Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 11, 1916, Page 2

ON REVENUE BILL Propose to Reduce the Income Tax Exemption on the In. comes of Moderate Size. REVISE WINE SOHEDULE Washington, Aug. 10.—Senate democrats will meet in caucus to- . night to consider finance committee i amendments to the house revenue I bill, including the proposal to reduce the income tax exemption, the pro- posed increase in the tax on the large inheritances ranging up to 10 per cent on estates of $5,000,000 and a proposal agreed to lasc night to con- tinue in effect many of the present stamp taxes. The finance committee democrats yesterday voted approval of the stamp tax proposal and added to the house bill the following stamp taxes: Bonds, debentures and certificates of indebtedness, a tax of 5 cents on each $100 of face value; express and freight receipts, 1 cent each; tele- graph and telephone messages, 1 cent each for each message for which a charge of 15 cents or more is made; custom house entries not exceeding 100 in value, 25 cents each; succeed- ing $100 and not exceeding $500, 50 cents each; exceeding $500, $1; in- il surance policies, 1 cent on each $1 or i fraction amount of premium charged; I foreign steamship tickets, if not cost- ing to exceed $30, $1; not exceeding , $3; more than $60, $5; all tickets Il costing $10 or less to be exempt ‘ from taxation; Pullman car tickets f i i | ’i i ! | i i i 2 cents each, an increase from 1 cent in_existing law. The cgmmittee also decided to re- store the existing tax of $5 for each bowling alley or billiard table and amended it so that it will apply to clubs and private places, instead of exclusively to public places. Revision of the wine tax schedule was determined upon, the committee increasing the proposed tax of 2 cents a gallon on grape brandy or wine spirits used in fortification of wines 10 55 cents a gallon. A tax of 8 cents a gallon upon all still wines was proposed as a substitute for house rates ranging from 4 to 25 cents a gal- Jon on wines containing from 14 to 24 per cent alcohol n champagne and sparkling wines the committee retained the house pro- posal of a 3-cent tax on each half pint, but increased the proposed tax of 1 cent to 2% cents on each half pint of artificially carbonated wine. The committee was unable to reach a conclusion on munitions statistics will resume delibera- tion on thay subject toda; Aged Farmer Dies As Street Car Hits Wago_n_on Corner Fred Davis, an elderly farmer and a pioneer of Douglas county, living near_Florence, died last evening at the Lord Lister hospital as the re- sult of injuries received when a northbound Sherman avenue truck the wagon in which he was riding at Capitol avenue and Four- teenth street at 3:30 o'clock, throw- ing him to the pavement and causing.| concussion of the brain and severe lacerations of the scalp, which, to- gether m;h il:lli ld'll:;:.d ‘unmof 74 years, made it imposs or him to withstand « th lho'rl):.. Conductor H, W. Schulz and Mo- torman R.'E. Abbott were in charge of the car, which did not stop to see what damage had been done. - _sons and two daughters. The wife and youngest son, Hln;l. live at the ofd home north of Florence; where Mr. Davis settled thirty-five years ago. e other children are George of Kear- ney, Fred of Lyman, Colo.; Frank of Los Angeles, Cal; Mro, Alice Peter- son of Kennard, Neb, and Mrs. Emma Taylor of Kearney. Texas Will Break Away From Wilson “Wilson has a very poor chance to carry Texas this fall” said C. B. Bechtold, who has just finished his enlistment period in' the Third Wis- consin regiment of the National Guard, and who passed through Oma- ha on his way home. “The Texans are thoroughly dissatisfied with the handling of the Mexican situation, and from all I heard in Texas, Hughes has more than an even chance of breaking the solid south this fall.” | | iy I E § e beipafed | QE I 1 Ee ig % Had Bilious Attacks. son. teen ycars of age suf- from bilious :{ucka. speech here, Mr. Hughes said in part: “In my speech at Detroit I took occasion to refer to the fact that in a very important bureau, the Bureau of Census, an eminent statistician, a man of conspicous expertness and fitness for the place, has been retired, and a man has been appointed in his place without qualifications for that important technical work. You must know how important that census bu- reau is. In the proper collation of those statistics is furnisked the oppor- tunity for many investigators to de- tect important tendencies in our life. It is a work that must be done ex- pe \}y “Now, my statement that E. Dana Durand was retired, as I said, in effect, and his place given to a poli- tician, has been challenged by Secre- tary Redfield, Secretary Redfield telegraphs me that I was greatly mis- informed. He says ‘Durand was not removed or retired, but resigned vol- untarily, unasked. I was glad to en- dorse him for present employment.’ “In that same speech [ referred to a technical bureau known as the coast arfd geodetic survey, and to the fact that in place of an eminent scien- tist there has been appointed a man whom I regarded as without proper qualifications. After Couple of Years, “After he had been there a couple of years he was put inn charge of the coast and geodetic survey. Now the adiministration say he is a wonder- fully competent man. “Then he goes on to refer to the ensuing year where there were 104 appointments. In twenty approval was not requested; twenty-two met with the approval of the civil service commission and sixty-two without. “And I have as ummary which gives the matter to a latter date, and they are three or four out of the way in the total because of the difference in date, as I assume, which is furnished by the national civil service reform league. And there it states that in the first three years of this admini- stration—March 4. 1913 to March 4, 1916—the executive issued a total of 239 special exceptions. It is then added, that up to and including June sc H A di m m It th for th er ot thi of the 279 the civil service commission has concurred in seventy-one; that the commission has not concurred in 143 and the commission’s attitude is not recorded in a total of sixty-five cases. tu! it Special Exemptions. “In that speech I called attention to the manner in which the principle of our civil service laws had been disre- garded, and after going over a number of matters which I shall not now un- dertake to repeat, I referred to the special exemptions by executive order on the operation of the civil service rules; that is, appointments taken out of the civil service by executive order. “I stated that in the year ending about April 1916, there had been re- moved from the operation of the civil service rules by special executive ex- emption, about 104, That of those 104, twenty were appointed without requesting the opinion of the civil gervice commission, that in twertty- two cases, the civil service commis- sion was asked for its opinion and approved, and that in sixty-two cases, ¢ executive order was made directly in the teeth of the disapproval of the civil service commission. Why The Objections? “Unfortunately in the published re- port of those remarks, by running two sentences together, that state- ment was made to refer to the coast and fieodetic survey. I had just ferred to that bureau in connection with the appointment previously de- scribed. I had not intended that this mention should relate to that bureau. And the department very properly hat construction being put This was wholly uninten- it re| a re us sul to ex to of “But I stand by the statement which I thought I made, which I now make, that there was in that year, ending about April, 1916, 104 of these executive exemptions; that sixty-two of those were made against the advice of the civil service commission, and twenty of them without requesting the judgment of the commission. My authority for that statement is a very excellent review of this particular matter by Representative Gillette of Massachusetts, He reviews first, preceding, and it is in the first two ye: greunt administration, there were 137 personal appointments au- thorized by executive order, which waived the requirements of the civil service. In all except eighteen of those 137 the executive requested the judgment of the civil service com- mission. Forty-one were approved by the commission. Seventy-eight were appointed against the judgment of the civil service commission, Then he goes on to refer to the ensuing year where there were 104 appoint- ments.” 19 Hughes a Party Man. In his speech at the Auditorium to- night Mr. Hughes said: “I am a strong party man, I be. lieve in party organizati an es- sential agency of republican govern- ||| ment. But I believe in party organi- zation as the i people; and I stand as the represen- tative of a party in order that through that essential instrumentality I may serve all the men and women of the United States. “I believe that there is no reason- able man in the progressive party SUIT CASES Our stock of fibre suit cases is extensive. We have them with and without straps. All nicely 4 lined. Some with shirt and waist kets, Good locks and fasten- , strong corners and re-in- forced you couls ’?be;lcmn‘:l&l ' Tange— ' 1 $1.25, $1.75, $2.25 $3.50, Etc. We Like Small Repair Jobs. Freling & Steinle “Omaha's ‘Best Baggage Builders.” 1803 Farnam St. é Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 10.—In his|and no devout and strong organiza- tion man in the republican party who hold to the great ideals of the honor and prosperity and efficiency of this nation, who cannot with a good con- and not of the flesh. Wherever a man is born, if he is a naturalized American citizen of the United States he is heartily an American citizen with American ideals; with Amer- ican hopes, ready to give, live and the American sentiment in that con- sciousness of unity which displaces all possibility of division. We must have that inner feeling of intense loyalty. What is there to divide us? through that dominant sense of unity and of loyalty can we find the force to cope with the problems of the twentieth century. | ting our regular army to remain at so low a point that it could not perform length and breadth of the land. This tion, That is a condition for which I hold the administration responsible. ago that certain patriotic citizens were directing attention to the need of preparedness, to the need of the enlargement of our regular army, and such persons were nervous, excited, alarm; that there were no conditions which made it a matter to be consid- timent ‘was wrought over night in the councils of the administration; did exist and that something s ould be done; that it was no longer nerv- ousness, but.prudence, caution and war, and he devoted himself with as- worked out a plan. He thought he had pinned the administration so that could pin the administration to any policy that would stay put. few months ago stated that called for this forthwith: Raising the —although it was in fact somewhat less—of about 105,000 to 141,000 and federal authorit stallments of 133,000 each. tial. Now, how long did that stay put? Why, within a short time the plan was abandoned; the secretary of war with the president pointed out what he regarded as the inexcusable have had a great deal of talk about then, when American preparedness was in issue. Why was it nccelslr{ h the subject when congress had its myy;c?i open to know the executive wii I regard as a backdown; a change of front. most regrettable that it was a change tisan expediency. We had as a result something which is fraught much mystery. reorganization army of 178,000, but an actual army for the fiscal year ending June 30, June 30, 1918, We have, then, to rely upon the National Guard. ward uncomplainingly to the duty to which they were called and have been NUXATED IRON \ inerea: tren; \ i) dn"ut.:.' n:rvnu:.fimgt Red Balmon, 1-Ib. (L1} down veople 200 per (§ Jelly Glas IRl cont in ten days Farina Bi k‘ :hll paper. 0 druggist about it, shmni:aml dfiemnn:fi Drug Stores always carry it in -tock.oc‘ 2 : THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1916. e DEMOCRATS CAUCUS |/n Minneapolis Speech Mr. Hughes Straightens Out Secretary Redfield sworn into the regular army over- night for a service that they had not cnnlemgla!zd and which I do not think the National Guard should be called upon to render—for those boys I have unstinted praise. But I con- demn the system which brought mat- ters to that pass. “Then what a spectacle was pre- sented. They were not properly equipped when they started; sup- plies were not ready for them and some of them suffered in the mode in which they were transported to discharge therr new duties. Why, it was & spectacle showing inefficiency of the first magnitude. “The rights about which there has been so much discussion are in the main plain rights, gencrally recog- nized. But we live in a world in arms. It would be the rankest folly for us to invite insult, for us to invite the disregard of our word by having an obvious condition of unpreparedness. “Preparedness that is reasonable and adequate is not militarism. There is no militarism is this country. But adequate and reasonable prepared- ness is an'assurance of our peace. It is the very buttress of our self-re- spect. It is for us to say what we mean and have our word regarded. It means that when such a situation arises as there is on the border of Mexico that we are ready to dis- charge our duty without calling men from their peaceful occupations, from the shops and the factories and of- fices all over this land. Preparedness a Duty. “Reasonable, adequate prepared- ness is a primary and national duty, and if I am elected I propose to see so far as in me lies the power, that duty will be discharged to the credit of the American people. And I am not talking simply or even primarily of numbers. Efficiency is only a mat- ter of numbers to a certain extent; thoroughness, the absence of waste, up-to-date methods, the availing of scientific investigation, the determina- tion to go forward sensibly and ex- pertly with the very advice, cutting out dry rot, insisting upon men equal to their jobs. “This is the kind of preparedness 1 believe in which will make our ap- propriations for military purposes properly spent so that the public will get the benefit of the dollars it gives.” Mr. Hughes then reviewed the ad- ministration’s Mexican policy from the days of Huerta and continued: “We had a wonderful speech the other day in the senate from a spokes- ience support my candidacy. “We have come from many lands ere in the northwest we know that mericanism is a thing of the spirit e for the United States. For American Sentiment. “I desire to see a reinforcement of “We are a united people and only “There was no excuse for permit- ilitary duty without lcummoning en unprepared for service from the not a spectacle of a prepared na- “Consider for a moment the facts. was only about a year and a half e president of the United States rmally expressed his opinion that at there was no real occasion for ed as a real exigency. Torch of Another Leader. “Then there came the ‘torch of an- her leader. What a change in sen- at was a feeling that an exigency 24, 1916, there have b issued a . : . h h en: Satal et 279.“;t 1 ‘t’hen e:.:;d that out | foresight which required immediate man of ‘the administration. He did action. not like what I said in my answer to “There was an able secretary of | the notification. It distressed him. I am glad of it. That was the intention. But there was not a word in it that he or anybody else could answer. He said—I am not attempting to quote him, but I am sure I am doing him no violence—that we ought to have supported the executive in establish- ing Villa on a throne, a government founded on principles of American liberty and justice. Think of that. Then the learned senator condemned the republicans because they had not rushed to the support of the admin- istration in making a liberator out of this desperado, Villa, “I want to refer for a moment to the embargo on arms. I do not know that it is a rash statement, I think it is well warranted by the facts to say that any American so!dier killed in teness to the problem and he would stay put. I don’t believe you “Well, the matter got so bad that was presented to congress. Only a it was formally our present demand gular army from its total on paper citizen reserve of 400,000 trained by in the annual in- Did Not Stay Put. “That was to be regarded as essen- that we have let border.” Harding Becomes Head of Federal Reserve Board Washington, Aug. 10—-W. P. G. Harding was designated today by President Wilson as governor of the Federal Reserve board, to succeed Charles S. Hamlin, and Paul War- burg was named vice governor, to succeed Frederick Delano. The de- signations are for one year. Boothes Your Cough and Cold. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey soothes the raw spots, eases cough, kills cold germs. $6c. All druggists.—Advertisement, pass over the signed, and in his correspondenrce he practically abandonment—I don't e the exact words, but this was the bstance of it—of a program deemed be necessary. “Now, why was it abandoned? 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An abstract of the treaty published this morning is believed to have been made from one of twenty-five num- bered copies sent to the senate Tues- day by the State department, with a letter transmitting a request of the Danish government that the terms of the convention be withheld until the two governments agreed to promul- gate them. e The department’'s communication reached the senate in executive ses- sion Tuesday and was referred to the foreign relations committee. The treaty probably will be considered by the committee.ear!y next week aqd the administration is confident that it will be ratified before the end of this session of congress. . “It is hard for me to believe,” said Senator Stone, “that any senator of the United States would give this treaty to the public under the circum- stances. Every senator has a right to a copy and to go to the executive clerk and get it. If any senator did, he knows where it has gone. But if he exposed it to the public, he did a dishonorable act and ought to be dis- ciplined by the senate.” Senator Stone declared he thought the body of correspondents in the senate press gallery would not resort to dishonorable methods in the ac- quisition of news. $3.75-$4 qualities . ..$2.85 5.00 qualities ..... 3.88 Particulars of the Saturday Suit Sale in tomorrow evening’s pa- pers. It is the Worth While Sale of August. For l:’o:by “Leemax” baby pants, waterproof, small, medium and large sizes, directions for washing with each pair. Two qualities, 25¢ and 50c. “Leemax” rubber sheet~ ing, size 36x38 inches, priced at 50c and 75c. Third Floor. for Black Sateen Petticoats. for Flowered and Plain Colored Petticoats. for Changeable Silk Mull Petti- coats. Persistent Advertising Is the Road i We Are G::;l'ng With Growing Omaha to Success. N e : HOTELS AND RESORTS. L.) #1517 So. 100 5¢. 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