Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 29, 1909, Page 1

Mr. Roosevelt goes to Africa. ‘So does Buster Brown. Go along with him in the Su day Bee. VOL. WEEK'S WORK SONGRESS XXXVII—-NO. NOT SURE OF ITS POSITION Desire for Changes May Make it Difficult to Adopt Rule. SEFATE HAS LITTLE TO DO Its Finance Committee Will Conti; to 8 y Schedules—Census Bill May Possibly Be Con- sidered. WASHINGTON, March 25.—The activi- lies of congress during the present week will be confined mimost exclusively to the consideration of the tariff. The house will proceed with the consideration of the Payne blll in general debate, and the hpur of the dally sittings will be extended, the ses- slons beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning and ending at night at 11:90, with an inter- mission for dinner between § and § o'clock. The senate will not be in position to take up the bill until Jt is passed by the house, but the senate committee on finance will continue consideration of the various sched- ules of che measure. In the meantime the senate will attempt no regular business bevond the introduction of bills. The edict of the “steering committee’ that no legis- lation heyond tariff and the bill providing for the thirteenth census shall be under- taken, has gone forth, If reported to the senate, the caucus bill might be considered during the week, but the census committee Las given no. attention to It. It is ex- pected that this measure will receive large consideration, however. Opinions ditfer as to how long the dis- sussion of the tarift bill by the house may continué under the prder of geperal debate, but the latitudinarians do not extend the time beyond the present week, and most members predict that the end will be renched by Wednesday. The long hours proposed will rapldly exhause the general #peeches and there will be a cessation of orutory under this order as soon as a de- clalon regarding the procedure under the five-minute rulé can be reached. The house lgaders are not quite assured of the ad- visability of permitting opportunities to amend the bill, and it now seems probable that general debate will be continued until they oin reach sure footing on that point. Eighty-fiva members have made known their desire to speak under the present . order. the republicans who will be the week.are: Mesara Mc- ines (W. Va.), Calderhead (Kan.), Needham (Cal) and Bputell (IN.); ‘while the democratic list will include, Rep- resentative Ransdell (Tex.), Griggs (Ga.), Ole James (Ky.), and Burleson and Gil- leaple (Te: The senate, after the introduction of a number of bills tomorrow, will adjourn until Thursday. Beware the Oil of the Prophet Don't Ever Let a Fortune Teller Hand You Any Compli- ments, When fortune tellers are unable to read your hand without feeling the soothing ond satisfying balm of a $ bill or gold plece In the clasp of thelr unoccupled _digits better not let them flatter you, for you may not feel flottered after the prophet has made his adleus. Mrs. Martin, & colored woman living at Bighteenth and Nicholas streets, was so srxious to find out what kind of an Easter boniet she ought to huy that she willingly allowed & fortune teller to light the lamp of ‘knowlédge by holding one of her $ bills. When the seance was ended the soothsuyer forgot to return the “V' before suying goodbye, w0 Mrs. Martin asked the poiice to find him and recover the green- beck palm oll. Dredge to Deepen Salina Sea Machine is Wanted by Park Board— Silt to Be Used to Grade Park. Bids for a huge dredge to bo used despening Saline sca, in the new levi Carter park. will be opened by the Board of Park commissiorers at the regular monthly mecting this afternoon. The board intends to use the siit in the bottom of the lake in grading the low land In the park bofore trees and shrubbery is transplated, as the it is full of nutrition and will make vegetation boom In tre park. LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR MAN WHO LOSES RAILROAD PASSES | Pollicemen Get Diswusted Thought in This Age of No-Pas. Anger, disgust and sympathy mingled in the bosoms of several sturdy police offi- cers at the station when John Nadigan of Perry, la. reported the loss of twalve annual raflrond passes. “Twelve annual passes and them breathed one officer In contempt “Yes, and in this day and age, too, when an ordinary man couldn't get a pass for love or money.” hissed another. “Any man who would be careless enough to lose twelve rollroad passes ought to suffer,” growled another. And so cn it went. only one policeman having compassion on the Towa map “I aleo lost 336 in bills” sald Nadigan. “Oh, that's nothing. You can get lota of them thirty-six dollars,” sald the desk sergeant. Nadigan's passes were over different di- visicas of the Milwaukee road the lost,™ m | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST ebraska-—Fair. v Partly cloudy For weather report see page 3 245. Three Men Are Carried Over Duck Hunters Drown in Sight of Several Hundred Persons at Waterloo, Ia. WATERLOO, Ta., March %.—While sev- eral hundred persons watched, powerless to help, Christ Anderson and Henry Roth- man, duck hunters, clinging to an over- turned boat, from which Frank Bentz had already jumped and drowned, went over the falls in Cedar river today and drowned The three men tried to cross the river just above the falls, and the boat upset Thelr screams for help altracted & crowd, but mo one could do anything to ald the doomed men while the upturned boat raced wildly toward ihe brink of the falls. Bents, who was a luborer, struck out for the shore and swam valiantly until his trength e out and he sank when almost at the banks of the river. The other two went over the falls and did not appear above the water, Anderson was assistant manager of the Herrick Refrigerator company and Both- man wan a saloon keeper. The Loat was recovered a mile below the falls MR. AND MRS. BOYLE HAVE QUIET SUNDAY ers of Willle Whit Have Hearing in Da; er Two. MERCER, Pa., March 28 —After a week of Intense excitement, James H. Boyle and Mrs. Boyle, or McDermott, or Thurston, suspected kidnapers of Willie Whitla, have had one real day of rest. While the woman spent the greater part of the day quietly reading, the man indulged himself In smoking. Mr. McDermott, the retired fireman of Chicago, did not come here today ‘o see the woman he alleges answers the des- cription of his missing daughter, Anna. Tt is likely arrangements will be com- pleted tomorrow morning for the hearing. This may be held lere or may be at Sharon. Tt is the oplnion that there are three more accomplices to be, arrested and it was reported tonight i(hat officers have began to locate them in this county as well as in Ohia DR. CLEGG CULTIVATES LEPROSY BACILLUS Scientist at Manila Makes Discovery that May Make Cure of Disense Possible. MANILA, Barch 2.—Dr. Moses Clegs. bacteriologist of the bureau of sclence at Manila, has suceeded (n cultivating the leprosy bacillus. He has made five suc- cessful caltures of the bactiera and carrled them through three successive generations. He used the organisms from both living lepers and the bodes of victims of leprosy. He has been equally successful In his cul- tures with tie germs of amoebic Aysen- tery, establishing @ -sympolic. relationship batween the germs of the two diseases. The bureau of science has prepared o leprosy vaecine and proposes to carry for- ward a series of experiments for the pur- pose of establishing a specific treatment for leprosy. Dr. Clegg is the son of a prominent Ar- kansas physician. GOVERNOR COSGROVE DEAD Executive of te of Washington Dies Suddenly at Paso Robles, California. PASO ROBLES, Cal, March 28.—Gov- ernor Samuel G. Cosgrove of Washlng- ton dled here suddenly today of Bright's disease. The govérnor had been in poor health for some months prior to his election last November. The strain and work of the campuign weakened him and he came here early in January to recuperate. Slowly but surely the mineral baths waters of the springs relieved his con- dition and he gradually became stronger. He felt so much improved that le rizked the journey to Olympia to be inaugurated returning immediately. This trip, low- ever, proved too much for his strength, and since his return his condition Las gradually grown worse. For the last two days had been confined to his room, with Mrs. Cosgrove in constant attendance. Only a few hours before his death he seemed to feel better and re- marked that he hoped to soon be bale to return to Washington and take up his dutles as governor. win SHOOTS HIMSELF WHILE ASLEBP Awakened by Explo- moking Gun in Han Ia, March 25.—(Special)- Willlam Gerlach, who lves at Lyman, where his father has a small store, was the victim of a most pecullar accident, shooting himself while asleep. The lad had been sleeping In his father's stors, each night placing a revolver under his pillow, It seems that some time between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning he was awakened by its discharge and was horri- fied to find that the gun was in his right band and that he had shot one of his fingers off, the bullet going out and lodg- g In his leg. Medical ald was summoned and he is rapidly recovering, but as yet has no recollection of how the gun came to be | Cedar Falls | OMAHA, BATTLE WITH (REEK INDIANS Five Companies of Militia Marching Into Hickory Hills, Back of Henryetta, Okl BLOODY BATTLE IS EXPECTED | | T | Aborigines Are Headed by Crazy Snake and Are Well Armed. BAND IS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED First Real Uprising in Oklahoma for Many Years. TROUBLE STARTED THURSDAY | Attempt to Arrest Negro Horse- thieves Ends in Fight—Six Men Have Heen Killed and Many Injured. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl, March ®.— Five companies of Oklahoma militla are marciing tonight against Crazy Snake's band of Creek indlans, half-breeds and negroes, entrenched in the Hickory hills, seven miles from Henryetta. A bloody battle was regarded as inevi- table, as the heavily armed troops set out either to capture or exterminate the mur- derous band, which since Thursday has caused the death of six men, the wounding of many others and brought about a con- dition of terror in Henryetta, Plerce and all the surrounding country. The troops left Henryetta at § o'clock, They had seven miles to go. Encumbered with armes and equipment, 1t was expected that they could not reach the scene ready for battle much before 7 o'clock. Crasy Snake's men number about 2, all armed with modern rifles and plenti- fully supplled with ammunition. They had been preparing for two months for fhi their final stand against lawful ~uthority They defiantly sent out word today that they would fight to the Geath. Of course there can be only one outcome in the clash, but it is certain to be a murderous affair, as the militiamen's of- ficers have declared that they shoot to Kill from the first Long Fight Expected. Tt was regarded as certaln that the Tn- dians would be defeated, but it is realized that it might take all night and all day tomorrow to crush the band into the con- dition of subjection such as the military authorities decided upon. Crazy Snake's band strongly entreanched itself early in the day and was reinforced from time to time by roving companies which were scared away from Henryetta by the coming of the state troops at. 3 o'clock. Crazy Snake is in personal com- mand. This was established by the testi- money choked out of his college-bred son by means of a nice new inch rope. Young Harjo was sirung up. by (he delermimed dejuties until nearly dead. When he gasped out that his father was in command: named the Indian who killed the deputies; told theo fficers how to trall the band, and did everything which a stoclal red man fs supposed not to do when In the hands of his enemies. First Uprising for Years. This first real Indlan uprising of vears has held this portion of the territory on cdge for three days past. It has been plotted and prepared for two months. It broke out last Thursday, when -some dep- uty sheriffs went to Henryetta to arrest some negro cattle thieves. They were fired on by negroe and halfbreed friends of the criminals and forced to beat a hasty re- treat. A few hours later they returned with additional forces and were fired on by the band, then augmented by a number of Cracy Snake's Indlans. In this fight three were killed nad five wounded, ac- cording to the officlal reports, al though t thought many more Indians were wounded, as scores of shots were fired at close quarters. This clash resulted in forty-one arrests. Tndians Declde to Fight, Meanwhile Crazy Snake's followers de- fermined upon an aggressive campaign. The chlef'a pians had to be prematurely sprung on account of the unexpected raid of the deputles on Henryetta. Deputies fanned the flame by hunting strenuously for the leaders and Crazy Snake, forced to the wall, determined to strike & hard blow in an effort to escape. Last night part of his band was run to cover by deputies i a search for leaders in Thursday's tight Marshal Baum of Shecotah and Deputy Odom of Eufaula pald their lives as a price. They were shot down, according to Crazy Snake's son, by Charles Coker, a Seminole Indlan. This event aroused the state authorities. Governor Haskell or- dered out the militla and the word was passed out thtat the band must be cap- tured or killed. Not till today did the peo- ple of Henryetta realize the serious con- dition. Threatened by raids by some of Crazy Snake's men, the yhurriedly armed patrolled the roads leading to the town sent to surrounding towns for arms and ammunition and sent urgent agpeals is to | Governor Haskell to hurry the militla to the scene. Not until the soldlers arrived at 3 o'clock this afternoon were the peo- ia his hand. (Continued on Second Page.) CHICAGO, March 3.—In a race against time to reach the bedside of his dying mother Frank L. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank of New York, to- day covered the distunce from New York to Chicago in fifteen hours and fifty-eight | minutes. This, acoording to rallroad offi- clals, broke all railroad records for the trip. Mr. Vanderlip arrived twenty-elght minutes after his mother died Shortly before midnight last night Mr Vanderiip in New York recelved word from Chicago of the serlous iliness of his mother, Mrs. Charlotte L. Vanderlip. He immedi- ately ordered the New York Central to supply him with the fastest special train &t tis command The company had a train ready to leave New York at midnight. The train consisted of four coaches and a powertul engiue. It was necessary to add the three extra coaches to give the train the proper weight for making high speed Mr. Vanderlip's train was given the right- of-way. The run frem New York to Vanderlip Special Makes New Railroad Record Buffalo, minutes, which stop for a 0 miles, was covered 9 included a three-minute hange of engines. The run Buffalo to Cleveland, 153 miles, was covered in 168 minutes, and the special fairly tore up the ralls in its mad rush. The engineer threw the throttie wide open a1d the miles slipped by at a dizzy pace, Leaving Cleveland at 9: a. m., the special wrrived at Toledo at 11:% a. m., covering 108 miles in 118 minutes. This was the slowest stage of the run Elkhart, Ind., was reached at 1:3 p. m., making 13 miles in 120 minutes. Engle- | wood was reached at 2:58, the last ninety- five miles being eaten up In ninety-two minutes. Mr. Vanderlip left the t which was the nearest mother's home. Mrs. Vanderlip was & years old. It was not thought she was in any danger until last night, when Mr. Vanderlip was sum- moned. m in at Englewond station to his MONDAY MORBNING, MARCH 29, 1909, ! THE NEW MEMBER’S FIRST BILL ¥rom the Wasghinzton KEvening Star. BREEN AND ZIMMAN DIFFER Candidates Outline Their Views at Same Meeting. BREEN FOR SUNDAY GOLF PLAY Zimman for Hase Ball, Plea for Ocempat Tax—O0ppo- ment Lenient Franchise Corporation Also, Before Breaking away from his usual stereo typed adcress in which he declared against Dlatforms and toM She voters that' he, himself, was the platform on which he based his candidacy, John P. Breen, In a speech before a gathering of Bohemians in the Metz hall Sunday afternoon, sald he believed in playing golf on Sunday and in taxing public service corporations & per cent of their net earnings, but not of their gross earnings. No cheers greeted the can- didate, however. But when Harry B. Zimman, the next speaker, said he believed in encouraging every healthy outdoor sport on any day. not simply golf, the “soclety game,” but the “great American game of base ball es- pecially,” and that he belleved the public service corporations should pay 5 per cent of their gross reccipts, the cheers showed the preference for mayor of Omaha. Joseph Kavan presided and called first upon Mr. Broen. The candidate again re- counted .iiow he happened to e in the race, by reason of political club endorse- ments, and sought to discredit platforms, for the reason that but few of the signal reforms accomplished by President Roose- vent were mentioned in the platform on which he was elected. On the question of Sunday amusements, he said “T was asked the other day whether T was in favor of Sunday base ball. I re- plied In this wise: I like to get out on a 0-acre lot with a couple of ministers and knock a ball around with a golf stick. I would not like to be interfered with, and therefore why should I interfere with the (Continued on Second Fage.) People don’t have to be fooled into reading advertis- ing. To most peo- ple its as important as any news in the paper. ‘What is more important to the average household than where they can get most for the limited amount they have to spend? Take the want ads, for ex- ample. The advertiser who tells what he has to sell and why you should buy of him, gets returns far out of propor- tion to the little he has to pay for a want ad. Why do they bring so much business? Simply because people find advertising of live interest. They know reading want ads pay for the time spend a dozen times over. Have—you—read the want ads yet—todayl Powers Agree on Program in Balkans Servia Will Be Ordered to Make Sup- plementary Declaration that Will Satisfy Austria. VIENNA, March %8—A complete agree- ment has been reached by the powers with regard to the steps to be taken at Belgrade on the basis of the proposals made by Sir Edward_Grey, jthe British forelgn wecre- tary, to Baron von Avherenthal, the Aust o- Hungarian minister of forelgn affairs, for the settlement of the difficulty between Austria and Servia, The representatives of the powers at Bel- grado tomorrow will advise Servia to make @ declaration to the administration at Vienna, supplementary to the Servian note of March 14. In this note Servia referrsd Austria to Its previous note to the powers, dated March 11, and in the latter note Servia, while withdrawing its demand for compensation, and setting forth that it did not desire to provoke war, still main- tained that the question of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina should be regu- lated by the powers. In additlon, a complete agreement has been reached with respect to the abroga- tion of article % of the Berlin treaty and the suggestions of Austria on this subject will be communicated to the signatories of the treaty. New Church at Stoux Falls. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March &.—(Spe- clal)—~A fine new Congregational church was dedicated In this city today with elab- orate ceremonles. The principal address was made by Joseph W. Powell of Buffalo, N. ¥., known throughout the United States as *“The Brotherhood Man.” For twenty- five years he has been engaged in pushing the work of the church, and during that time has dedicated churches In all parts of the country. Another who took a prom- fnent part in the dedication of the new edifice was Rev. Frank Fox, the pastor, to whose energy s largely due the construc- tion of the handsome new church building The structure was erected at a cost of about $0,000. Tt Is bullt of Sioux Falls sranite and has a seating capacity of about 1,000. Without doubt it is the finest church in South Dakota. BIG ADDITION TO CORN SHOW Government Agricultural Exhibit at Scattle to Be Shown Here, IT WILL FILL EIGHT CARS It is Larger Than at Any Previous Exposition Except St. Louls, d Contains Many New Features. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WABHINGTON, March 28.—(Speciah)— When_Secretary Wilson, at the earnest re- quest of Scnator Norris Brown, gave his sanction that the Agricultural department's exhibit prepared for the Seattle exposi- tion be put off at Omaha for purpose of display at the National Corn exposition, the Transmississippl section pulled off one of the biggest stunts since the Trans- misslesippl exposition in 1508 The exhibit, which has been preared by the several bureaus in the Department of Agriculture for the Alaska-Yukon expo- sition will take all of elght care to trans- port it to the western metropolis. 1t will occupy twice the space allotted to it at the Lewis and Clark exposition at Port- land or at any previous exposition except- Ing that at St. Louls, and will contain many new features of interest {llustrating the functions of the department and its relation to agricultural development and progress. A general description of what this in- teresting agricultural exhibit contains may be of interest at this time, in view of the fact that this exhibit will be in Omaha, next December to add its measure of in- terest to the National Corn exposition. Burean of Animal Industry, The exhibit of the bureau of animal in- dustry will, as far as possible, cover the general work of this bureau, which deals with the investigation, control and eradi- cation of animal diseases, the inspection und quarantine of live stock; inspection of meat and meat products, and with ani- mal husbandry and dairying. Models show- ing the dipping of cattle and sheep for the eradication of mange or scables, patho- logical specimens of animal diseases, ma- terials used in the Inspection of meat, models of steamg¢r showing fittings for exportation of cattle, a dairy stable model showing proper sanitary construction, and plctures showing breeds of horses, cattle (Continued on Second Page.) I Y. W.C. A. Me Yesterday was a big day and this will be a big week for the Young Men's Christian assoclation, which is getting nicely settled in its splendid new home at Seventeenth and Howard streels. Miss Helen Barnes of New York City, national secretary of the association, was | the chief speaker yesatrdey at the conse- cration meeting. She spoke on the first clause of this, thegsixteenth verse of the first chapter of Homans, known as the key to Romans: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation; to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Taking . the words, “For I am not ushamed of the gospel,” Miss Barnes made a most impressive address, emphasizing the power of the gospel in the personal life, its need and its claim. Her message, was for strong, positive lives and her plea for consecration. Miss Slevers, general secretary of the Des Moines association, and Miss Trimble, general secretary of the Kansas City as- soclation, spoke. Miss Trimble's associa- tion | sabout to bulld and she is here to observe the detalls of the Omaha bullding. A reception to local ministers and thelr wives will be given today at 2 p. m. and continue to 3, and after that & program of exercises will be given. It is the desire of Mre. W. P. Harford, president, and | Mrs. Emma Byers, general secretary | well as the other officlals, trustees and members, that the ministers of Omaha get n close touch with the detalls of this | work. Many of the mininters are new to ets Sunday in New Home, Receives Today [ Omaba, comparatively, and Mrs. Harford insists that this is all the more reason why they should come and get acquainted with these workers and their work. fdBaaANGo?emt fdfadd dwad dawd wdaw This is to be a big reception day. Editors are especially invited and other men in public or private life. It Is to be the pub- lic's day and the owmen are extremely anxious that the public should avail itself of this opportunity. The building, with its new furnishings, will be thrown open and the workers will be eager to show their guests all over it The secretaries of the Young Men's Christian association are also asked to join in the reception today. Then there will be workers and friends from outside of Omaha. Some of these, in confunction with Omaha ministers. will make addresses. One of the chief speakers will be Rev. | Laura Wild. a congregational minister from Lincoln. She and Mrs. F, M. Hall, chairman of the state committee will be two prominent Lincoln women (o take ac- tive parts. This evening will be for partment's installation of this. Over 40 persons attended the consecra tion mervice in this new bullding, which ands & towerlng monument fo unseifish devotion and mome sacrifice of patient women and generous men and the fruition of the hope of years. 80 all the emotion | that comes from such a combination of | elircumstances welled up in womanly Learts yesterday during that hour of consecra- tion and made it one ideed of solemn thought, the Bible de- Much ,will be made i COPY TWO CENTS. BIG BILLS ARE YET IN FILES Nebraska Legislature Has Big Task Cut Out for it for Next Four Days. APPROFRIATION BILLS IN SENATE Measures Must Be Sent Back to House for Approval of Amendments, DEADLOCK OVER TWO BILLS Indications that Physical Valuation Bill Will Be Killed, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM Points in Mensure Are in Dis- pute and it Will Probably Fall by the Wayside—Mr. B Spite BIIL. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 2.—(8pecial)—Though the legislature has set Thursday for the final adjournment date, its most important work 18 yet to he done, and the fights premised for this week will exceed in Ditterness the contests which have been In evidence since the session began, be- tween the house and the senate. The legislature is far from the enact- ment of a physical valuation law and the passage of the fpitiative and referendum bill. The large appropriation bilis have yet to pass the senate and the amendments made théreto to be corcurred In by the house. Save the banking bill, the bill providing for the election of precinct assessors and the political bills passed for the purpose of creating a democratic political ma- cline, not many of the measures acted upon favorably will cause serious loss to the state or affect the state at large to any great extent. The damage that will occur by the operation of the laws men- tioned cannot be estimated and not for two years at least can the neasures be re- pealed. The big fights yet to be finished within the next four days are over the physical valuation bill and the bill providing for the initiative and referendum. The housa and senate are at loggerheads over the measures and no one can tell what the outcome will be. It in & probablility that the physical valu- ation bl will be kil 8o far no one has offered any good reason for its passage except that it will provide jobs for some democs ‘The State Board of Assess- ment has figured out' the physieal value of every raliroad in Nobraska and this value is separate from the intangible or franchise value. Just why this board has not done fts work just os well as Ay other board will be_able to do It no ene has yet sald. These figures are on wilh the secretary of the State Bewrd o Assessment. 1t the bill does pass it is pretty certain to go through without the house amend- ments, which included the stock yards and all other public service corporations. And that 1s what the democrats pledged the people to include in the bill, but the pledge of democracy amounts to little when that pledge Interferes with the plans of the attornéy for the stock yards, who happens to be the boss of the senate and the over- lord of the house also. Mr. Bryan's Spite Work, One of the features of this legislature which will go down in history Is the part Mr. Bryan has taken and the means he has employed to punish those who did not do his bidding. For Instance, he threatened the regents of the State university that unless they did as he demanded in the matier of his school of politics, or cltizenship, that he would take the case up with his legislature. The regents declined to make a political Institution out of the university, and Mr. Bryan made good his threat. To show the regents he s the boss, he had his bill introduced, and further insulted the re- gents by prefacing the measure with a whereas, complimenting them for their work in the direction he had indlcated He pushed the bill through the senate, and yesterday the democrats of the house were afrald to go on record against it, so It is now up for third reading. The bill will come to be known as “Bryan's Personal Spite Bill for the Destruction of the State University.” Now this Peerless Boss 18 demanding of the legislature that it pass the initlative and referendum. When asked to sign a petition agking for the submission of n prohibitory amendment he told Mrs. Heald to wait for the initative and referendum If the bill passes it will be Mr. Bryan's sop to the temperance people of the slate, just as the veto of the Fort Crook saloon bill was the sop frem Governor Shallen berger. The kovernor vetoed the bill be. cause, a8 he told A member of the legis “I am afrald of the eriticlsm of the republican press.” And this same leg- islator 1s authority for the statement that the governor had promised to sign the bill It it passed Many Bills in Bad Shap The banking bill which the legtslature has passed has been declared by the ablest members of the house and prominent law- yers, to be invalid, and prediction is made that it will be knocked out In the courts whenever It Is attacked. Incidentally, the legislature has as yet made no effort 1o pay Judge I. L. Albert that 300 for start- Ing the banking commitice on the right track and drawing the original bill for the committee. But the banking bill is not the measurs which is in bad shape from a constitutional standpoint. Probably never before have so m bills reached the governor In such bad shape. In fact, it will take a Phil- adelphia lawyer to dlg out the meaning of some of the measures—especially is this true of the bills which are supposed (o be of tmportance. For instance, the Kuhl bill amending the primary clection law and returning to the county convention system of selecting delegates to the state convention. The measure goes into & whols lot of details about the duties of the va rious commitices and conventions, but # careful inspection of the measure falls to discover who s to call the county eonven- tlon. The bill provides the state committee shall designate In whai manner the state, congressional, judicial and legislative com- mittees shall be selected, and then pro- vides that the state convention shall choose the state commitiee. The reciprocal demurrage bill reads lixe A fight between & Russian and & Japane