Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 21, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. NEW CLAIM SET UP Morger Lawyers Declare Government is * Btraining Aoti-Trust Law. SAY RAILROADS MAY OWN OTHERS' STOCK MORNING 1903—-TWELVE FOR MOORES AND HOME RULE First Ward Republicans Oheer Themselves Hearse Over the Mayor. COPY THREE CENT PASS REVENUE BHLL Vote on Final Pasage in the House is Beventy t» Twenty-One. MANY MEMBERS EXPLAIN THEIR VOTES OMAHA, SATURDAY MARCH NE SUNDAY IN NEBRASKA|KEENE wiLL NOT PAY TAX New York Speew 21, PAGE INGLE S. NO UPRISING AT PRESENTW) Tnsurgents W More Favorable to Strike, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr and Warmer Saturday; Sunday Fair, Omaha Yesterdny: Deg. Balk, tér Mtarta Legal at May Have Fare Reaching Effects, Pres‘dent Will Spend Engire Day at Grand Island and Take a Drive. Y Temperature a NEW YORK, March 20.—Interesting side. lights are thrown upon the Balkan situa- tion In Interviews had with Dimity Liapoft here, says 1 dispatch from Sofia, Bulgari to the Tribune. According to letters received by Presi- dent Sarafoff of the revolutionary bande in Macedonia and by Dimify Liapoff, who acts 6 his agent here, the insurgents have de- clded to postpone a general movement and await developments. However, the revo. lutionists intend to' drag Burope by the nose into Interference in the aftairs NEW YORK, March 20.—James R. Keene 4 AND MILLARD TO BE WITH HIM | ana the city of New York are engaged in | | an interesting legal battle which may have | o | far-reaching effects on the question of the payment of personal taxes, Mr. Keene is to be the first man examined under the new method of supplementary proceeding. He Is to be summoned to court and examined in detall as to his property. | The corporation counsel contends that Mr. (From a Staft Correspondent.) ;Keene owes the eity $1,737 for personal WASHINGTON, March 20.—(Special Tele- | taxes for 1501 L.t MAYOR GIVES ACCOUNT OF STEWARDSHIP Ll Senators Dolliver and Allison Uni to Have Sloux Clty Included in the Itinerary of the Prestdent, Frankly Announces Hin and Meets the of His Opponents in Open, Manly Way. Candidacy derous Charges Now Interpretation Asted by Attorney for Beour tiey Company. Nelson of Douglas and Caldwell of Olay Are Against Measure, READ FIRST TIME IN SENATE IN EVENING TPPEPIIET FEDERAL COUNSEL COMBATS ARGUMENTS | TRAVELERS ELECT OFFICERS Al'eges Holding Conoern Abolishes All | —_— Omaha Post of Protective Associntion Mayor Moores and home rule were the most accentuated features of one of _the 4 fi Free Oompatition. TALK ENDS TODAY AND JUDGES GET CASE Decision in First Round May Be Ex- pected Soom, Now Attorneys Draw Near Close of Lenthy eches for Two Sides. ST. LOUIS, March 20.—Afguments in de teuse of the Northern Securities company closed today and tho case will be finally placed In the hands of the four judges to- morrow. C. W. Bunn of 8t. Paul, cdunsel for the Northern Pacific, opened tods session and former Attorney General Griggs closed | tor the Northern Securities company. The last hour of the sesalon was occupled by T. D. Watson of Pittsburg in closing for the government. He was still {alking when court adjourned. Mr. Bunn endeavored to show that prior (o this case there had never been & sug- sestion that a consolidation of rallway in- lerests was a violation of the anti-trust act. Mr. Bunn said in part: Act 1s Not Specifie. In this sult the United Btates secks to enjoin the Northern Becurities company Om OWHINg and voung stocks of two rali- | Wady compani ea partly in Intersiate Commerce. It is asserted lhat the owning by one crporation of a majority of the stock of hive raliway companies is prohibitéd by I uet passea by congress July 2, 18%. The ¢t does mot say that it is umiawiul tor ne raliway to buy, lease or control a com- {eting raliway. NOT I One person or corpo- Lation torpacen to own stock in two com- peting raliways, 1f these things are pro- upited, It 18 only because they necessarily the several en vectralh - commerce between states. the broud generality and indefiiniteness of the language of the law calls for great .are in its interpretation and appilcation to particular cases. For its validity the act rests alone on article 1, section 8, of the constitution of the United Btates, which gives power to congress to “reguiate commeree With for: cign nations .d_among the ates, and with the Indian tribes.” Being passed in oxecution of this powe e statuté eannot e interpreted more broadly than the grant of power itself, Rights of the Stat he urdinary legislative powers of gov- erfi“ ; t, the general right to legisiate con- ts and property rights, and ‘weltare, good and morals of he ple, 1§ reserved by the constitution o°the States. Congress mus exercise ita Jowar 10 Leglate commerce with reterence are” s o Abe)r Fescrved power than wer. tonal on its co d ot | constitu under ot rdgulating com- ) general rules by .or elther real estate or per- tonal prcperty, s or bonds may be tought, owned, sold, by descent or willed within the states, must be admitted. Much less, can congress say that a man raay not buy a plece of property within a tate because he may Intend to use the same in & manufacture or business carried ' with the intent to monopolize or strain interstate commerce. No more can congress restrict the right of partnership »r corporations ory by virtue of state aws o buy within the states either real or personal property, including stocks and vonds. No Vielation of the Law. Again, If & contract, arrangement or com- bination does restrain interstate trade, it i3 immaterial whether it has the sanction of state law or not. A state law must yleld 0 a power vested in congress. In the case at bar, or in any simllar case, the trans- setion must be treated as it fully authorized Ly state law. ‘or a holding company to own the. stock af competing Intorstate darriers is’ plainiy 10 more prohibited by the act than for one interstate carrier to purchase, lease or otherwise contral the property of a parallel or competing carrier. All these conclusions are greatly strength- ed by the fact that everything which within the prohibition of the act is le a crime; the very thing denounced us fllegal is made criminal. ‘It s little short of absurd to suppose that congress intended to make It a crime for a man to buy stock In two competing Interstate rail- way companies; or, having stock in one, t0 go Into partnership with one which h stock in another; to (o promote the forma- {lon of a corporation to acquire ‘stock in both; or as director ur officer of a corp ration already formed to engage In acqu ing such stock, or to promote the cons dation of two competing Interstate carriers, or_the lease or purchase by one of another. Certainly it s not too ‘much to_require t if congress had intended to make these ngs crimes it should have sald Acts Not a Censpiracy. Former Attorney General Griggs followed Mr. Buan, closing the argument for tis de- tense. P - In his argument on behalf of the Northern Securities company Mr. Griggs contended that the aots of the defendant do not con- stitute a contract, combivation or con spiracy in restralnt of interstate trade or commerce within the meaning of the Sher- man act. In support of this contention he | made the, following polnts: the routes which their rail- take, whether they may con- nect with other roads running In the samo Eeneral direction, whether they My o may not consolidate with parallel lines i operate paraliel lnes through different portions of @ state. All these matiers are, and always have been, subjects of state Jurisdiction. . The acts of the defendants being prima facie lawful, the burden of proof is upon the government to show that they were, a3 the attorney general charges, not bona fi but a more formal device intended to defeat the vrovisions of the Bherman act. 3. Any restraint of trade or commerce which may result irom the acts done by th defendants is indirect and incidental only and not covered by the act of July 2, 180. 4. 1f the Sherman et can be so conatrued as to forbid the saie of stock In {wo com- peting rallroad corporations to one u.r- Shaser, then that act is an attempted inter- | ference on the part of congress with trans. actions which wre wholly within the con- trol Of the stutes of the union, and in {hat respect the act is unconstitutional. Should Be Clearly Express 5. But, assuming (bat congrss may, unde- the commerce clause of the constitut.on 1 ws & regulation of commerce, res states in the exercise of their prerog: Uves from permitting (wo or more cor- porations o which the states have gives iife from merging, yet such a purpose on the part of the government ought to be iearly and distinctly expressed and not be | interpretation of | tound in the judiclsl loubtful language ocontained ulescence by §overnment for siatute. more eleven ym- in " the actual merger wnd consolidation of many im- ortant paraliel and competing lLines of cailroads steamnships engaged In int siate and international commerce ha siven & practical truction to the act STy B8N0 The efect mat it was 1ot Inte 1o forbid, and does fot forbid, b natural processes of unification whica wre brought about under modetn methods in a penal (Cobtinued on Filth Page) L 0| gram.)—Senator Dietrich had an extended | | Macedonta. | conference with the president this morning | M. Liapft admitted that the Turks were controlling themselves and acting under better discipline than formerly, and for this resson he said it would be a waste of men and ammunition to institute a general uprising, since the representatives of the powers 'would say that the revolutlonists would not allow the Turks to Introduce re- forms. He added, significantly, that when Europe had turned her eyes elsewhere and he Turk had begun to laugh in his sleeve t his success in outwMting the powers and was repeating his old tactics, the revolutionary bands would resume opera- tions and harass him in the hope of creat- ing another crisis and produciug a moral shock to the civilized world ecutive through Nebraska. As a result of | that conference it was arranged that the president, who will remain id Grand Island during Sunday, April 26, will attend the | churches on that day. After luncheon a ride of about twenty-five miles has been | arranged for. The président will be ac- companied by & small party Senator Dietrich being among those who act as his escort. Mr. Roosevelt will leave Gracd Island | early In the morning of the 27th of April and will run to Hastings, where he is due at 10:10 a. m. The public school children of Hastings will be massed in the public square of Hastings to properly receive him. From Hastings the presidential train will €0 to Lincoln, thence to Fremont anl Omaha, where be will rest for the night. It was arranged at the conference that Senators Millard and Dietrich will join the presidential party at Grand Island, accom- panying the distinguished guest on his trip through Nebraska. Asked if the question of the district at- torneyship wi discussed during his con- ference with the president Senator Dietrich said that it was not even mentioned. “I do not know when any action will be taken in the matter," 1d Senator Dietrich, “The president has a brief of Mr. Lind- say's recommendations and testimonial and in his own time will take up the mat- ter. Personally T do not see how he can | fall to appoint Mr. Lindsay in view of (hel frank, outspoken manner in which the leaders of the party have put themselves on record for Harry Lindsay. ““One thing is certain, there will be no compromise candidate selected. It will either be Mr. Lindsay or Mr. Summers.” Miss Marie Simmons w commissioned postmistress at Roosevelt, 8. D., this morn- ing. The postofice has just sprung into existence and is named in honor of the president. Senators Allison and Dolliver of lowa w the president this morning to make a final effort to have Mr. Roosevelt stop at Sloux City on his way through lowa. ‘The president. told Iow: solons that while he would like to comply With their re- quest, it was impossible owilg to the completion of his itinerary, which had bean turned over to the railroads,.in whose hands he would be on leaving Washington. While it will be a very groat disappoint- ment to Sloux City citisens not .o see President Roosevelt, the fact that he will #pend two days.and ulghts in the Hawkeye wtate Is belfeved will assuage their griet ‘somewhat. Routt of Departments. These Iowa rural free delivery letter car- riers were appolnted today: Carson, Ed- ward H. Cater, regular; Claude Cater, sub- stitute. Cylinder, Eatl Jones, regular; Frank Jomes, substitute. Duncombe, John W. Nichols, regular; Etta Nichols, substi- tute. Harlan, Ralph T. Dawes, regula Ben Kingey, subititute. Manning, Adolph | Schoack, regul Ernest Schnack, substi- te. Wall Lake, Perry Graves, regular; Wiiliam Baton, substitute. Dr. C, G. Palmer has been appointed a pension examining surgeon at Chadron, Neb. The Merchants' National bank of Cedar Rapids, Ia., has been approved as reserve agent for the First ational banks of Dysart, Grundy Center, Nora Springs, Sigourney, Spirit Lake, Waterloo, Webster City and Willlams, also for the Commer- cial National bank of Charles City, Na- tional Bank of Decorab, Pecple's National bank of Independence and Commercial Na- tioral bank of Waterloo. The Cedar Rapids Natlonal bank of Cedar Rapids has been approved as reserve agent for the First Natlonal banks of DeWitt, Mason City and Oelwin, all in Iowa. Postmasters appolnted: Nebraska—Os- mer A. Butler, Newcastle, Dixon counly, vice Joscph Bochenbauer, removed. South Dakota—Michael O'Malley, Houston, Lyman county. Wyoming—Delavan Higley, Bosler, Albany county. CLERK ~REFUSES T0 TELL| Missourl Lower House Sends Clerk of Upper House to Jall for Contempt. | | | | {MERCHANTS ARE DISCOURAGED Ratification of Treaty Does Not Give Satisfaction in Caban Buai- ness Cire HAVANA, March 20.—News of the action of the senate has almost had the effect of the treaty being defeated. The merchants are much discouraced and the price of sugar has dropped rapldiy. Several claimants for damages on ac- count of the war with Spain are com- | plaining at the delay in payment and an- {mounce in the local papers their inten- tion of demanding payment. They say they did not accept the Parls treaty and, therefore, are empowered either | to force Spain to pay the claims or causs Spain to take the matter up with the United States. BRIGHT DAY DAWNS FOR ERIN Government Will Give Modified M Rule When Land Bill is Disposed Of. LONDON, March 20.—A bill giving Ire- lan1 an Important extension of local self- sovernment will be introduced by the gov- |ernment. The leaders of the nationalists and Irish unionists have already been con- sulted on the subject and the rough out- lines of the measure have beem sketched. | Thomas W. Russell (liberal unionist),in an interview at Enniskillen, Ireland, today declared the government was about toin- troduce a modified measure of home rule, but the statement is premature. Nothing will bo done until the Irfsh land bill ‘is disposed of. - ¥ OLD MAPS SHOW THE LINE Atlases of 1823 1824 Giviag Boundary to Be Exhibited fore Alaska Commi: MONTREAL, March 20.—Search in the chateau de Ramesay by the request of Jo- seph Pope, under secretary of state, and one of the: commissioners preparing the Canadian case for the Alaska commission, | has brought to light two atlases of 1823 and | 1824, One of these gives a map of Russian America and British America in which the Lynn canal is shown clearly within British America. The maps will be exhibits in the Canadian cas Students Pay Tri BUDA PEST, March 20.—The anniversary today of the death of Louls Kossuth was marked by the usual student demonstrations and collisions with the police. A thousand | students hoisted mourning- flags over the university and compeMed the professors to suspend their lectures. Subsequently the students {ndulged in nolsy street demon- trations in front of puplic bulldings and | stoned the police. A number of arrests fol- |lowed. The deputies of the Kossuth party | finally succeeded in inducing the studeuts to disperse. Fitting Out Polar Expedition. LONDON, March 20.—Anthony Fiala, whe 18 to head the polar expedition .to be | equipped by Willlam Zeigler of New York { leaves London tomorrew for Tromsoe, No way, to complete the fitting out of the ex- pedition’s steamer America., He will return | to the United States in April and will re- | turn to Tromsoe in time for the expedition i ! cdoro o ¥l JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 20.—In | the house today a resolution by Davidson was adopted to imprison Senate Clerk Cole | Hickox for contempt in refusing to an-,| swer questions asked by the house boodler | investigating committee as to where he got_two $500 bills. When the result of the vote was an- nounced Hickox was taken in custody by | the sergeant-at-arms. The resolution pro- | vides that he shall be committed to the | Cole county jall and remain there at the | pleasure of the house. The speaker must ue commitment papers before Hickox can be imprisoned. Hickex says he will appeal to the 3u preme court for & writ of habeas corpus. Hickox was arraigned before the house today and was asked by the speaker if he still declined to answer the committee's questions. “I do sir,” replied Hickox, in a firm _voice. i The resolution to commit Hickox to jail | until he satisfies the committee was then presented and adopted. i [ HAVE NO CLUE| Dis Gold at | British Medals for America; LONDON,. March 20.—War Secretary Brodrick, in a printed reply in the Hous | of Commons to & question of Harold J. | Tennant, liberal, says instructions were glven. March 13 to issue.war medals for presentation to the five American women | nurses who served on the hospital ship | | VICTORIA, B. C., March 20.—Letters from | the Falkland islands tell of the sucoeas of | the Victorix sealers there. Ola Baleom took | 2,080 skins in three months; Beatrice L. | Corkum 1,728, Edward Boy 1,478, Florence | | M. Smith 2,300, E. B. Marvin 1,100 and | Florence M. Munsie was sighted with 900, !WILL FORM NEW YALE SOCIETY | Sentor | | | Men [ Innugurate Non-Secret i Body to Combine Free i POLICE | NEW HAVEN, Conmn., March 20.—A new | senior class organization at Yale, to be | | known as the Ellhu eclub, is being formed | | under the official approval of the university | | authorities. | It is to be non-secret and its active mem- bership will be restricted to those students whe are not members of any other senlor | soclety. . pea Detroit d. Bar sun DETROIT, March 20.—Nothing has d.-.! veloped tcday to help solve the mysteri- | ous disappearance Wednesday night from | the union depot of the ingot of gold, val- | —— ued at §23,500. No arrests have been made {U. P, WILL PURIFY ITS WATER |and so far as can be learned the police | have no clue to the whereabouts of the Lets Co r Twenty-Five Plants | preglous bar. | PR F U gy e B Chief of Detectives McDonnell said, sl | i, nificantly, (his afterncon that he was sat- | | isfied that two men seen at the unlon depot Wednesday night, who were acting suspiciously, are the persons who stole the bar. MeDonnell said be has learned that Mes- senger Dean after loading the four gold | CHICAGO, March 20.—The management of the Union Pacific closed & contract today | with a Chicago company for twenty-five | ynter purifying plants between Omaba and Salt Lake City. The order contemplates an Mr. Keene has informed the corporation | counsel that he will not pay this tax be- Hempstead, Nagsau county, As s00n a8 the lawyers of the department for the collection of arfears on personal property heard of Mr. Keene's deflance they | supplementary proceeding. In reply to this lawyers representing Mr. Keene called at the office of Martin Saxe, who is at the head of this branch of the | tax department, announcing that Mr. Keene | tervals while he talked he was interrupted by loud applause and each mention of him by the succeeding speakers did not fail to | would fight out in the cOurts the payment of the taxes. HOMAGE TO THE PRESIDENT Dr. Singer Says that th Friend lews Have a in Theodore Roosevelt, NEW YORK, Mareh 20.—At a banquet glven by four lodges of the Society B'Nai Brith to Dr. Friedrichk Mueller, Dr. Singer, replying to the toast, “The President,” said the Jew bad more motive than the ordi- nary American’s patriotism for doing hom- age to the presidemt. He continned: It was Theodore Roosevelt who inspired the Roumanian note af Becretary Hay of August 11, 1902, a pofitieal and historic act, ultimate effects of which upon the amelio- ration of the condition of the Jews in east- ern_Europe cannot. be fully realized at the present time. Dr. Mueller spoke’briefly, calling America a nation of !dealists; mot materialists, be- cause of their magnificent philanthropic institutions. %y Dr. Mueller will start for Chicago to- morrow to attend Lolita Armour and take the chair of ortheopedle surgery in the University of Chieago. MOTHER KIDNAPS HER GIRLS Divorced Woman Aceused of Taking Children from Home with Their Grandparents. BAY CITY, Mich., 20.-Two grand- daughters of M. J. O’Hrien of South Sheri- dan street are missing from their home and @ warrant ‘has been iésued for Mrs. Anna Quinn of Los Angeles, Cal., on a charge of kidnaping them. Mrs. Quinn is the mother of the two girls and was divorced several years ago from their father. After the divorce tha oler of the two girls went to her o ts to live, while the mother took Tjhé “yeunger “with her. Later she sent thesghild also to the grandparents, saying, it is lleged, unable to care for her. LORENZ METHOD IS FATAL First Casegn Record Where Death Has Followed the New / Treatment. PHILADELPHIA, March 20.—For the first time, so far ag surgical history goes, & pa- tient has died from an operation for con- genital dislocation of the hips after. the bloodless method ‘ntroduced by Prof. Lo- renz. The patient, an 8-year-old girl, ated upon last Wednesday. Although the surgeons did not sucoeed in reducing the dislocation no fatal result wai anticipated from the operation, but the child was later seized with convulsions and died in a short time, MORMONS DESERT YOUNG Refuse to Ald Menber Ousted from reh on Account of as oper- Tmmorality. SALT LAKE CITY, March 20.—“If any move is being made toward securing the release of Hooper Young from Sing Sing,” sald Secretary Gibbs of the first presidency of the Mormon church today, “it is from outside the church. No such move has been taken or is oven contemplated by the first presidency. Even it he is a mem- ber of this church, this action would not be taken, but Hooper Young was severed from the church years ago for immorality."” MISSOURI SEEKS NEW CAPITOL House Adopts Senate Resolution Su mitting Enabling Amendment to People. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 20.—The house today adopted the senate resolution submitting an amendment to the consti- tution for the erection of & new state capitol. The amendment provides for the creation of a fund of $3,000,000 by a tax levy. VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BLAZING Coal Mine Catches Fire and Smoke Insues from All Parts of HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 20.—The Nova Scotia, one of the largest mines owned by the Gauley Mountain Coal company, is on fire and its complete destruction Is threatened The entire mountain is smoking. COUNTY AND CITY COMBINE Judges Refuse to Grant Injumetion Keeping Denver Governments Apar DENVER, March 20.—Judges Marshall and Hallett of the United States circuit court refused to grant the application for an Injunction to resiraln the counsolidation of the city and county of Deuver under the home rule law Bertrand Reside: Damaged. BERTRAND, Neb., March 20.—(Speeial.) ~The home of A. J. Sandstrom was badly damaged by fire at an early bour this morn- ing Uexpenditure of at least $1,500,000. | It is estimated that the average Hife of | Jocomoti will be more than dowbled. of the room and sat where he could mot soe the truck whife waliing for his tmin | tor Bulinie, which was late, . bars on a truck walked around a corner Student Dies of Fe UTICA, N. Y., March 20.—A. Purdy & student of Cornell university, il with typheld fever, is dead. Lord, biggest républican meetings of the cam paign last night. Under the auspices of relative to the coming trip of the chief ex- | cause in that year Be was a resident of | the First Ward Republican club, Mayor Moores, Park Commissioner Cornish and a number of others spoke to more than 15 men in National i William streets. It | and his administration was unetinted at al | points. When the mayor, who was first speaker, stepped forward he cheering that lasted five minutes. At in make the crowd become enthusiastic. of others, candidates and citizens, to speak and the following responded ing, the Second ward; Peter M. Back, Hascall and Charles Hanley, for the council from the Firss 1 G. B. Ablan Behm, president of the Second Waré Re dent of the Fitth Ward Republican club Mayor Moores spoke first. In part, sald: 1 come to you to give you an account o {and to announce to you that 1 am a can | didate for renominatior. for a third term 1 am your seryant. It is no more right that 1 should come before you teil you what I have done and to put my self squarely before you for another term, subject to your suffrage. Three years agc the principai {ssue ol the campalg: fhe municipal ownership of the wate: { works. Now it seems to be “Moores or anti Moores ‘machine or Ihree years ago and later rumors ‘that 1 was “holding undesirable classes. There to be “‘well defined rumors’ to thut effec and a special grand jury wrestled the question for a month. 8iy against me. There was rased also cry that my administration was t0o liberal there up’ were allege deal. Presently they got it. court decided that by the governor when my “no, mo.” “he city has run liberties “have been given The present board allowed board was in power? Cries o tnan _before. ing the former board's administration, an torm of garbling. Opposiiion Works at Lincol The unponlll?n to mie Hws no mical me 0B focut common grounas, bui has’ atitiephid "la encompats. my Haisy through the slature. (0TI, o Bl e it that TAles. pro ‘hibiting third térms for mayors and coun cilmen in Omaha, nothing be.ng sald abou! city comptrollers or ocher city Mayors who had proved satisfactory otrier large cities in the comntry serving their fourth and fitth terms. sutuents. Then my gppouents | party | election- to May. {1 am satisfied. every day, and if they only put the eicc tion off far in the city in the Well, that is all_right my side. Another plan that was worked througl | primary _ballots under either_the { or anti-Moores' delegations. { unfalr to the counc {1 think I can worry along under ! it | right. al Disgraceful Ripper Bi As a last resort the new pri uon bill has heen it incumbent uj challenged to 1 n the voter when he tion. the primaries. the men who are responsible for it tested in the courts tion tlons has been without fear or tavor, Wherever money was involved 1 have used | the greatest care and exercised the veto power as wisely as I knew how, refusing or individuals. 1 have tried alw in the interests of the taxpayers. 0 act i Nobody is right and 1 have done so, and will Rallroads | maha are not taxed in proportion to business property and private | property. I am in vor of equal taxation, | and believe that the rallroads should be compelied to pay in proportion to what | they have. Although efforts to get a law | that will make this taxation possible have falled, and the rallroads are resisting in | the courts am independent attempt, still [ cannot help but declare that the time is coming when the railroads will pay their | fair share of taxes. i About Muniet Ownership. ! the charges that have been upon me s one that although elected upon a municipal waterworks platiorm 1 did nothing to acquire tne { plant. It was utterly Impossible o do this { With the old valuation o1 cliy preperty, as the issuance of bonds to buy the water | plant would have made the total bond is- Sue more than 10 per cent of the assessed | valuation, as is named by the charter as (b Mimit. Now that the total valuation has | been made on full worth and fixed at about $129,000,000, increases in the bonds is pos- | sible, but the legislature has provided fo | the acquirement of the gnunt, and if the | iaw nolds water the waterworks will be- ome city property sooner or later, Regarding municipal ownership, I want | to say that as aiways I am in favor of it |1 think' it to the advantage of the citizens to own the gas, electric light, telephone and street rallway concerns and all_pubiic utilities, but at the present tme the job | of acquiring the waterworks is enough to { accupy our attention. The absorption or the other public utilities most properly will come later. uwes for Home Rule. Among | launched of his speech to arguments for home rule He declared that he was for Mayor Moores { because the mayor favored home rule and | equal taxation. In part he said: “A home rule bill for Omaha has just been killed in the legislature. The farmers and business men from all over the state seem to think { that the people of Omaha don't learn from experience what days assume to needed. Therefore ! | Park Commissioner Cornish devoted most | learn exactly what they kill the is { bill and | deny us the right to make rules and laws | for ourselves In purely believe that the law passed by the legisla- ture compelling the city to acquire the water works by purchase under a contract drawn twen!y-thre years ago will ¢ th | itizens least 000,000 more than ir would had the people set about to obta the plaut by the right of eminent domain n raisers being appointed | (Contizusd on Fifth Page) local matters. | ball at Thirteenth and | was distinctively a served notice that if he d#d not pay the | Moores meeting, and the applause for him | T00MS. About forty members were present city would compel him to be examined in | the was greeted by a perfod of handclapping and After the principal speakers had finished | President Bandhauer called upon a number Fred Brun- | candidate for tax commissioner from S. candidates a Syrian from the Second ward; J. Fred publican club, and W. B. Christie, presi- he my stewardship for the past three years | tee, M. than to was anti-machine." were certain | with | All 1 wish to | now is that no indictment was found | the | Certaln_persons declare they Want a new The supreme | the board of fire and | police commissioners should be appointed | Such was done and the governor s board has been in authority for nearly eight months, and 1 ask you It you | see any improvement over the conditions iong and even more pool room to | open—a thing that never was allowed dur- | am tola that this s the most dangerous seen it to | First. they tried officers. n are We had & congressman who way elected five times and served as many terms, and it was declared that the longer ne served the better able he became to serve his con- republican tried fhe scheme of putting off the I am making new friends gh 1.will nave everyone the city central committee was the adop- tion of the rule compelling candidates ror the councll to submit their names on the p Moores This is most manic candidates, but ary elec- assed, which mak. s 18 | isclose whether or not he | voted for the candidates of the party un- | der which he is registered at the last elec- | This' will destroy the secrecy of the | ballot and a great number of citizens will be deprived of the right to take part in The bill (s unconstitutional and extremely viclous and wiil react upon | en am satisfied it wili | be found in contradiction to our constitu- My action upon: ordinances and resolu- | to be dictated to by raliroads, corporations | owns me and I am free to do what 1 think | they want, and in a few | House Puts in Most of the Day on Salary Appropriation Bill t Selects Staff, with National Executives Present, The annual meeting of Omaha post No. 8, Travelers’ Protective assoclution, was | tield last evening at the Commercial rluh‘ MAKES ONE CUT AND SEVERAL INCREASES 0 Sennte Committee Goes on Record as Fave | and President J. I. Purcupile presided, with | R. . Hodgin discharging his dutles as sec- | retary. The meeting was called to order at 8:20 A pleasant feature was the presence of E C. Burrows, business manager of the Na tional aesoclation, and F. W. Crandall member of the National's board of di- | rectors, both of St. Louls Secrotary-Treasurer Hodgin submitted | his annual report of receipts and expendi- tures of the local post for the last year which was bafled as an excellent showing, indicating that the post is in a flourishing | condition. The report was referred to thr \ = state Loard and president for approval. | . From a Staff Correspondent.) Then followed the election of these o~ | MINCOLN, March 20.—(Special Tele- cers: President, R. 8. Bacon; vice presi- | 8rani)—The revenue bill passed the house dent, George H. Lamdye; secretary-treas- |DY 8 vote of 70 to 21 at 6 o'clock this urer, R. 8. Hodgin; board of directors, Car] | ©YeDINg. It went directly to the senate, I. Ochiltree, M. W. Rayley, M. C. House, | Where it was read for the first time to- 3. L. Houston, Stanley bickett and O, T.|DIEAt &t a special session hold for that Holmes; chairman of hotel committee, R, |PUrPose. The final reading of the bill in ! k. McBride: chairman of railroad commit- | B¢ house occupied about two hours. It W. Rayley; chairman of k'l.]“”\v,w““! placed upon its passage linmediately | committee, H. K. Burkett; chairman of | A{eF It was read and, save for a score of Dress committee, C. L. Hopper: chairman | CXPlanations of votes, the roll call pro- of employment committee, B. 8. Hoel. Post | “°¢ded uninterruptedly. Of the seventy - | surgeon, recommended for appointment by | ¥0te8 the affirmative sixty-seven were re- (| the BRlohal Boabd, BF. B4 Armold. | publican and three fusionists. Of the Following the election of officers Na- | !Welly-one negutive votes two were re- tional Business Manager E. C. Burrows was publican and nineteen fusionists, 8ix re- called upou for a short address. He sald. | Publicans were absent and not voting, also 1 predict a great future for the Travelers: | tWO fusionists. Loomis, the fusion leader, Protective assoclation in Nebraska. 1 have | W% One af these. He was sick and unable | nothing o say in rgard to other ansocls. | 0 be Dresent at 1ol call. Ho sent a writ- tons. They are all good. This assecla. | €0 request, howaver, that his vote be re- tion has accomplished much good by stop. | corded against the bill, which was not al- ping, or least having postponed, the action | '0Wed under the rales, | of the various passenger and traffic asso. | The rOll call disclosed many surprises. clations in securing the cnactment of the | S¢Yeral members who had been the most excess baggage rate which was fo have | A8Eressive opponents of the bill voted for gone Into effect March 1 In several of the | !t: Perry of Furnas, who champloned the | eastern states. 1t has, by agitation, securea | CéldWwell amendment to the scction deal- the interclangeable mileago ticket system | "8 With railrcad taxation and who made on many of the eastern roads. and aleo on | 8¢ Of the strongest speeches that ever certain of the southern roads. The asso.| 8% delivered against the measure, sup- ciation has accomplished much good work | POrted 1t .| in Indiana and In Mlinols. At Peorfa, the | SWe°2¥, Who proposed an amendment ot local post has endowed three beds in the | B8 own to the raliroad section and de- various hospitals of the city, which ‘are | ¢IoTed that “If my amendment is not at the servies of traveling men withont | MOPted I will vote against the entire bill," cost. The assoclation \is growing as en. | SPEOTICE W fl?u::!z,:{).:';un:n:u fien Mty 1 Y 0 i3 »l ey e Thentod. It phould | to the bl 'and ‘others wha hdd voted that way, lined up for It. Caldwell of Clay, su- thor of the Caldwsll amendment, and” Ne1: won of Douglas were the (wo republica: who stayed with their determination to fight the bill to the last. Nelson and Kenncdy were the only Doug- las county members who voted against the bill. Even Ten Eyck, who introduced H. R. 271 and H. R. 330 and who made some splendid fights for these muasures, con- | templating just taxation of railroad term- inals, which it {s admitted the reveaue bill does not provide; gave his vote for the passage of the bill. The three fusion mem- bers who voted for the bill were Mem- minger of Madison, Mikesell of Dixon and | Shipley of Hitehcoek. Less Opposition Than Expected, The negative vote 1 Insane Asylum at Nore folk. % SVENUE BILL is finall house and sent to senite” whare it io [ead the first time.” Vote on final passage SALARY BILL occuples most of time in house. Several salaries are ralsed and duced, the superintendent of hoo! at Genova. OR BILL passes the NORFOLK ASYLUM rebullding is favored by the senate committee. l 1 L | | t t ¢ . Crandall, membe. of the Nation board of directors, was called upon and made a short speech, along the lines of that of his predecessor. The addresses of both speakers were Loartily applauded. A motion prevailed extending a rising | vote of thanks to the visiting national off- cers for their visit and addrosses. Mr. O. A. Mathes, a visiting member from Q post of New Albany, Ind., was called upon and made a short address. He was followed by Mr. Waitehead of Lincoln in a sshort talk, the latter being A member of C post of Lincoln., The visiting national officers | wil depart’ for Lincoln this afternoon to , | meet with C post rhis evening. The mecting of the State Travelers' Pra tective arsociation will be held in this city | Ap-il 24 and at the Commercial club rooms. The convention will meet at 5 p. m. t{ April 24 for the transaction of preliminary | husiness, and the banquet will be riven at the club rooms at 7 o'clock the same cvening. The national convention will be at Indianapolis, June 9, 10, 11 and 12 SENATOR MILLARD AT HOME Talks of Nebraska's Interests resented at the Capital, t was much smaller than was anticipated. Of course in view lot the tremendous pow:wow maintained by the organs of fusionists that the mi- nority would line up solidly against the | revenue bill, their twenty-four votes were | counted on and at least six republicans. | As was suid, a score of (he members sent |up written explanations of thelr votes. Most of these were members who votee for [ the bill, but whose former attitude bad |been against ft. The glst of thess ex- | planations was that while |i was recog- | nized the bill did not contain the best and | most equitable methods of taxation, it was | & step lu the direction of revenue revision ' and _therofore should, in liew of anything Senator J, H. Millard and his daushter | o iqr, receive their support. At least a returned ¥riday from Washington and are | g o " entirely recovered from hls recent siight | illuess and appears to be in the best of | Nelson of Douglas submitted this ex- | planation with his vote against the bili: health. He sald “The first thing I will have to do will be | “This law is a great improvement uvet the old law, but the improvemerts are all di- to appoint 4 cadet to the naval academy al | Annapolis. This will be done within the | rected against the small property owners. next two weeks, but I have not yet deeided | The bill is defective in fafling to permit whether the appointment will be by com- | the deduction of unsecured and non-inter- | est bearing debtv. It is also defective in petitive cxam’'vation There are about twenty-five applicants for the place and but | T€quiring the usscssment of some corpora- one can have it. 'This matter will receive | {lons upon the value of their tangible prop- Sty i i B ey erty plus thelr gross proceeds for one year, while the constitution requires that cor- | "I left Washington before the Cuban ! treaty was ratified. but T would have voted | POations be taxed upon the value of their property. { for it had I remained. The representatives P’ “The bill grants ho relief as to the local of the beet sugar industry of the country seemed to bave arrived at the conclusion | taxation of rallroad property In cities and ! that the sugar schedule on the tariff ar- | 'OWNS: It exemple about 315,000,000 worth rangement would not injure them, so there | O terminal property in the city of Omaha from taxation for such local purposes. is no reason for the Nebraska peopla+to | feel that they have been placed at a disad- | The $o-called Thompson amendment ra- vantage on this score. quiring a statement of the net earnings ot “The ratification of the Panama canal| T8ilroade in Nebraska will afford no velief, | proposition and treaty will wmake & placs |88 the auditor's reports show that such for seven commissioners, who will have | Stalements have usually been filed by many charge of the whole maiter. There fa a | Of 'he roads. The bill requires the ratl- great struggle for appointment on this | 10808 to furnish such a large amount of board, which will carry with it considera- | 818 a8 to confuse lhe State Board of ble honor and require much ability. Johy !dualization and to ledve the pubdlic in L. Webster of Omaha has received the un doubt as to the basis of their assessment, | qualifed endorsement of both Senator | Belleving that this revenue biil will im- Deitrich und myself for appointment as one | PS¢, additional burdens upon the average pr 1 Bl ol pig taxpayer and will afford no remedy, 8o far “We have also endorsed Charles J, 8% railroad taxation is concerned, I there- | Greene's candidacy for appointment to the | fOre vote ‘mo."” | eircuit bench of the United States to the | vacancy to be created by the retirement | Judge Henry C. Caldwell. Mr. Greene's i chances at this time are as good as those | of any other candidate and we have | that he will be chosen “There is still a deadlock over the ap- pointment of a United States district at- torney. I still support Mr. Summers, while | Senat Dietrich and Mr. Lindsey were with the president a few days ago In the | interest of the latter. I think the appoini- ment will not be made for several months, | but there s nothing absolutely certaln | | about the time the president will act of Ocean Veasel At New York—Arrived—Cedric erpool: Fretoria from Hamburg . Bouthampton w n—Arrived » ol Liverpool ar eded n Hoston At Ponta Ferraria—Passed—Lahe | New York for Nuples and Genou Mobile—Salled—Bavarian from 3 ational Nelson Vote in Detall, L] The vote on the bill was: Yeas aerson (H'm'ni Kumsey, Reed, Ribbie, Rigs: Robbi Roberts, hog se. sadl Shell, #hipled Smith Apler, spurlock, Stetaon ones ' (Rich.) f Otoe. Mowmminger ‘Thompson, Mendenhall Warner, Vebors, Wilson, My Speskes Movemen: Mareh 29, from Liv or 8¢ land pro- | Liverpool for phia for d—Canada Anderson (K'0'y)(ilshwiller, Bocher H trom | Caldwel, i Kenned) Kittle. Absent and uot votinj Travk Warlug -21 acon, Gelwick, ) for 8t. Juhns, N. B. 8. Mlichuels' Pussed- Neskur rom Genow aud Naples tor New York.