Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Were Assisted by Gamble and Omaha
Resolutions.
ENAToR BROWN CoMPLIMENTED
His Victory in Pumice Stone Matter
is Occasion Of Rejoicing.
MET BIG GUNS AND BEAT THEM
Postmaster General Hitchcock Cannot
Ne at Convention of Nebraska
PostInnsters --- Kinkaid
Scores Again
CFrom a staff correspondent.)

(ETOm
WASHINGTON. May 2s.--The senate to-
day voted to increase duty on barley from
"a cents to 30 cents per bushel.
This was brought about largely through
the efforts of Senators Burkett and
Brown of Nebraska and Gamble of South
Dakota, ali of whom made brief addresses
TO the senate before the vote was taken,
and their arguments were sufficiently
heavy to overcome the protests of Senator
Root of New York, who yesterday and
again today opposed the increased duty
Senator Burkett read a personal letter
from the president OF the Omaha Grain
exchange to which was attached resolu-
tions adopted by the exchange favoring
the increase of duty today secured.
Senator Brown is receiving numberless
kilograms congratulating him on raising
the rate on pumice stone manufactured
and unnanufactured. The fact of the
matter is that the junior senator from
Nebraska has won very substantial VIC
tory by meeting the finance committee on
their proposition and beating down their
disposition to lower rates on pumice
stone 1t was a case of "Eum shoe" meth
ods with Senator Brown. Instead OF thun-
dering in the index he quietly went about
seeing members of the finance committee
and put up to them a proposition which
they could not get away from. The junior
senator met every one of the conditions
of the opposition for reduction by show
Ing that this was an industry worthy of
protection, and although at one time 1t
looked very dark for any change from
the Dingley bill on pumice stone Brown
kept everlastingly pounding away for In
creased protection. Winning out as he
has done has increased his standing i'm
measureably. There has been consider
able talk today in and out of the senate
over the clever manner In which he
brought about a seemingly impossible
proposition.
Hitchcock Cannot Come.
r. +. Thomas, postmaster at Omaha, left
this morning for New York and from that
city will return home. Postmaster Sizer of
Lincoln left for home last night. Mr..
Thomas said before leaving that he had an
interview with Postmaster General Hitch
cock and urged that official to be present al
the annual convention OF Nebraska post
mosters, but Mr., Hitchcock, while appre-
ciating the honor rendered and expressing
himself as in accord with the purposes OF
the organization. said he greatly feared thai
stress Of public business would prevent him
from accepting.
Congressman Kinkaid today recommended
the following persons for postmasters In the
Sixth district Charles Courtney at Selden
Rock county vice $. II, Hallforson, re-
signed; George Hawkes. at Glen, Sioux
county, vice j. c. Madsen, resigned; T. j
Colerick at proposed office at Mud Springs
Sioux county.
Upon application made by Congressman
Kinkaid to the reclamation service, the fol
lowing lands have been restored from II,
North Platte irrigation project to the pub
lie domain and thus made subject to home
stead entry under the one-section act: Por
tons of sections IS, 20. %, %, 80, township
25, range 81. and section II. township 10
range so