be done by a direct purchase of a vote? In other words no leglslaturer haa any moral right to vote for an appropriation that la wrong In principal any more than he has the right to take money for his Influence If from thl, wrong a ' "Ihrihim l.lnnnln In either case It Is the people who suffer nd Injustice. eerrnce to Right. Abraham Lincoln, like the Nazarene. did . I , r'""1' ,OUB"t ',Z".,n t JT. .. lne noted champion of right and the Inveterate , (Continued on Fourth Page.) and she had raised the family of eight children alone. By hard work Mrs. Srhnlesdorfrr was able to bring herself and the eight chil dren to America In 1900 and has lived in Altoona, Pa., since. She never learned to talk English, but her children had. and several of them are now living in the west. Finally one of the older boys ran across Julius Schnleadorfer. the father, who had come to America ears ago and was a prosperous Iowa farmer. The glad word went to Altoona arid now she is on her y to frhelton. la., to Join the after the long absence. husband i Because Mrs. Schnledorfr aDoka .tv low German and the Interpreter spoke nign, tne progress of breakfast and ths story waa slo. From the Wsfchloclun Gtaf- SHOOTS WOMAN AND HIMSELF J Crazed Man Kills Sister-in-Law and ! Then Himself. HE IMAGINES A GRIEVANCE Michael Woltninn Fires Three Times at Mr, lnele KraJIrek and Then Shoots Hlimelf Throng h th Head. ,. ... ., v .. .-. -i--nj. . ...-.;. . Michael Woltnian, years old and sur vivor ot scores of prairie Skirmishes with Indians. Is dead from a bullet wound in flicted by himself after he had far&lly shot hla slster-tn-law, Mrs. Vlncle KraJIcck, aged 47. The double tragedy occurred at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the base ment Of Mrs. Krajlcek's home, 2618 South Seventh street, where she wss engaged over a wash tub. Woltnian lived for an hour. A partially disordered mind and a fan cied grievance that his sister-in-law was trying to prejudice his wife against him are the reasons that the family give for Woltman's deed. Woltman lived next door with his wife and a family of six children, ranging In I age from 8 to 21 years. Three years ago j he left his employment In the L'nlon Pa- i rlfic shops, and has been working only at intervals since then. He had threstened to kilt both his wife and Mrs. K raj leek once before during the winter, but hair quieted down, and his family thought him to be safe. Yesterday morning he called at Mrs. Krajlcek'a house, and apparently was In a friendly mood, commenting upon her chicken house and woodpile. At noon he waa acting In a strange manner, however, and waa making tin eats. His wife, who Is a rheumatic cripple, had her H-year-old son, James, call up the police station. Officers Delehanty and Ferris were sent over from their beats at the depots, but arrived a few minutes too late for the tragedy. Woltman fired at the woman from his yard as she stood in the doorway of her basement. It Is thought that he nsed his aim, tor Mrs. Krajicek ran Inside, lock ing the door after her. Woltman kicked the door In, and shotfher twice through the breast as she stood over the tub, kill ing her almost Instantly. Mrs. Wolunan heard the shots and sent her boy, James, out to see what waa the trouble. Woltman ahook hla fist at hla son and ordered him back In the hoase. He then went upstairs, kicked In the kitchen door, and, sitting down on a fflalr, sent a bullet Into his brain. There he waa found by another sister-in-law, Mrs. John Duffy, who lives Just back of the other two houses. Mrs. Vlncle Krajicek lost her husband about alxteen yeara ago, and lias been liv ing with her only son, Frank, who Is a young man 21 years ot age In the en'ploy of the Omaha Packing company. The family says that in reality Woltnian had not the slightest cause for a grievance, as the murdered woman had repeatedly given him money. Once earlier In the winter Woltman had come home with a revolver and had ifiade threats of shooting his family. While he slept on the sofa James, the 14-year-old son, quietly "sneaked ' the gun out of his father's pocket. Woltman leaves, besides his wife, six children, who are as follows: John, a l'nlon Pacific shopman; Annie, a stenogra pher employed by Wright & Wilhelmy; Annie, an employe at Wool wort he ten-cent store; Frank, engaged in th upholstery business; James and Henry, both In school. Coroner Crosby has taken charge of the bodies, and an Inquest will be held Wednesday. Five Men Killed by tiploaloi. HAZKLTON. B C. Feb. IS. -Five men mere killed and two severely Injured yes terday aa tha result of a premature ex plosion in a small tunnel on the Grand Trunk Pacific at Kltselas. H. C. The men mere working at the far end of the tunnel when a box of powder, placed near th. mouth to thaw out, became oerheatt and exploded. Open Season for Deadlocks jtv ;s sysss.-s.ss Senate Committee Amends Sulloway Pension Measure It Reduces Payments to Veterans of More Than .70 Years of Age to $30. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-By a vote of to 3 , the repate rSmmltt.iy on , Jonnloni today agreed to report to the senate the senate Sulloway general pension bill, which already has passed the lioune. It waa so amended thut the annual cost. In addition to the flu.l.OOO.ooo estimated for the ensuing year, will be about $15,000,000. As the bill passed the house It would have cost about M0 10,000. Senator McCumber. chairman of the committer, opposed the Sulloway bill and endeavored to have the committee report a measure which would cost for the first year about :ii0,0ii0. He was Joined by Ser.ators Gore and Taliaferro In making up the minority on the final vote. As passed by the house the Sulloway bill would increase th monthly pension of veterans of fi2 years from S12 to SIN; of C years front 12 to $J0; of 70 years from Jlj to US, and from 70 ir more from $20 to 136. The senate committee by a vote of six to flvo reduced tho proposed maximum al lowance from 1G to $.T0. As there are esti mated to be (il.ttil veterans who would be affected by this amendment at the present time the change would decrease the annual cost 'a little more than $4,500,000. On the statement made by Secretary of the Interior fiallinger the cost of the Sul loway bill as passed by the house would be S45.4S9.46S. but the committee found that there would have to be added to this amount about $4,000,000, to which a limited umber of veterans would be entitled under general laws, Increasing the total to about $.V),000.000 a year. Its friends do not anticipate an easy time passing the measure through the senate, especially as It has been intimated that President Taft would veto It If It were presented to him for his signature. The fact that aome aenators are confident that the president would veto the measure Is said to have Induced a withdrawal of con siderable opposition, but on the other hand there are senators who feel that the respon sibility of such action should not be placed utMin the president. The motion In committee to report the Sulloway bill was made by Senator Curtis of Kansas and It Is expected he will lead the fight for Its passage by the aenate. Later In the day Senator Scott reported the bill to the senate. CARRERE STILL UNCONSCIOUS .oted Architect Who Was Hart la Auto Accident Is In Critical Condition. NEW YORK, Feb. 13 No Improvement waa noted this morning In the condition of John M. Carrere. the architect, who la un conscious at the Presbyterian hospital aa th.- result of Injuries sustslncd in an auto mobile accident last night. Mr. Carrer", who Is known throughout the country, haa been regarded by eminent architects as one of highest merit. Is suffering from con cussion of the brain and scalp wounds His condition, hospital aurgeona say, la critical. Woman Smuggler Finishes Her Sentence in the Tombs NEW TORK. Feb. 13 The prison sen tence of three days in th Tombs, Imposed last Friday upon Mrs. lloberta Menges-Corwin-Hill, divorced alfe of Captain Ar thur Hill of the British army, who pleaded g il'ty to a charge of smuggling, expired K lay and Mrs ili'l was released. A big cr d of the curious was in watting when Ir'. Hill, closely veiled, appeared on th a of her father. Morris Menges. the sclig man, and was quickly escorted to a ,J7 MEXICANS BEATEN AT MULATA Federal Force Which Attacked City Retreats to Ojinaga. FORTY KILLED AND WOUNDED Mall Advices from C'hthnahna Report Force of Heavily Armed Indians and Inaorrectoe West of tho t lty, MA UFA, Tex., Feb. la.-Delayed advlcea reoelved here today clear up suspense over results of the fighting Between insurrectoa and federals around Mulata. ' The last word received last week told of a federal reverses in an assault upon rebel lines at Muluta. It is learned now that the tldo of battle remained the same, with the re sult that the federals retreated to Ojinaga, their base of supplies. The Insurrectos were unable to check Luque's retreat. Their supply of ammunition was exhausted. The federal los waa forty killed and wounded. The lngurrecto loss wss one killed and woundod throughout the two days' battle. Their leader, Ortega, has provided excel lent defensive works against the federals' uFsaults. The Insurgents ioughl from be hind breastworks, stone heaps and trees. It reminded one of the days of fighting when the Indian combatted the westward march of the Yankee. Agtil Nonroiubatiata ivilled. Storlea are told ot teaer'a! soldiers' cruelty to nonuombatanta and the refusal of the Insurrecto leader to permit his men to take revenge. Four old noncombatants were found In a farm house near Mulata when the federals first approached the town. They were Kucevlo De La Crux, Crus Samaneljo, Decederlo Carrasco and Mattaa Carrasco. One of them waa 90 years old, another waa blind and another a cripple. All were white haired. The in surrectos found these old men with their hands tied behind their backs, lying riddled with bullets. Their heads were crushed, and one wss slaahed across the face by a sabre. A number of Americans viewed the bodies and several signed an affidavit de scribing the Incident. This sworn state ment will be aent to Washington. lira rant to Incident. A dramatic Incident followed th discov ery of the four murdered men. A 'govern ment soldier, had been found lying wounded In the field. He had been cared for and fed. When the murdered men were found the insurrectos made a rush for the plaxa In Mulata to take revenge by killing this wounded soldier. In the crowd was a son and a nephew of one of the aged victims. Like crazy men they ran yelling into the plaza and dragged the soldier Into the street. Many argued against him, but oth ers, maddened by the sight of the butch ered old men, drew their pistols and de clared they would kill any man that tried to stop them. At that moment, Ortega, the Insurrecto commander, rode Into- the plaza and called a halt. "My children," he said, "I have had a home laid In ruins and a wife and babies driven naked and starving Into the hills. (Continued on Third Tags.) waiting automobile, which started off to tne rapid-fire clicking of caniuia shutter. Mrs. lllll. the first woman upon whom a prison sentence haa been Imposed here on a smuggling accusation, pleaded guilty to a charge of brli.glng a Sfi.uuu ssbla coat and Jewelry valued at S.TuO Into the country from France without pajmetit of duty. The sentence was Imposed after a lecnt warning from the federal bench that in pnsonment would hereafter l a part of the penalty in smuggling cases. jSEKATE WILL A('T ON RECIPROCITY Jarsc:i cf Gage Introduces Resolution for it to Come np Today. HOUSE PUTS INITIATIVE OVER Not Yet Prepared to Difcuss House Roll Bill No. 1. SCHEELE CONTEST SET THURSDAY Seward County Election Matter Comes up at That Date. BASSETT SUPPORTED BY HOUSE Meemlirr I'rnni llnlflilo (milt) t p helil In Opposition to nnllal II on oi a I hj ot of Lower Body. From a Staff Con epenflent . LINCOLN. Feb. U.-c Special. -The Ne braska senate will titke Its turn at giving an opinion upon Canadian it Ipiodiy to morrow and will consider : resolution In favor of the treaty off-tvd lc. Jansen of tlnse. The resolution of Col'.on against the treaty was defeated in tne h mse last week, anil the republicans in t.lo aenste will try lo gel through fit nfflrmatlv measure In support of President 'aft. Senator Jnnscn said this morning th; he bellexes that the ,-esiltttlnt will go through without much opp mltlmi. It was not liilioii tip whon offered hr cause It was objected to hy Heagan of Douglas, and. under the rules, goes ove. for one day. It reads as follows: "Whereas. There Is now pending for rati fication by our national congress a trade agreement between Cunarta and the United Stales establishing reciprocity between these countries, and, "Whereas. Wc firmly believe that such reciprocity will result In great benefits to both of these countries, whose Interests and people ar so closely allied; therefore, be It "Resolved, That the state senate of Na braska. In regular session assembled, most emphatically Indorses the ratification ot said trade agreement, and that we ask our senators and representatives In the na tional congress to work and vote for this treaty, and be it further "Resolved, That eoplea of this resolution beforwsrded to our senators and repre sentatives st Washington." The house refused to begin Its work upotg the Initiative and referendum bill mI', although It cam tip in regular order. Hatfield of Lancaster, the author, tried to get It brought to a settlement In th committee of th whole, but after several sections hsd been read th members began to quarrol about considering it at all. Prince of Hall and Harrington of Brown, members of the Omaha Investigating com mittee, had asked that It be put qff until they returned,! and others thought It ought not to -come tip' nntll a longer ' lima -has been given for consideration, althouglt.lt,, waa II. R. 1 and has been up for six weeks. It went back to Its place nn gen eral file, and Just before adjournment it was decided to make It a special order for next Monday afternoon. The discussion of the Heheele contest case and the rpports from the majority and minority of the committee on privi leges and elections giving both aides of the caae waa made a special order tor Thursday afternoon. The governor sent his notice thst he has signed II. R. ui. the ratification of the federal constitu tional amendment which establishes an In come tax. The house spent an hour this afternoon discussing the tax ferret bill without taking final action upon It. An amendment to limit the Investigations of the tax expert to one year back Instead )f five years, as the bill provides, was killed. The senate spent its afternoon session after the Introduction of the reciprocity resolution In committee of the whole and moved a number of bills one step further toward a vote. The bill from the bouse which provides fur the purchase of Cob bey's statutes for the members at an ex pense of $3,600 was held up and Smith of Fillmore tried to kill It, but failed. The house has put Itself upon record In support of the action of H. C. Basset t of Buffalo county In voting In accord with his convictions against capital removal. A res olution by Itaker of York statea the con fidence of the house In Representative Bassett In spite of the petition which has been circulated In his county demanding his resignation because of some of his con stituents thinking he Is not voting accord ing to their views. Mr. Bassett was at first Inclined to pay little attention to the reports of the peti tion clrculaing among his friends, but to day he and two republican colleagues, H a. Taylor of Merrtok and I. 1. Evans of Adama went to Gibbon In Buffalo county where a mass meeting was held tonight. The resolution adopted by th nous waa as follows: "Whereas, It has com to th knowledge of this house, through newspaper reports, that the citizens of Buffalo county are be ing asked to sign a petition demanding th resignation ot Representative 8. C. Bas sett because of his attitude on the capital removal bill which was up for third read ing last Friday, and, "Whereas. Representative Bassett, by his ability, Integrity and Industry, has won a position of Influence and effective ness second to no other member of this house; therefore, be It "Resolved, That we express our con fidence In bis sbsolute integrity and com mend him for his courage, hla devotion to the welfare of hi county and his atale and hla high-minded conception of hla duties; and, be It further "Resohed. That we express It aa our -opinion, based on his record In this ss sion and his attitude on other measure, that In 'his vol on the cspltal removal bill he waa governed aolely hy his convic tions and by his belief thst he was ssrv In gthe best interests of his county as well as his state, and that personal Interest nor any other similar ulterior motive had anything to do with his action on that measure." Mr. ttassett haa Isiued a statement which he will submit to the voters of his county In an effort to make them ses thst hs re fused to support ths bill becaus of Its pro visions and terms, which hs believed to b unfair. He declare: In voting against the pa. .age of bona ' roll ::. the capltol remov.il bin. I then felt and still feel, that I acted for the best In terest of the People of Buffalo county ami the state of ebraiKa. i am fully ratlyflied In my own mind that the inopl of Buffalo cuuntv liace been deiehed la regard to tit caplinl removal location: that thy did Dot then and Uo nut now