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Looking Backward Thi Day in Omaha FC ef aM I The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. Fair; Warmer VOL. XII NO. 231. OM4&A, "WEDNESDAY MORXIXO, MAECII tt, WI2-1X)UBTEEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. MAY RfcOPEN . PATENT SDIT Attorney General Wickenitm Ex :' pecti to Ask for Rehearing of the Famous Monopoly Cae. CAN ACT THROUGH L0ST5G SIDE Pull Bench Did Hot Pass Upon This Important Ime. LAW WILL BE AMENDED Senator Brown Says Patents Com mittee Will Take Up Matter. , BILLS SOW PENDING IS HOUSE ne-fresetattvrla Sara Mraswres Aimed at Ska Mackinac Tnlt Will Meet the Sitsntlos. Moors Prepares Bill. WASHINGTON. March ll-Atlorney Uivtl Wickers bam Indicated today that there a a strong likelihood B hearing being asked of tlM auprtme court in tha Patent inonopoiy case oecteen yestMU; by a divided bench, four to three. He sW 1 had taken th matter un hv latter with the partita at issue. asking if a rehearing wai desired. The government " beln Jtsr 10 th ,ult f fan art only tiirough the aereatea par. 1 .'lea. Tba rehearing would be asked on the around that a full benck had aot ) a seed on the ens. " ' Mur Bllla Cassia;. 1 BiUa to curb the monopoiletag power of patentee over unpatented article need in operating patented machine began to ahow life today In congress. This wa - in response to th appeal of Chief Justice White of the (upreme court for oongr to chance the law which the court found yeaterday gave patentee practically un restricted prlvUsge regarding the man ner In which their patMil may be used. E. B. Moore, commlntoner of patent, ha prepared a bill to amend the law o " tint patentee may not Impose onerous condition uiioo purohaer of their pat ented article. Senator Gore may re Introduce a bill he presented to congress lent jeer retarding "licen restriction" In the sal of patent, and Repreoeatatlv Littleton a New lork. democrat, after conferring with the oommiai loner at pat- ' ems, announced he would Introduce a bill to meet the decision. The aenate comittee on interstate com-, mere ha recently Investigated patent monopolies along with monopolies- pot Functioned by lw. v y - Hrowa Will Call. I p Matter. ' It ha been understood that th oora mllteo would deal with the patent ques tion in any recommendations ft might maka la regard to changing the anti trust law. Senator Brown., chairman of the senate committee on patent and members of th house committee on patent, have expressed themselves since th ' court dsotstoa willing to act The ""National Capital s' Tuesday, March II, 1013. - The Senate. In session' lea - v Finance committee agreed" to vote Th unsay so house steel tartrf revMon till J Appropriations' committee ordered Vv arable reportf on fortifications apprcn'ria tion bill carrying S4.lt.s. Including lli, oy fur site for protection of entrance to Chesapeake Bay. The House. Met at noon. . Remimed debate of st "cultural appro. pclaUon bill. - Freight rates of the steel corporations subsidiary were explained to Stanley in vestigating committee by O. M. Freer. Representative Llttletou annbneed he would Introduce bill to meet the "le galised monopolv' patent decision handed down by the supreme court. Brigadier General Edwards, Insular bu reau chief, told the committee Investi gating the Major Ray case that he assumed all responsibility lur the delay In transmitting was wf the papers In tlis case. , Adopted resolution calling on Depart ment of Justice to make known whether It waa UiveeUgatu siss "smetter trust. i Any amendment trf the patent law agreed oa wUt contain in soma ton a blow at th recant plan at 'putting a license restriction aa the use of patented art Idea sold by th patentees. It will be designed to correct th evil which Chief Justice Whit spoke of when be said: "It is a matter of common knowledge tint thee restrictions have been fre fluently resorted to for the purpose of bringing numerous article at common us within the monopoly of a patent where otherwise they would not bar been embraced therein, thereby tending to subject the whole of society to an un disputed monopolistic control." Til proposed' amendment would en deavor to bring within th law "the rut area" spoken of by th chief Justice be tween the restrictions placed on right by the patent law and th "law of th fnd.", , ; Harris Kxaeets Action at Oaee.- There are now pending before th Judi ciary committee several bills Intended to reach th same results and Inspired by the governments suit against the United Shoe Machinery com puny. According to Itepreaentatlve Norn f Nebraska, a member, they were sidetracked la that comittee because of the question of Juris diction. ! " . - Opponent Of the measure seised oa the situation, he charged, to prevent con side rattan there and at th sams time blocked reference to the measure to the patent committee. Now that th issue wa defined, Mr. Norn expressed the view that some legislation overcoming "legalised monopoly," would be fortheom " ing before congress adjourned The-Weather. V V" For Nebraska: Mostly cloud)?-warmer outhweat portion. For Ja: Ucaerally fab-; colder. a. m.. js . a. m.. 24 a. n- s S a, m a. m...w.....tt 1 a. m.. a 11 a. m 30 12 m. '. 31 1 p. m It z p. m .a P. m a A p. en.... a ' a. m Zl p. m M I p. m it Cwaiparatlvw Lacal Revarel. - 112. mi. iti. me. Highest yesternjy ! T 7 a lxwest yesterday .35 33 13 2 Mean temseratuia ...... 2 2 3 erecipitatiea M T. . .M Temperature and precipitation depar ture irra the normal: Normal temperature , , 34 ljeftcleney for the day , Deficiency since March 1 1Q Normal precipitation 4 Inch Total preeipitatloo since search 1 .K Inch Kkccss since March 1 to Inch lflcteacy cor. period in 1911 to inch Lwflctency cor. period In 11 41 men Iteswrts (rssa llatleas a 7 r. M. station and State Temp. High- Ttalnr of Weather. 7 p m. est. tall. Cheyenne, clear 2 34 ,1 Davenport, clear .... a 34 m Denver, part cloudy.... X - M . Dee M'vines. clear 9 .m Dodn City, part cloudy 34 3 je Lander, clear u M North Platte, dear il X jn Umaha. dear ...... X C .at jPaeblo, etoudy 33 34 .a 1141 City, part cloudy li 3S .40 ait Lake CHy. cloudy. " el m Eanta Ke. cloedy 3t 42 .40 rjherfclan. cloudy S it .u eivux City, rloodf a 3 .4 Valentine, dear 22 .9 L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster RETAILERS OPEN CONVENTION Orer 200 Hebruka Kerchants in At tendance at Initial Session. PAID SECBETABT TO BE HIRED Ueleaatr are Peering lata Osaaha frees All Sevflsas a ad toavea tloa Will Me iraest la Or. aaalsnttoa'e History. Uor than 9 merchant attended th opening seaulon of tlK annual convention of tba Federation of Nebraska Retailers at the Soma Tuesday and uor are com ing In on every train. Fifty arrived on a single train at Boon. It will be the biggest convention ever held by the federation. .Having SL537.3 la th treasury and prospect of K,0u) to S7.M receipt for thi year, the federation decided on engaging paid sec res ry. to devote hi entire time to tba federation work, a thing that ha been rang aesirea.. new oy-iaws, aaopieu t th opening meeting, provided for the selection of a eeeretary by th executive committee,' hi salary to be named by the committee. The convention opened, with President U F. Langhorst In th chair, with Invo cation by Dean Tea cock of Trinity ca thedral. Mayor Dabrmaa end President Haverstlrk of the Commercial oiab wel comed the visitor's, the mayor extending to a merchanto til 'key ef the city." foryettlng to mention, for th first time tUft winter, that "the key Is pur and amlsss." K a. Wuri of Plattsmoutk re- spoaded to these welcomes. -. President Langhorst, in hi annual ad dress, said that th federation, which waa organised six year ago at Fremont with forty member, now, ha mora than UsO member, lie urged th selection of a salaried secretary, suggested careful con sideration, of mutual lnwranos, and ad vocated that some plan f -co-operative buying and dlstriBullon at proauci oe worked out. In many places h said. th merchant have atopas their loose on perlshsbls good by ce-operetlon in buying; and handling produce. Th large losses to retail merchants oa Mrs hut year, he said, would hav bean obiated by such a system. , Becratary P. P. Fodre reported that there mn mora than lie najnes on the membarslilp roll, wtth.l.ftO members In good Handing, ths remainder baring still a chance to remain on the Hat by so tid ing their due. One hundred and forty local organisation are affiliated with th federation. - r Treasurer M. A. Hosteller reported that he had V.H on hand at th time of the 1911 annual meeting, that be had collected fMM. during the year, had paid out, 33,714.09 and had ten tl.337.3. It waa decided to send representatives to a national business conference, called by eeeretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Laber, to meet In Wash ington on April li. ' Th afternoon wa devoted to a discus sion of credits. . - Credit lyslesa Dtseesse. Much of th afternoon ,wa devoted to a "aestjon oox,' iconaucwo oy u. w. Darner of Over tun. Something like twenty-five questions were put to him, all dealing with credits and collections such question as "What would yon do with a cat slog oe house customer when bis money la gone and he wants credit?' Would you consider it good business to dun a customer in th torf'"Do yoo think It advisable to allow clerks the right to extend credit?" , . Condderable difference et opinion wa developed. 'Many thought It bad business to dun customers In the store; others de clared It was poor policy to asnd written statements and that th best thing to do was a mention ths matter o be cusoroer In the sore. Sum thought U wis to make present of a cigar or something else whenever a customer paid hi bill; i - 1 MOTION TO QUASH DINAMjTE BILLS Fprty-Six ? the Fifty-Four Indicted Ken Appear in Federal Court in Indianapolis. ETOICTMEKTS ABE ATTACKED Contention that They Are Confusing is Orerrnled by Court. MOTHER POINT IS RAISED Defense Alleges 'that Carrying Ex plosives Unmarked, Hot Illegal. COURT DOES HOT ACCEPT VIEW It Is Ales toateaded by Attorwey Ball, tor Defease, that If There Was Asy Coa.pl racy It is ' aw Oatlawed. Anything for a Change , (Continued on Beooad Page. Public Service Plants in Three Cities Are " to Be Consolidated ; - . DAVK.VPORT. Ia... Miroh 12-The amalgamation of electric railway, electric light aad power and gas plant of Daven port. Rock Island and Moline, III.. Wider the direction at a syndics headed by Samuel Insult of Chicago. J. 0. White ot New Tork and Davenport, Moline and Rock Island business men, wa an nounced here today. ' Under tbecartae ef the deal It is stated the properties, hitherto belonging to the Halsey-Markay Interests, pas Into the control of the United IJght and Bail ways campsiry, ths headquarters f which are to be moved from Grand Rapid, Mich., to Chicago. Beside the Messrs. Insull and White, J F. Horter of DsrenpOrt, William Buttcrworth of Mettne. George B. Caldwell and Edward P. Russell at Chicago, and B. O. Filer of Flier City. Mich., are promment mem bet and probable director of th new company. It is announced that the company will continue to operate the electric line of Grand Haven. Mich-; gas planta la Cedar Rapids and Ottwawa, la.; Chadsnooga, Tena.; Cadillac, Mich., and Vat toon. III.; gas and electric plant at Fort Dodge, la., and Laperte. lnd.; the railway gas and electric plants at Muscatine, la., and th pleats of the traction company at Muskegon, Mich. r I - ' - ' , ' t ' - INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. March li-De-murrer to IndlctiueoU agalnat forty-six defendant In the government's weoeecu tion of the alleged dyaamltlnc con spiracy were "filed before Judge A. B. Anderson by counsel for the Indicted men when they were arraigned in the federal court todsy.. Eight of the fifty-four de fendants were not present. ElUall ItollBe of Chicago, one ot the attorney for th defense began th argu ment In support of a motion to quash th indictments on the ground that many of them charged the same offense of consptnry to transport explosive from tat to Mate Illegally. Judge Anderson Interrupted Mr. ZoHne wilh a statement that th motion to quae)) th Indictment on th ground of confuting multiplicity "waa abaurd." I Matt-sa IS Overrated. "These defendants will never go to trial without thoroughly understanding what they are charged with." said he. "They will not be embarrassed or confused in this court. The motion (Is overruled." Attopiey Alfred Movey then attacked the Indictment, denying there wa a. Bowing that th defendant had unlaw fully conveyed explosives oa passenger train. II declared there a a no viola tion of federal ataiute unless explosives were transported on common carrier concealed In unmarked packages and maintained ,th indictment did not o aver. "Do counsel for the defense contend." commented Judge Anderaon, "tht If I pack a vails with dynamite and carry It on a passenger train without mis representing whet I hav. say to New Tork, llwt I am net violating th fed eral law I I cannot read th statute In any other sens thn that I would be committing a crime.' Walter Ball of Muncle, lnd.. replied this wss th contention and that when th statute defined that It was Illegal to ship etploatv. only It f fort were mad jo jonraai, r-aiJabi. tWchtr actor of til shipment. It mad th same stipulation a to an Individual carrying explosives on a train. Mr. Ball' further argued that th act of 1901 governing Interstate transporta tion of explosive repealed th aot of UM and that a, th Indictment clto both act the indictments r defective. He also maintained that a tlut con spiracy charged Wu alleged to have been consummated In 1Mb, th statute of limitation bad run against prosecu tion. Ilaadred trawlare Dasssaed. On hundred explosions destroyed er damaged property of employers of non union labor In cltie from Massachusetts to California, between 193 to 1ML The moat dlsastarona wrecked was th Lea Angeles Times building. October L 110, end killed twenty-one men. Most of the defendants are present or former offtdsls ot th International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. All are slleged to have con spired Illegally to convey explosives on passenger train from state t state, and th et of the conspiracy, it la charged, Was In th headquarter of the Iron Workers' association In Indianapolis. geterwl Defeadaat Aborat, Th absent defendants were John J. McNamara, ecretary-treasurer ot th Iron Worker' aasodatlon lnc MQi, al leged to have directed th operation of the dynamiting crew from, hi office her, erring fourteen years' sentence In 6aa Quentln penitentiary, California, for hav ing conspires!, to blow up th Llewellyn Iron works, Loa Angeles; J rune B. Me- Namara. serving life sentence In San Queniln for having blown np th Los An geles Times building; Ortle K. McManl gal, ''practical dynamiter," confessedly tbe moat active agent ot the conspirators and upon whose information the Investi gation of the plot largely hav reeled. In Jail at lo Angeles; Eugene A. Clancy of Kan Francisco, former member of the executive board ef tbe Iron worker. under Indictment and bend In California; Uaf A, Tveltmoe. secretary ef th Build ing Trad council of California, under indictment and bond In that state; John J. McCray, former member of th ex ecutive board of the Iron Workers as sociation, whereabouts unknown, John R. .Carroll and dward E. Phillips ot the I roe Workers union of Syracuse, N. T., resisting, removal to Indianapolis; Freak M. Myaa Preseat. " West piomlnent among th Indicted men her today were Frank M. Ryan of Chicago, president of the Iron Worker association; John T. Butler of Buffalo, first vice president, and - Herbert 8. Hockln of Detroit. 'Second vice president and acting secret-try-treasurer. In tbe confession ot McManigal, Hockln appear a traveling superintendent cf the "dynamiting squad." and custodian of th deposttoriea of explosives In west ern Penney Ivanta, at Tiffin, O., aad In this etty: With the Indicted Iron workers officials from various parts of th county were four men connected with other labor anions, alleged to hsve been Implicated la tbe comptracy. They were William K Benson, former president of tba De troit Federation ot Labor; Clarence E. Dowd of Rochester, N. T.. formerly a national organiser ef th International AsaodatJoa of Machinists; Hiram Cliae of Muncle, lnd.. a aaUonai organiser for the International Brotherhood of trer penters and Joiners, and ipurgeon p. Meadows, bustnts .agent of tbe Indlen- Sx rrote the Minneapolis Journal. tCentinued on Second Page.) OPNION II COMMISSION CASE Supreme Court Hands Down-Decis ion on General Statute. ATTACKS WITHOUT FOUNDATION Officer Created Mr the Legislature May He t'ealralled b that Body ":" aad' Abolished 'iJlfT ST v Delitrd. tFrom a Htaff Correspondeni.) LINCOLN, March I2.-tnpclal Tele gram.) The supreme court handed down a number of opinion today, tfca-inost Im portant oii being that in which It upheld the legality of the commission form ot government statute. The court had previously announced II conclusions, but did not give its reason until today. The case la entitled state et rel Baughn agalnat Ur. Justice Reese did not sll in the case. The opinion la by Judge Letton. The syllabus follow. "Flrat. Where an act Is, passed as original and independent legislation and Is oompleto In Itself so far a It applies lo the ubject matter properly embraced within ita title, the constitutional pro vision respecting the manner of amend' meat and repeal of former statute ha no application. "Second. The mere fact that an act of the legislature adopts th provision of prior act by reference thereto doe not render trie new act amendatory of the acta to wwch reference Is made, if In other respects It Is a complete "act Id Itself. 'Third. Th provision of th constitu tion dividing th powers of government Into three distinct departments, legists tire, executive and Judicial and prohib iting any person of tbe department from exorcisms; th power belonging to the other, apply to th government of the tat and not to th government ot local subdivision such as municipal corpora tions; therefore, th commission plan of eovwrnmen nrovtded for In chapter M, law WU. which permit the exercise of all such power by certain officer named therein Is not Invalid as violating such constitutional provision. P-rtctltlescmrbmg gfagf gfdakwd wdw "Fourth. Where a law I general and uniform throughout th state, operating alike upon all parson and locajltle In the sam cless. It is nut open to the ob jection that It I local or special legis lation. "There la no requirement In the con stitution that th detail of local govern ment shall be the (am In all cities of Ilk population. Although under the operation of th aot allowing th adoption of th commission plan of government, some cities, within the ola deeerlbcd In ths act, may not adopt tbt provisions thereof, tins does aot reader the act violative of tbe constitutional provision thst no local or special act shall be passed 'changing or amending ths charter et any town, city or village." ' 1 "Sixth. Th provision of sect ton IL article t of the constitution, that no Mil shall contain more than on subject and the earn 'shall be clearly expressed In Its title, are Intended to prevent sur rcprctloua legislation. The court will not be warranted In holding that an adt of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison Are Scored by Attorey WASHINGTON. March K. - Samuel Oomprrs, John Mitchell and Frank Morri son, the three Federation f Labor off, el la kng trjwl in. the trlc of-Co-lumtila supreme court before I he full bench of Justices, today were sevareH stored by Attorney J. J. Irllnpon of th prosecutors' cummltte. who charac tcrlsed their alleged violation of th Buck Stove and Rango company injunc tion as "flagrant, defiant and eonacious." Mr. DarllngAon declsred the case ehoul'l have been entitled "Uw against An archy," because of the position taken by the respondents that they would follow their own Inclination despite' the opin ions of the tribunal c rented by the con stitution to Interpret the law. (Continued on Second Page.) WILL DROP PERSONALITIES President Taft Puts Veto on This Style of Campaigning, WILL STICK TQ REAL ISSUES t Atleatlsa will He Devote- largely 4s Third Term, Recall at Judicial Uerlsleae aad Other .Is tlaaal (laeattaae. RAIL MERGER IN COURT Government Files Briefs Against Union and Southern Pacific CIRCUIT COURT - IS CRITICISED WASHINGTON, March li -After a eon- ference'today, participated In by Pre! dent Taft. Senator Crane of Massachu setts, Director McKlnh-y'of the Taf campaign bureau and Secretary to the President Hllles, It became known that hereafter the literary end of tit Taft bureau would not Indulge in personalities nor In attack oa Colonel Roosevelt or the men who are supporting aim. Pn dent Taft Insisted. It was said, that this method of attack be abandoned. While no definite plan ot campaign wax made public today It was said the Taft leader would devote their attention largely to such Issues as the third term. th recall of Judicial decisions and other questions of national Interest. Judge Denies Motion of Packers to Take Case from the Jury CHICAGO. March li-Vnlled State. District Judge Carpenter today declined to take from tbe Jury the case of the tea Chicago packers, charged with conspiracy In maintaining a combination In restraint of trade under the Sherman law. and dis charge th defendant. ' The court denied the motion of the defense after five day of argument by counsel. On Page 11 Today Mutt , and Jeff i Picture It Will Make you Laugh Mormons in Canada to Move to Nevada CALGARY. Alberta, March 12.-The Mormons who have greatly Improved the Card st on country near bore, where the colony Is located, are to move in a body back to the United States, settling some where in Nevada- It is said that the order to remove to Nevada Is to come from President Bmith. head of the church at Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITT, Utah. March it Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mor mon church, denied today that order bad been sent to the colony of Mormons in Alberta. Canada, for their retura to the United itatea. "The church ha nothing whatever to do with the removal of the colony to the United 8ttea." laid President Smith. "If the colony Is moving back it I not by order from any of the church authorities." A Horary benerai lekerskem Da. j riser that lalaa Pacific t .. pet Iter ef fteetbera Road With iiarepllsas. ' sTASHI.N'OTON. March lt,-Th gor. eratnent fight lo split the merger of the Union Paclfia and Soull-crn Pacific rail way sy stems opened today In the supreme court ot I he United State. Attorney General Wickersham and hi pcll aa- slstanls. Prank B. Kellogg and Cordenlo A. Severance filed a comprehensive brief of their argument to be mad orally In court shortly after April 1, when Die legality ot the merger will be prvrenlcd fur decision,' In addition to the brief of arguments second brief of e nga wa required to act forth the fact In the case, Th court was told In th second brief thst the) railway combination now asked to be dissolved originated lth Edward IL Hnrrlman, Jacob II. Schiff and asso ciate. It brought' under a common con trol, the government charge, th Union Pacific, th Southern Panric. the San l'edro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake with various ocean aleaenship lines, among which wa the Pcctflo Mall Steamship company, which forms a part ot the Panama route from New York to San KranrlMo. In' addition It Insured sn in fluential votes ill the manaKement of the Atchison. Xopeka tt Santa F Railway company.- The government criticised se verely the circuit court of at .peals of the Eighth circuit, which dismissed th petition for dissolution ot the merger. Judge Honk atone dissented, Porsser Decision Criticised. Thk brief declares the government can not understand how the court below got the Imuresinon the government did not claim that th Union Paclflu was a com petitor ot th Southern Pacific for any buslnrs originating nearer than 1,W0 mile or more away from II line. "Thi statement I contrary to th el arm in the petition," and in argument av th brief, "and Is contrary, lo the evidence ot scores of witnesses" The decision Is attacked because the court held th Union pacific could not be a competitor of the Southern Pacific fog th reason that it traffic moved to California points over the Souther J"s clfle from Ogden. "I It possible. ask the brief, "that the Union I-adflc, with Ha thousands of mile of railway and ateamship lines, reaching "from the Missouri river to Portland and San Frasxaaco, ha no ap preciable effect on commerce In Its conv IX tltlon with another comi-leta system, reaching the same general territ.iry?" ' The government declare that the trial court was wrong in holding two railroad could not be competitor unless tbe com petitive business could he handled by them wholly, over their own rails. In stead of there bring no Impairment of service the government aseerts that th merger resulted In gross increase of rates, prevention of construction of new lines Into competitive territory and a "sensible deterioration" of service. The governments attorney contend that th "rule of reason" applied by the supreme court In the Standard OII ard tobacco eases was not to be applied In passing upon this merger. N NINTH IOWA IS FIRM JFOR TAFT Republicans in Convention Endorse President and Give Him Two Delegates. INSTRUCTIONS ARE YERY PLAIN Delegates to Chicago Will Be for President Always. INSURGENTS HAKE SHALL SHOW Cummins and Roosevelt Hen in Con vention Very Few. PROCEEDINGS HOVE SWIFTLY Baslsies af Ibc fL'aavcattas Over, AKhewah Delegates Hear Keveral .Speeches From . Leaden af District. President Taft was given uncqunocal endorsement by the republican of th Ninth Iowa district In convention at Council Bluffs Tuesday. Out ej more than 1S votea of tbe convention Cum min could muster only eleven when tbe roll ass railed, and th combined Roosevelt-Cummins trtrenglh rounded UP but twenty-three rote. Th convention chore F. F. rrt of Council Bluff and Judge W. ?. Lewis of Glenwood a It delegate and grtv them Unequivocal instruction to vote for the' renomi nation of President Taft at all Stages of the fight In th national convention. J. 0. Rockafellow of Atlantic and C. l. war chosen as alternate. Th convention caught It Inspiration from th speeches Of Judge Lewis, the temporary chairman; from Judge Wslter' I. Smith, and front Colonel C. 0. Saun dare, who pointed out tin fact that the election of a prealdcnt of the Unit.!, State I a business proposition, nd proceeded without delsy or hesitation, to declare th necessity of re-electlni President Tft. There was no con test In th committee room when th resolutions were being formulated ex cept to maka them a clear and strong possible In the commitment of the1 remihik'ana . its district to the un reserved approve! ut President Taft'' administration. Opaaalttoa Kslsyi Itself. Th Cummins- Roosevelt combin repre-, ented pert of th delegate from Shel , by. Audubon and Mill counties, with' Mill playfully dividing It vote on each ballot for everything that came -tip. ' Tha Cummin men had selected F. H it eye of Council Bluffs a on of their' iand!de (or national delegate. but th best vote he could get wa twelve for alternate, when In vote represented th combined strength of th Roosevelt) and Cummin men, wa twenty-three. closed when Judge Iewl was uloglslns; President Taft and th small cllqu of Roosevelt sang out la chorus, "What' th matter with Roosevelt?" Before th expected rejoinder could b made Judge Lewie turned to them and aald: "U all right, tut ha suld ou Novem ter I. ISttt, tin th 4th day of March next1 I shall have served three and one-heir years, and (hi constitutes my fiist term.' The wise custom which limits tlie toreai- dent lo two terms regards th substance1 and not ths form, and under no circum-. stance will I again be a candidate (or or accept another nomination.' Th poo-, pie believed this great man then, and I believe thiiy will not now rhang their conviction that h wa rlBlit." Resolutions Adopted. The resolution' were not presented, until nearly 6 o'clock and were approved by an overwhelming majority of thai delegates expressed In a viva voce vote.' The few Itoosevelt-Cummtn men put Into j action all of their reaouma for making their ' tis" vote audible, but th volume of sound was week compared wlththe sfflrmatlve demonstration. Following aroj the resolutions: We, the republicans of the Ninth con-, gresslnnal district ef Iowa, In convention assembled, declare: We reaffirm our faith In and allegiance' lo the fundamental principles of the re publican party aa exemplified by ita con-, duct of national aftalts during tbe hut flftv years. We especially Indorse the administration ot President Taft and assert that his earnest endeavors to put In for the dec-' laraliona of lite last republican national platform prove him a typical leader of the parly whose tatthfuliees lies not been I excelled by aoy of hla predecessor!-, land commend him to the utmost conf Idence ( and further continuation of tlut houora so worthily bestowed upon htm. And we. denounce all attempts made tu discredit I -hi administration based on false ur trlv olotia assumptions. We commend and Indorse the repub lican newspapers of thle state whicahave faithfully supported President Tuft and hla administration, aad we commend their good example to those newspapers of tha i elate whh-h appear to have forgottfcn their fealty to the republican party. President Taft has discharged ail -tba duties of his high office with dignity and without fear or favor. Hla administra tion has accomplished more In construc tive legislation and the enforcement of federal lawe than hs been accomplished in the like period of any other adminis tration. The established custom permits, hts good work fully merit and tha pres ent condition of th country require hts renomination and his re-election. There- 1 fore, the delegates from thi district to the national republican convention at f (Continued on Second Page.) FIFTEEN HURT IN WRECK NEAR 0AKW00D, WIS. MILWALKKIi, Man Tut-Fifteen per sons were hurti none it Is said fatally, through the derailment and ditching of a porfjhn of Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul pa-Meiigcr train No. S2 near Oak wood. Wis., today. A defective rail. K I said, caused the accident. , : ? Getting Atteatioi. through Bee want atis sells goods of all kinds. It may be that you have some secoud-haiid ar ticle around Hie home a lawnmower, piano, au tomobile, buggy, wagon that would bring a quicker buyer if you told the thousands of Bee readers about it. Better try a Bee want ad for a few days. It'll not cost much. Tyler 1000. f - I