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    The Omaha Daily Bee
The Paper With a
Purpose The Paper
That Does Things
THE WEATHER
Fair; Warmer
VOL. XL1T-NO. 187.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORN
JANUARY LL mil TWKhVIO PAUKS.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
ROOT SAYS FREE TOLL
SECTION SHOULD BE
STRICKEN FROM BILL
NEW UNITED STATES SENATOR I
GUNBOAT WHEELING
May We Expect This?
NOBRIS GETS VOTES
FALL LEGISLATORS
FOB SEATJ SENATE
Congressman from Fifth Nebraska
District Unanimous Choice of
Lawmakers for Office.
JOINT SESSION HELD TODAY
Both Branches to Convene for the
Formal Announcement.
FROM NEBRASKA.
SENT TO VERA
State Department Again Calls on
Navy to Protect Americans in
Southern Mexico.
SERIOUS OUTBREAKS CONTINUE
Gucnillas and Brigands Keep For
eign Residents in Terror.
VILLAGES AND RANCHES SACKED
)
New York Senator Makes Extended
Speech in Favor of Repeal
of the Revision.
SAYS
VIOLATES
TREATY
f
(
Thinks Honor of United Statc3 is
Involved.
SHOULD OBSERVE CONTRACT
Great Britain Made Concession to
Secure Agreement.
NO RIGHT TO REMIT TOLLS
Mexico anil Cnnnda llnvr Tort on
Each Ocean, bnl Their Ship
Shnulil Also Ilr (ilvrn Spo
ol n I Consideration.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. -"The United
States should either submit the Panama
free toll question to Impartial arbitra
tion, or retire from the position we have
taken," was the declaration of Senator
Hoot In the senate today In a speech
favoring the repeal of the free toll pro
vision of the new Panama canal act.
Senator Root took the position that
congress should not have passed a law
last summer that discriminated against
foreign shipping and granted free tolls
to American coastwise shipping. That
sctlon, he declared, had been a source
of "great regret to multitudes of out
fellow citizens," and had ''created a pain
ful Impression throughout the world.
.Senator Root was an active opponent
of the free toll provision when the canal
Act passed last August, and his speech
today opened a fight to secure an amend
ment to the law 'before It goes Into ef
fect. Senator Root declared that con
gress had been tired out before the bill
was taken up last summer and that the
measure never received proper considera
tion. "We were weary and exhausted and our
minds were not working during that
period," he declared.
"A decent regard for the opinions nf
mankind was one of the motives set bv
the people of these colonies In the groat
declaration of their independence," said
Senator Root He outlined the returns
between the United States and Gre.it
Britain which had led up to the making
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1901, un
der which the canal was "constructed.
Position f United Stntc.
"The United States gave up nothing It
then had,' ,saldie senator, "Us obllgji
tl6nr"rn that treaty wore entirely loq"t-lng-to-
the tuture. But Great Britain gave'
up Its right to the protectorate over the
Mosquito coast, which, It was supposed,
would be the eastern terminus of"th.
canal."
From tht treaty with Great Britain,
Senator Root read the declaration that,
proposed the canal was to be open " n
equal terms to all."
"rhat declaration is the. conertttone of
the rights of the United States at me
Panama canal," he said
"Representations by the United -Status
r'hen the ItaPauncefote treaty was
made put the United States under specific
obligation to make the canal a gre.if
highway open on equal terms to tlis
world," he said. He read from the state
ments made at that time by the United
States representatives that "the United
States would not. If iu could, obtain any
exclusive lights over the canal.
Calls It Discrimination.
"On that representation Great Br.ltain
relinquished Its right to all controf over
the future of tho Panama canal," said
Senator Hoof, "and conrented to' thn
abandonment of -the Clayton-Hulwer
treaty."
Senator Root-declared the United States
had no right to give free, tolls to Ametl
can coastwise ships.
"Great Britain. Mexico, Germany and
other nations have their coastwise trade
in the same way that we have," he said.
You are not rtt liberty to discriminate In
f nlta OB tlAtwt.AH n I 4 .. l. I.. I
from Portland. Ma, to Portland. Ore and I
a Canadian ship going from Halifax J
Victoria nr n Movl,.,. -i.ir. nninn i
Vera Cruz to Apulco. Such dlserlmlnu-
tlon violates the equality we have guer- '
anteed to the world."
"We are bound by our treaty of arbi
tration," raid Senator Root, "not to stand
with arrogant assertion upon our own
Kovernment's interpretation of our rights;
not to demand that Great Britain suffer
what she deems Injustice. If we insist
upon this position, we shall not only vlo
late our solemn obligations, but, we shall I
oa laise to an principles that we havo 1
asserted in saylmr,to the world tha we i
' were in favor of arbitration
"We have been the npostlc of arbltia
i tlon. We have urged It upon all nations.
' Presidents, secretaries of state, nmbassu-
dors, congressmen; tho senate and tho
( house have committed the United States
I to the principles of arbitration unequi
Vocally and we have urged' in season and
out of season, the adoption of that prln
i dple.
"If we now accept those principles, we
ay to the world:
" 'We keep the faith of our treaties of
arbitration andwe will submit the ques-
tlon of what this treaty means to an Im
partial tribunal.'"
The Weather
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Fair; colder.
Temperature at Uninlui Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
5 a. m.
15
C u. m.
7 a. tn.
S a. in.
14
hi
IS
20
a a. m.
10 a. m 25
11 a. m 29
12 m 22
A 1 P. m 34
" I' Ill 0
p. 171 39
s v. m
28
8 p. m 87
7 p. m
u. m S
ft
! WOODMEN OFFICERS YIELD
Executivo Council at Bock Island
Suspends New Rates.
UP TO HEAD CAMP OF 1814
Injunction llrouclit In Illinois Will
lie Appealed to Aseerfnlii WJint
Mnj IJo Done In tho W
of Itevltlon.
ROCK ISLAND. 111.. JH. 21.-The ex
ecutlve council of the .Modem Woodmen
of America decided today not to put Into
force the new schedule of rates authorized
at the head cnnip meeting hel In Chicago,
but will let the next head camp, which
meets In I'M, pess upon the matter.
The council's decision will be effective
regardless of what disposition the courts
may make of the Injunction which now
restrains the society from enforcing the
increase and which is on Its way to a
hearing before the Illinois supreme court.
Ttrnil Consul AKrcrN.
LINCOLN. Jan. 21 In a proclamation
by Head Consul Talbot of the Modem
Woodmen of America, given out today,
announcement Is made of the definite de
cision of the executive council at Its meet
ing at Rock island. III., to suspend the
new lates adopted by the last national
convention held at Cliicago In '1912 until
after the 13H head ?amp. This moans no
further effort will bemnde by the society
to put the new rates Into effect until tho
next triennial convention has un oppor
tunity further to consider the revision
question, ami that in the meantime the
former' rates will remain 4n effect.
Tip ..Injunction brought against the so
ciety In Illinois will b appealed to aacer-
taln'Tvhat the order"ma-MoFn"tho matter"
of revision, but the officials are content
to allow the membership to settle the
question regardless at litigation.
General Jones Orders
Women Marchers to
Wear Large Shoes
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. As commander-ln-chlef
of the suffragette pilgrimage to
Washington for the demonstration on the.
night before inauguration, "General"
Rosalie Gardner Jones, sent broadcast
today "General Order No. 1."
It enumerates essentials for the Journey
and gives the itinerary of tk twenty.-one-day
trip. Women, and men. too, are
urged to Join the hike for an hour, a day.
a week or the whole distance. The ex
pense, estimated at about J2 a fla-, must
bo borne by the hikers.
The essentials for the trip are large
shoes, woolen stockings, plaster, gauze
and vaseline for the treatment of
bruises. The departing from this city
will be at 9 a. m., February 12. The
points enroute are Kllzabeth, New Bruns
wick, Trenton, Bristol, Burlington, N.
P.; Philadelphia and Chester, Pa.; Wil
mington and Newark, Del.; Northeast.
Harvo de Grace, Abbingtoii, Chase, Bal
timore and Laurel. Md. The arrival In
Washington Is scheduled for March 1.
' iu" ' n. i . ' no
60Clal f""c"" are planned.
StfiVllTl T T.fl pVq Vnf OO
W UCi -LldWlb V UIGS
Enough in Senate
PIKRRE, S. H.. Jan. 21,-On the first
ballot for United States senator In the
state legislature today Thomas Sterling,
the republican primary choice, failed of
election, lackinc it nmldiltv in thn ,.,.
Sterling's vote was: House, CS; senate
22; total, 87; opposition's total vote, 67.
Sterling, however, hud a majority of 30
on tne total vote In both houses nnd his
manugers claim that Ids election on the
jomi oauoi lomrrow is a certainly. This
claim, ho.vevor, Is not conceded by the
opposition.
On the first vote In tli senate the. Sleer
ling forces i-aine out with only a tie of
12 votes, the same number being given to
the combined, opposition.
The senate vote was: Plerllnir. ? si
I S. Johnson, democrat, Gamble, 1; M.
'A. Lango, i; Byrne. 3; Kgan, 2; K. U.
j Abel, U J. U. Kelly, democrat. 2; Soule,
j democrat, 2; total, of opposition, 2?.
The house vote was: Stiirling. 05;
Lange, C; Johnson, 10; Ayres, 2; Rloh
anis. 2; Egan, 2; .1. L. Brow'pe, t; Gamble,
S; McNulty, i; Kelly, democrat, 1; total of
opposition; JC.
MISSING AMERICAN " -
WOMAN IS IN VENICE
LONDON, Jan. 21.-Mrs. William Mans
field, the American woman who recently
disappeared from Halo, on Lake Gardi,
Italy, was found today in Venice, accord
ing to a dispatch from Rome. It had been
rcportud that she had been captured by
brigands. Mr. Mansfield appears to haw
no recollection of what has happened to
her since she loft Salo. When discovered
Uhe had only a few cents In her pock it.
She was taken to a hospital, where she
Is under the care of physicians.
Vessel Will Take on Board Those
Who Wish to Escape.
TAFT'S POLICY IS NOT CHANGED
Present Alniliiltriitliit l!peetril tit
Continue. t Avoid Intervention
l'p tit Knit nf President'
Term.
WASHINGTON. Jhii. Sl.-Alauueil for
tho safoty of Americans, whose liven Hte.
tr"!: rJWr !Z
i lesinrs of Mexican rebels In Vera Crur
state end throughout southern Mexico,
the -State department again 1ms called
upon the navy to piotect American It
terests In the republic.
The gunboat Wheeling Is steaming tO'
night from Turn pa, Flo., for Vera Crux,
where American are said to face a
graver crisis than that relieved by the
cruiser Des .Moines at the time of the
Diaz uprising last October.
The request from the Stute department
to the navy came after the receipt of a
long series of official reports from Am
bassador Henry Ijine Wilson and con
suls In southern Mexican cities, all re
flecting a condition of aiiarchy, espe
cially ui the state of Vera Cruz.
Kanrhm nml Vllliiaoi Plllnged.
: Guerilla warfare, brigandage, racking'
of ' ranches and villages ami other
j desperate crime place Americans
, other foreign residents In a state of
and
cnn.
btantdanger and the latest advices of the
state department express fear of a worse
outbreak.
When the Wheeling arrives In Vera
Cruz harbor. Americans and other for
eigners will be taken aboard and officials
express tho hope that tho sight of its
guns may have the same moral effect
Unit followed the arrival of tho. .Des
Moines a few months ago. Today's'actlim
by tho State department indicates that
the administration's policy of noninter
vention will be adhered to, to the o3oso
of President Taft's term of office.
Reddin, Brown and
McCain Give Bonds
and. Are Released
'
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Jan. Sl.Avil
llam E. Reddin of Milwaukee ajid V.
Bert Brown and W. J. McCain of Kansan
City, convicted In connection with the
dynamite conspiracy, wor released from
thn federal prison on bdrjd shortly after
noon today.
Release followed the receipt of notice
fiom the .United Htates circuit court of
appeals In Chicago that bonds of J30.000
for each man had been completed. Tho
men departed for their homes within .
half hour of release.
Ilcddln was the cellmate of Charles N.
Beupi of Minneapolis, who was released
last week. Four men of tho thirty-three
now are at liberty under supersedeas
bonds pending appeal.
A score of labor union men, frlonds and
relatives, met the men released today at
the prison doors and escorted them to
Kansas City.
IOS ANGBIJ23, Cal.. Jan. 2t.-Slxty
tltousa.nd dollars, to be added .to the bond
of Olaf A. Tyeltmoe, convlctod at Indian
atolis and now In the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan., was subscribed
heie today at the convention of the Cali
fornia State Building Trades council. Of-
fleers of the council said that it Increased
the security already given In behalf of
Tveltruoo to more than SSO.OOO In excess
of tho J1W.0CO required by the court.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. For the second time
the United Staton. circuit court of appeals
today decllnoil to approve bonds submit
ted for the release of Frank M. It) an,
president of the International Irdn Work
ers' union; It. II. Houlihan and William
Shupe of Chicago, convicted of conspiracy
in connection with the illegal transporta
tion of dynamite.
District Attorney Miller of Indianapolis
advised tho court he had Inspected the
sureties and foUnd them insufficient.
Lovett and Vanderlip
See Wickersham
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2J.-ltepiesenta-tlves
of the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroads confened today with At
torney General Wickersham about tile
decree to carry out the mandate of the
auprome court ordering the dissolution of
the Union Paciric-Bouthern Pacific
merger;
The attorney general had previously
discussed the situation separately with
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rep
resentatives, but today was the flrfct
time tho two Interests had been brought
Into Joint negotiations before the attorney
goneral. The conferees today Included
Robert S. lvett. Frank A- Vanderlip,
Mprtlmer L. Bchlff and Maxwell lCvartb,
The 'result of Uie conference was not
disclosed, although It is believed to hao
related primarily to the details of the
prpposcd transfer of the Central Pacific
railroad from the Southern Pacific to
tho Union Pacific.
Boy Corn Champions
Visit Washington
WAHIUNOTON, Jan 21. Virtually
every train arriving in the capital today
brought one or more "boy corn chain
plen," winners of the corn growing- con
tests In their home states, to spend a
week In sightseeing and to receive expert
Instruction from crop experts. President
Taft will welcome the juvenile fanuerj
ut the White House tomorrow,
A Pennsylvania Man Urges the
ilVom the Indianapolis News.
BILL FOR BOARD OF CONTROL
Jeary of Lancaster Introduces Meas
ure Fixing Regulations.
IS GIVEN APPOINTING POWEE
'Authority Heretofore Vested In
Ilonril nf Purchase nnil Supplies
L'lmrl tlcn Given tn Aeiv
OrKniiUnt Ion.
(From a Staff Corrsspondent:)
-WNCOinrr' Jin. -'l.i-f,Spclar.)Cary
of Lancaster Introduced a bill In the
house today to govern the Hoard of Control-provided
for by the adoption of tho
constitutional amendment last fall. The
bill goes Into the details of the work of
the hoard, which Is officially designate!
the Hoard of Commissioners Is to do.
It provides tho governor shall appoint
three men to serve two, four and six
years, respectively, one of whom shall
be a member of the medical profession.
The other two shall be "rcputablo citi
zens of proven executive ability." The
governor shall deslgnato the president
of the board. The members shall each
receive ns compensation W.O00 per year
and their traveling expenses when trav
ellng on public business. The governor
shall have power ,to remove any memher
of the Ixmrd for Inability, malfeasance
In office or neglect of dutj. Tho board
has full power to manage the various
penal Institutions and hospitals of the
state.
It shall name, the heads of the Insti
tutions, who are authorized to select all
the employes, and It Is a misdemeanor
for any member of the board to attempt
in any way to iniiuencn a nena oi any
Institution In the matter of the selection
of employes. The board has all the pow
ers heretofore given to the Board of
Purchase and Supplies and Charities and
Corrections.
The Boardof Public Lands and Hulld
Ings shall still have control over the
state buildings and grounds. The new
board shall also have the authority here
tofore vested In the State Board of
Health, except that a board of secre
taries shall be appointed In thc samo
manner as now, to be known as a Board
of Medical Bxamlners. The new board
selects the state health inspector.
The board Is authorized (to take chargo
of all appropriations made for the state
institutions coming under Its control,
nnd it Is directed to Investigate all hos
pitals or sanitariums whero nervous dis
eases are treated, to Investigate jails,
workhouses nnd pass upon the plans for
the construction of new Jails. It has all
the power of the Btato Board of Chari
ties and Corrections and must Investigate
lying in hospitals nnd charity Institu
tions which appeal to .the public for aid.
Tho board has power to compel the at
tendance of witnesses and to examine
them under oath In any of Its investi
gations. The bill provides that the boaid shall
name a visiting committee of three pot
sons to visit each Institution. Of each
of these visiting committees one shall
be a woman. Their traveling expenses
are to bo paid by the state, but no sal
ary Is to be paid,
The bill does not appropriate any
stated turn of money, but appropriates
a sufficient amount required by the
board, which is authorized to appoint all
the help necessary to Its work.
MISSOURI AND CALIFORNIA
ARE FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS
JBFFKRSON CITY, Mo., Jam- 2l.-The
constitutional amendment committee re
ported favorably to the lower branch of
the MUsourl legislature today the amend
ment to the federal constitution providing
for the election of United States senators
by direct vote.
8ACRAMKNTO. Cal.. Jan. Sl.-A lolnt
resolution approving the congressional
resolution providing for direct election of
United States senators was unanimous'!'
adapted today lu the statu alterably
r J TJLL
Prohibition Party to Get Away
Import and Export
Records Are Broken
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,-Both ns buyer
and soller the United Htates during 1912
broke all its previous records, and n
statement Issued today by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commcrco discloses
that the exports and Imports together
made a volume of business of more tlm i
M,00O,0OO,0O0. The Imports of last year
Were valued at 91.yi7.ve3.340. as against
LB32,3W,HjO in 1911, while the exports In
iLl!r.S.,S,.!35..- apoul 'ooo.oijo
more than the 1911 record,
GRAYE SITUATION IN MEXICO
United States Preparing to Send a
Warship to Vera Cruz.
TRIBUTE LEVIED ON AMERICANS
MniKll Towns nnil llnm-hea In flout ti
rnatern .Section I'llln'Erd lr
llnnillts nml Women Are
Cnrrlrrt Airny.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,-The gunboat
Wheeling bun been ordered to Vera Cruj,
Mux., to protect Americans In the critical
situation which has arisen there, riio
Wheeling, cruising between Tampa and
Key West, has been ordered by wireless.
It has a crew of 155 men, some of whom
are marines, and Is commanded by Com
mander Hutchinson. It is a four dsys"
run.
.Northern Itrlirla l)r renteil.
KL PASO, Tex.. Jan. 21. Federal con
firmation was mnde here today of a rob !
defeat Sunday at Ahumada, eighty inllni
below Juarez. Details of the battle were
wired by way of Chihuahua City and
Luredo, Tex., all communication remain
ing out below Juarez.
Some COO rebels attacked Ahumada, de.
fended hy 200 fcdernl Infantry, says the
Mexico consul's report.
Just as the fight was at its height the
entire Twenty-third battalion arrived
from the state capital. A big ship's can
non oarrlod on the train was tuml
against tho rebels, routing them. On thtt
field sixty bodies wero counted, Includ
ing that of Antonio Rojas, n rebel gen
eral, It Is Ueclarcd. The federal loss was
slight.
Rebel scouts have been sighted a few
miles below Juarez and nil nttcmpts to
repair the Mexican Central railway were
abandoned today. While Rojas was at
tacking Ahumada It Is believed that Gen
eral' Inez Salatnr with a large 'group .ir
rebels was moving north on Juarez,
which is weakly defended. Reinforce
ments cannot arrlv.n from the south ex
cept by a forced march and only federal
infantry is mailable.
Recluse Leaves
Half Million
BROCKTON, Mass.. Jan. 21,-Knonn as
a "poor man," Horaco William Howird.
a recluse, had a fortune of nearly .'0O,0O0
Ills will, filed for probate lu court lieu:
yesterday, leaves W0.DU) to charity, in
eluding 1S5,000 for the establishment of a
homo for aged in Brockton, and large
sums to the Brockton hospital and othor
Institutions here. Howard, who hail omy
recently lived In Providence, In a room
for which he paid only $1.35 u week,
always drctsBod pooily and seldom spent
more than U cents fur a meal. His only
living relative, Mrs. .Murla P. Howard, a
sister, was not mentioned In the will.
She has announced she will contest it.
Fire at Erie, Pa.,
Causes Big Damage
KRIE, Pa., Jan. :i.-FJre which statu!
today In the basement of the Lawrit.
building In the business section, cauued a
loss uf xo.m
from Its "Goody-Goody Attitude."
GREATER OMAHA BILL IS IN
Lee of Douglas Introduces Measure
for City Merger.
SUB-STATI0NB PROVIDED FOR
Muicnriff'iiii of lluiiKlna Introduces
Mensnrr to Force Snle of Heven
Street Itulttrnr Tickets for
Twenty-l'lre Cent.
(B'rom a Staff. Correspondent.)
' LINCOLN, Anr'2f.-(SpS3al.)-Lee' of
Douglas Introduced a Greater Omaha bill
this morning. The bill provides that
Omaha and suburban towns shall .bo
merged when a majority of tho voters lh
each city and town shall o decide at a
special election. This election Is to be
culled by the county commissioners on
petition signed by 10 per cent of tho
voters In Omuha und the adjacent town
which desires to be merged. It la pro
vided that a sub police station, sub fire
station nnd sub treasurer shall be main
tulited In the outlying town us they aic
now. The police of South Omaha are to
bo given places of tho name rank In tho
Greater Omaha department nnd jiollco
court will be held lu South Omaha in the
afternoon and Omaha I nthe morning.
The schols of South Omaha will be
under tho direction of a board elected by
Greater Omaha. Six of these members ore
to be elected In 1914 and six In 1916 for a
term of four years, and teachors In South
Omaha to be paid the same rato h thu
Omaha teachers are paid now.
(.'Iienper Car Tli'Urts.
KiiKnrmau or Douglas believes the peo
plo of Omha entitled to cheaper rates on
thu street cars and Introduced a measure
to force the comiwny to sell seven tick
ets for n quurter.
The resolution of Busch of Otoe provid
ing that corporations and persons Inter
ested In bills pending before a standing
committee shall bo notified when the
same are to be considered created! con
siderable discussion und on motion of
Mockett of Lancaster was finally referred
to the rules committee. It was amended
previous to this on motion of Hardin that
no pel sou should appear before the com
mittee to discuss any mcuxuro unless im
was first registered hm a lobylst according
to law. 'Die hou did not decide that
this was a stup at legislative cpuusul, us
.luugo uoot designated himseir.
When th- title of 11. R. 2M, by Bucknor
of tAiucaster, was read, there was consid
erable hand clapping In the house. This
measure prohibits candidates for office
contributing to campaign funds.
Yates of Douglas introduced an em
ploy urn' liability and compensation aot to
conform to the minority report of the
state commission.
Poster of Douglas thrcy lu a bill to
make an eight-hour day for female em
ployes' and to prevont their employment
after 10 p, m. and before C a. in.
FREIBERG IS ELECTED j
HEAD OF HEBREW UNION
CINCINNATI. Jan. 21. About 00 dele
Kates were present when the council of
the Union of American Hebrew Congrega
tions whh formally opened for the
transaction of business today. J. Walter
Fiolborg of Cincinnati, president of the
union und n layman, presided.
The invocation wus offered by Rnbbl
Sumuel Schulmau of New York City,
president of the central conference of
Americuu rabbis, and Bemhard Bert
ritium, International revenue collector for
tho Cincinnati district, delivered un ad-
dross of welcome on behalf of the city.
J. Walter Freiberg of Cincinnati wus
ie-elccted president of the Union of
i jicorew iuuijrettiioiio. uwnui'ii wuucii ui
Pittsburgh was elected vloe president and
HSorSS;
Cincinnati secretary.
The Federation of Temple Sletorhooda
was organized by the election of .Mrs.
Abram Simon of Washington, D. C, us
permanent chairman Mrs. S. M. Lazbrer
of Cincinnati wus thottn secretary.
TWO MEMBERS ONLY ABSENT
Douglas County Men Explain Reason
for Vote.
NORMS UNABLE TO BE HERE
rronprctlTe Senator Will Not lie
Alile tn l,rnf Wnstiliintitu. na
Hrvernl .Mnltcrs if Import
nni'r Are Penclliin.
(From n Staff Col respondent,)
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 21. (tfneeiat l
George W. Norrls of McCook, consress
man from the Fifth Nebraska dlnrlrt.
was elected United States senator tnU
morning by the unanimous rose of th
senate and house In separate wslnns,
His formol election will take place t -morrow
at a Joint session of the house
and senate nt 12 o'clock.
In the house Congressman Norrls re
ceived ninety-seven votes. Battels ni,d
Hrott being absent. In the senate he re
ceived tho full thirty-three votes.
Judge Norrls will succeed ITpltod Stst's
Senator Norrls Brown, whom ho defeatt 1
lu tho republican primary. He rccelve.l
tho popular voto In. November ever A, ' .
Shallcnberger, the democratic nominee,
though supporting the bull moose candi
date for president.
Five Trrnm In t'oiinren.
He has served five Urms In congres.-t
from tho Fifth district, being elected the
first time frdnl the district bench.
SevorHl of the house mmlers explained
their votes for him by saying that he w.s
the popular choice of the state.
Sifgarm&n went further, saying he hi
lleved In the policies which Norrls hid
been advocating. Bollen voted for NorrW
becauso he said he believed Norrls to be
the second biggest democrat In the state
Foster said ho voted for him because ho
was tho first republican of the stat .
Hoffmelster becauso of his twenty-fH
years' closo friendship for Norrls, Norton
because he believed the people should run,
Hnlllgan for the same reason and Kle n
of tho senate tho same.
Norrls Will Not Come.
News dispatches from Washington ry
tlat Judge Norrls will not be here tomo--row,
tne time when his formal eleetl n
will take place, which Will mkc U ivf
fair on the order of "Hamlet" without the
"Dnno prf.sent.
Ray McCurl, private secrotary to Mr
Nonls, came In yesterday and was proa
ent when the vote was taken this morn
ing.' At no tlmo was there any doubt if
Judge Norrls receiving: tho unanimous
voto of the members of the legislature, mm
practically all of them had signed sta i
mcnt No. 1.
HK. VATIC GOI3S INTO COMM ITTKI1
Illll A f reeling: Conrt Procedure First
tu, Ilr Considered.
(From ft Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 21.-(8pcclal.)-When
the' senate opened thU morning Cordeal
of Red Willow offered a resolution call
ing for the appointment of a committee
of three to act with a like committee
from tho house, for the purpose of In
vestigating the recommendation made by
Governor Aldrich In his message that ft
better system of bookkeeping' could bo
Inaugurated lu the different departments
of the state house which would save the
state money und that an expert bo em
ployed to look Into the proposition. Cor
deal of Red Willow, Dodge of Douglas
and Smith of Seward were appointed on
tho committee.
Twenty new bills were Introduced In the
senate and after the usual business the
senate went Into a committee of tho whole
for the first time this session to consider
bills, Senator Saunders ut Douglas In the
chair.
Through Chairman Hoaglund of the J'.i
dlclury committee three bills were re
ported from that committee, 6, 7 and 10,
all covering amendments to present laws.
No. 5 would prevent county Judges from
granting temporary Injunctions und dis
trict Judges should give tho parties
against whom action is brought ten days'
notice. The other two bills provide for
suit being brought by the use of the
initials of a person's name where the full
name cannot bo obtained.
McFarland of Douglas, on request of
some of the laboring men of Omaha, in
troduced an employers' liability a id
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