Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08
CONGRESS- AT WORK
Only Business of First Day is the
Swearing in Of New Members.
CUMMINs MUST WAIT ONE ~.
Adjournment Out of Respect for A
lison Cause of the Delay. v
SURVEY ELECTION FATALITIES
Those Who Escaped the Slaughter Are
Subjects Of Congratulation.
CONDOLENCES FOR THE VICTIMS
Republican side I'm the House VIII
Greatly Miss Colonel HePburn in
Case He Does Not Win in
His Contest.
SURVEY ELECTION FATALITIES
Those Who Escaped the Slaughter Are
Subjects of Congratulation.
CONDOLENCES FOR THE VICTIMS
1rrom a staff correspondent.)

gram. )--When the EaVels OF tne pISSlu-
ing officers of the two houses Of congress
fell today TO call the last session of the
sixtieth congress to ORDER the scenes in
both bodies were very similar. There was
an abundance Of light and color in the
crowded galleries, a measure of happiness
among those who had pulled through at
the last election. and deep sorrow for those
who had fallen by the wayside.
Nebraska presented Pollard and Boyd
who had failed to connect with sufficient
votes to secure them certificates of cleo
ton They were around, however, explain
ing to their friends just how 1t happened.
Iowa presents Colonel 'Pete" Hepburn as
its candidate for the tents of the unhappy.
1t is true Colonel Hepburn does not pro-
pose to die without a fight. and will con-
test for his seat with a show Of winning
out, for with Hepburn gone the republi-
cans are badly handicapped in the way of
rough and ready debaters.
More noticeable was the gloom in the
senate because Of the failure of number
of well known representatives of the upper
body to connect with the legislature that
would re-elect them, enator Fulton of
Oregon, Senator Kttridge Of South Da-
kota. Senator Hansbrough of North Da-
kota. Senator Ankeny of Washington, SEN
ator Hemenway OF Indiana and Senator
Long OF Kansas are all sent to the rear,
while several other gentlemen in the up
per house are seriously in danger.
While most of these gentlemen in both
the house and senate endeavor to appear
cheerful, behind their forced smiles lurked
extreme disgust and disappointment, and
they were not so nearly satisfied as they
made out to be.
Senator Cunmins OF Iowa was about the
senate chamber receiving congratulations
from his friends and awaiting to take the
oath of office to fill out the unexpired
term OF william Boyd Allison, but the oath
was not administered and the junior SEN
ator from the Hawkeye state will have to
wait until tomorrow to be inducted into
the office for which he has been candi-
date for many years. Nobody familiar
with the senate as 1t has existed for a
third of a century could help noticing the
absence of Senator Allison, who made 1t a
rule during the years that he was mem
Der of the upper house to be In his ac-
customed place at the opening OF every
session, IL It was possible to do so, when
the gaveI fell How many times he has
headed the committee to inform the presl-
dent that the senate was organized and
ready to receive any communication in
writing he might desire to make, is not at
heads the list to perform this duty. while
Senator Warren Of Wyoming has succeeded
to the seat Of the distinguished senator
whose death occurred last summer.
Senator Dolliver, shortly after the senate
assembled, offered resolution calling at
tention to the death of the late senator
from Iowa, and as further mark of re-
spect the upper house of congress, after
being in session less than fifteen minutes
adjourned.
Every member of the Nebraska delegation
in buth senate and house was present
when their respective bodies were called 70
order Judge Norris came in especially
for congratulations on pulling out of what
seemed 20 be very small hole. Mr.
Norris. while admitting that his majority
was not as deep as a well, nor as wide as
barn door. opined that It was sufficient
to secure him a certificate of election and
thereby 'Iook-in" on the Sixty-first con.
gress.
Eben w. Martin of Deadwood, former
member of congress from South Dakota
presented himself among several others
at the desk of the speaker to fill out ar
unexpired term of Colonel william H. Par.
ker. who died shortly after adjournment
of last session.
BurlSett After Tariff.
senator Burkett Is going after the tariff
with hammer and tongs. He is squarins
himself Tor real revision along lines that
he thinks the people of Nebraska are In.
terested in. He said so himself today. and
he expects to devote his particular efforts
toward reduction of the lumber schedule
He is after steel. too ana tf 1t were not foi
the beet sugar industry On the irrigated
country of western Nebraska he would
probably hit the sugar schedule between
the eyes Speaking OF the steel schedule
he said:
'If our steel industry cannot stand alon,
now l don't know when II will ever b,
able to do II. Andrew Carnegie ought tC
know what he is talking about when h,
says the tariff Is no longer needed OF
steel Certainly the people of this country
have no interest In a tariff on steel i
the factories run without IT, w,
Nebraskans want the factories for a mar
ket place for our products and are Willing
TO protect them as long as necessary bu
when Il is not necessary we are not will
ing to stand for tariff nor permit than
to juggle with prices"
AS for lumber Senator Burkett said h,
could not see how Nebraskan could looI
at it from any other standpoint than tha
It ought to be put the free list.
Hepburn Act Lame.
Attorney Ed p. Smith of Omaha wh,
recently argued the Council Bluffs an,
Omaha grain elevation and charge cas-,
before the Interstate Commerce commits
sion. has informed Congressman Hitch
cock that II his plans should secure a yer.
dict against ths railroads these CONNER
carriers could remove the case for tria
in the courts. under mandamus proceed
ings. while on the other hand IL the rail
roads should win in this contention hii
clients have no redress. AS a result OF
this rather anomalous condition AIR
u Hitchcock had a conference with Chair
man Hepurn OF the Interstate and For
icontinued on Second Parsl