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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02
FIRST SESSION Of
SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Meeting ResembIed a Social
Function More Than Any
thing Else.
ADJOURNMENT SOON TAKEN.
This out of Respect 20 Memory OF
Members Of Both Houses Who Died
Since March Last.

Washington. Dec 1.-The meeting OF
the sixueth Congress today rcsembled
q social function rather than the gath
ering for the transaction ~ important
business of the country. So great was
the demand for an opportunity 90 see
the national legislature started In its
works. that the galleries were reserved
for the families of the members with
very Few places left for tho general pub
bic unprovided with tickets. IN tine sem
ate the same condition prevailed except
that larger space was kept for those
who came without tickets.
Early la the day the capitol vas filled
with spectators, and in al the corridors
leading % the gallery entrances there
were long lines OF men and women,
many OF whom stood for a couple OF
sion.
In each Of the houses the session was
short and confined To- the adoption Of
formal resolutions notifying the prosi-
dent that Congress had assembled.
swearing in new senators and repre-
sentatives ana other acts Both houses
adjourned In respect To- members who
died since the close OF last Congress,
Senators Morgan ana Pettus Of Ala
Virginia, and Smith Of Illinois, having
passed away during the recess.
THE SENATE.
The senate convened promptly at
noon After Vice President Fairbanks
sounded the gavel the proceedings were
opened with prayer by the Rev. Ea-
ward Everett Hale. chaplain.
Senator Lafollotte was the first sem
"a "a Nsrr ..-.,.. 49,
the credentials Of Isaac Stephenson
Of Wisconsin
The vice president ordered the roll
Of senators-eleCt be called alphabet
cally and they were sworn ia and es-
cortcd 20 their desks.
All OF the senatorseIcct were present
except Senator Bankhead of Alabama
who is ill.,
Under the form observed by the sen.
ate neither Senator Bankhead nor SEN
ator Johnson will be sworn in untI
the deaths OF senators Morgan an1
Pettus have been Acknowledged and
the senate win adjourn IN their honor,
neither Of their successors will be ad-
mitted until tomorrow
THE HOUSE.
In tho house those members who had
expected that the Presidents message
would be read were disappointed ghe
fact that tho senate adjourned imme-
diately after converting out OF respect
70 the memory of Senators Pettus ana
Morgan Of Alabama, who died during
the recess, precluded the presentation
Of this always much-antcipated COM
municaton from the chief executive
The house, too, was mourning the loss
OF two of its members. Representative
Slemp OF Virginia. and Representative
smith Of Illinois, the latter having died
only Saturday.
With the completion Of the orgauiza
ton OF the house the swearing In of
members, the drawing OF seats and the
appointment Of a committee 10 noufy
the president that the house was in /
session and ready TO receive any com. /
munlcation that he may see tit 20 send. |
an adjournment was taken until to- /
morrow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02
WASH TRIM POSTPONED.

Chicago, Dec. 2.-The trial OF John
r. Walsh on the charge Of having mis-
appropriated funds OF the Chicago Ma
uonal bank, was today postponed un-
til Dec. 9 because Of the illness OF Juror
T.. J. Watkins.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02
MANY BILLS FOR UTAH.
Congressman Howell lius setcrnI
Ready to Introduce

A special dispatch from Washington.
u. e.. says chat Representative Howell
of Utah wil Introduce blis u Gone
Fress establishing au arsay office hl
htit Lake CHS aui to provide GOO urh-
ir buildings 900 BRIGHAM Hn. rurs
Dlt. ard luehu Dos MHu mo- permit
homestead eutrIra u. go arr0a heus
made Iu thif state,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02
H. J. Groves Of Kansas City Post
SuccumbS to Wounds lnfIict-
ed by Gen. Horne.
PRESIDENT WAS ALSO SHOT.
Trouble Was over Request of Manage
mcnt That Horne Tender
Resignation.

Kansas city. Dec. I'll d Groves,
managing editor Of the Kansas city
Post. who was wounded Nov. % by Gen.
Richard Horne iu th- editorial rooms
Of that paper. died here this morning.
Mr Groves condition was reported IA
vorablc up 70 day or two ago. Mr..
Groves was 90 years old.
o. d. Woodward. president OF the
Post company. who was shot at the
same time as Groves Is still iu his bed
but it is expected that he win recover
Gen. Horne is out on bond and is at his
home iu Marshall Mo. He VIII be arr
rested and returned TO Kansas City and
charge OF murder preferred against
him
Gen. Richard Horne is orc OF the old-
est and best known newspaper men In
Missouri. He is a man Of high stand
ing and az the time OF his arrest prom
iuent citizens from an parts OF TN
state offered TO furnish his bond.
Gen. Horne had been connected with
the Post since IT'S organization Is
months ago He acted as chief editorial
writer and as "a stakeholder in the COM
pauy. His salary as editorial writer
was SO a week and few days previous
20 the shooting ne had been asked TO
resign. as the management had found
Il necessary 90 curtail expenses. After
the shooting Gen. Horne asserted he
had not been treated fairly in the mat
ter OF finances and that the matter
had preycd upon his mind He had he
said, put am his money into the paper,
and being unable 90 withdraw any OF IT,
he was left penuilcss
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02
UTAH GOES AHEAD MERELY.
Many More Millions Represented
In Plans Of Great System
Retrenchment Past.
Significant Real Estate Deal CONSUME
maied-N. II. Bancroft Adds 10
South Temple street Holding.

Az the News predictcd at the time
the Hartman lines ordered a. cessation
or work tho order has been rescinded
ana aI big projects are TO be carried
aE'ad 20 completion with renewed enc
Grey t' make up tha time lost. The
,''S''i'h was only temporary and
brought about by The financial strin-
seney and The doubtful outlook for tho
utur.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02
HORNE GETS NEWS.

Marshall. No. Dec. "A representa-
tive OF the Associated Press carried
the news OF Editor Groves death to
Gen. Richard Horne at the latter's homo
here this morning He displayed much
emotion.
II am sorry 10 learn this" said he
Gen. Horne said he would take the
first train for Kansas city when noti-
lied that he was wanted
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02

-. value us an Adver-
N'"s, .,'s,rn is Determined by the
isns SIN Of H. Circulation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-02

Advertisers IN the Deserci News arc
not paying for duplicate circuia-
lion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Wallet is the name Of a democratic can
dldate for alderman in st. Louis. II he
is fat one and rightly handled his cleo
ton Is cinch.
A Pittsburg alderman has honored the
penitentiary by taking UP his residence
there for three years. The Jury called his
trouble bribery.
The commission investigating the case
Of Pennsylvania's state capitol building
soooped in $4,000 at the frst throw of its
lines. TheI sum was forgotten interest on
state moneys placed In a favored bank.
Out in the state Of Washington mem
Der OF the legislature has introduced q
bill to prohibit the newspapers from pub
fishing reports of all sort Of crimes but
It does not refer TO crimes committed by
legislatures.
One Of q group Of Pennsylvania travel
ing men who are boosting a third term
for Roosevelt sent word to the president
that they were his to command Under
date of March 6 Secretary Loeb replied
that the president has nothing to add to
his statement issued on the night of his
election, 1904"
Managers OF railroads entering Balti-
more Informed leaders OF the municipal
campaign now under way that the custom
of contributing TO the campaign fund will
be cut out this time. An official of one of
the corporations says III the politicians
Of either party attempt to hold us up they
will be sadly disappointed"
Nearly 200 representative republicans of
the Nineteenth congressional district in
northern Ohio recently dined together at
Niles Judge Roberts of the common pleas
bench made a savage attack upon Senator
Foraker's course In opposing President
Roosevelt and predicted that the next re-
publican standard bearer would be Will
liam Howard Taft, Judge wanamaker of
Akron thanked his associate of the same
bench for giving expression ito the
thoughts we all feel. but have cowardly
held hacl"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
CALL THEM OFF.

In a new interview Mr.. Hartman
Celebrates on the past mistakes of the
railroads in failing to keep In touch
with the public. The railroads have
left to lawyers and subordinates." he
says, their dealing with legislatures
They and the people we're not taken
into full and free CONFIDENCE policy
which must be changed"
If Mr.. Hartman is sincere in his
wish to change this mistaken policy let
him recall from Lincoln the disreput-
able lobby representing the Union Pa
cif1c railroad. which has been camped
out there since the first of January
endeavoring to corrupt and manipulate
our lawmakers away from their plain
path of duty. Let him make an at
tempt through responsible officers of
his road to cooperate with the gov
ernor and legislature and he will find
that they are reasonable men, intent
not on injuring his property, but on re-
dressing long suffered grievances of
the people, at which his lawyers and
subordinates" have only Knocked.
Call them of.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
AnARoUMrrr AoArvsrDnARMAMnN,

an ARGUMENT AGA INST DIsARMAMENT
While peace conferences and inter
parliamentary unions may proceed
with their deliberations and sugges-
tons touching the ACCESSIBILITY of re-
ducing the naval strength of the ma
tons with a view TO final universal
disarmament, financial factor which
can not be overlooked has just been
injected into the problem and is certain
to complicate it.
James Gayiey. the first vice presi-
dent of the Steel trust, has offered the
new feature for consideration by mott
flying the naval authorities at Wash
ington that his company will have to
have contracts for $1,000 tons OF
armor plate annually or be compelled
to shut down its 'armor plate mills
and throw thousands Of skilled work
men out Of employment. Mr.. Gayley's
argument appears to be unanswerable.
Warships are worthless unless
equipped with armor plate and to get
it the purchaser must buy enough to
keep the mills going all the time. Even
the Steel trust. with a little surplus of
800. OOO. 900, could not afford to equip
expensive armor plate mills and run
them only when the government
should happen to want a few yards Of
armor plate to match that being used
in the construction of battleship.
Evidently, the only way to keep
armor plate mills going is to keep on
building new battleships. The pro-
posed international peace conference
at The Hague may as well be called on.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
IOwA's FAVORITEs.
Presidential Preferences of Members
OF the Legislature.


To the presidential preferences OF the
republican members of the Iowa legisla-
ture considerable significance attaches
seventy-hve are for Roosevelt, seven for
Cummins, five for Shaw, four for Taft
and one for Root. Nineteen Of these
Roosevelt men named him as their second
choice also, indicating that they would
consider nobody else. What will happen
II a year from now, as the preparations
for the conventions are nearing, the re-
publican party throughout the country
lines up as this Iowa legislature has done7
The democrats are apparently ready 10
nominate Bryan, even though the motive
for pushing him as a means Of eliminating
Hearst has practically ceased 10 be inn
pelling. Are the American people losing
their originality? Can democrats think OF
no one except Bryan? Are the republicans
sure they have no other suitable candidate
except the one whom In two political cam
paigns already they have made a central
figure. first as a vice presidential nominee
and next as the head OF the ticket?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
rHE EARMERs. YrLYEr.

II the government sources OF reve-
nue. were to be instantly cut on with
the appropriations for federal expenses
for the coming year, amounting to
S776, 662. 900, the farmers Of the coun-
try could make up the amount and
have about 800 zoo, 900 left by sim
ply selling at prevailing market prices
their wheat. corn and oats left over
from last years crops. This surplus,
as shown by the March report of the
Department of Agriculture, Is the
largest in the eountry's history and
constitutes convincing proof OF the
soundness of the real basis of the ma
TONS present prosperity.
The Agricultural departments bulle-
tin shows that the farmers are now
holding as reserve stock zoe. 644, 900
bushels of the 1907 wheat crop, 1885,
600, 900 bushels OF corn and Ss4,461,-
900 bushels Of oats. With wheat az
10 cents a bushel and corn and oats
each at 40 cents, the sale Of the sur
Plus grain supply OF the country would
produce a fund aggregatins 3s17.6s
200. which must be accepted as repre-
senting the farmers velvet from the
cereal harvests OF the last year.
The farmers methods OF operation
are pretty much the same the country
over. He olings to his cash In the bank
and almost invariably disposes OF
enough Of his crop at the earliest pos
sible moment to pay the expenses Of
growing and harvesting With these
items OF cost out OF the way, he waits
for a favorable market before dispos-
ing OF the share OF the product that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
DOWNFALL OF BILL.
James Barton Adams.

James Barton Adams.
I've got a letter parson, from my son away
out West.
An my Oh heart is heavy as an anvil in my
To think the boy whose future had once
Should wander from the path of right an
come to SIGH an end
told him when he left us not three short
He'd ind himself a-plowin' in mighty
He'd miss his fatheT's counsel, an his
mothers prayers. too;
But he said the farm was hateful. an he
guessed he'd have to go.
know thar's big temptation for a young
ster in the West,
But l believed our Billy had the courage to
resist
An when ne left / warned him Of the ever
waitin' snares
That lie like hidden sarpints in iife's path
way eVerywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be keerful,
an allowed
He'd build reputation that'd make us
mighty proud
But Il seems as how my counsel sort o.
faded from Ills mind d
An now the boys in trouble o. the verfl
wustest kind! z
His letters came so seldom that somehow
sort o. kEowed
That Billy was a-tramping on a mighty
rocky road,
But never once imagined he would bow my
head in shame,
An in the dust d waller his OIL daddy's
honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an tho
storys mighty short
just can't tell his mother. it'n crush her
poor OIL heart!
An 30 j reckoned, parson, you might break
the news to her
Bills in the Legislature, but he doesn't say
what fur.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
THE sLUMPGE WALL srRBEr.


The country Is viewing with com
parative unconcern, II not with amuse-
ment, the panic in Wall street stocks,
due. 1t is solemnly announced. Ito the
nervousness OF stock market traders
as to the attitude Of the national ad-
ministration toward railroad corpora
tions," Within the past I'VE months
over a fourth of the advance which
has been made in railway stocks in
the last Eve years has been apparently
lost. On the heels OF Mr.. Harriman's
recent admissions of wrong doing on
the part Of railway managers and the
arrangement for a conference between
railroad managers and President
Roosevelt. a report from Washington
that the president had not in any de-
gree changed his attitude on the rail-
road question started a panic which led
to a rush to sell which has not been
equaled since the remarkable break in
Northern Pacific securities a few years
ago.
The excitement due to this slump
in market quotations on securities is
confined to Wall street. The rest of
the country, IL deprived Of telegraphic
communications, would know little
about it. The decline does not mean
a shrinkage in the output or value of
any of the great industries. While
stock gamblers we're watching the
ticker and seeing securities shrink, Mr..
Hartman gave out an interview that
"the railroads now have more business
than they can HANDLE" and every sec
ton of the country. outside of Wall
street, is complaining because Of a
lack of men, dearth of material for
building purposes, a shortage Of cars
needed for the transportation of prod
ucts and a general hampering by lack
Of facilities necessary for properly
handling increasedA business.
The stock panic Nis not due to un-
favorable conditions in the true bust
ness of railroading. The railroads are
hauling more merchandise than ever
before at this season of the year and
their gross earnings are at the highest
figures ever touched. While net earn
ings may show reductions In some
cases. due to the increased cost of
labor and materials. the average is
still higher than a year ago. The
shrinkage is ascribable to the fact that
the railway and other securities man
ipulated in Wall street for speculative
purposes are having the water squeezed
out of them and the process is being
accomplished so far without serious
damage to the public or to the coun-
try, The attitude. of the national ad-
ministration, which 30 concerns Wall
street. is not different from the atti-
tude of the people, both of whom have
learned to distinguish between legiti-
mate business and artificial stock job
bling.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16

will represent his profits for the years
toll "Old wheat in the bin" Is a
farmer synonym for surplus, and this
year he has more "old wheat in the
bin" than ever before No importu-
nate attorney is writing to him to
hurry up and sell his stun to pay the
interest on that mortgage. but on the
contrary he is, in many cases, drawing
interest from the bank on his de-
posits instead Of paying interest on his
debts.
The figures also are significant in
their relation to the business of the
railroads, whose presidents land man
ayers are now in the dumps. The
wheat, corn and oats reserves yet to
be marketed aggregate 1,s99,1O5,0O0
bushels, which. with the live stock,
hay and other farm products, ought to
be sufficient to keep a few of the rail-
road cars of the country busy Sor some
weeks at least and prevent the indus
trial smash from coming on all of a
sudden. Study of the figures may also
explain to the high fnanciers why the
farmers are not committing suicide
because of Wall streets high rate for
call loans and why the public gen.
orally refuses to shudder when the
ticker records a decline of a dozen
points in the speculative value of some
undigested-s security.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
4 LEGISLATIVE puTY.

Irrespective of the attitude of the
legislature on the question of consti-
tutional amendments, it should not
overlook the duty 1t owes to Itself to
submit an amendment readjusting the
salary of the governor and making 1t
legal for him TO occupy the executive
mansion without any judicial hair
splitting. The supreme court may or
may not decide that free rent is in
cluded in the constitutional prohibit
ton against perquisites of ONCE. Me-
braska has the executive mansion,
which 1t wishes to be at the disposal
of the governor, and it should make
It possible for him to occupy 1t with
out violating the plain reading of the
constitution.
Some of the lawmakers profess a
reluctance to submit needed constitu-
tional amendments under pretense of
excessive cost of publishing them in
the newspapers While this excuse
Is grossly exaggerated, we feel sure
that to do the governor justice every
newspaper in Nebraska would will
ingly print the amendments as re-
CURED by law free of cost. So far as
The Bee is concerned, it would gladly
join with the other newspaper pub
fishers throughout the state to give
the advertising space needed for this
purpose, II that is the sticking point.
The governor of the great state of
Nebraska. whoever he may happen to
be and whatever his political aff1lia-
tions, is entitled to a decent salary and
square deal at the hands of the peo-
pie whom he serves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16

about all need for my summer lecture
tour."-Washington Star.
The tenor" said the first vestryn,an,
has the vulgar habit OF finding fault with
the other singers"
Vulgar seems a rather strong adjec-
tive" remarked the other, IT'S a common
habit TO acquire. philadelphia Press.
"Ruggles, do you know you can eject a
good deal of saving merely in the matter
of Sitting your coal ashes?
You bet do. I've saved myself good
deal OF time and lot of nasty work by
not sitting ine"-Chicago Tribune.
My next door neighbor is always looking
ahead for trouble"
For eXamplep
We'll this morning I saw him sharpen
ing his lawn mower Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Where are your government whips in
this parliamentary struggle?" asked the
English statesman of the Russian grand
duke.
THE Cossecks have got en-" he an
swered grimiy.-Baltlmore American.
DO you thing Hamlet was AFFLICTED with
brain Storm"
NO" answered the eminent actor; "rny,
observation is that Hamlet suffers less from
brain,storm than from barn-storm. -
washington Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16

Boston Transcript.

Doslou i1IdHSCTlpl.
Many a popular proverb Offsets another
of equal hold on the public mind, leaving
the testimony from this source indecisive.
For example, former Senator Patterson Of
Colorado, in appearing for himself before
the supreme court, recently, recalled the
old adage that "a lawyer who argues his
own case has a fool for a client" To this
Chief Justice Fuller responded by quoting
a saying which he attributed to Lincoln,
that N you want a thing done well, do 1t
yourself" Lincoln may have expressed the
idea in this way, but It is an old one.
Longfellow puts into the mouth OF Miles
standish the words, IT should have remem-
bered the adage. II you would be well
served, you must serve yourself"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-16
Higher RINK wOrthny Won.


Reposng special trust and confidence in
the gallantry, patriotism and ability OF
Lieutenant James Carroll--and the words
have seldom been more httingly employed
the president has promoted him to be a
major in the service. Major Carroll>is the
hero Of one OF the greatest battles of this
generation. II is battle that will be read
OF admiringly and prove an inspiration 70
patriotic sacrifice perhaps after Shafter and
Kouropatkin and Dewey and Kuroki and
Roberts and Togo have been forgotten. In
the great battle against yellow fever that
succeeded much lesser battles In Cuba
Major Carroll was one Of those who sub
jected himself to mosquito infection TO test
the truth of the now Satisfactorily demon
strated theory Of the origin OF the deadly
seourge. He has in consequence been in
Ill health ever since. May he live TO wear
the star which General Leonard Wood
General John L. Pershing. General Fred
Funston and others now wear with no
greater deserts.