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I0UR BEPOIITS BY
INVESTIGATORS?
231ffrenet cf Opinion Conoernlni
Xleotlon Frauds la Omt-ht Mij
CompUcftU Their riadlaf.
JK3TC BECISIOXS mntOSAELE
ESAt tad HflQM Committees to Aet
Ecjiu-ttely.
XTXKTS EUXJECT TO A CALL
FnrQiar Batmlssion of ridenc it
liade Possible.
AFFIDAVITS ASE ZXAjtETED
won Itatmntt of Voter nbjeete4
to Idntlir Mair Wi-
Tntr Wars' Kleetten OffU
tads Hr o Flat.
Tttsaaresvment th members nf
ths legislative committees An the howTHg
mad at th Investigation of Omaha elec
tion are probably to result In th sub
mission of a minority report In each com
mittee. Tha investigation closed yester
day afternoon at S:4S o'clock and tha moat
of Investigator returned to Lincoln.
Tha membership of each committee wn
composed of three democrat! and two re
publicans. Expression from committee
members and tha attitude assumed In the
interrogation of wltneaaea Indicate that the
minority and majority reporta from both
tha aenate and houaa eommltteea will be
divided, perhapa rather cloaely on party
line. One exception on each committee
la possible.
The "defense" In tha hearing rested
early In tha hearing Thursday. That
further evidence may be Introduced, tf It
ahould develop that It (a neceaeary. ad
journment waa taken aubject to call of
P. 8. Harrington, chairman. Burn a railed
meeting of the committee would probably
be held In Lincoln. That further evidence
will be put before the committee la Im
probable. Tha laat hour of the hearing waa oc
cupied with the examination of the affi
davit from the office of the city clerk.
Three hundred and sixty-eight affi
davit In which votea were cant are now
In the possession of the city clerk. About
WO were Issued for the election, according
to the testimony of Pan Butler, city clerk.
The missing, affidavit have not been ac
counted for. and none of those who voted
on affidavit were specially registered as
la required by law. - .
Y riser Shows Rrrsr.
Showing on the failure to make this
pedal registration according to law waa
put Into the record of the hearing by
John O. Yeiacr, who represented Governor
Aldrlch at the arrslon of the investigators.
The affidavits examined by the legis
lators proved, in many Instances, to be
defective. On examination of the affi
davit fifty-five . defective . onea were
picked out and, noted In the record. Ir
regularities in the affidavits varied. Jn
Some seals were missing and in other
signatures were lacking..
"Difference between members of the
committees will make a unanimous report
Improbable.'' said Senator Kemp shortly
after the close of the hearing. "I do not
tl Ink. either, that the senate and houso
eommltteea will make a Joint report."
Anton Sagl. democrat, member of the
house committee, declared that an effort
would be made to reach a unanimous re
port. He admitted, however, the proba
bility of four report, minority and ma
jority reports, from both house and sen
ate eommltteea.
Sere nf lolalloaa.
"I am satisfied." he said, "that there
have bcn violations of the law in tha
Omaha rlecil.-ns. but I am surprised that
there acre not more.'
Senator Alliens, chairman of the aenate
committee of invest Igatora. departed last
Plfcht for Cedar Rapid, la., where his
mother Is dangerously 111. Chairman Har
lington remained In Omaha last' night.
At the close of the acssion resolutions
or gratitude to the people of Omha for
their co-operation In the work of the com
mittee end to the Omaha papera for un
biased ace. mnts of the aesitinna were
paused at the Instance cf W, A. Prince of
the house committee.
Klrrtlon Official shacnt.
Officials of the fifth precinrt of tha
Thtid ward failed to appear before the
committee fur examination on Irregularity
and rt rating in that ward.
Testimony on :reck ' colonies." Irregular
and defective uftnlavlta, ai O m.sslng men
whose names appear on thi polihooks as
hating voted twire occupied ts :?." n of
the Inv estlgatlnn Thursday morning. A long
wrangle oer the IntroouctliHt of the affi
davit in which vote were x.votn in and
their attachment to the record of the hear
ing occupied much of the morning session.
With the tiue of the Investigation at
hand members of ths two committees aro
lining up on the reporta to be made to the
legislature. Question of the attitude and
toml'iaions of various members have hen
under discussion between the membeis.
"I will teitainly uot slvn any report
w hltswsshli.g this election business In
Omaha." ileciare l a democratic member of
Win tenatc committee in the count of a
conversation at the close of the hearing
Thursday morning.
'Ibis sialemtnt came In connection with a
I murk from thia committee member on
tlie evident attitude of "defense" assumed
b other mem her s.
Afflrfatlt far trai-rr.
f.nill oldstiom. tOi South Twenty-sixt.i
a.ie-t. a Irteiioltltr who at the utile of
lie city tlrrk alamd many affidavits to.
vot.in. lis I by Ks.lm.in) jul compute!
made an admission liial he s.tneu fur i.in
be haj 110 seen bef jie a..d oiu uoi kitow.
wheu isenato.- Uiont .'. Iiutel. tnu
cist, asktd:
"Uut uu In. lulled of oitieis w bo did
knuw I In in and l.o you knew tu t ic
ui.it:" Tlie freeholder wlint n.d.lid In I. is af
tu umlhc.
iii.it one member tf the eleeUon board in
in Fifth iiccuicl of the Third waid uu
Leer, bi out." lit beloie the Investigating com
nit tee. This nun was Herman rvonn, wno
Ustiiied V ee'ntua . lis was unable tu
till l,y wnJ bow tiie names of suiue vot
vis apptarcd twice on the pull bwvka fur
tiieeiiua tiay.
Hailtfl Tells wf Ilia keerch.
William V lUnnli.g. ba.l.If, was called
to teilf In repaid to tha other members
of this boaiu in the Fifth precinct of t.ie
Thud ward.
Lenta J. I nt:.i, bartender, a Judge in
ll'uiiunucd on tc rid 'tt I
Houso Refuses to
Increase Salary of
Taft's Secretary
EeprewnUtite Rainey Hakes Caustic
Spt ch Against liaising Stipend
to Ten Thousand Dollari.
WASHINGTON", Teh. 1.-The qualifica
tions of one who la to fill the post of sec
retary to the president were discussed in
the house of representatives today In con
nection with the Item In the legislative,
executive and Judicial appropriation bill,
fixing the aalary of that official. The aen
ate had thought tlO.Ono no more than ade
quate compensation, but the house by a
vote of 1) te M declined to concur, hold
ing that U0. tha preaent salary, la am
ple. Debate on the question was sharp and
references were made from time to tlm
to the duties of the secretary that brought
forth spirited defense from advocates for
an Increase In his aalary.
Representative Rainey of Illinois, a dem
ocrat, made a caustic apeech against the
Increase, saying he knew of no duties the
secretary had to perform that could not
be performed with equal tact by Ppeaker
Cannon's negro messenger. He also as
serted that some pugilist like Jack John
son or John L. Sullivan might perform
some of the dutlea of the office.
"It la not so long ago that at the order
of on of these secretaries that an old
lady was carried screaming through tha
White House grounds," said Mr. Rainey.
"If a t,000 aecretary would do a thing
like that, in the name of God what would
a lltf.Ott) aecretary do?"
Refusal to concur In the aenate smend
n ent had the effect of sending back to
conference the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill. It 1 under
stood the enate conferees now will seek
to compromise on IT .500 for the secretary
to the president.
Foelker Says He
Was Offered Bribe
by Gardner
Congressman Sayi He Wat Offered
Twelve Thousand to Support Bace
Track Bill in New York.
NEW TORK. Feb. 1S.-A Jury to try
Frank J. Gardner, former state senator,
on a charge of attempted bribery was
completed today. Gardner la accused of
having attempted In 19PK to bribe Otto G.
Foelker, then a state aenator, now a mem
ber of congress, to help defeat Governor
Hughe1 anti-race track betting legisla
tion. Foelker' vote for the bill carried
them.
Congressman Foelker waa called aa the
first witnesa. He said he had talked one
only with Gardner about the Hart-Agnew
bill and then was on a train, coming into
Ner York from Albany. A man named
Jacob Fllperln ,teld Foelker . that tlardnar
wanted to see htm. the witnesa teatlfled.
nd-h' went intcj a' com:-ar,trnent' on the
train and saw Gardner there. Foelker con
tinued: '
"W hen I entered Oardner said: "tVe want
we need your vote to defeat the race
tiack bill. I will give you IJ.Ortt down and
the balance when the bill Is defeated.' He
'aid he would give me tl2.m0 In all. $2,000
more than the other senators were getting,
because I was a friend of Ills. I waa to
I get $t.000 w hen the vote was taken and
'the rest, when the bill was signed. I told
' him I could not do any such thing and I
j left him."
Danville Officials
j Before Grand Jury
; Fail to Bemember
Clerk of Elections and Police Sergeant
May Be' Sent to Jail by Court to
Befresh Memories.
DANVILLE, III.. Feb. H.-Charles Quast,
former clerk of ' elections in the Fourth
ward, was afflicted with what ia known aa
the "Danvllie memory" while before the
grand 'try this morning, testifying to al
leged vote buying. Foreman Woody ard
questioned h'.tn. but his answers not being
stt'artpry. ijusst waa taken before Judge
Klntbrough. The court told Quest he would
have to answer all questions or suffer the
oneuuences.
It developed today that Teter Comrle.
desk sers-ant at police headquartera,
"couldn't remember" when asked concern
ing ;e.,tions late yesterday. He waa given
un'.! tnda: to refresh hi memory with the
t:n !.f r"ar.d,nK that If he failed to do so
he t-fs'.'t expect a term In Jail for contempt.
Coririe was an election lleutensnt for
.'.e'!'f ,-taepard. The fact r.A he was b
f r.- tiio t'an.i Jury Is taken to mean that
ti'e ji.ry has gone into the election of the
jheilff.
" onww Mmm Phot hy Aeeldrpt.
AIT.on.i, Neb., Feb K i Special Tele-
Bvam. Farly this morning while In his
loom prermlng to go hunting tfnmM Berg
Sten accidentally shot himself with a shot
gun srd was Instantly killed. The young
man. I1 years old. was the son of Henry
Eerrrren. who Is one of th county rom
! m!sioner of Hamilton county and was
; well and favorably known in tne northern
rait o the county. An In'iuest was found
! unnecer .
Omaha Country Club Has
Noted Names on Its Pay Roll
' M crael Angela makes biscuit and
"cl.ioken Man land" at tne Country club.
! Mohamet now stalled iial.aiumiti, make
'out the monthly bills.
Th.s Is the first time that the sculptor
' an l I roi.het have appeared on a Job to
gether, at lat In the employ of an Omaha
roddl organization.
Sewrsl hundred years ago Mike Anxrlo
had a Job making atatuaiy out of Italian
rocks doa on the shores of the Mediter
ranean sea. where tlie olives turned purpl
tin tiie sun and art pertrwated soil and air.
' Tnat. liotver, was before (he kitchen be
came a rtudiu of culinary art. lKimestic
.oti.ir and t'. r.oiio i, vvc ;vt to ue
d'ecosered. Tl la made acjiptere a necea-
. sil for the attl-'t. The broadening of the
f Jd of art with the triumphant march .if
ci liisatiun. to take In by its glowing scope
! ten iu gas rang la th clab kuchen, ha
NORTH HYPOCRITE
ON RACE ISSUE?
Borah Makes Blunt Statement in Long;
Speech on Direct Election of
Senators.
REPLIES TO BOOT'S ASSERTION
Resolution Will Be Taken Up T' r
A a?. Wa
Alter itouiine jsusint vov
WHITE MAN SAME EVERYWHERE
Colored People Must Break
Chains or Remain Bound.
Own
YOUNG TELLS OF IOWA SITUATION
Spirited Verbal Fsrhaage Oe-rara Be
tween nerah aa Hawkey a
tr Fersser Weald Uirt
Eleetlows te atatee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 That prejudice
against the negro Is Just a Intense In the
north as In the eouth and that the north
plays the hypocrite In Its contentions to
the contrary waa boldly and bluntly as
serted In the aenate today by Senator
Borah of Idaho.
Mr. Borah's declaration regarding the
negro were made at the close of a pro
longed speech In opposition to the Suther
land amendment to the senate resolution
providing for the election of senators by
popular vote. That amendment would
have the effect of giving congress control
of senatorial election.
The Idaho senator' pronouncement on
rare problems was made In response to the
recent assertion of Senator Root that' with
out the Sutherland provision the resolution
would deprive the southern negroes of fed
eral protection In tho exercise of the fran
chise. Mr. Borah dissented frem the New
York senator's view and In doing so used
language which elicited congratulations
from many aenatora.
Resole flow tn Re Taken I p.
Notwithstanding Mr. Borah's notice that
he would ask the senate to sit today until
a vote could be reached on the elections
resolution, the proceedings on that meas
ure were confined to hi own discussion of
It. Uo succeeded, however. In getting a
concession that the resolution should be
taken up tomorrow after the disposition
of the routine business. The postpone
ment was granted to accommodate a num
ber of senators who still desire to .ipeak
on the subject.
Mr. Borah already had spoken for almost
three hours when he entered upon the con
sideration of the effect of the Sutherland
amendment on the race problem of the
south. In hi general remarks he con
tended that, as the resolution stand, not
withstanding It gives the state legislatures
control of senatorial election, congress
still would have the right to Interfere In
protection of any cltisen whose right of
franchise had been Interfered with.
The Idaho aenator expressed deep regret
that' the race question had . been brought,
Into the controversy and assorted that Its
introduction, was Intended onLA Ikn. Imperii
the resolution.
He began thia . portion of his address by
paying his respect to the" northera states.
Xertk riari HyworrHe.
"I wonder how long the north la going to
play the hypocrite and the moral coward
on this question." he said, and added that
that section had always assumed more wis
dom and more tolerance In dealing with
this problem than had been displayed else
where. He Insisted that a call of the roll
of the northern atatea In which there was
any appreciable number of negroes would
demonstrate that the north had not dcslt
more leniently with the negro than had
other sections.
The norhem statea have exhibited the
same race prejudice that haa been shown
elsewhere," he asserted. "In the north we
burn the negro at the stake, and there aa
In other section we have our race wars.
We, push our negroea to the outer edge of
the industrial world. . We exhibit the same
prejudice, the same weaknesses, the same
intolerance that la apparent In the south
land." Mr. Borah declared that if congress had
power under the existing provision of the
constitution giving congressional control
over senatorial elections it ahould be exer
cised. "If that right exlsta the north haa the
greater obligation under It because It makes
claim to It. We assert the power, but we
admit that we have not had the men-al
courage to exercise It."
For himself he denied the existence of
any such power and said that he resented
such a position because of the position in
which congress waa placed by It.
Woeld Defeat Mraanre.
Th rare question. Mr. Borah aald. had
been brought Into -the discussion "in the
fond hope thst it would do service In de
feating the resolution aa a whole."
He declared it had been used for a simi
lar purpors for the last thirty years.
Concluding he aald:
"The negro haa been used aa a political
football about as long a our own sense nf
decency and hla developing Intelligence will
permit. We ahould have the courage to
Inform him as to the real situation. It
doea not benefit him to make him the sub
ject of our aophomorlc rhetoric. The col
ored race haa advanced to the point where
we well niay dispense with the perennial
distribution of soothing ryrup and give It
(Continued on Second Pag )
made possible the rendering of conceptions
In a new medium by Mr. Angelo.
The modem creations of tiie Hon. Angelo
are said by members cf the Country club
to be as highly ratlsf) lug aa his rendering
cf the seer. Moses. The Moses statue was
jrade by Mr. Angelo some time before the
o: snliation of Ire Country club.
Mahamet has turned his attention from
piowcry to profit, tt? t now more larRety
co.-crintd with makiuj club prices cover
breakage and deprecation than formerly.
-Mohamtl ucd to be commander-in-chief
of a re'lKl.ic army ove: In Asia. That
j also quit while, back.
' le Mohan. rt was not king In A:a he
wrote a look ulaJ the Koian. II has
cunil.l lah e circulation down east.
l'iin Culpetztr of llie boa id of direetuiS
of the Country club eirploM'd the celebri
ties who now grace the payroll.
i
From ths Wavhlngton
Erenlni Itir.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN'S FUNERAL
Body of Prelate Laid to Best Under
Altar of Cathedral,
HUNDREDS OF PRIESTS ATTEND
Cardinal Gibbon Presides at the
Resjalesa Mass and Serntowi is
Frearbr r Arenblslioa.
' Glensea of t. Iala. -
PHTIAtSfTlpTuA. Pa.. Feb. 1. -Thebody
of the late Archbishop Patrick John Ran
was today entombed In the crypt beneath
the high altar of the cathedral of St. Peter
and St. Paul, following funeral services
that were Imposing.
Tt waa one of the greatese funerals ever
held In Philadelphia. Practically all the
prominent figures In the hierarchy of the
Roman Catholic church In the t'nlted States
participated and hundreda of priests were
present. Surrounding the cathedral was a
great concourse of people who witnessed
the procession from the church around the
Ijngan snuare, and back to the edifice.
With the exception of the heavy black
draperies and a few large palms, there were
no flowers. The body of the archbishop
rested upon a catafslque !n front of the
high altar surrounded by lights and the
guard of honor. It was dressed In the full
rich vestments of office.
rhaallaar of Ilvlne Office.
Tfcw services began with the chanting of
the dUirte office made -up of excerpts from
the acriplurea. The antlphonarians who
performed thl office Included Cardinal
Gibbon, clad in the crlet of the sacred
college and surrounded by hla assistant in
gorgeous vestment.
With the end of the service the officiating
clergymen retired to the sacristy where the
procession for the mas of requiem was
formed. Carlnal Oibbons presided at the
mass. In the procession were Monslgnnr
Falconlo, the papal delegate to the t'nlted
States, and Archbishop Olennnn of St.
Louis, who preached the sermon.
There were three thrones for the psnsl
delegate, cardinal and archbishop. The
throne of the dead archbishop remained
vacant.
Body Carried1 la Procession .
The absolution of the body was quintuple
and waa pronounced by five of the attend
ing prelates, one of them being the car-,
dlnal. With this final rite of the church
concluded the body was conveyed to the
front door and placed upon a funeral car
riage. Then with th feature of the be
loved metropolitan exposed to view a pro
cession was formed which moved around
I the four a'des of lostn square, which la
opposite the cathedral and comprises four
large city blocks.
It Is estimated that pearly lOn.AOO persons
raw the unusual procession. With ths re
turn of the cortege to the rathedisl the
body was convened to the crypt beneath
the altar.
Joaanln Miller grrloasly III.
OAVI.ANK. Cal.. Feb. It Joaquin Miller,
the rwvt. who suffered from a general
breakdown, passed a comfortable niKlu.
Mis rtcoveiy, however. Is a yuei-iion of
grate doubt.
an you use an
Auto at all?
I I mlchf Ha r 9 Intrpfat t . v t n 4v
look over the list of gllgbtly uaej
cara In the Bee today.
Dealen ara offering tbe beet tUat
they have at surprisingly low fig
ures. There It always a demand for
ue1 cars
They are being told everyday
through tbe Bee
If you do not ce the one
advertised you are looking for
call Tyler KM) ami the ad
taker will help you find it.
Gathering Recruits.
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i Resolution to Annex
Canada Presented
to the Lower House
President is Asked to Open Neg-otia-,
tions Looking; to Making- Canada
Part of United States.
WASHINGTON. Feb, X.-Repreentatlve
(.Bennett -pf New York, one-of thw republic
cana who voted against Canadian reci
procity, today Introduced In the house a
resolution requesting the president to enter
Into negotiations with the British govern-"
ment looking to the annexation of Canada.
In speaking of his resolution. Mr. Bennett
Insisted that he was both serious and sin
cere. He declared that to his mind an
nexation was the logical result to be looked
forward to following reciprocity.
The Bennett resolution follows:
Resolved. By the house of representatives
I the senate concurring, that the president
or m i nireei mates De required to enter
on and prosecute from time to time such
negotiations with the British government
as he may deem expedient for the annexa
tion of the Dominion of Canada to the
I'nitrd Rates of America.
Several members of congress who favored
the reciprocity bill express the opinion that
the Bennett resolution ia calculated to
prejudice the two countries against final
approval of the agreement.
Opposition to New
Mexico Constitution
Delegation Calls at White House and
Says It Was Drafted' by Saloon
Keepers and Special Interests.
WASHINGTON. Feb. K-Declarlng that
fraud and corruption were used tn the
pat-sage of the New Mexico constitution,
appeal was made today to President Taft
bv representatlvea of the Anti-Saloon
league, the Women's Christian Temperance
union and other Interests to use his In
fluence against the adoption of the consti
tution. They presented to the president a brief
declaring a large number of the committee
which had drafted the constitution were
bartenders, saloonkeeper and representa
tlvea of various corporate Influences which
were trying to get entire control of the
state.
MOB LEADER PLEADS GUILTY
Sentence Deferred la Case of Clarence
Ttntaaona. M ho Aides! la l ynch-Inn-
HeteetMe.
NEWARK. O.. Feb. Hi Clarence Tlm
mon. on trial for first degree murder in
i connection with the Ivncliing of Carl Ether
! InBton. a temperance detective, today
j changed its plea of not guilty to a plea of
j guilty of manslaughter. Sentence waa u-
terrea.
Timmons is the third of the alleged lie',
leader to be adjudged guiity.
Nearly Fifteen
Catholics in
uil.U'.U'kEE. Wis.. Feb. I. There are
! at piesent 11 ilS.T'il Honr.an Catholics in ths
I nlted mates, according lo the 1111 MU
cius official Catholic directory, which 1
now in presa. Tli figure given doe not
include the Catholic in the I'hillpplnes,
i'orto Rico or Hawaiian ialands for it
these were added, the numurr of Bo-nan
CLlhul.cs under the Mars and stripe,
would be nearly rMt. (
.ilihougl) th I'nliea States rilg ous cea !
us of l"! credits the I lon.au C'h..lici
jfii.li with only l.'t79 1. the Wlltulu tin-
ure is not exaggerated as the eens'i bur-'
tai. didurled Ji per cent of its total fu. i
j I'hildien. counting only communicants .
I According lo the directors, trifre aie in
'ilie I niled routes ji.1 Catholic pnea s-
and V..tl churches. Of tins number V.ulT
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RUSSIAHKD CHINA MAY FIGHT
Czar's Government Serves Notice of
Military Demonstration.
CHARGES VIOLATION OF TREATY
Kara pea a stations Are Notified that
Troops Will Be Ben. y IMstrirt
' . t of 111 to Esfsre A r4l
Rlba. ..' .
IX3NPO.V. Feb. 1.-Tha relation of Rue
sis and China are atrained to he breaking
point. . Russia today notified the govern
ments of Great Britain, France and Ger
many of Its intention to make a military
demonstration on the Russo-Chlnese fron
tier, owing to China' persistent violation
of the St. Petersburg treaty of im.
Russian troop will be aent forthwith to
the district of 111.
The extent of th demonstration. It la
added In the diplomatic note, will depend
entirely on the attitude assumed by China.
The vital questions Involved are free
trade In Mongolia, the extra territorial
right of Russians In China and the estab
lishment of a Russian consulate at Keobdo.
Mongolia.
There have been rumor receltly of an
intention by Russia to bring preaaure to
bear on China because of alleged violations
of the Russo-Chlnese treaty. That the alt
uation waa acute, however, haa been de
nied both by the Chinese foreign board and
the Russian legation at Peking.
It has been admitted that there were dif
ferences in the lnterpretatlona of the In
ternational agreement aa made at St. Pe
tersburg and at Peking. The treaty adopted
In ISM expiree thia month, and it haa been
reported that China wa unwilling to renew-
It, at least not until certain modera
tions had been made.
Half Million Fire
in Retail Section
of Los Angeles
Blaze Starts in Basement of Meyer
SeigeJ Dry Goods Store and Spreads
to Brne Building;.
IjOS ANGEI-F.S. Feb. K.-FIre that broke
out this forenoon from a gaa explosion In
the basement of the Meyer. Selgel Jt Co.'s
dry goods building on the west lde of
Broadway, between Second and Third
street, spread rapidly and for a time
threatened the part of downtown retail
district. It finally was placed under con
trol tn the Byrne building, a Urge office
structure, and It iff believed the loss will
be less than IMlOnO.
Total loss estimated at SiiO.OO). The prin
cipal losses:
The Staub Shoe company. 11'OnnO; Meyer
Slegel ; Co., Sloft.nnn: building occupied by
these two firms. $l..(0O.
The t'nloue Clonk and Suit house and
tver Brother mi!!in-: and the Columbia
i i;H building alfo s iffered loe.
Million Roman
the United States
have resident pastors. Cathollca also con
tiol i.ili parochial -cl.ools. with an at
tendance of l.ZTO 131. In addition to thia.
tiu re are iZ colleges for boy and ly.
academies fur girl and ecclesiastical
.aemliiaries.
According to the Wlltxius publication, the
atatcs of ' the union iiav.'n; th? largest
number of Csihol t:s are:
New York 7V 171 California .... rl.:o.
PnnyK'U .. 1 -'-1 'i Texaa St., siT
Illinois I..; f" Iowa :i2 n
UaaMChii'ti .1 :".i'1 Ntw Mrxcu.. 1.' ii
ii'i'.o '! ' biiika 11510
Wisconsin .... F4t.y'4 Kansas lltfl'S.
M.aoiui '.'.' Colorado rf ii
MltintSota ... 4 1 0M
Ttitae figure aie rrgaided as official i,i
Catholic clrclts. a th Information it fur
nlshed direct from th various Cn.hoile
chancery efK.
PLAN TO AMEND
DAYLIGHT LAW
Senator Reagan Introduces Bill to
Give Cities Option to Extend
Saloon Hours.
VIEWS OF DAHLMAN DEMOCRACY
Measure Said to HaTC Emanated from
Omaha Mayor.
JOLT FOR OMAHA FIRE WARDEN
Shoemaker's Bill Doing Away with
Office is Recommended.
SCHEELE CONTEST PUT OVER
Matter Will Again Come 1'a for Final
Determlnattoa Taeadar Howae
Wonld Otve Coaatlea Chaare
to Abolish ttiemeri.
From a Staff Correspondent.
MNCOI-N. Feb. 1. (Special Telegram.)
An amendment to the S o'clock closing law
was introduced In the senate thl morning
by Per s tor Reagan of Pouglas to give
cities the right to establish for themselves
a later hour for closing saloons. The new
ertion In the law read, after pecifying
that It appllea to ny city of the metropol
itan class or any city of th first class with
more than .) Inhabitant, "the local leg
Islative authorities thereof, u.ay, upon the
presentation to them of petition asking
such action be taken signed by more than
SO per cent of the legally qualified voter of
such municipality at th last preceding
general election change the hour limitation
named from S o'clock p. m. to any hour
not later than 12 o'clock midnight." Thia
law would give Omaha. South Omaha and
a number of amaller cities th right to
establish for themselves a later closing
hour for the selling of Intoxicants.
Tha bill introduced by Senator Reagan
ia supposed to have emanated originally
from Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, anfl I
said to embody the changea In the law
which the lahlmsn Democracy desires.
Doing. Aeear rrlth Fire tVardra.
Shoemaker's bill to destroy the office of
fire warden In Omaha was ordered en
grossed for third reading after the commit
tee of the whole had decided to postpone
it Indefinitely. The bill waa opposed In ths
committee of the whole and was voted
down, but when the committee rose to re
port Shoemaker moved not to concur. H
had ucceeded In getting some of th Doug
las county delegation to stand with him,
and a revulsion of opinion resulted In a
vote favoring the bill of 43 to 17. and It
wa ordered for passage. Of the Douglas
county delegation Holmes. Bulla and Shoe
maker were for repealing the law creating
the office and tJver. McArdle. Morlarty,
Grossman and Rlha were against It. Bo
!nd was absent.
Leldlgh'a bill making !t compulsory for
counties to spproprlate cent per inhabi
tant for a cCunty fair fund annually was
killed. ..'Tie bif would give the County
TafJ an'-O- ntki ..eny couofy. which cbul l
raise tstt the right to demand of the county
author! tic this appropriation. Jn Douglas
county the annual appropriation would
have been for. county, fair S10.3nf) approxi
mately if thia law had passed.
Contest I sue Delayed.
It waa announced that the Scheele-Wert
man contest care which had been aet for
a special order for tomorrow, waa to be
postponed yet again to Tuesday morning.
The members of the eommlttee. particu
larly the minority members who Intend re
porting for the republlcsn contestant, say
posithely that this will be the Isst post
ponement. There will probably be three
reporta. Tha wet majority will report for
Beheele. the dry republican for Wertman
and Norton, the dry democrats will prob
ably offer a compromise between the wto
with a leaning to Weinman's aide of the
case. Norton haa not yet decided exactly
upon his action and may sign the minority
report. A meeting will he held by the
nine dry democratic memhera before the
time comes and he will abide by their de
cision in the matter.
Jolt for t saatr Assessor.
The county assessors of the state were
rather rudely trented by the committee on
revenue and taxation today when the bill
which the assessors had introduced waa
completely emaaculated and Its lntentton
I changed befora the committee would
recommend It for passage. The aascssor
tin a convention agreed upon a bill which
would give them the right of running for
a second term, a privilege now denied, and
a raise in pay.. The committee took this
bill aa It was Introduced by McKissick of
"iHe. chairman of the committee, and
amended it to strike nut both the pro
visions which the assersora were having
It offered for and adding a provision tn
give tha counties a right to decide at the
next election whether or not the office of
county assessor should tie altogether
abolished.
tails Salons I nruly.
Considerable comment has resulted to
night among the members of the legisla
ture . over a sentence In a speech which
Governor Aldrlch made today at the con
vocation of the students of the University
of Nebraska at Memorial hall.
The executive was seaklng on "What la
Kducatlon" and though hi address wa
entirely apart from politics. In an "aaide."
he uttered the following words: "I have
been bus keeping my hands n the demo
cratic lentnlaturc and I would rather try
to control a carload of donkrs, of which
the party U symbolical, than ilo the work
that It requires "
K UK IIKI IIMMKMH Hit. I. a
lloaaland Meaaar i'lmrrd Ursrlns
I poo Parole ftyairun.
I from a Staff Correspondent. I
LINCOLN. Feb. K. tSneclal i - Af'er
placing Senator Ollls' Mock ard lull on
cell!) file t rec.mnten.l A t. - t h m.
j inlitee. the senate went Into committee of
tne wliole this art-moon HI, la ie--.ui
rncii.lt d for third reading and pss-a-e -eluded
the bill of Mermtur Tibhels fii a
llie salarte according to the school p pu
lation of the rountiett. which wtild result
In most tatea In an " inert sse. and lluag
land's bill removing the rotrictton upon
petitions to hc governor In legard lo
pa roles.
The prtaent Ian prevents ecrding to the
governor memorial and iietliions s-falust
the parole of crlni n.iK and the recent
toe of tlie criminal who was parub-d bv
lioveinor rhalleiiberner against the uli
and deflres of the pe ils of lutnlphan.
where tlie crime for which he was sen
tenced was ronirntited, vt a.t ranied as an
example of the thine wlilcU It I d'r d
Pi p:t v ent.
The argument was made againm the bill