Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08
Gives Details of Transactio -
port Charges made. =
SENATORS AVOID THE HE. 2
Invited to Be Present, They Plead
Other Engagements.
MATTER is UNDER AMUSEMENT
Secretary MacN eaRh Listens 60 the
Protest with Interest aud Tnkcs
Case for Further COnsid-
GRAFTON Of Course.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-tspccial Tele-
gram )-Vietor Boscwatcr. editor Of The
Bee who Is in Washington to make good
his protest aEainst tho appointment of
cadet Taylor as surveyor Of customs at
omaha had a conference with Secretary
MacVeaEh this afternoon with the con-
sent OF the secretary he invited Senators
Brown and Burkett 10 he present while
documentary evidence in the case was
being submitted. other engagements pre-,
vented the senators from attending tho
conference. MIR. Rosewater went over in
some detail the peculiar record OF Cadet
Taylor as banker. The failure Of his bank
which never paid his deposltors a cent:
the giving Of a straw bond to keep posses
SION OF the assets. the efforts TO evade the
bond and its final confirmation by going
through bankruptcy, lea wing some 500
creditors unpaid, to say nothing Of sl2 600
still owing to taxpayers OF Nebraska, was
presented in detail. as we'll as some in
formation concerning a report made in 1855
on the affairs Of the government printing
office during the administration Of Sterling
J.. Rounds when Taylor was chief clerk.
Secretary Maeveagh was very much in
terosted and took the whole matter under
advisement
The late postmaster at Falls City. G. j.
Crook who has been removed by the
Postoffice department on account of an
alleged shortage in his account which
developed after an inspection, today
answered the charges OF shortages by filing
brief with the department denying any
shortage
While the bondsmen OF Crook are in
charge OF the Fals City postoffice and the
nnf of
fled by the department that there is a
vacancy In the office and consequently
they cannot move in the matter until such
official knowledge has been received.
smith's Last BIE Bill.
The house next Thursday will take under
consideration the bni 70 appropriate 5000. .O0C
as preliminary sum for proper fortifica.
tion of,the Panama canal. as recommended
by President Taft. Representative Walter
!. Smith viii @hays charge oe this bill upon
the floor and II wifi probably be the last
great appropriation bill whic hhe will en-
gineer prior to his retirement from con
gress.
Cornell Gets More Time.
Representative Kinkaid called up and
passed through the house his bill grant
ing five years extension OF time to Charles
n NoiHeilt MS dSatBnh, dsaiAneeSt success
ors and grantees, in which to construct
dam across the Niobrara river on the
Fort Niobrara military reservation, and
20 construct electric light and power wires
y and telephone line and arolley or electric
railway with telegraph and telephone lines
across the reservation.
ChanEe in Reclamation Practice.
The house has passed bill providins
l,at h. .e
any public notice issued under section foui
OF the reclamation act OF June II, 1902. anC
he may agree TO such modification of watei
right applications duly filed or contracts
with water users associations and Others
entered into prior to such withdrawal. al
he may deem advisable or ne may consen
to the abrogation OF such water right ap
plcations and contracts and proceed II
all respects as II no such notice had beeI
given. This bill passed the senate jun
%. 1910, and now. having passed the house
only requires the presidents signature 4
become law
This bill does not seek to enlarge O
modify powers already conferred by tn
reclamation act but empowers the secre
tary to resclnd certain notices and con
tracts already netered into and permits
new start to be made. Through unforesee
conditions subsequently arising II has bee
demonstrated that in some caNs tn efirs
pubic notices were prematurely issued /
is Immediately important. in other words
to be able to meet unexpected condition
which arise and TO permit the departmen
TO make new start by making clear Il
power in the matter OF changing the term
Of public notices when new conditions re
auirs It,