Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-15
TAFT WILL MEET CABINET
President to Hear Reports on Condi-
lions Over the Country.
POSSIBLY POLITICS WILL ENTER
seSsio" WIN Take Place BeEinntnE
september ~. About. One Month
before the Congregational
Elections.
CFrom a staff Commandment,

tFrom a staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept H.--CSpeciai)-B
ginning september 81. the day of the cal
endar end OF summer. will begin a series Of
cabinet meetings, at which all tho members
OF the presidential family arc expected "a
be present and discuss executive matters
as in committee of the whole on the state
OF the union, IL were.
me meeting will last several DAYS. and
at IL each member will make report of
his achievements during the summer. PresI.
dent Taft it is understood. will discuss
with the cabinet the main features Of HE
forthcoming annual message to congress
The White House convention should be an
unusually interesting cabinet event. draw
ing TO its deliberations members from an
parts OF the country and from beyond it's
confines. secretary of State Knox. who
has been spending the warm period at his
summer home at Valley Forge Pa will
report on the international relations of the
United states, particularly with reference
! TO Nicaragua.
/ status of Philippines.
! Secretary OF War Dickinson who is now
on his way homeward from the Orient Is
expected to be on hand win an up-to-date
report on the Philippines status as well
as on the Pacific islands possessions of the
United states. Attorney General Wicker
shain and Secretary Nagel of the Depart
n1ent of Commerce and Labor will report
their conclusions with respect to Alasta.
where they have been together for some
weeks investigating particularly the eff
ficacy of the land laws for the big tor
ritory. Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Neagh and Postmaster General Hitchcock
VIII report on the prospects for the sue
cesstul operation of the postal savings
bank system. Secretary Ballinger will be
In the consultation with reference to con-
servation events and possibly in view of
recent Developments in his controversy
with former Forester Clifford pincbot
something important may occur affecting
his future connection with the Taft adj !
ministration.
AS the White House meeting will be but
little over month prior to the congress !
sional elections IT is to be expected that |
the president and the cabinet will take into |
earnest consideration condition of the cam
palsn and do what may seem best to pro-
mote the election of a republican majority
in the house.
Defeat of Burrows.
The defeat Of Senator Julius c. Burrows
Dy Representative Charles f. Townsend
TOT the term In the senate beginning March
next Is one OF the most notable events of
this years political mutations. OF the
seventy-three years of his life Mr.. Bur-
rows has spent thirtythree in congress.
eighteen as a member of the house and
fifteen as senator His first term was in
the forty-third congress. when James O.
Blaine was speaker of the house He has
been in congress continuously since 1s7a
with the exception of two years he was a
leading member of the house SERVING.
prominently as member of the WAYS and
means committee and as speaker nro
lempore' He came to the senate i'm Janu-
ary' 1873, and has been one of the stronc
members of that body. having been for
many years chairman of the committee an
privileges and elections and member Of
he finance committee. The Z ends Of
senator Burrows had hoped in the event ~
MS reelection that he would succeed 10
ne workmanship of the finance committee
ipon the retirement after next March of :
senator Aldrlch' as the Michigan senator i.
ahAs next TO Aldrich. Next in line OF :
in order of seniority on the com -
nttee is Senator Penrose.
Membership of Committee. d
Inc finance committee consists of four b
cen members nine Of whom are republi- g
ans and five credited to the democrats e
lhce the last apportionment of members a
ehator Dahlel mas died. After next March s
men there VIII be another adjustment of p
oh@te committee memberships six other
enators will have been Iiminated-Aldrtch II
Iale and Flint by voluntary retiran,an, I,
nd Burrows by defeat on the renuhI,oa,' "
dt, and Money by voluntary Retirement a
nd Taliaferro by defeat on the democratic d
de- The remaining members in the order t.
seniority Will be Penrose, Cullom, Lodge Il
'cCumoef and Smoot, republicans. and OF
alley and Simmons, democrats. al
Waterway Improvement. u
The Deep Waterway convention ar pro,J D.
ence was a highly successful affair was 81
'eh attended and marked by enthusiastic 81
enewal OF expressions of devotion IN the Vi
road and comprehensive policy of river
hd haroor Improvement naugurated nv
10 RIVER and Harbor congress at its last -
sssioh' Inc interest and zeal of the mem %
ers OF the minor organizations proving OF "
asst help to the parent body The now "
'eeung Of the Deep Waterway association I
III be held in Richmond Va. Sc
Production of Cement. q,
More cement was made and used in rho a,
nited states in 1909. according to the Iii
hted states geological survey statistician f.
ian IN any preceding year. and the price II
'r barrel was lower than ever. The nro- N
action in 1905 was 52,9lO925 barrels valued in
$+447,G5S; the production in 1909 was m
1856 barrels, valued at $5l 2S2.97s. The TO
crease was chiefly in the output of PORT u,
nd cement-62, SOS, 46l barrels. valued az ay
O-5lOSSS' as against '5lO72,6l2 barrels. IN
S' valued at $4S,541679 ,r
me geological survey calls attention m n,
e availability OF low grade pbospbste ,
OK making OF exceeding Importance the r.,
scoVery OF enormous phosphate deposits an
Idaho Wyoming and Utah, many of m
men are on government land the totaII 40
ca OF public phosphate lands now with or
I'd from entry being 2.5C0COO acres the >
eas examined contain more than 2s7 OOo ooO ~,
ms OF high-grade phosphate rock vcr,, a.,
tie OF which has yet been mined ana -,
Is probable that the deposits extend far Ia
yond the areas examined. forming ner. -.
ps the largest phosphate field IN the =.
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