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6 Ai THE OMAHA. SUNDAY BEE: JULY. 6, 1913. Members of National Association of Chambers of Commerce Visiting Here Today $S0 HBTORIO FOURTH OF JULY Kekble Date In the Political Records of Nebraska. liSXT HOVXS POil STATEHOOD Constitutional Convention at 1804 Talked ta Scitth In Ferr Honrn n .Rooollcotivn of n rioneer. In the seiond series, volume 6 Of the Nebraska Historical society, ft faithful reader of The Be found on para 208 th following passago, whleh -rty b of in terest to torn eld as well s mw ((..titers ot Omaha and Nobr.tsn., a it t enl partly correct and th bul.tn'j dtrme a brief recital, o-w'tt "M4y l the UrrltOry of Nebraska was organised and Included the Dakota, Montana, Idaho, "Wyoming and Colorado. Colorado and all north of i degree was first taken off In Uet and In 168 Ne braska M reduced to its prf eht limit. 'In March, 1880, the people refused to be admitted a a state by a vote of J.W7 to 1.577. The chief reason given wa that the expense of running a tite would be too great In ISM concrete passed an other enabling act, hut the people this time ignored the proposition without tak toy a vote. In IBM the territorial legisla ture framed a constitution and the po pie adopted It on June 31 following, etc" "Without fear of successful contradle tfon. your humble correspondent bees feav to make the following statement of h fact in the case as briefly a pos sible! The first Attempt W raise Nebraska to th; AtonHy 6t statehood rras made n tn tixth sesalon of tho legislature, which Witt -in Omaha, December t, lift. In his n.Mpagre Governor Samuel O. lilack had OiscuMed the question o( statehood, but tte li a bf opinion; that the population thf territory was hardly larjr enough, plt ot the B0Yrn6rH views, how vr m legislature. hWtnga g6od work ifig dontocratld majority, pasted a bill BBtitUd, "An' act 't6' frame- & constitution A state oerhmhf for the btAt ot JSe-braaka." The proposition embodied in the bill wo iubtnltea to s. vote5 of the people on March , im, fcoi was rejected by a V6M ll tb 1W. a, tho coUhtrV wk hear.' WHf tH critical' period Of 1h4 nntfilavery ucstton and Nebraska wa faitly pass m Ifita 'th hands ht the republican frty which did not wish to Increase the fto-iavry strength by the two expoo y$m state stumors from Nebraska, rVhatver I may say In this qommunjc'a tton will Wot. I hop, fa construed as In city Way Intended to awaken any of the pi-ejiidlc or passions or feelings tht Misted fifty year ago. I refer to fact for tho single. ttlrf)4 ot ftlvlnff, w nearly M i may, the trne history of our final adrnlseJoRr-and ho. more, TMi MniiMlriK Act. On April li, 1W, tha first and only "en abling act" was paused and signed by JPreawent Abraham; Lincoln, who wat warm advopat H! tH afimlsaton of wt Mi ssatea. HI object was eubtlM to five ftrentitf t the loyal Mate ia tA rcvr Au away wlh that phantom Wh'Ch ewi4 at tHat risae to haunt the fan etoa ot many 4 aw Hsetaif mvk. and iaat 'wm a haVaiwe 6t pwr btwee tha rthrev. aal acuUww in the tU k'M ,UHt4 aUa, tinoea thcti luvpeeV iital irH'a ttaa r eru4hkMC the rQIn f)4 siHt AM that hte ttntaHratlm Vtkt M eatd fii rontnMi; M '1Mf hack" th. errln 4saUf w)m k4 stti H their aU tawipt t bat' p ' th tinted, and that H woBld .thetflara neoeaoary to have, fndetKnaent of the southern, states i twMhlrde majority 4 ratify any arnend mtnt to the eonstitutlon, in order to fully adjust matter to the new order ot things and to aaera fully reap the fruits of the wrrlwo attMCda, Ax the boot was now an the otne r I-, the derrwratio party ot Pebrufca t5ecUrd in their platform ot ty, WM, their atronc opposition to stata uvernmnt, aHhouxh the territory had ttlPled Us noptriatlon at lfW, had won Mrfutty l)rad s. material wealth d wa on ttie hMjh waa to proprUr. Th; TiWa wfty, bf eurs, wa $K fr of Uaceln' policy, but sevorsl tuniry 4Hers, feariw a losa ait thetr rerftiitattoK br Mf aspartlanwent, wfeicb rtovw follow at elty on w tttanistf fetatha4t whI i' sa(!laua plea af a, iarjra incrsacc it taxatiiM, ;osnd tea hue assa try the waacrat, who Wr Mir jsalasmr by a hav Ififlux tfpff JlffMKM Saewl s4hat' 'sefwees rojfa aaaMW aet f MM Kfaerlbaa MoMsy that a sawvmwwi -etate, mtsU fryea itiitott, erslrg ta jwp- by jaH yswnia tagally naMfla kasakty, sMaw fet at ttie capital (Oeaaha) oft 0w'frt Monday In July at mat year aaa tarm a eenatitution rcpub ln la farm and at rPUnant to th 4ksfs4itutlf4 pi ihe TJnltM and tha jMinelalM at the peelaratlvn of I.ndet 1oti yartlM neiSnated candidate for MKHM t th eajuKltUtlonal onvet) e ad ltr a h9rt but vIokU cam aaiga Hi epeelal aletlon in May r suited la a large majority for the reptlU watt Haketi but in oppwtlw to ?e ad pteon as a etate. It waa flulte remark able that i9 this county of Pauglaf only larty-tlva votes were cast for state or aaniwUpn. amtoush thp "federal M fade,' m they were temted, reetded here, Mtt yeu know they acted on tbe prln 4 m 1 JOHN H.TAHCY, BesroH.MAlW I tfguevnve. Gut H.E. Miles, racinb,wi. Vitt'teesioeNr. HARfTf A. VHEEIXR. CHICAGO, IU, iPntSIDtNT-CHAMBtK ff GOMMCHCt tfUS.A. & lSKiU raaiiBe A.B. FAR90HAR, YORlt, PA., Z J.M,TEAt.trnsraAMO,oa8., hcr-Fxesaeir. SH SBaBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBSBHSBaeBBBBBBBBBHBBBBBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI SBBBkBh SJSSSSMSSMSS1SSSISSSSIII III I lBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBa SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBU IMreetore at tka CkambaTuiK Conmerca trip ef.ta VBlt4 State wtl. arrive lr Omaha KM snsvfk4a; and ie antertalned tlreuh- at th day by the exeouMire comWKtee- man of th Omaha Coptmerclar club, A special receptldn committee will meet the visitors at t o'dooX In the morning and take them to the Commercial club, whera breakfast wilt be vervod. It will bo the first tlma a mqrnlnt: rol or even a Sunday meal has been served at the club. Following breakfast, at vihlc.h they will be ehown moving pictures o,f Omaha, the director will be taken for an automobile over the dky. THey will follow a routo over the rebuilt tornado district. At 1 o'clock dinner wjll ba nerved at the fttld pub,' Oeorge K. Kelly, prciU dnt of the club and one of tho directors bf th national chamber, and Casper E. Yost, chairman of the executive com mittee, wilt preside at the noqn dinner. Th director of the national organisa tion cbwe to' Omaha from Chicago. This will b their first stop on thlr tup t0 the Fecifio coast. The national chamber is endeavoring to bring closer together tho interests of the organisation. It 1 yet under a year old, but it member ship Inaludes -boards of trade and com mercial clubs from coast to. coast. The prMent trip of trie directors Is for the purpose of getting cloior n touch with the business interests or tte west. Prac tically every Important center In the west will bo visited by them'. The delegation will he headed by pres ident Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago. The delegates rom the eastern, southern and central states gathered at Chicago pre paratory for the westtrri trip. John If. Fabry, chairman of the executive com mittee, on his arrival in Chicago, . an nounced that the present trip will be th most Important' ever' undertaken in the. interest of commerce and industry in the western states. "With, the- increasing tendency toward federal "regulation of 'domestic commerce arid with the faat'grawlngirflpor.tafrce of our foreign trade,- business becomes more dependent upon national than state or local regulation and legislation. The national chamber Of commerce handle only the broader or national lsaue," he said. The directors will leave Omaha this afternoon on the Union. Facltlo at 3:G0 oclock. nut pmc" BE bAHsE 1 1 1 1 n Don'fc allow a weak stom soh, Uvr ad olog gd Iwwplp to put you "in bud' Always "bp gamer mid heJp nature overcome wck trouble by taking Hpstetter's f TCMACH pTTiHf If trfaftkKii the wiir i'bjiw mtn" and drive out Ul Btemadi, Liver rMkf Um start ttty. clpla that a bird in the hand is better (hah a dosen up a tree, and seemed ut trly indifferent a to;th result-of the election, which "might throw them out ot office. Pr th xcetniingty hot Fourth ot July the delegate frohl tMrtMWo organised equnlei Hmbd th uteeft hUl. no KraMd by our lroU nigh school, except ing several d4!fatts from the South FJMt, who h4 taken pasiage op tha rlvar tamer, XaW Xtfiaay. bUt were stuck fast on a sandbar betwh ftalnl Xary aid PelUvve, WlthOMt hefc punj ber thg flmocrata would have ;Vad th ortAnlsatlon nM the appointment of com mute pn resolution, etc., all their own vay, an would have olalmed the.att of thw "iniquitous ntwi rpQwroHS aamin Utratlon rawur" at "j jurent ap.d gloi rjeu ylctorr ot thy "unterrlfl4 dmo cratlo party." uut there t many a slip between th cup and th8 lip; before their leader be. rame aware; that they had th wblphapd, a delegate from Otn county, who had been a member ot th last eSoh and lad ho difficulty in counting noses, Jumped Up a soon aa the secietary .ot Ih'j territory. A. 8, PadJock. h,U ealUd the convent'on to order and finished th reading ot the "enabling act' andi moved that th venerable Perry Major trom Nemaha bo elected a president ana Charles Walker from Casa a secretary, which waa carried wllh Uttte or no op position. Ahntit this tlmn the whistle of th eUamer Kate Kinney coufd distinctly bt heard and the arrival of haU a dosen reiiVbllean delegates tlmt wet knnwn t& he arnons her pangr. cpuld. momen tarily b exptcted. The am ln4ftu gab) gentUmon from Otoe then ros ta the emfency and commenced mokln a areech aguinst time, notwlthstandlna th heat ot W degre"m ih shade, and, a nearly a I an ro)Icjt, h statd that the, question o( tatehaod should not bo dropped aa long a iho democrat Kept la sympathy witty, th. reiflllou K utb, and that they atltl hoped l)i4t an other election would put congress and th government in their hapda, hence forestalling such a change and astlet In hsMlrtg Hi national ltkltr f9r th. union party by tho imraedlat admission ot Kebraka am) pending two senators and one congreaman to- WaahinQlon. Drawing a rose-oolored ptoturs- it th futur Ot th embryo tjt. h predicted a population ot hundred of thousand In th next ten or fifteen yearo, If w could show 40 th people ot th ast and Ku tap our eapaelty Pf flt-j5overnment api sur the prvl at charttiln M neourfln railroad: thtt we need,t thase (or our market, Where w cpuld all a portion ot our surplus corn, wheat, park and bef at a pr that would rlral th. zaarkets of Ohio and Illinois, etc I Tatlt Saved Uj Day, Freauentiy the sakr was interrupted by 0&M at time, but I'rwWJH Major, it father r ctrii Tr J Mjr, quickly rstorW order by repeating toicaliy and trnly: "Order, gentlemen ot the convention, tho delegate from Otoa ha th floor." This iaea a tons; im and almost to hi ocsaolete exhautlpn, ill mon clatmlng of many nanas th btlated delegates entered tho hall ot representative with James Bwaet, th banker from Nebraska city, and Jeffer son U. Weston from Beatrice ai m hr. With them arrived Mr, wicnow, me private secretary ot president wncoin, who came directly from Washington wltn a view ot neipins our iny ! pm- Would perhapa have changed tho run or eventii it it had not been for his beated Journey. , 1 , .. . . Aj,tvA Urn bbmA a mortal lsu, vast and grand A our In the sixties! It waa a republican delegat who lm- modlatelv made the motion to adjourn lr,a die, which wa oeciareo carnea wun out division, and thu neither party wa enabl(d "tQ claim a victory." In 1S68 a legislature wa elected with out any Issue on tho question being made in tha canvas) out niter ne -eiecon they, or rather the republican majority, formed a constitution, which wa sub' mltted to the JHOPle on Juno , IMS. Which provided likewise for the electlorj of oftl- rera Ot the state, And further deponent selth not for tho prteent. riiTINQ DUTCHMAN. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OHAE Sow 'of liberty and Suffrajlats TalK 'at Celeln-ation- A. M. MOERISSEY THE OXATOB Small Boy Lights 1 Oraokers m House The -ym-ld son ot Mrs, J. K. Jttrrl- icn, 1W South Sixteenth street, yiurda UghUd somo firecracKtr insiae in house. A burning fragment lodged In a curtain and considerable, damag wa caused, Hre detroyd tho toot ot the porch of tr. O. Rtchardson'a home, 4t JJorth Twenty-alxth etreet The blase wa started by a small boy'a firecracker. The faitlncst!ck ot a skyrocket landed on the roof of. tne a. xurpin nom av ttlk Dowry awnue last night end fir caused tioo damage. A ttaok of hay at Third and Plerc street wa destroyed last night when a tkyroekct landed upon It, The toss I about IU- Biplanes Collide in Airj Aviator Killed JOHANHIBTIfAL, July 8.A collision between aeroplane thte evenlaa; rtsultea In th lath of or ot the men and th aulptt Injury ot th other, Jjiplone pi lot 1 4 r9rctlvf)y by th Oernvar aviatot HrUther and Captain Fried!, cams to grther in th duk at an altMUdo at Ut fct. Hsllt crashed to thu ground- Hi schet died shorljy etteerward. Pried!' Oo'rejrnov'n Private Soortary Pellv- cra ArtdreM Before the pablto of Magtc City .Vesper Service on Schfol CaBtpH. Woman uffrglst 'predominated in the South; Omaha FoUrtrt or July cele bration yesterday afternoon on tho high school grounds. KloqUent legal light like J, W- Woo4r6ush ot Omaha end A. M. itorrlssey of' JJncoln portrayed the' duties and obligations or cltlxenshlp but the real feature ot the celebration wa the address ot psr. J. u. ueanar Of Idaho, a woman' engaged In propa gating th caUan of suffrage Tho aftalr wa the only patriolio ci bration In South Omaha, it was under the united ausploe ot the Bon ot Lib, rty and the Women EuffrBlt. Jere miah Ifpward, wh worked early and tat to arrange the affair along line which be say are mot a elevating than ptrade undar the domination ot saloons. sat" back with a satisfied mne on hi tac a tha different orator arouied the enthusiasms ot th audience gath ered at the high school grounds. The day was exceedingly hot and large, crowd did not friatertalli, but It wm a choie gathering; Irt which the best cltlxenshlp ot ihe town waa repre sented. Mr. J. D. Jlednar told ot the activi ties of woman from th beginning ot the world, tracing .her story from biblical time don through, ahatent apd modern hUtory. and dwelt especially on the part women lifc'O taken in the development of the American nation. h told, ( her expetlencea aa a voter In Idaho and gave answers to t)utlo.n hearing on woman eu(trg proposed by herself. Jere Curtain, president f the Bon ot liberty, Introduced tha speaker, nev, Dr. Wheelr rronounced the penedlctlon and applauded the statement ot Mr. Hednar. -who said that & larcer partici pation In public aftlr: would give women something to talk about besides gossiping? Dr. Wheeler, approved the sentiment by a fe.rvcnt "Mntn," which diew a smile from th audience. VntoH Vrn?r Ksrvlc Th Uloun Vesper services of tho united churches ot th city wilt begin Sunday, at X o'clock on th high school caropua. Te union services will con tinue tnroughout the city and ar de signed for the many who wish to at tend church service and who dislike th dlstOmfort ,of a hot night inside tha church buildings, Bv- W- R. III". Pas tor of the First Baptist church wjl! nrirt x nd fv Dmtlnr T. Y Wfi &! preside., Th music, will be furnished by the Baptist choir. Woman 'TcUen Acid, . In a family dispute yesterday morn ing' at 6 o'clock, Mrs. Fred ifoltlng ot Thirtieth and Jefferson street at tempted to kill hereelf by drinking- car- .bollo acid. The woman had previously had soma argument with her husband. Only after a struggle waa the man able to force the bottle containing tha deadly Jlquld from the hands ot hi desperate wife. She waa burned about thu mouth and hands. Captain Carey Summoned Doctor W, J. McCrann who found that the woman had not taken enough ot the. acid seriously t en danger her life. Boy lNjnr4 hy Asito, Karl HIU a 0-year-old colored boy waa run down and sllgthly injured by an automobile driven by It, A. puff will now psrckm ai UPRIGHT Columbia Grafonola Easy terns. 31 days9 frai trial Other Miehiies $13.51 to $200.13 For a few cents a day you can have the finest music and the sweetest sing ers in the world right in your own home FREE CONCERTS DAILY; 1 Schmoller & Mueller Piano f COMPANY 131JU1313 Farsats St ' -b ' OxiaSia ESTABLISHED ISSi Elect Us Your Cleaners and Wear "White" all Summer Phone. Tyier S45 ToU and an army of others would wear "whlto" clothe 411 Summer if It rere not tor the continuous "soiling." But If you elect us a "your cleaners" you may wear "whit" to your entire satisfaction, and at Very little ex pense for the cleaning. Don't 'SlaMtep tho plea- the satisfaction of wearing "white" when handy, protnnt .ana mex- iway. sure, the satisfaction of wearinr a cleaning service aa handy, prompt .a pensive aa ours, is at your disposal lv Dresner Bros., Cleaners 2211-2213 Farnam St. 7 5? be . . ot Erna, Nob., at Twentyjfeurth and N street Thursday night The police aay the chauffeur was not to blame for the accident The bay was not injured ser iously. , , Masrtc City Gbm4. A numwf ut ti)hg men spent the day at a ptcnlo yesterday in Syndicate park. Mrs. Nance Cooper and son ot Fort Madison, la., are the guests of Mrs. C. El Scan at the Bcorr home Twenty seventh and B street. Mayor Hoctor.and the city council did not attend the Fourth ot July celebration yesterday. Their absence were re- mTKoa oy xno om 91 town visitors. The new organ for the. First Presb: terian cpurcn nas arrivea ana will sev up aurins tne weo. Boon alter the completion of the work of setting up the Instrument a recital Is proposed. t Congressman C O. Lobeck who has been visiting in South Omaha recently will return Monday night for th pur pose ot telllpr hi constituent what he ha done in the present session ot con gress. Chief ot Police John Brlggs spent yesterday patrollng the streets ot South Omaha tit. in v' BOUoe nvnorcycl The chief will ope rat th machine him self until on ot the police has been broken In at a motor cycle oop Mrs. Ann Ryan, 103 North Twenty fourth street aged 7 year, dlsd thl morning. Funeral service will be held Sunday ,aftmooh at t o'clock from the residence to St Bridget' church. Burial In at Mary' cemetery. Many thahks 'to Dr. J, W. Koutaky for attending our family in the many times ot illness and especially the sickness of our daughter, Jtosl. whose life he ved, and for his prompt attendance at any hour of the nlaht We are satisfied with his services and'recommend him to others. Joseph add Josephine Kopecky, Fourth Celebration LessMiaiJ'Tbfanion frerious Qcoasiong CHICAGO, July e The celebration ot the Fourth of July with fireworks this year resulted In but sixteen deaths and S7 injuries in tho' entire cduntry, accord ing to a compilation up to midnight toy night None ot the deaths reported cam from the larger cities. The fire loss also wait much smaller than has been reported on Independence day in previous ( year Ot the death reporter tnree were from fireworks,, three from firearms, one' by a premature explosion ot gunpowder and one frpnt a runaway. Firework played the chief part' In iho 365 injuries, causing 194 accident. Toy cannon caused twenty-one' accidents'; gunpowder, sixty-five; firearms, fifty five; toy pistols, thirty-flvej torpedo ten runaway, seven, and bomb can. one. Baltimore reported one death, Boston hid one and th other wera report on'e each from Engiewood, N, J.; Johns town, Pa.; Leavenworth; Kan.; Steam boat Springs, Colo.; Troy, N. T., and Westboro. Mass. The eight dead compare with a total of forty-one complied at midnight Inde pendence day, ilt, ,flfty-vB In lU an Hi In 1310. In this city the noise of 'cannop and firecracker was entirely absent for tho first Jjlrae, OUR FIRST Semi-Annual Clearance Sale IS NOW RUNNING FULL BLAST $13.75 pp Takes any o! the ouus xnat brought $8.50 untu now, an which were wortli $5 mere even at rgular price $19.75 ' Allows you chaic of all - f 21 suits; suits that could rightly tarry a $30 price tag. Pre cise lit assured. We Have a Different Idea About "Sales" and "Suits Irj setting up this business we laid within 4hd foundation stones, ' , two principles; two resolves; the first was that we should never abuse ; y the word 4 Sale." We figured that the men and young-men of Omaha .would stay with us longer if wc offered sales only upon necessary oc Noa$ion&, Our second principle or resolve, wrb to niarket better styled clothes for leas money at ALL times. Therefore, you may believe us ' when "We say that the sujts now offered ypu at $13.75 and $19,75 ary worth even $5.00 wore than their regular prices, $16,50 and $25.00, WILCOX ea ALLEN 203 South 15th St., Omftfcft BPin waa badly injurtd. ifr "! v-m. f VI f p th ?ir rrbytUn, church wm