Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-19
MATHEWS IS ALL IN
Visit to President Avails the Depssed
Marshal Nothing.
INTERVIEW LASTS FULL HALF AN HOUR
Executive Explains to Visitor that Dis
missal Stands as Final.
SCHNElDtR'S EFFORTS COME TO NkuGHT
SCHNEIDtES EFFORTS COME 10 NAUeHT
Former National Committeeman Ursbls to
Reverse tbs Action.
SMALL HOPE IS DASHED BY VISIT
slight Prospect of ReiustRtemeut Held
out ia Mathews before Leaving
Omaha vanishes at white
House once,
tFrom a stan Correspondencel }

tF'rom Staf Correspondeucel
! WASHINGTON Dec iS--CSpecial Tele-
gramD--T. l.. Mathews, late United States
marshal for Nebraska, will not he rein
| stated. At n conference between the presl-
dent and Mr.. Mathews this morning, which
was arranged by r. u. Schneider last week
| the subject Of Mr. Mathews dismissal was
gone into at some length. The president
gave half an hour to the hearing, which
! was conducted behind closed doors What
! was said AT that hearing Is largely specu-
| lstive but enough is known that Mr.
| Mathews presented affidavits and letters
| showing that he was carrying out the prac-
tice Of the marshals Office extending over
forty years President Roosevelt. II is as
| serted, stated that on eNamina ton Of the
| records of Mr. Mathews office he found
everything in the best possible condition
and that tho Office itself had been con
Quoted during Mr.. Mathews incumbency
upon a very high grade Of efficiency. but
that even this efficiency and this integrity
would not permit him to Interfere with
what clearly a failure on the part 81
the marshal to do his sworn duty. and he
therefore would have to regard the Incl.
dent closed. Probably he said many
other things, Tor tho president usually does
not mnce words In matters of this charac.
ter. In any event when Mr.. Mathews left
tho White House he was a very much
changed man from the one who went into
the presence Of the chief executive hut a
short half-hour before.
why Mathews Went ON.
When the Nebraska delegation called
upon Attorney General Moody 10 protest
against tho summary dismissal Of Mi
Mathews and were referred by that official
to the president, the delegation at that
time believed nothing could be accom-
plishcd by an appeal to the chief executive
who has habit Of standing by his cabinet
officers. When MIR. Schneider appeared on
the scene last week and had two confer
ences with tho president, the latter on
Friday, in which the president stated he
would hear Mr.. Mathews and directed that
he be sent for, the delegation thought pos
sibly Mathews would be re-appointod, II
he could show he was only following Gus
E tcur in 'icEsiing wi,h prisoners placed nj
custody OF the marshal, As result Of q
telegram sent 10 Mathews by schneider
1.-THE deposed marshal reached washington
Yesterday. Today Mathews saw the pres-
g dent, but Mr. Roosevelt saw no reason 10
, modify the attorney generals action The
: president, it is understood, bore down on
. tn" fact that the sentence against Richards
r and CornstocE was inadequate and he IN
r.. | sisted that tho marshal instead OF the at
Z torncy for the defendants should have
:. taken them into custody.
\ Mr. Mathews left tonight for Nebraska
10 greatly disappointed man, and II. B
Schneider left for New York.
Il Money for sioux Minors.
= Indian Commissioner Ieupp stated today
I he would recommend that all minor chill
! dren who have money coming to them
. growing out of the sale Of lands IN the for
Doe I,,1t
l. kota, receive the amounts realized by such
e sale, provided their parents or guardians
!. are capable of handling the funds Lust
u summer the commissioner made personal
y visit to the Rosebud country and collected
data regarding these Indians, and Is now
preparing a special recommendat tion to tho
secretary Of the interior regarding tho dis
trihution of these funds COMMISSIONS
= Loupp is engaged in preparing n circular on
this question, which will be printed In thn
English and Dakota languages, the latter
being tho language of the Rosebud Sioux
Should the recommendations of the con-.
D missioner be endorsed by the secretary NJ
l. the interior, quite A large sum of money
in will be dishurscd to the legal representa-
is tives of minor children not later than April
n 1906
t Consideration for widows.
m pension bill today introduced BY
III Congressman Hinshaw providing that a
ID soldiers widow, upon due proof of IesnI
he wldowhood shall without further evidence
he or delay, be granted the same amount of
IN pension which the soldier was drawing q,
ss the time of his death. Under the present
III law the chief difficulty that confronts a
pit soldiers widow when she applies for a pen
sion is evidence in detail required to estah
Id lish her net income, and where 1t is close t,
I'd the legal limit of $3.50 frequently a specia
is examiner is sent and much delay and an
rd noyance occurs. This bill would entirel,
remove these objections. Nh Hinshaw will
make a strong effort with the committe,
7 on pensions for favorable report anC
hopes the house will pass the bill.
= Former NcDraskap Dead.
William Augustus Gwyer one of the plo
neeTs Of Nebraska. aged IS, died at IN,
home Of his daughter, Mrs. w. o. Berry
man of Brookland, d. c. this morning
NJ after "A weeks illness. Mr.. Gwycr wal
~ president Of the Nebraska senate in 1877
h.. He was q member of the constitutional con
nd vcntiou and father Of the Nebraska home
e. stead law. II, was a member OF the terri!
%. torial legislature, a city councilman o
&C. Omaha and member Of the Board of E.du
, ua-ion. At one time Mr.. Gwyer was edito
.f OF the Omaha Republican. During his year
.of IN Nebra ska M. Gwyer concerned hlmsel
- actively in the uphuilding of tho state AM
was engaged in "a number Of business enter
pIiscs. The funeral services will be held a
: the homo OF his daughter, Mrs. W. O
nm Bergman, wife Of a well known citizen .
the district. on "Wednesday Later inter
's- uleut viii be made at the Prospect HI
,u cemetery, omaha.
Nebraska Members Getting Together
meeting Of the members Of the lowe
r.. NrgtF.r. al Ilg.e 10.
called Tor tomorrow evening at the Dewe
''' hotel The meeting is called Gor the pun
Ter nose or cff,gtiug an organization and wit
a view iC possible Of standing together o.
-" important questions which are before con
pm crcss. statehood, railroad legislation. Phil
lppiue tariff and federal control OF In
W surance. While only members e ths Low {