Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-19
OBJECTION TO POSTAL BILL
Travelling Men Assert Measure ia in Interest
Of Catalogue Houses. .
TIP ON CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT
Speaker Cannon Intimates Session
VIII Not he Ended by the Na-
tionaI HOliday-shaw Re
pudiates Remarks.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

CFrom a stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. May 1S.-(Special Tel
eEram.)--H. T. Moss secretary OF the
Hastings, Neb, branch Of the United
Commercial Travellers Of America, has
written letter to Senator Millard pro-
testing on behalf of his organization
against the passage OF a DILL introduced
in the house by Representative Henry
of Connecticut. which provides that third
and fourth class mail be consolidated
under the title OF merchandise with
rate Of ! cent for each two ounces. MIR.
Moss says the passage Of this bill would
work a serious hardship upon every man
who sells goods upon the road. 1T Is
not fostered or supported" he says. by
any concerns in Nebraska. but by catalogue
house people, whose places of business are
located in larger trade circles Of the coun-
try He urges Senator Millard to oppose
the measure should it ever reach the sen
ate
Senator Burkett today presented the res
olutions adopted by group No. of the
Nebraska Bankers association meeting
held May at Hastings favorng the re-
. moval OF the internal revenue tax upon
! denaturized alcohol
Tip on COnRressiOnaI Adjournment.
Representative Hinshaw is I'm receipt Of
invitations from David City to deliver the
! Fourth Of July Grafton and from Hebron
to address the old soldiers on Decoration
day. He has been obliged to decline both
Invitations for the reason that congress
will BE- i'm session and his duties to the
majority OF his constituents require his
presence in Washington. He consulted the
speaker before declining the Fourth Of
July invitation. as he together with many
other representatives. have been predicting
congress would adjourn not later than
June IS.
Speaker Cannon, however, apparently has
different views, as he said to Mr. Hinshaw:
MY son. if you have anything important
on the cards for your people you had better
stay here, as I think we will not adjourn
until considerably after the glorious
Fourth" Mr.. Hinshaw. having several
matters he is watching closely, took the
hint and withdrew his request for leave of
absence and declined the above mentioned
| invitations.
Lands Restored to settlement.
The secretary OF the interior has today
restored to settlement the following de-
| scribed lands in the state Of Nebraska,
which were withdrawn in 1903 for use In
I connection with the North Platte irrigation
/ project. Township 20 north. range % west.
! sections 10 to 36, inclusive; township %
north, range IS west. sections 13 to 20 in
| clusive township 20 north range b6 81 and
IS: township 20 north, range "a, IS and IS,
( These lands will not be subject TO entry,
nling or selection under the public land
laws until ninety lays after notice by such
publication as the commissioner may pre-
| scribe
Victor II. DuraH Graduates!
| Victor H. Duras Of WILDER. Saline county,
who has been taking a two years diplomacy
course at George Washington university
( in this city, in connection with his work
in the state department. will take his de-
( gree Of master Of diplomacy at the COM
mencement exercises. June e. and will re-
! ceive the degree OF doctor Of civil law
! absentia at the same time next year. Mr..
Duras has accepted position with the
Panama canal commission and sails for the
! isthmus May "a.
Mitchell Headquarters for Engineers.
The town OF Mitchell, Neb., has been
selected as headquarters of the engineers
on the North Platte irrigation project un-
til construction is completed This point is
| in the center Of the project and It Is pro-
| posed to construct there a commodious Of
hce building for use of the reclamation
service
shaw Denies Remarks.
! Secretary Shaw, who made speech TO
the graduating class at the revenue cutter
| school of instruction at Arundal Cove, Md,
! MAY is, and was quoted as saying that
| There is nothing that will take the native
capacity out of men so quick as employ
ment In the army and navy" denies that
/ the words were ever used in a letter TO the
| president, which will appear in the Army
and Navy Register of this city tomorrow
In the course Of his letter to the president
| Secretary Shaw says among other things
| Il urged the boys to practice economy and
| said to them, 1t may be true that the world
! owes you a living II you can collect it,
but tho world will stand serenely by and
| see YOU starve and your family beg bread.
| and 1 advise you to save something from
| your income. You owe il TO yourselves and
to your families that you put a roof over
| your babies One of the reports quoted
him as saying that while you are col
lectlng It you might well see to It that
! II Is a good one" Another, after using
substantially the same language, added to
this effect: But il you do not get all
that is coming to you the world will let
! you starve.'
] ulQ not Say a. iluoirh Au AiU ohl
! There is nothing that will take the native
capacity out OF men quick as employ
ment in the army or navy What I did
say was by way of warning against ten
denotes Of the service, and / used substan-
TALLY this language: The revenue cutter
service Is not well calculated to develop
power Of initiation. In fact, no government
| service is a friend 10 original thinking. We
take the best blood, best brain, best phys
| iques and send them 10 West Point, which
! in my Judgment, is the best school in the
1 world
Turning TO a preacher who sat there 1
, said, II 1 wanted 10 make big preacher
or lawyer / would sooner send him through
West Point than any school I know; but
subsequent service in the army and the
navy like that which you are entering,
is not calculated 10 develop powers OF
I initiation and added, jocularly, in one OF
these departments, I will not say which,
| we court-martial subordinates for having
original ideas. Everybody, OF course,
laughed and no one present took II Sc
riously. ! did not say that the army and