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OMAHA, SATURDAY MOUNlMi, KKP.KUAHY 18, lDll-SIXTOKX PACKS.
SIXGLK COPY TWO CENTS.
Omaha
D
1 HE
SENATE TANGLED
ON MRECT-VOTE
Upper Chamber Adjourn in Face of j
Opposition from Champion
of Measure.
J0 PROGRESS MADE DURING DAY
Tbva Tt.linereil nn C),i.
1 , (committed suicide In Ills room at the
for and A$&lnst. Senilis hotel yesterday afternoon at. 1
o'clock. Rees pliot himself through the
HEYBURN BALKS ON PROPOSAL , base of the heart with a .M-callber re-
., j volver, but tenaciously clung to life unyi
Refuse Consent to Adjournment for!4 'H,,rk ,n '"""" when be died
, , : at the Omaha General hospital. He wu
Ballot on Wednesday. tho on. son of wldow,d mother. -who
'arrived from Schuyler Just a few minute
RAYNER SPEAKS I OR AMENDMENT
Re rtearfs with ll ( ollennnrs Xot
l.nad the I'ni illlns sslth Bnr
a)en that Mar F.artan.
aver It.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IT Kr-meslied In an j Meantime he was living at the Schllti.
ar rrently hopeless tanale over the Joint j He bad not 'done much with his project,
resolution providing for the election of . although he bad tented an office In the
flitted states senators by dlvei t vote and j Hrandels building, room nil.
In the face of positive opposition .from tho Fix week ago, In the same room at the
Charrplons of the measure, the senate art-j hotel and at olwut the same hour,- Mar
Journed a few minutes ocfore o'clock to-jgaret Johnson. chambermaid, passing
day. I his open door, discovered him aiming a re-
Tt had been hoped by friends of the mras- volver at his head. She was successful
ure that a night sesinn might le held and i In knocking It from Ida hand. The revolver
a vote taken at least on tiic Sutherland
amendment retaining' the conirol of sen
atorial elections In congress. As a matter
of fact, however, no progress was made
save that three speeches on too subject
were delivered. Thes were male ly Sen
ator rtayner In opposition to the Huther
land provision and by Henators Carter and
Ileyhum In support of It.
Mr. lleybum was the last speaker. VMIe
tie was on the floor several senators en
gaged In an aetlve propaganda In favor cf
an agreement upon a definite time for a
vltr, and the announcement was made ut
last that Mr. Heyburn was the only ab
ator whose assent to '.his arrangement: had
not been obtained. When he m ap
proached on the aublect ha decline.!,
ileyttarn Ohjerta.
When Mr. Horah the other Idaho senator,
asked for an agreement to vote next
Wednesdey Mr. Heyburn promptly ob
jected, tine objection Is sufficient to pre
vent unanimous agreement, and because
of the attitude of his colleague no course
waa left to Mr. Borah except that of press
ing the measure by asking the senats to
atay for a night session. Mr, Ualllnger
moved an adjournment. The frlenda of the
measure rallied and on a roll call voted
tha motion down, to 3. but when a few
minutes later Senator Nelson, who had
waited patiently all day to get an oppor
tunity to speak, made a plea for a night's
rest tha objection to cloning the session
faded away, adjournment .coming soon
afterward. ; .
It waa understood the reaction question
would be taken up early tomorrow, i - -
In view of the fact, that another order of
business has been arranged for 1:30 o'clock
tliui a "may be a change of program!
I'resldent Taft wag appealed to to assist
In netting a night session on the resolu-
lion In the Interest of the dispatch of gen-1 .The .failure, of .th committee to make
ri al business, but late In . th day word ! recommendation to the senate resulted
came that he had not barn able to do any-! from the conviction on the part of several
thing In that direc tion. At tha close of the i members 1 that a measure or such tmpor
kitttng the frlenda of the measure were J tance should be given mote consideration.
by no means as hopeful of getting a vote
at any time In the session as previously
they had been.
Rayner far Amendment.
Senator Rayner of Maryland took the
floor promptly. He gave most of his at- house were eliminated by the senate com
tention to the amendment. i nil t tee and some of the friends of the meas-
Ha contended that even without tha j ure say the changes will make the measure
Sutherland provision the federal govern- i noneffective, '
ment had tho right to protect voters The sections struck out are those which
against fraud . or Intimidation. Ha there- would authorizes agents of telegraph, tele
fore appealed to supporters of tha original phone and cable companies to administer
proposition not to burden It with any oajths In their efforts to ascertain whether
amendment which, like the pending propo- message offered for transmission were In
altlon, would imperil the success of tha, violation of the law; declaring that books,
resolution Itself. i newspapers, pamphlets, letters or other
Then the flist Interruption began. (Writings or publications containing quota
"Why did It Imperil the resolution?" J lions which might Induce the making of
asked Mr. Nelson.
"Because," replied Mr. Rayner. "It would
affect a large number of votes on tha
democratic side of the chamber who would
vote against the proposition with tha
Sutherland amendment incorporated In It-"
Attitude of Uraicwrsia.
"Why should they vote against It?"
asked the Minnesota senator.
"1 am nol a mind reader and cannot
undertake to say," Mr, Rayner replied.
"If
enator wilt visit this aide he will
find out. But I am sure that the amend
ment will weaken tha resolution. We need
a twothlrds vote to adopt the resolution
ad cannot afford to take chances."
Mr. Rayner contended that the amendment
would have tha effect of Injecting a new
provision Into tha constitution, because he
aald tha election of aenators by tha peo
ple la a different proposition from election
by tha Stat legislatures.
"It Is a new application of an existing
principle," said Mr. Butherland.
"Absolutely It la not." declared the Mary
lard aanator. "It Is now Impossible to go
behind tha action of the legislature."
TM;.-M4-;, W4-,
lilj UilOtlUU. fll IT did
r i ft i I 'J
Case is Set Aside
. , , , inclement and changeable weatner la thai - " -"-
Order Restraiaill? De MOine fr0m!rtt. f the unusual number of cases of ioth'r tnlns. but on that tiubject no agree
riushing- Street Dissolved by
Judg-e I'IcPhfison.
RED OAK. la. Feb. IT. (Special Teie
. arc... on mcn win oe an-
"ul"" ruun ac if MOU1Mi
tomorrow Judge Smith McPheron vets
aside tha temporary Injunction which the
Citlsena' Water Works of Dee Moines re
cently secured aaainst the city of Des
Moines to stop It from
zrll
flush streets, setters snd resrr
Judge Mc-Pheraon ill
there may r rausa for a damage action
there are ro apoarent grounds for a perma
nent Injunction.
It la alleged that when the Vltlsens'
Water Works began (iteration It was under
obligation to furnish the cltv water In ex
change for the franchise. After tha recent
heavy snow storm the city connected many j
leads of hose t hydrants and flushed the
. ...... i . . i present rebellion, was given today under
The water company objected to thi use of!;, .... .. , ...
. , ., the mansKeiiient .if tlie Mexican Herald
atr and s.-cured a temporary Injunction I , .. , ,. . . ,
against the city.
Many prominent lies Moines attorneys de
clare that by the trims of the franchise the
Water Works coiniany la Ixtund to furnish
ater to the city rrcardless of the purpose
for hit h It is used.
Jeasintn 'tiller Heller.
OAK1.AM.. Cel. IVh. IT --Joaquin Mil-
mm pass .,Mo(rit.l.
atiUc tea a.... u.,
a,e cai
Ends Life Because -Success
is Elusive;
Mother is Too Late
Young- Man Shoot Himielf in Heart
and Linger Alive for Three
Hour.
George O. Rees of Schuyler. Xeb. de-
fponeicnt because of financial troubles
too late to see her eon alive.
Rees wan engaged In the advertising
business. He worked ax a solicitor In a
rsrdom way since he left the atate uni
versity three years ago. He came here
j aliout two months ago with the plan of
otganlxlng a concern which he named the
I Omaha Specialty Manufacturing company.
wus taken from him at the time and up
until a few days ago had been kept In the
hotel office. However, he seemed to re
cover from his melancholy, and when he
Jestingly askeu for bis revolver a few days
ago the clerk handed It over to htm with
a laughing admonition to be careful about
al.y future accidents.
Margaret Johnson.' by a strange coinci
dence, was tho first to discover him yes
terday. Tiers at noon had eaten a light
lunch, accompanied by several drinks. At
I o'clock the shot was heard, and the
chambermaid, the first to get Into the
room, found him lying fully dressed across
the bed.
Ha was taken to the Omaha General hos
pital, unconscious. He remained uncon
scious until ha died at 4 o'clock.
Flees was Just ? years of age. His birth
day was tha day before he shot himself.
Coroner Crosby naa taken charge of tha
body. No arrangements for either the
funeral of Inquest have yet been made.
Measure to Prevent
Gambling in Cotton
Reported to Senate
Committee Strike Out Three Section
it! Considers Too Drastic, but
Make No Recommendation.
WASHINGTON. Feb. n.-l'nder an agree,
ment tbat' they would 'vote today on the
bill to prohibit gambling In cotton futures l
the committee, on Interstate commerce de
cided by a vote of 6 to 5 to report It to
the senate without recommendations. ;
An agreement had been made, however,
and Senators Clark of Arkansas and Till
man of South Carolina held the committee
to lta word. '
Three sections of the bill as It passed tha
contracts In violation of the proposed law
should be nonmailable, and providing that
the postmaster general, on evidence satis
factory to himself, might return mall to the
senders when ha believed It unlawful under
the proposed act. .
The action was preceded by a hearing
which consumed' tha entire forenoon, so
that when the committee came to determine
Its course It had no time for an exchange
I of views. The result waa that most of
the membeta were unwilling to endorse a
bill of so drastic a charaecer.
Itepresentattves of tha New Orleans Cot
ton exchange and exchanges In New York
and Cliicago declared the bill hurtful to
tha farmers and Impossible of enforcement.
Epidemic of Grip
and Pneumonia
Hundred of Death from These Dis
eases in City of New York Since
First of Year.
NKW TUKK, reo. i..-int epiaem.o oi
grip here shows no signs of subsidence
and health department records show a
fr.. mere... . the rr .,
!" 'P ? Pneumonia over last ear.
grip.
,
Itecords of the Board of Health made
nubile today show that during the month
of January 733 deaths in New York City
from pll,ulmiIlia.
Also there were If!
Last year in January
deaths from grip
grip caused forty-seven deaths and pneu-
men la 70t,
Mexico City Has
Fight for Widows and Orphans
MKXICO CITY. Feb. PJ.-A bull fight,
ttia proceeds of which are to be devoted
to the needs of widows and orphans of
Mexican soldiers who hae died In the
diplomat ic cot ps and many officers of the
Mexican sue c riunent attended.
The af'alr naa given the character of a
ro.ial eeni through the presence of prom
inent Mexican and foreign so, let y women,
nl.ile twelve of the leading bellea of the
city acted aa "queens."
The bulls neie ctispau-bcl by some of
lh, bsat-fct
m)UiMMit9t
hsat-knovn it.acedo.e. Ineiu'iii.g Che
guj4, Ua Anejk, ixarpsr
COMMITTEE KILLS
ANNEXATION BILL
Resolution by Representative Be
nett to Be Reported Adverely by V
Foreign Affair Member.
CONFERENCES WITH MR. TAFT
Chairmen Foster and McCall Talk
with the President.
NO NEGOTIATIONS ARE WANTED
Chief Executive Does Not Care to
Gather Fact.
THEIR AUTHOR STANDS ALONE
He la the Only Member Whu Fnvnre
the Proposition to Ask "resident
to Open Annesetlon N
arottatlnna. WASHINGTON. ?eb. 17.-Tn offset tha
Canadian annexation talk which the ad
ministration feared might affect the re
ciprocity agreement, the house committee
on foreign affairs today by a vote of 9 to
1 reported adversely on the resolutions re
ported yesterday by Representative Ben
nett of New York for the opening of nego
tiations with (treat Britain looking to the
annexation of Canada.
Mr. Bennett was tha only member of the
committee . who vot-d for' the resolution.
The committee action followed conferences
of Chairman Foster ana Acting Chairman
McCall of the ways and meana committee
with President Taft today.
One of the Bennett resolutions asked the
president to report to the house for Its In
formation all the facta concerning any
negotiations now pending with the Cana
dian or British governments and also
whether any negotiations are now pending
looking to Canadian annexation.
The other resolution, a concurrent one,
requested the president "to enter upon and
to prosecute from time to time such nego
tiations with the British government as
ha may deem expedient for the annexation
of the Dominion of Canada to the United
Slates."
HAD IMPHKS'ION
IX
Bennett Resolutions Taken Hrrlonsly
by Imperial Preference Party.
TXNDON. Feb. 17. Whether, as Is sus
pected In some quarters. Congressman
Bennett of New York had no more sinister
motive than to embarrass the reciprocity
forcea In his own country, there Is no room
for doubt that this Canadian annexation
resolution Introduced In the honse yester
day has greatly disturbed certain minds on
this aide of the Atlantic
Bo seriously Is tha matter taken by the
imperial preference party that It wilt be
mads a subject of Interpellation of tha
government In the House of Commons on
February IV. "- PrernlerVsjalth 'Will' b
asked at that time if ha Intends to send
any communication on the aubject to the
United States government.
The flurry caused by Representative
Champ Clark's declaration that he hoped
to see the day when the American flag
would float over tha British North Ameri
can possessions bad scarcely passed when
the cables broughtvMr. Bennett's resolution
asking the president to enter upon such
negotiations with the British government
as he might deem expedient for the an
nexatlon of Canada.
At once the dying agitation In opposition
to tha I'nited States-Canada reciprocity
agreement was revived. The Liberal re
fused to take either the speech of Mr.
Clark or Mr. Bennett'a resolution seriously,
but a portion of tha tariff reform press Is
making the most of both for their own
uses.
Among tha liberals there Is a disposition
to view both moves from the standpoint
of partisan or factional expediency, while
there are not a few who think the con
gressmen are having a bit of fun at tha
expense of their British cousins.
tjl EBEC WII.L KEEP THE WOOD
Province Will Adhere to Poller of Rt.
atrlettny Its Exportation.
QUEBEC, Quebec. Feb. 17. The province
of Oiiehec will adhere to the rolicv of re-
airlctlna exooi tatlon of m.lD wood desolte
the proposed reciprocity agreement, ac- j
cording to a statement made by Premier.'
t-:iuen to Henri Bourassa. the nationalist
I.He
"The deslra of the provincial government i Per cnl authorixed by the treaty of May
Is to make Quebec the center of the pulp j . wltn Great Britain, . could be
and paper Industry of the world." said the J granted to a single user or to a combina
premler, "and there Is no reason why this i t,on of users."
should not be accomplished, for Quebec ! "In my Pinion." the governor continues,
has tha essential pulp wood and water "tha Alexander bill should be so amended
power. I as to prevent a monopoly In tha product
"It the provincial government has to
choose between tha Dominion and the
United Etates. tha choice will be for the
Dominion, and If the choice lies between
Quebec and ' Ottawa, the Interests of
Quebec will receive first consideration."
INehrnskn Miller. Divide
HASTINGS Neb Feb 17-(8oerlal Tel ! ll" own b"nuarle- The Question of the
I ', Bllth " p..' 'J.m . "transmission of power originating In the
j r,"1 r ,a.rrJ; ; ... ot N,w York
" 7. HIT 2Z .,. - " N " points without tha state. , he preju-
uicrii v m m irvLiiru . iwrmv-iive miners
I tended and they were about evenly dlvi.i. d
I ror nd against the proposed agreemert.
i H- K. Smith ut Uncoln
recretary cf the
etate Millers' association, thought re.lp:-.,c-1 M" introduced Dy senator omer oi fenn
Itv would be henefhisl to th. ,.,m. . K.. ; sylvania, which carries congressional nj-
I putting their business on an expert h.i-i.
No vote was taken.
Benefit Bull
I.ee. and a M-xican. I.uis Trcg. all of
whom gave their services. Between S-'.uOJ
and nas realised.
MKXICAl.I. Mexico. Feb. 1. Iefeated
a I, el In full retreat, the army of Governor
Vfga of lxwer California Is hurrying hack
tonight inward Knsenada by way of the
Ccoah mountain pas southwest Qf here.
Vega linn-lf Is severely w uindcd. '
I ins a coniiin.eu today hy couriers
who got Into cotmuunlc stion w ith the fle e
ing fedeials.
Or.u Insuirrerto bullet pierced Vegan nock
and another bis left side, cau.-ing a serious
u oind.
i 1" a litter, lixtfed Uke a se.i.m chair La
1 ka huut carts4 awaUar4 by hia aiaa,
Wmh H fi .
- - . . a. j
Prom tht Wsshlnctoa
Cventni Star.
DIX ON WATERWAYS BILLS
Governor of New York Criticize Bil
Pending in Congress.
ONE AFFECTS THE ERIE CANAL
Measure to Reajtilnte Power Plants at
Maaarn ' Falls Interferea with ' j
Anthorlty of atnte to Con
trol Own Affairs. . ,
.- . t- : .
ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 17 Governor Dlx
today transmitted to the legislature letters
which lie bad written to Representative
D. 8. Alexander, chairman of be house com
mltea on rivers and harbors, and Senator
Frye, chairman of the senate committee on
commerce. The first letter treata of the
bill known aa the Alexander power bill,
relating to the use of hydraulic power of
the Niagara river, now before the house
committee of which Mr. Alexander la chair
man. The letter disputes the Jurisdiction
of the federal government In the matter of
the disposition of Erie canal surplus water,
and says:
"The Erie canal Ilea wholly within this
state and was built at the sole expense of
New York, with the acquiescence of the
federal congress at the time and It has
since been maintained at vast expense to
this state, but with great benefit to the
country at large. Assuming, but not con
ceding that congress as against the atate
could now Justly Interfere and place a limit
on the amount of water from the Niagara
river to feed to the Erie canal, neverthe
less, such water having once entered tha
i una., pannes into an artiriclai channel
j wholly within the state and within Its nat
ural Jurisdiction." ,
Rill Might Permit Monopoly.
i The governor takes the ground that under
the Alexander owi. u n uomuium.ion in-1
te,eBt between the present users at Nlag-j
ra rails already has. or snail nereaiter
recur, ine
whole of the zo.wu cubic leal
of the power affected to remove unneces
sary restrictions on tha number of those
persons or corporations located on sites
available for use of power, and which may
i desire to share In its use. and so as to
i leave New York state with the aole and
j undisputed jurisdiction to control the use
j of Erie canal walers at all points wtthln
1 dli e of New York and perhaps o the preju
dlie of United Slates as well, sugge.sta
I Itself."
I nllwr Hill Criticised.
i
The letter to Senator Fre relates to the
l provai or hydraulic ueveiopnieni m inr
St. Lawrence river Dy the Ixing .-auit
Development company, chartered on May
71. 107. by the legislature of New Yoric.
"In my opinion." Governor DIx wrote,
'the prnding bill falls to cover properly
" - '
the Interests of teiavigation. While a sur-
x'nv ,f ih.l iiartiif tin- channel to h -if-
vey of that paiiVf the channel to be :f-
leccea . p.ov.u.u io. ... cur u,.,. u.c "".,.,., of , d .alln. America.
vey should, in my opinion, be ma.le prior
to final action by congresi. official up-
pioial of the secretary of war and, if po-
loie. uy the nonunion, or ouier necesaury
authorities, of any specific plans for con
i a'.ruciion weik should be s cured before-
It stead of after final action by conitres-t.
and I would suggest that procedure? In
pla-e of the couiee proposed by Ih - bill.
"The possession by this ruuipany of en
ormous powers, defined In the act of the
slate legislature, would e-iiiliiare lulli the
tale and federal autlioi iti.-s in n'ijoia
lions with our Canadian neittiiluiiy cm
cvrnlng this mailer and cmharrasH efforts
to conterc v ttie inlere-sis of navigation and
tif other property o ne-r. whose holdiiia-Hc-ulil
lie- ttlthin the real. of lhe nil-
i P'tinled fluud aaiwia ao l let ut lbs gickl
1 rir,"
Back in the Hing.
V-'-
" A
Clash Between Grand
Jury and Sheriff at
Danville Probable
Since Elimination of District Attor
ney Foreman Ha Trouble in Get
ting Warrant Served.
DANVIMJB. III., Feb. 17.-A clash be
tween the grand Jury and the sheriffs
office Is among the probabilities In the
election , fraud Investigation. Ever since
the elimination of kite's Attorney law
man It la asserted that Foreman Wood
yard has been having trouble In securing
witnesses.
Bench warrants nave not been served
and Woodyard believes that such a condi
tion antagonistic to the work of the grand
Jury exists In tha aherlffs office that he
will be Justified In starting something.
Frank Collard. former Danville saloon
keeper, converted during the Billy Sunday
revival last year, and now himself an evan
gelist, voluntarily appeared before the
grand Jury today.
Curtiss Alights in
Water Near Cruiser
Unannounced Test of New Hydro
Aeroplane Prove it of Prac
tical Value.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 17.-Uslng one of
hla hydro-aeroplanes, Glenn Curtiss alighted
today on the water alongside the armored
cruiser Pennsylvania and was hoisted on
board. Soon afterward the aeroplane was
dropped .back Into the water and the
aviator flew away to his hangar on North
Island. The test waa made to' show the
Navy department that an aeroplane does
not need an especially constructed platform
on a ship's deck to make It of practical use
, to the navy
The trial by Curtiss was unannounced.
His hydro-aeroplane was wheeled nut of
Its hangar and he flew alongsi: the
cruiser. Within a few minutes Curtiss and
his machine were on tha cruiser's deck.
After a stay of tifteen minuses the machine
and its pilot were lowered, when the
hydro-aeroplane arose gracefully from tha
surface of the water and without Incident
flew back to Its hangar. '
STEALS LUMBERFOR CHURCH
Officer of Independent Catholic go.
riety at Flint, Mich., Makea I n-
annl Confession.
FLINT. Mich.. Feb. 17 Kaimrei Kllow
ski. an officer of the Independent Catholic
: church, today confessed In police court
, that he stole lunib'r which h Intended to
us for seats In bis churcn. He was sent
i to Jsil for ten days,
! .
m - s v - . -w-. ' ' v r - ft w - - . i
. . . -sfjJer sar
Senator Root Advocates
Organization in Business
I WA8II1 N UTON. Feb. 17. Willi a piea -
j for ort.a,lan and COmbltiat:on on tli. - l
i ... .. ...I
pa 1 1 of the American business men for the
; nator uot o( New Yoi k todar lauded
; thf pi.in).ilU, of organisation in buslnes In
j n od(Jlf at th(. ,1ml,,,. Bc-slon of lhe
j-a.All,.(.a commercial confeiei.ee lie
c'epluied the fart that Hi-- upeiations of the
itiw against the great IndusMal cugaiiiisa
tlons "reduced the Industrial efficiency of
the country. '
"It Is important to birak up ore, nida
tions." saiel "Mr. Root, "when they are
monopolising the me ans of suhslsti-n. c, but,
t line is one uiy to counteract Ibis influ
ence, ar.d that I' by sub-imuinv oiuni.-
law. but sec-cuing the conceited ac.i-m of involve Inferiority, and that now hero on
grest numbers of Ame.ieans who have a'i"lli "' f there "a ni, re nohln and al
loinmon uu pose. ! Mil: able- people thr-r. In I .alls-Anl-iii a."
"The gieat piinciple of ni ganlr.ation
which Im revolutionizing the b;islue-s of
ti.a world ari-Ues In the subject of tti
- " aaMy,,Vf,T' J 1 , .J .aaBOS-,- cK- f -.--
TAYLOR'S NAME TO SENATE
President Taft Sends His Nomination
for Omaha Surveyorship.
GOES TO COMMERCE C0M11TTTEE
In Reaalar Conrae Name , Will
' Referred to traitor Barton
Brown Talks of "fofnlnation
and tpmilntmrnt,
Be
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) President Taft today sent to the
senate the nomination of Cadet Taylor to
be surveyor of cbustoms at Omaha.
Late this afternoon the nomination was
referred to the committee on commerce of
which Senator Frye Is chairman, the fol
lowing other senators being members:
Nelson. Minnesota: Oallingrr. New Hami.
shire; Penrose, Pennsylvania: IVpew.
New York; Perkins, California: Piles.
Washington; Smith. Michigan; Bourne,
Oregon; Burton. Ohio; Martin. Virginia:
Stone. Missouri; Simmons, North Carolina:
Clark. Arkansas; Newlands. Nevada, and
Bankhead. Alabama.
If the ordinary course Is pursued in this
case. It will be referred to Senator Bin-ion
of Ohio as a subcommittee In charge of
customs .nominations for Nebraska.
Senator Brown, speaking of the nomina
tion; said that It was made on the strength
of the report of Secretary MacVeagn to
tha president; that there was no recom
mendation on file signed by either himself
or Senator Burkett except that recom
mendation which had grown out of a call
from the secretary when he notified them
of lhe vacancy by reason of the death of
B. H. Harrows and calling upon them to
suggest a name. . They auggeated the name
of Cadet Taylor. Victor Rosewater. editor
of The Omaha Bee. had filed with Secretary
Mac Veagh a protest against the selection
of Mr. Taylor. A hearing waa given both
Mr. Rosewater and Mr. Taylor 4nd the
explanations offered by Taylor accepted In
connection with the voluminous prtltlS;
and letters of endorsement offered for him.!
In his Judgment the protest was not suffi
cient to withhold nomination.
"From the time charges were filed by
Mr. Rosewater I have not seen tha secre
tary," aald Senator Brown. "I had no
knowledge that an Investigation was to be
had. It was done on the secretary's own
motion and a disinterested party having
passed upon them I think the matter ought
to rest there," concluded the Junior senator.
Tennessee I'nvkera Bankrupt.
NASHVIM.K. Tenn., Feb. 17. A petition
In bankruntcv
Tennessee I'ackl
was filed against the "'at applied and by an amendment 4iaompt
K company, a local eon- inc field clubs, a term which could be mads
cnn. caplta'Ued at SJ.tmono. by New York
partie heir t cav. . J. I uminlns. uiio,ii.l room. It was found Just In tlma tl.'ai
Mas C'0;ineci.i:U uitn the c arneKie I ru.-l
ciMiipi.hy. New York, was at the head of
the concern.
-I
-extension cf trade. Germany to a consid
cu
- u
ruble extent requires a combination' of I
Us manufacturers, producers and commci -
ihi concerns, japan also practically dues
Ibis
"I'm In the I'r.iU'el Slatoa It cannot be
I ciuiit: under toveininrnl leaderxliip because
j the peolc do not conceive It to be the
ge -1 inn. nt's fii ik ; ions. Jt seems to be
lather that the Kovemment Is larg.-ly
tuken up villi breaking up organlxtlons
and that reduces the industrial efficiency
I of the ctnintrv."
! Senator Root, while secretary of t-lat",
I made a toui tliroujli I.atln-Ann ri a and
' he asj'ined ui.lhiiMlssni bv bis concin.lln
! irmarks that difference In the language
! and ctiptonis of a foreign people did not
Henry While, firmer 1'nlted States am
I a'i'-adoi l i rram e, spoke of the value of
itiirocitj with all nation.
HOUSE CLINGS TO
CAPITAL SYSTEM
Lower Body of Nebraska Legislature
Refuses to Abolish Extreme Pen
alty for Hifrh Crimes.
EXTENDED DEBATE TAKES PLACE
Decisive Vote Recorded on Recur
rence of Movement.
GALT HAS PROHIBinON MEASURE
Clay County Member Plan to Put
Legislators on Record.
ANTI-TREAT BILL GOES BY BOARD
Members Pefeat It In Itnnse When It
Is Reported Hnnn'and Pressing
Moat of Irrigation Arte to
Alter Rslatlna; l.nwa.
(From s Ptsff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feh. 17.- (Ppeclsl.)-Two bills
abolishing capital punishment were VIHed
In the house this atprnoon after a spirited
debate In which there was considerable
emoting of the scripture and some aerltl
oratory. i
Kontouc and Nelr were the authors and
they advanced the usual arguments against
rnpitnl punishment, that It Is barbarous,
not a deterrent of crlm and exceeding tha
right of society aa against the Individual.
Kotnuc quoted statistics from other states
where capital punishment has been abol
ished oprove that In states where there la
punishment by death It Is harder to see.tra
a conviction for murder. Mockett of Lsn
raster and Johnson of Johnson both spoke
for the bills.
Neir'a hill "was only applicable to cass
where the conviction was secured through
circumstantial evidence, but even It was
objected to. Pkeen of Nemahn was par-
tloularly strong against the bills because
he was of the opinion that only capital
punishment was a strong enough punish
ment for murder.
For Statewide Prohibition.
State-wide prohibition Is contemplated In
a bill Introduced thla afternoon by Rep
resentative r?alt of Clay. The hill pro
hibits all dealing In Ineoxlcating liquors of
all kinds, exempting the home manufacture
of wine and cider and the making of wine
for sacramental purposes. The law reads
as follows;
"Any person who shall either directly c-r
Indirectly, whether as principal, agent or
employe, manufacture, sell or barter or
distribute any spirituous, malt vinous, fer
mented or other Intoxicating Hnuors shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof shall be fined In any sum
not leas than $100 nor more than SM10, or be
Imprisoned In the county Jail not less than
thirty days nor more than sixty days, or
both. Provided, that no person shall be
prohibited from making wine or c)der from
grapes, apples or other fruit grown ntd
raised by snitch person, or from tho mak
ing of wine for racramental purposes."
The bill was given the number 41.' It
has been critlclaed by the members who
have been examining It for dlachepanclea
In .the legal phrasing of the title and tha
actual contents of the bill and It is gener
ally supposed that the purpose of Introduc
ing It Is to get the mcmlters of the house
on record for or opposed to prohibition.
Anti-Treat Bill la Killed.
Tho Kvans anti-treat bill and tha
Hatfield bill limiting the number of saloons
In all clllea to one per thousand Inhab
itants, were reported for Indefinite post-
j ponement In the house this morning by the
Judiciary committee. The Kvans bill was
one of the most severe liquor bills up for
consideration and amended the present
j laws to make the saloon Keeper and hla
bar tender responsible for treating and
liable to heavy penalties and the revoking
of the license. Mr. Evans made no effort
to fight for his bill, either In the com
mittee or on the floor.
The Hatfield bill waa to limit saloons in
cities of more than 1,!00 to one per 1.000
and allowing no licenses In places smaller
ttian 1,500. Hatfield also refused to fight
for the bill under his name, declaring 'that
It was Introduced by request.
Insurance Hcserve luads.
Kotouch's bill. Introduced at recommen-
! datlon of State Auditor Barton, to requlrs
j Insurance co mpanies to deposit w ith tha
I ,,a,e the securities for reserve funds, was
J DUt on B"neial file. The measure has been
I n,uch "Pposed by slate Insurance oi ganisa-
J l,ul,B'
KtficL. Vnrds Hill (.ore Over.
The senate deferred action on the Ollis
stock yards bill at bis request because of
the number or aenators absent. The Hoag
I land bill for a parole board similar to the
j one pansed by the last legislature a ad
vetoed by the governor waa lecommended
for passage.
Licensing; Pool Halls.
Moody's bill requiring pool halls In unln-,
corporated villages to ake out licenses
with the countyboard was recommended
for paasage after a number of changoa.
Attimpts were made to completely change
the effect of the bill by amendments ro
iiliing the ooard to Isue licenses to all
to Include any sort of a "pool hal lor bll-
there was no p-nalty and one was added
I before the ri commendation was made. i
The bill Introduced by Puis requiring thai
pHlions on rural mall routes should clear
i p the roads when blocked iy -nocv or
other obstructions under the ,1lr;ctlon of
tho road overseer and receive for it ,'Kt
cents an hour, was recommendud for pas
sage. Lincoln Charter toei,
The Lincoln city charter bill Introduced
by Senator Si-Heck was recommended for
I pasxatce to the afternoon S'-smoii of tha
Die length of the bill and Us cm-
j pllestc d provisions prevented Its being read
j through, and after an explanation by tli
author It went through without objection.
A few slight amendments In terms wen
made by the committee. The senate d
ei.led also to pans seven bills modifying
the laws governing the technicalities ot
Irrigation In thn western states. Heriatr
Headland, representing a number of coun
ties In the dry belt, lias Irrigation as liU
seialtv and la Introducing enough meas
ures to completely rearrange thn Irriga
tion laws to make them more satlrfai-lorv
to the people of hla district.
MM. HIKMI'.TT TltANKS I II K not i;
On estltn of Prlclleae lie 'lalUa
Ahout Itemotal ate, ;
I From a Slsff Correspondent 1
LINCOLN. Feb. 17 - ir?pe i:.l.l I'.epis.
kenialive k). C. Iiasvett thsnk.d the bousa