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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

The year 1S43 was remarkable for pro-
ducing the largest crop of tariff makers
of any year in our history. William Nc
kinley was born in January. 1913, VIII
liam L. Wilson was born in May, and
Serene E. Payne was born in June of the
same year. When Maj. Mckinley gave
his name to a tariff bill he was forty
seven years DID, Mr.. Wilson was fifty
one and Mr.. Payne was sixty-six. Not
only was Mr.. Payne older in years, but
he also was older in congressional ex-
perience than Mckinley or Wilson or
Dingley.
When the Mckinley bill was passed its
author was serving his sixth term in the
House. Mr.. Wilson also was in his sixth
term when he introduced his Inflated
tariff bill Mr.. Dingley was in his eighth
term. while Mr.. Payne was in his thir-
teenth biennial term of Office. All of the
other tariff makers since the civil war
introduced the bills to which they gave
their names in their first term as chair
man of the ways and means committee.
Mr.. Payne had been chairman of that
important committee for nearly ten years
before 1t became necessary for him to
undertake the task of revising the tariff.
Experience ana long service hoWheTe
count for more than in Congress. 1t
would be strange. indeed, II Mr.. Payne's
abundant experience had not given him a
peculiar equipment for dealing with tariff
matters II is an unkind trick Of fate
that he should be compelled to share
what honor there may be In having his
name attached to q tariff bill with Sena-
tor Aldrich, when, as a matter OF fact.
Aldrich had no whit more to do with
shaping the Payne bill In its final form
than he had to do with the Mckinley bill,
the Dingley bill. or, indirectly, the Will
son bill.
The facts are that Mr.. Payne showed a
greater disposition to resist the amend
ment OF his bill by Aldrich than did either
Mckinley or Diugley, But when the time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
GRANDSTANDS BURNED,
KNOCKS SPRING RACES
Belief Expressed That Buildings De-
stroyed at Marlboro Will
Not Be Rebuilt.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, April II, 1911.
1t is believed the destruction by fire of
the grandstands on the grounds of the
Southern Maryland Fair Association here
Tuesday night will prevent a spring race
meet this year. The question of holding
races here next month had not been de-
finItely determined, 1t is stated, by in
serested persons, but the destruction of
The stands is expected to determine the
question adversely.
DR.. Richard F. Hill, president Of the
association, and William G. Brooke. Sec
rotary, have discussed the question Of
replacing the grandstands with a more
expensive construction, but sspt until
meeting of the board Of directors is held
will the future of the association be de-
tsrmined.
Hope of the People.
It Is hoped by residents of this section
that the association will see its way clear
to replace the burned structures in time
for the fall meeting of the association, at
least, il not In time for a meeting next
month. One of the stands was erected
last year to accommodate the crowds
thai came from Baltimore and Washing
ton to attend the first big race meeting.
Officers OF the association said that last
falls meeting was a success in every
particular, and they had hoped for a
repetition this spring.
About II o'clock last Tuesday night fire
was discovered on the grounds. Many
residents of the town hurried to the
grounds and endeavored to protect the
stables and other buildings. Fortunately
the wind was in the right direction to
prevent the flames from spreading to the
stables.
The damage Is estimated at between
$500 and $1,000 The loss is partly COW
cred by insurance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

poor men and women during the Maundy
Thursday celebrations In the royal palace.
The ceremony was performed in the
presence Of princes, grandees. diplomats
and church and state dignitaries. The
chamberlain poured water on the feet .of
the poor from a silver jug. while maid
of honor held silver basin and towel.
AfteFward q banquet was given to the
poor. The courses were carried from the
kitchen by grandees and were served per-
sonally by the king and queen.
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came to appoint joint conference COM
mittee of the two houses. Speaker Can
non deliberately disregarded Mr.. Payne's
protests and entreaties, and SO constituted
the House membership of the conference
committee that Payne's hands were tied,
and he was unable to carry on the fight,
except at the price of revolution. He did
not revolt. of course.
Members of Congress know that Mr..
Payne possesses truly marvellous knowl-
edge of the
Possessed Marvellous intricate. dry
knowledge Of Tariff. tails Of the
tariff. 1t is certain that the new demo
cratic majority in Congress. in taking UP
the task of another revision Of the tar
iff. is more fearful OF Payne's knowledge
than it is of the more brilliant forensic
abilities of some other republicans In the
House.
The chairman of the ways and means
committee usually has been the floor
leader of the majority in the House
Of Representatives. He also mas mao
charge Of tariff and other revenue legisla-
both of these rules. Immediately before
and during the civil war the chairman
ship Of the ways and means committee
was given first to John Sherman and
later to Thaddeus Stevens, solely be-
cause these two men were the political
leaders of the republican party In the
House. dominating even the Speaker and
exercising a much greater influence than
the Speaker. During this period the
Craftsmanship Of the ways and means
committee was purely political position.
and the revenue work Of the committee
was delegated to one Of its members
Justin S. Morrill,.
When. in the Thirty-ninth Congress.
Mr.. Morrill, was promoted to the chair
manship. the position became more that
Of a tariff expert and less that of par
liamentary leader. II retained this char
acter when Pig Iron" Kelley was chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
GIFTS OF 100000
MADE BY DR.. PEARSON
Various institutions Are Re-
memhered on Ninety
First Birthday.

CHICAGO, April 14.-Dr d. X. Pearson,
an aged phiIanthropist of Hinsdale, cele-
brated his ninety-first birthday today by
distributing 100000 among various re-
ligious and educational institutions.
Among those who will benefit by the
distribution of this sum are the American
Board of Foreign Missions, S1OO.vOO:
Berea College. Kentucky. 100000; Doane
College, Nebraska, 5000: Northland
College, Wisconsin, $1,000; Highland Col
lege, Kansas, $4,000, and other smaller
gifts, $1,000.
DIR. Pearson. who retired from business
about twenty-five years ago. is one of the
many quiet philanthrepists who give
enormous sums without a fanfare of
trumpets heralding the donations. He
was one of the early settlers in Chica-
20, and for years enjoyed a large and
lucrative practice, the proceeds from
which he invested chiefly in property in
and about Chicago, which, with the rap
id growth of the city, has increased
enormously in value
Some years ago he set about making
a few little acknowledgements to
worthy institutions, religious and educa-
tional. These gifts were made so I'M
ostentatiously that it was some time be-
fore it was known that the doctor was
playing the fairy godfather to strug-
CLING organizations of merit At the
time his extensive gifts came to light 1t
was found that he had parted with more
than three and half millions, and it is
said that his birthday gift of $500, 600
brings the total up to SJ,OO0OOO.
Calls Them Debts.
The doctor is inclined to make light of
his benefactions and insists in viewing
them as debts
when person gets around ninety
one he said, in recent interview, che
begins to think of sort Of settling his
affairs in order that business matters
will not mar that period of mans life
when he just begins to enjoy a hard
earned vacation. This is the reason /
have given away the 100000. 1t was
part of a debt / contracted together with
my wealth, and now, for the first time
in many, many years, 1 can go to bed
free of all obligations and arise In the
morning ready to assume the tasks that
the day brings forth with free heart"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
Authority for District Committee

Senator Gallinger has introduced the
usual resolutions. offered at the begin
ming OF each new Congress. giving the
Senate District committee power to con-
duct hearings. administer oaths to wit
nesses. hire stenographers to report hear
ings and similar proceedings. and have
printing and binding done for the COM
mfttee. They were referred to the COM
mittee on contingent expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

The President was given the power to
suspend the maximum rate by proclama-
ton in favor Of any country giving the
United States equal tarin consideratio on
formation upon which to base his proc
lamation he was empowered to employ
experts Acting under this grant OF
power, Mr.. Taft created the tariff board.
which still is in existence. The tariff
board is, in fact. the most important
concrete result of the maximum and
minimum provision Of the Payne law.
**
Another novel feature was the imposi-
ton of an excise tax on corporations.
This internal rev.
Places Excise Tax enue measure was
on Corporations. tarifr bill, under
the inspiration Of President Taft and
was passed. Lately it has been upheld
by the Supreme Court, and 1t is expected
to add about $25. 100000 a year to the in
ternal revenue receipts. The democrats
Of the new Congress have seized upon
this precedent and the decision of the
Supreme Court upholding it as the basis
for enacting general income tax law
without waiting for the ratification Of the
pending constitutional amendment. The
democrats hold that II the income OF a
corporation may. be made the basis OF
a percentage excise tax upon the privi-
lege Of doing business the same reason
will apply to the income of q natural
person.
After the Payne bill was passed, but be-
fore it was signed by the President. 1t
was revised In part by q concurrent reso-
luton Of the two houses Of Congress re-
vising the hides and leather schedules
and placing hides on the free list. This
was the only concession Of Importance
to the free raw material advocates. and
was obtained only because Of unusual
pressure brought to bear upon the con-
gressional leaders by the President.
Although. the average of all the sched-
ules of the Payne law show that 1t effect
ed a slight reduction below the level OF
the Dingiey law. the difference was SO
slight that. except in the case Of q very
few commodities. the enactment Of the
law did not seriously affect either the
protected industries of the country or
the revenues Of the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
Wool Growers Want DELAY.

Senator Warren of Wyoming has pre-
sented TO the Senate a number of petit
lions from wool growers praying for the
postponement OF all consideration of the
wool schedule until the tariff hoard NAV
have an opportunity to make a report
regarding the operation of the schedule
as ii now stands
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man of the ways and means committee In
republican Houses and when William u.
Wilson was its chairman in the democratic
House. However, Morrison and Springer
in democratic Houses and Mckinley ana
Dingley In republican Houses were poilt-
ical captains as well as tariff makers. =
When Mr.. Payne came to the chairman
ship it was endowed with the tradition or
party leadership, but the Overwhelming
personal strength Of Speaker Cannon soon
deprived Payne of even the slightest mod
icum Of parliamentary power. 1t was not
long until his sole remaining attribute or
party leadership was his daily privilege
Of moving to adjourn.
1t probably was on account of this
diminution of his parliamentary prestige
that Mr.. Payne did not receive In the
public mind. his due proportion or credit
for his erudition and ability in matters
involving tariff legislation.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff, like the Nc
Kinley bill and the Wilson bill, resulted
in the defeat
Tariff Bil1 Results Of the repub-
in Republican Defeat. the first elec.
ton after it was passed. The bill was passed
in an extra session Of the Sixty-first Con-
gress. called by President Taft. 1t was
SISHC0 august 1AOi e SAAoh q SSHA
before the elections of 1910. which re-
suited so disastrously to the republican
party. ts
The legislative history of the bill was
exceedingly interesting. Although 1t
went through the House without par
ticular trouble. 1t had a stormy passage
through the Senate. The feature OF the
legislative battle was that the most pa
sistent opposition to the measure and .6s
provisions came not from the democrats,
who for the most part contented them
eelves with general denunciation, but
from a faction of the republicans in both
houses These insurgents" as they then
called themselves, attacked the bill In
detail, and by voting with the main body
Of the democrats, they were at times
powerful enough to endanger its success.
But In the end the victory was with
Senator Aldrich The bill. as it was
passed, was q bitter disappointment to
the democrats and insurgent republicans
who had hoped for material reductions In
the rates OF duties, while at the same
time 1t greatly pleased the advocates Of
high protection.
The Payne bill contained some novel
features. It established a maximum and
minimum tariff. making the ordinary
rates of the tariff bill the minimum. and
assessing an additional % per cent ad
valorem increase on commodities Inn,
ported from any country discriminating
against the produce Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
KISS FEET OF THE POOR.
King and Queen Of Spain at Maundy
Thursday Ceremony.

MADRID. April 14.-Instead of going
to Seville, where round of gayeties was
originally arranged for during their stay.
King Alfonso and Queen Eugene yestsr-
day washed and kissed the feet Of ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

Mary Grass was held for the action of
the grand jury at Charleston, W. Va, for
shooting with intent to kill Susie Gilbert
while the latter was in company with
Mrs. Grass husband. Mrs. Grasa Il =
said, will plead the unwritten law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

/ During the alteration of the cross In
the royal chapel the king will pardon
eleven men condemned to death; saying:
IT pardon them so that God may be
merciful to me also" -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

"Gaiiy the Troubadour." fourth In our
Beeher. In our next Sunday Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

OVERWHELMINGLY MAKERS. .
WILDER UNDERWOOD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

II you want work read the want col
umns Of The Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
White Asserts All
Lorimer Democrats
Got Pay for Votes
Says Thinks Some Republicans Are in
Same Boat, but Declines to
Give Names.

WASHINGTON, Aug 5.--To his story of
how he asserts he was bribed to vote for
Lorimer Charles A. White, former mem
Der of the Illinois legislature. today added
for the benefit OF the senate Dorimer in
vestigating committee that he believed
every one Of the fifty-three democrats who
voted for Lorimer did so for a money con-
sideration. He added that he thught some
Of the republicans who voted for Lorimer
got money for so doing.
White declined to mention the names OF
any republicans he suspected because II
is just a matter Of opinion and 1 do not
want to do an injustice to anyone" He
said he based his opinion about wholesale
corruption on the fact that he ives bribed
and that others had confessed to the same
thing.
All day White was cross-examined by
Attorney E1bridge Hanecy, representing
Senator Lorimer. The cross-examination
will be completed early tomorrow when
former State Representative Beckemeyer
will be placed on the stand.
White declared that the record in the
first IIorimer investigation was wrong in
reporting him as saying he would have
sold" his story to Senator Lorimer If the
senator had given him $4,000 for his "con-
fession" manuscript in response to Whites
letter
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
Invalid's SOlace
Results in Death
Aged Man Dies from Burns Received
When Cigarette Sets Bed
on Fire.

Going to sleep with q lighted cigarette in
his mouth, M. Lox. an aged invalid who
lives at Ill North Twelfth street, awoke
at II 80 o'clock last night to find his bed
in flames. Before his feeble cries for help
could bring his wife, asleep in the next
room. he was so badly burned that he
died half hour later at St Joseph's hos
DitaL
Mrs. Lox, stopped with age. carried sew
eral buckets of water to the bed before
she was able to extinguish the flames IN
able to lift her husband. she left him
writhing in pain upon tine hot bedsprlngs,
while she went to ask neighbors to call
a doctor.
Police Sergeon T. T. Harris answered the
summons and after administering emer-
gency treatment, ordered his patient taken
TO St. Josephs hospital where he died a
half hour later. Coroner Crosby was noti-
fled to take the body.
Coroner Crosby called an inquest for
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. The funeral
will be held Sunday morning.
Lox had been an invalid for the past
two years. He was suffering from con-
sumption. During his confinement he spent
his time making a special kind OF Turkish
cigarettes. His wife operated a book store
In the front part of their home He was
eS years Of age
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
WALSH FALLS WITH BPLANE
Aviator Drops Thirty Feet at Kearney
Machine Wrecked.
HAS CLOSE CALL FOR LIFE
Huge Crowd of Spectators swOOps
Down on Ruined Machine and
Finally Takes it Away in
Pieces rs souvenirs.

KEARNEY, Neb., Aug. Especial Tele-
gram -Charles F. Walsh. one OF the Glenn
Curtiss aviators, drove his Farman BIZ
plane into a telephone wire and completely
wrecked il yesterday, before 5000 peo-
pie. The aviator was only thirty feet from
the ground when the plane veered. keeled
over as it struck telephone wire, and
smashed into a grove of trees bordering
the water of Lake Kearney. Walsh was
uninjured.
The machine was crumpled into a mass
OF junk, but the engine is not damaged
beyond repairs. AS the aeroplane tilted
toward the ground, the crowd stood voice.
less and then as II crashed through the
trees they swooped down on 1t at a swift
run. Company A. Nebraska National guard,
doing police duty for the day formed a
circle about the broken bi-plane and with
fixed bayonets held the crowd back. How
over within two hours the crowd was so
clamorous for souvenirs that Walsh allowed
them to take parts of the broken machine
and within fifteen minutes the silken planes
were gone and the bamboo frame had been
carried away
Walsh said: IF I had been going into
the wind 1 could have easily gone above
the wires or landed without accident. There
was a wind from the east and 1 was flying
west and 1t was difficult to go higher.
II felt the machine tilt and tried to RISE
but could not, although 1 never had so
much power. When the machine struck
the ground I thought 1t was turning over
on men and got out of the way as quick
as l could.
The accident will result in cancelling the
date at Fremont Tuesday and 1 will have
to have another machine. It was completely
ruined"
Walsh received not a scratch, though
his machine shot almost straight down
into the earth. The Kearney Commercial
club ten days ago secured Walsh for four
Tights He was then performing at Lara
nile and later flew at Cheyenne. Special
trains had been run on all railroads leading
to kearney and huge crowd had gathered
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
FANS GIVEN FAREWELL DINNER
Paxton & GaIlnGher's Departing
Traffic Manager Dined by His
Departmental Associates.

Frank Fahs. traffic manager Of Paxton
& Gallagher company, who is leaving its
employ to take up new duties on the Pa
cific coast was given a farewell dinner by
the department men Of the company las;
night at the Rome hotel.
The menu cards, which fitted in with
the general elAborte scheme with which
the whole was carried out, bore the follow
ing inscription: "A spread. given our old
friend and business associate Frank Fahs
who, much to our regret, is leaving for
the sunny shores OF the Pacific coast We
all wish him and his. health. wealth and
happiness in his new undertaking.
Those present were: Charles II. Pickens
C. E. Johannes, +. T.. Pearce, Frank
KeOgh, Ben Gallagher. Paul Gallagher, e
A. Doran, II. Van Dahl V. c. Pecken-
paugh. Willard Foster. James +. Ferguson
George T. Wright, r. K. Winkleman
Roger p. Holman. Dan Gelius. L. e. Kim
berly.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06

BREAD just like mother bakes. We have
the real thing in home baked bread. Mrs.
Ward has baked bread for us for ten years
and has never been able to keep up with
the demand. Take loaf home today. Just
call for Wards and we will know what you
mean. We are getting In wax beans, green
beans, radishes, l cent a bunch; lettuce, 8
cents: tomatoes. Is cents basket; home
grown pIums, 80 cents; grapes at IS cents
basket; sweet potatoes, 10 cents pound;
cabbage and 10 cents; eggplant. 10 cents;
New York roasted coffee, 25 cents pound.
Have you ever tried our summer sausage
and nutworst, 20 and % cents pound; it's
fine. Bartel & Miller. Telephone 59.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
Council Bluffs
Women End Work of
Their Convention
Temperance Workers Conclude Ses-
sion Of Sixth District with Plea
for Woman Suffrage.

1.-THE saloon would put the church out of
existence II II could: the church could put
the saloon out of existence II II would; the
women will" was the dictum of speakers
and delegates in all of the sessions yester-
day Of the annual convention Of the Sixth
district of the Iowa Woman's Christian
Temperance union. The convention closed
last night. The suffraRette sentiment was
distinctly uppermost in all of the discus
sions and addresses.
THE woman's Christian Temperance
union of Iowa has no further work to do in
the line of working up sentiment against
the liquor traffic" declared Mrs. Ida r
Wise of Des Moines. state corresponding
secretary. It's ballots that count"
There was no line of action marked out
no resolutions adopted declaring for wo-
mans suffrage, but there was the express
sion of united purpose to bring It about
And the women looked very capable and
lit to do anything they attempted.
Mrs. Ida Rider of Council Bluffs gave an
address on the subject Of the Relation OF
Equal Suffrage to the Liquor Traffic"
Mrs. Wise. in a lengthy address, recited
the situation in Iowa and voiced the pur-
pose OF the organization to bring about
changed political conditions. She quoted
federal reports showing that IT cost $780,
100000 in 1910 to pay the nations liquor
bills. and she was sure there was 500, ,oO(
of Illicit trading done.
When It came TO the election of Officers
1t was decided that the work of the present
officers had been so satisfactory that they
should not be changed and all were re-
elected. They are:
Mrs. o. G. Oldham. Council Bluffs, presi-
dent.
Mrs. Laura B. Baird. Council Bluffs. vice
president.
Mrs. Carrie Ballenger Council Bluffs
corresponding secretary.
Mrs Hattie B. McNaughton, Earring. re-
cording secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-06
A BaeheIor,s Reflection..

Limbs OF Satan can be shocked by the
bad ways OF other folks.
There's a kind of man that hates 10 tell
the truth even II it's TO his advantage to-
A woman can believe marriage Is sue
own Is.
When a girls crazy TO go off on a long
visit it's a sign she's not leaving any real
beau behind her.
A mans two great ambitions are 10 he
chairman OF something and 10 have his
portrait painted for IL.
Some people so get the habit OF being in
trouble they grow homesick without H.
Relying on a good thing is a good descrip-
tion to teach a man 10 be prepared for the
unexpected.
Information to anybody that you are max
ing money Is invitation 20 him 20 try
70 get Il away from you.-New York Press.