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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 3 1911-TEN PAUKS.
YOU XIr-NO. 247.
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SOLDIERS LEAPrJSn.ub.Mi?s BeTrTs G?f
TTinur t i cm
inuMjuAoi
Maneuvers in Texas Prove Thoro
Rati.fw t Official! of
the Army.
GENERAL WOOD WELL PLEASED
Declare! the Men Moved Quickly to
the Field.
PRECAUTION TAKEN FOE HEALTH
Ample Vaccination Facilities Against
Smallpox and Typhoid.
ALL EQUIPMENT WAS READY
Men Were In Slate of rreparednes
and It Wn 'Sot Neeetmnry
lla-e Qnantlttea of Bn-
(ngt to Follow.
WAFHINC.TOX. April !.-Fntlrely aside
from the diplomatic significance or con
siderations Involved, (he movement of
troop to Texns I regarded by War de
partment offldals here an having offered
an exrsptlon.il opportunity for demon
stratlng the pre parrdns s of the army and
as having served aa an object lesson ral
ctilgled to Inep'.rc confidence In the Ameri
can srdlder and the army organization.
Det illed report of the movement and of
camp condition are now coming; In dally.
"It Is evdent," said General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff of the army .today
"that the experience which the American
trrops have unlned In recent years In the
movement to and from the Philippine ha
taught them how to move and to move
quickly.
"What delays were Involved were oc
casioned by the fact that the department
Kv no preliminary warning to the rail
read.' , rce-rtlnr t" the report of (lenrral Wil
liam Carter from the headtiarter of the
nu'renei' division at Hun Antonio, "the
whole movement ha produced nothing but
rut faction na a military situation."
Legion from Hxperlenre.
The cuKe with which the movement has
bre-i carried out and (he absence' of con
fusion. It I" n (ft. are attributable dla
tiiutly to the lesrons learned during the
Fl anlh-.n rrlran war. in I WW all the
requisitions came after the arrival of the
troops ,arid ome of them never reached
the troops for which they were Intended.
In the movement toward the Mexican
border the troops took their own supplies
with them. All the hfflcer had their
equipment ready aa though In time of war.
I'niler thn new regulation the rsggag
which they carry la limited, whereas In
W It Uttered the fields and rampa. Tha
enllated men cnrrled their shelter tents,
blankets, towels, comb and brushes ,tooth
brushes and sogp, and everything waa
ready for their comfort within a very short
'time after detraining.
t!'rrrt:ttlni A are Inst, Irlseaae.
Ilefnre'WiiuMtf'Uvcr oi'flers'Wefe ist'iiea,
It was" optional with the en Hated me a
whether they would submit to Inoculation
against typhoid. About 25 per rent of
them . submitter of their own will. But
troop participating In the Texas move
ment huvc been Inoculated against the
disease which demanded so many victims
In the fever tamps of the SDanlsh war
period. All th Texas troops have also
been vaccinated against smallpox.
The men have been trained to reject
water of awploloua character ,and facili
ties for holllng water are carried with each
company. Each company carries Its own
cooking outfit. , Extensive experimentation
ha developed new form of sanitary sinks
and new methods of Incineration. Patented
device prevent the carrying of infection
by files, and the mess rooms and kitchens
ara carefully screened. As a result, health
conditions ar reported excellent.
BABY .IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Dana-liter of Mr. nod Mrs. Tohlu,
Famllr of Fremont. Trie to Pnll
Rifle from Mother's Lap.
SIOI'X FALLS. H. D.. April 2-(BpecIal.)
-The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Tobln.
living on s farm ten miles southwest of
Leola. McFfturlon county, was the scene
of a trasedv. of which the little daughter
of the couple, aged 24 years, was the vic
tim, the little girl secured possession of
rifle which had been left standing In th
comer, ana was dragging It around the
room, when the mother, who was engaged
In writing In the room, took the weapon
mini tne child and placed It In her lap.
" "n -sir, (lohln had resumed her writing
the child approachrd and took hold of the
mutsle of the gun in an attempt to take
It from her mother. . The hammer of the
gun evidently caught in the folds of the
mothers skirt, for the weapon was dla
charged, the bullet striking the child Tn
me neck and killing her Instantly. Mr
and Mrs. Tobln wre former residents of
r remont. Neb., and the body of the un
lonunate nme girl was sent there for
' of India.
CALC1TTX, April 1-cSpecla! Cable-
. - TM . am , . ,
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turn give tha total population of India aa
Xlt.MJ.0ul, this being an Increase of 20.600,.
wn. aa compared with the Hull census.
THE WEATHER
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Noimai precipitation 07 Inch
I 'efii'icncv fur tl, dav... 0-7 Inch
Tutsi ili.rll miiro March 1 1 32 Inches
I', ticiem-y since March I jo Inch
I fl. ii-ncy f.r cor. niHi In 1I-I-1 I n2 liichoa
Iftiijituiy for ur. period in lu .7 inch
v Come infor Probing
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Vpman .Bnrtis, Escort of Girl,
My to Testify Concerning
Stements of Classmates.
.-lUNUTON, April i. (Special Tele
Ik am.) The Navy department may make
an investigation of the social boycott al
leged to have been declared against Mia
Catherine Beers, daughter of Prof. Henry
A. Beers of Yale, following a Naval acad
emy hop In Annapolis a few nights ago.
It will be done If lYnf. Beers asks for It.
but a yet he haa made no complaint
-Midshipman William H. Burtia of New
Jersey, who waa Miss Beers' eecort. Is said
to be ready to testify that members of hi
class notified him after the hop that it
was not desirable for him to bring anyone
In Mis Beers' position to another social
function.
MIks Beers Is a graduate of Pratt Insti
tute of Domestic Science and a friend of
the wife of Lieutenant W. T. Tarrant.
Last summer Miss Beers went to live with
her and hared her household duties. She
has been a member of the Tarrant family
since and was always treated, according
to Mrs. Tarrant, as one of the family.
Fellow claesmrn of Midshipman Burtl
Inferred that Mis Beers was a servant.
South Dakota School
Lands Are Appraised
Each Forty-Acre Tract is Valued Sep
arately and Figures Are from
$75 to $15 an Acre.
Frank Blair Smith, son of W. A. Smith,
general manager and treasurer of the
street rallwav company, died Sunday
morning at 8 o'clock at Clarkson hopltal.
His death was caused by an attack of
appendicitis of six weeks' duration. An
operation was performed three weeks ago.
Abcut two months ago Mr. Smith, who
had been In business at the City of Mexico,
was In Omaha visiting his parents. On
his return he was taken sick at El Paso,
where he remained two weeks, when he
started to return to Omaha. He waa met
at Kansas City by his mother, who ac
companied lilm home. He was attended by
Dr. J. C. Davis and waa operated upon
by Dr. B . B. Davis.
Mr. Smith was 33 years old Tuesday. He
was graduated from the Omaha High
school, after which he went to the tech
nical school at Troy. X. Y. He worked
for the Barber Asphalt company at Phlla.
drlphla for awhile and then went to Mex
ico, where he engaged In business.
The funeral will probably be held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the resi
dence of his parents. 984 North Twenty
fifth Street.
Armstrong to Resign
as Corporation. Head
Candidate for Mayor of Lincoln Will
Relinquish Place as President
of Gaa Company.
(From a Staff Correspondent.!
LINCOLN. April . (Special.) A. H.
Armstrong, nominated on the republican
ticket as the business men's oandldate for
mayor, has announced that he will rslgn
from the presidency ot the gas company.
n a statement published this morning he
declares that he desire to serve as an
honest and faithful official If he la elected
mayor and that since he has been
criticised for his connection wtlh the gas
corporation he will relinquish his position.
The board of directors of the Lincoln Gas
and Electric Ught company will meet
Monday and will receive Mr. Armstrong's
letter. It Is expected to materially aid
the republicans In the f'ght for the control
of the city.
NEWSPAPER MEN MAY STRIKE
Paris Reporters Par Better Quarters
or They Will Not Write Stories
of Chamber of Depatles.
PAJtIS, April 2, (Special Cablegram) The
Chamber of Deputies Is threatened with a
novel strike, owing to the utterly inade
quate accommodation allowed to the news
paper representative. The Parisian Pre
association haa fifty members, and they
are condemned to a gallery containing
seventeen places.
The association met this week and dis
cussed the question. It was resolved to
approach the authorities of the chamber
once more on the subject. If the reporters
were unable to obtain satisfaction they re
solved they would publish no accounts of
the debates In the Chamber of Deputies,
and the senate, until their long standing
grievance had been remedied.
MRS. YERKES SERiOUSLY ILL
Widow of Traction Millionaire Has
Dropsy Following at Attack
of the Grippe.
NEW YORK. April 1 (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes. widow
of Charles T. Yerkea, traction millionaire,
is seriously HI at her home at 871 Madison
avenue. Her condition tonight wax so
grave it was said by friends and relatives
she might not live another twenty-four
hours. She Is suffering, it is said, from
dropsy, which set In as an outcome of
heart trouble, following a complication of
disease.
For more than five weeks Mrs. Yerkes
has been in bed. She was taken HI last
November, with an attack of the grippe
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From that she seemed unable to rally, and
gradually became weaker until at 'last
she was not able to arise.
Braves Rough Sea Waves
and Claims His Bride
STAFFORD. N. C April 2 (Special , slstant and boarded the little power boat
Telegram.) Captain Joseph fcmlih, keeper used as a tender, it was an even chance
of the lighthouse on Duck island. In Long 1 that the boat would fill and sink before It
Island sound, arrived here today after a I could rearh shore.
Island sound, arrived yesterday after a j "I had to ball It all the time," said
bride. Captain Smith, "and at the same time
Captain Smith was a bit shaky when he I watch he engine and keep its nose pointed
entered the town clerk's office and pro- j right. Big waves broke over me, one
cured a license to marry Mrs. Kate J. after another, and I expected every minute
Hutchinson, a widow of this cltw. He
ald he would not have ventured out In
the boisterous sound but for the urgency
and the Importance of hla errand. When
he left the lighthouse In charge of his ax-
MEXICANS TAKE
MADEIUTS UNCLE
Arrest Relative of Leader of Revolu
tion on Way to Visit Sick
Father.
REFUSE TO GIVE OUT CHARGE
Act Thought to Be One of Precaution
by Officials.
WAS MAKING TRIP TO MONTEREY
Inquiry Into Cause for Entering
Mexico to Result.
MAY BE ALLOWED TO GO ON WAY
If nieeoTered that Only Pirpmr I
to Vl.lt lek Man, Will Be Per.
mltted to Continue on
Ilia Mission.
nri.i.KTix.
FT. PASO. Tex., April J. Francisco I.
Madero, sr., and Alfonso Madero, father
and brother of the Mexican Insutreeto
president, arrived In El Paso this after
noon at 8 o'clock. A revival of peace
rumors has followed.
LAREDO Tex.. April 2. Mexican au
thorltles early today arrested Balvado
Madero, an uncla of Francisco Madero.
Jr., leader of the lnsurrectos, when he
reached Nuevo Laredo en route to
Monterey to visit his sick father. He waa
placed In Jail Incommunicado. Mexican of
ficials will not state on what charge
Madero was arrested.
Evarlste Madero, the sick man, Is the
father of Francisco Madero, and grand
father of Francisco Madero, Jr., the ln
surrecto leader now operating In the state
of Chihuahua. It waa while on his win
to visit Don Evarlte, who Is suffering
from pneumonia, that Salvadore Madero
was arrested.
Don Salvadore left here early thla morn
ing by rail for Neuvo Laredo. No sooner
had he reached Mexican soil than he was
taken from the train and placed in close
confinement In Jail. While the Mexican
officials refuse to state the specific charge
against Don Salvadore, yet It la known
that the act of the officials was one of
precaution. It was learned from a gov
ernment source In Laredo this afternoon
that Franclsoo Madero ,sr., and hla nephew,
Alfonso Madero, who for some days have
been In San Antonio, had departed, ostensi
bly for El Paso.
Ever since the receipt of the newa of
the departure of the Maderos, tha Mexican
officers have been on the alert In order to
exercise a cloae surveillance over their
movements.
Salvadore Madero will be held Incom
municado until . Monday, possibly Tuesday,
until a complete Inquiry Into the. motives
for his entering Mexico is made. "If, upon
investtg&tton It la found that hiu sole 'ob
ject la .to vIbU his sti'k father In Monterey,
he will be released, but will be kept under
strict surveillance.
Today was a feast day In Nuevo Laredo
and was lavishly celebrated. It Is" the an
tilveraary of the victory 'of the forces of
General Dlai over the French at Puebla.
Complete tranquility prevailed throughout
the festivities.
CARL R. GRAY TO HILL SYSTEM
Vice President of Frisco Will Head
Railroad In Far Northwest,
Succeeding; Stevens.
8T. IXlT18. Mo., April 2. Carl R. Gray,
senior vice president of the St. Louis A
San Francisco, railroad, with headquarters
here, it was announced last night, has re
signed to become president of the steam
and electrical railroads ot the Hill sys
tem In the far northwest, with headquarters
In Portland, Ore., succeeding John F.
Stephens.
W. C. Nixon, vice president and general
manager, will succeed Mr. Gray as senior
vice president of the St. Louis & San
Francisco, with Charles M. Levey and W.
H. hi. Koslng aa assistants to the vice
president, and with W. T. Tyler as general
manager.
The offer from Mr. HIU to Mr. Gray was
pending while Howard Elliott, president of
the Northern Pacific, was considering the
proposition for the chief executive office
ot the Missouri Pacific, and tho St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern.
THREE I CONFERENCE GOES
OVER UNTIL MONDAY
Aovast Hermann nnd Thomna J,
Lynch I'nahle to Reaeh Chi
ps no Matnrdny.
CHICAGO. April 1 Inability of August
Herrmann and Thomas J. Lynch, president
of the National league, to reach Chicago
today, caused a postponement of the meet
ing of the National Pase Ball commission.
which was to have unraveled the tangle In
the Three I league. Pres'dent B. B.
Johnson of the American league and resi
dent member of the commission, announced
that the meeting will be held In Chicago
Monday.
PICK NEW BUILDING SITE
TrrMirr Department Officials Make
Selection for Poetofflre In
Anrorn.
WASHINGTON. April J. (Special Tel
egram.) The Treasury department has
selected as the federal building ste to
be acquired at Aurora, Neb., the property
at the northwest corner of Eleventh and
L afreets. The vender Is YV. C. Wenta,
agent for the owners, and the price paid
waa tt.OOO.
to see the little boat stick its nose In a
wave and never come outvof It." '
Captain Smith Is Si years old. His
bride Is a trained aurse, a few years his
Senior.
'?tz-aZgc l;;x4i)VJ ja::.-r:
From the Washington
Evening Star.
"And the
CAPTAIN H. EJPALMER IS DEAD
Former Postmaster Falls a Victim to
Disease of Heart
HAD IN NO WAY COMPLAINED
Was One of the Karliest Pioneers of
h state mud .w Veteran f
the Civil' nnT Indian "
Wars.
Henry Emerson Palmer, a prominent cltl
aen of Omaha for the last twenty-five
years and former postmaster, 'died sud
denly at his home. 16( South Thirty-second
avenue, Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock.
Jt Is presumed that his death was caused
by a stroke of apoplexy
Mr. Palmer waa apparently as well
ever Saturday and Sunday morning.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Mr. Palmer pre
pared to go down town from his home, but
thought he would sweep some snow from
his upper porch. Neighbors passing no
tlced that Mr, Palmer had fallen and noti
fied members of the family. They found
that he waa dead.
Three years ago, March 9, his son and
partner died, leaving two small children
and ,m widow. The children are Morse aarl
Jean Palmer. Besides these he Is survived
by his wife and daughter, Mrs. Hermun
Kountse, who lives In New York City. Mr.
Palmer was 69 years old. The funeral
probably will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 from the family residence, but the
time will not be definitely decided until
Mrs. Kountze Is heard from.
As head of the 11. E. Palmer, Son & Co.,
an Insurance company, and as a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
Loyal Legion, Mr. Palmer had a very wide
acquaintance. Associated with him In the
Insurance business were Jay Foster and
Joseph Barker.
Mr. Palmer was born at Centervllle, O.,
July 31. 1841. and to few men have been
given the varied career of this man, who
held a proud record as a pioneer, a soldier
and a business man. He was a pioneer of
seven states and territories Wisconsin In
18i3, Nebraska and Colorado in 1M, Kan
sas In IStil. Wyoming In lmi5, Montana in
18Ui and Idaho in 1SU7.
Walked Mllea to School.
When Mr. Palmer was 11 years old his
parents moved to Wisconsin, where the lad
was obliged to go five tulles to school on
foot through the Wisconsin woods. Alone
he crossed Iowa when the state boasted
but fifty miles of railroad, working as
assistant rook for his board from Omaha
to the mountains, walking the entire dis
tance from liaraboo. Wis., to Mountain
City, Colo., 1.200 miles, in two months.
He left the west for Leavenworth, Kan.,
to enlist In the civil war. He was married
September 23, 163, to Miss Bettle Houck
of Westport, Mo., but continued In the
service. In January. lHtil, Captain Palmer
was ordered to Fort Hlley, Kan., and early
the following month marched through
frightful storms to Fort Kearney, Neb.,
where he heard the news of the death of
his wife and child, who had died nearly a
month before. He served to the close of
the civil war. He then engaged in The
pursuit of trading with the Indian in
Wyoming until the breaking out of the
Red Cloud war, when his goods were seized
and he was held a captive in a tepee for
three weeks. He was liberated near the
Custer battlefield and traveled on foot,
living on berries and buffalo grass seed,
to Montana, where he engaged in mining
until March, The next year he re
turned down the Missouri by boat and in
November muled at I'lattsmouth. lie went
Into the grain business and shipped the
first two carloads ever sent out of Ne
braska.
In 1N70 Captain Palmer entered the Insul t
ance business and continued at it until
Ms death. He was one of the foremast
insurance men in the entire Hot. an acilvu
member of the. Noi thwestrrn I ndci riter i'
association, a contributor to insmance
Journals and state axent for the Hume In
surance cumrii) New York for Kan-
(Continued un Second Pagc
Fowls of the Air Came and Devoured it Up."
FORMER POSTMASTER OF OMAHA
DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY.
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CAPT. H.E .TALKEP , ,
Soldiers in Parade
Over.Field of Wild
Flowers in Texas
General Carter Reviews First Division
that Has Gathered Since the
Civil War.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. April 2 (Special
Tf-tegram.) The army assembled at Fort
Sam Houston reservation made a parade
of Its war strength over a mile long field
of wild flowers estetday. It waa a
review of a division, the first review of a
division of the regular army of the United
States that has been held since the civil
war
Between 8.000 and 9.000 men passed General
William H. Carter-Infantrymen with ball
cartridges In their belts and artillerymen
with service shells in their limbers.
Every arm of the service represented In
the division camp was In full strength" In
the long lines that serpentined back and
forth across the field, except the Inde
pendent brigade of the Ninth and Eleventh
cavalry and the ambulance corps.
The brigade Is not properly of the di
vision, and the trooper recruits are out at
Leon Springs, banging away at target
practice.
Dislocates a Jaw as
She Stops to Yawn
Mrs. Martha Vo&s, Taking- Her Chil
dren to a Hospital, Falls in
a Faint.
NEW YOHK. AprU 2. (Special Tele
gram.) Her Jaw dislocated by a yawn as
she stood on tiie street with her twin
children, 4 years old. In Brooklyn today,
Mis. Maltha Voss fell in a faint.
By a peculiar coincidence, Mrs. ,Voss
was on hur way to a hospital with her
children to have their legs, which are
bowed, straightened out.
SHOCK OF BROTHER'S DEATH
CAUSES DEMISE OF C. KLINK
Member of Family from rliraka la
Ncrluua t'ondltl-in nt (Bar
rett, Mil.
CI ' M B FRLA Nil, ill.. Tpi II li.-The
shock produced by news of the death of
Cornelius Kllnk near Carrett, Md , caused
the death of his brother. Perry Kllnk. aged
70 years. Joseph K link i f Nebraska, tn-
j other bro'her wh.i was visiting Cornelius.
I is mid to b at the point of death at
UairetU
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MURDERS WIFEJRIES DEATH
Farmer Shoots When Woman Refuses
to Return to His Home.
RESULT OF FAMILY QUARREL
He Has C'b n n re to Reoover Tmedr
- itrmrm mt Home of .Mothes!
Law 1st Presence of Their
' ' 'M ' Infant Son.'' .'
HASTINGS. April 1 (Special Telegram.)
Murder of l is wife , and an attempt at
suicide, leaving his life In the balance,
ended the marital! difficulties of Harry
Palmer, 23 years old, a farmer, this after
noon. Palmer shot hla wife In front of the home
of her mother, where she had taken refuge,
and In the presence of their son, an Infant
of i years. Mrs. Palmer died tonight at
7:30 o'clock, five hours after the shooting.
Palmer la In a critical condition, but with
a possible chance to recover.
Three days ago differences between the
Palmers reached the breaking point. The
separated and Mrs. Palmer went to the
home of her mother, Mrs. John Nelson.
This afternoon Palmer took his Infant
son and went to the home of his mother-in-law
to call on his wife. He asked her
at the door to get Into his buggy, drawn
up nearby. ,
"I will hot go," she replied, decisively.
"Are you going to live with me any
more?" he Inquired.
"No, never," she replied.
The two shots, murder and attempted
suicide followed.
Palmer Is the son of O. R. Palmer, a
furiner. Both families are widely known
In this county. Both formerly lived at
Juniata.
THREE BOMBS ARE THROWN
AMONG BUTTON MAKERS
Strike Conditions nt Mnaentlne, la.,
Hrlng About Condition of
Violence
Ml'SCATIND, la., April l.-Three bombs
were thrown early today at the homes of
button workers who have taken the places
of some of the 1,000 button factory em
ployes, who have been on strike for five
weeks. No one waa hurt, but the houses
were damaged. A reward was offered for
the bomb throwers.
J.
PARiH
G. Caaaatt Imprni Inn-
April J It was announced by
the attending physicians tonight that the
condition or J. uantner ( axsatt of Phila
delphia showed slight Improvement. Mr
Cassatt la suffering from pleurisy.
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March 12, '11
Tho Omaha Bee,
Omaha.
Dear Sirs:
It gives me mu;h satisfaction to tell you that The Ties
has assisted us in building up our buntings in a very short
time.
Our half page ropy and subsequent smaller advertisements
launched us into a successful public service corporation almost
immediately, which of course, makes us a splendid friend of
your newspaper.
Here's to more success for both of us.
Yours respectfully.
OLDER MEMBERS
DOUUTTROGRAM
Belief by Many at Washington Demo
cratic Caucus Has Outlined
Too Much Work.
ACTUAL RESULTS TO FALL SHORT
Attitude of Senate Will Block Exten
sive Legislation Now.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE MAY GUIDE
Will Seek to Confine Acts of Congress
to Reciprocity.
MANY MATTERS TO CAUSE DELAY
Wonld Be I.nte In Jnne Before Co
slderatlnn CVtnld Be Given to
Honse Bill Dealing with
finale Tariff Behednle.
WASHINGTON.. April 1 Despite the
fact that the democrats of the house, by
official eaucu action, have declared a
purpose to enact tariff legislation during
the extra session of congress, beginning
Tueday at noon, the prediction waa freely
made In congressional circle tonight that
no such legislation can be put through the
enate at thl time and that the extra
session will adjourn earlier than haa gen
erally been anticipated.
Sentiment among the regular republlcana
In the senate Is overwhelmingly against
any sort of tariff revision at the extra
session, and there are multiplying evidences
that the regular republicans are disposed
to do all they can to placate the pro
gressive or Insurgent wing of the party
In the senate so aa to bring about some
sort of harmony. Without the support ot
the progressives the democrats cannot noa
slbly get any tariff bills through the upper
branch of congress.
As matters stand today It Is apparent
that the regular republlcana of the senate
will do everything In their power to post
pone all matters oi general imiiumuiin un
til the regular aesslon next December, it
Is reported that a number of the pro
gresslve republlcana ara likely to fall In
with this Idea. '
Senate Cnorns Tneedar.
President Taft, by sending In a message
dealing with Canadian reciprocity alone,
will pv the way 'for the program which
the senate republlcana propose to adopt at
a oauoua to be held probably on Tuesday
afternoon.
The promise made by President Taft that
the tariff board will be ready with a com
plete report on the textile schedules of the
tariff by December 1 next, and tha hop
he haa Informally expressed that congress
will decide to wait for thla report befor
act'.ng on) these aohedulea makes tha situa
tion a little mora dlfflonlt for tha demo
crats In that the Inaurgent vote In th sen
ate Is likely to b won over to th presl-
dent'a proposition. ' ' ', ,' ' ,'
The republican lrtiirgnt - regard (h -(tariff
board Idea as of tHelr own creation.
They have advocated It aa a scientific
method of revising th tariff. President
Taft has worked hard td secure legislation
making the tariff board permanent and
may aend In a Second message to tha ex
tra aesslon dealing with this subject.
It Is pointed out tonight that with a re
port on the much-discussed cotton and
wool schedules promised by next Deoember
the Insurgent republican! will not stultify
themselves by voting for house bills
amending these schedules without regard
to the tariff board. There la little doubt
but that consideration of the reciprocity
measure will occupy fnany weeka of the
senate's time. r
What Woald dads Delay.
It Is argued that It would be late In
June before consideration could be given
In the senate to a house bill dealing with
even one schedule of the Payne-Aldrlch
law. With a determination on the part of
thirty or mora senators that no such legis
lation should be enacted at th extra ses
sion, It can be easily seen, according to
tha republican leaders, that attempts to
get such measures through th extra ses
sion would be futile.
There is said to be no disposition on
tha part of the senate republicans to block
legislation of comparatively ' minor Im
portance at th extra session. For Instance
there Is likely to be considerable legis
lation for the District ot Columbia, tha
affairs of the capital having been wholly
neglected during the lust regular aesslon.
Deficiency bills and bills to correct mis
takes In the enrollment of act during th
final rush of the last session will be given
a right-of-way. It Is even stated that the
subject of the reapportionment of repre
sentation In the house to accord to th
figures of the thirteenth cenifus may b
taken up In the senate.
But when it comes to matters affecting
the tariff, and other matters on which th
debate would be well nigh Interminable,
the regular republicans Say they will draw
the line and they believe the progressiva
will act with them In doing so.
o t'aneuaa Chairman.
The senate republicans ar just now
without a caucus chairman. Senator Hal
waa the chairman, but he will not be In
the new congress. The caucus call will
be made by petition and th meeting will
be held either Tuesday afternoon or
Wednesday. Menator Cullom of Illinois
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