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Underwood Unrufhed.

Representative Underwood. unruffied
ner, told the House that the ways and
means committee did not propose to ac-
cept the medicine Of the republican Sem
ate in the shape Of proposition in the
metal tariff bill to repeal the Canadian
reciprocity act. Then he sat down and
let all the others fight il out.
Democrats charged that the Senate had
put this amendment into the metal tariff
bill, which reduces rates. for the express
purpose of drawing the fire of a presi-
dental veto when the bill reaches the
White House. This simple statement
brought hotter sparks than did ever a
flint and steel
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Rumors of Rough Rider Methods.

Sensational rumors are current of a
proposed invasion of Chicago by sympa-
thizers of the colonel with the object of
exerting moral effect upon the COM
mittee by rough rider methods. These
stories are probably based upon the fact
that Roosevelt leaders in the several
states have been summoned to meet here
at the earliest moment in order to receive
instructions and give information about
their respective delegations. Gov. Had
ley of Missouri, possessor of stentorian
voice. will be the T. X. floor leader ana
will take his orders from Boss Finn OF
Pittsburgh. who will be the tatician. Gov.
johnson of California is talked of as
Roosevelts choice for Vice President.
Secretary MacVeagh. Assistant Soc
retary Bailey, Secretary Nagel and the
Presidents secretary, Mr.. Hilles. are
among the national officials on the
spot Roosevelt has engaged rooms at
hotel and 1t is reported he has ar
ranged for special car to be at his
command the moment he decides to
come
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Favors Reduction.

Representative Underwood moved that
the House concur in the Senate reduc-
tions of s to per cent ad valorem on
pig iron and from 15 to 10 per cent in
r erromanganese and allied products.
This will mean loss Of revenue of
$30l COO a year." he said, but as the
latter products are used exclusively by
manufacturers and not by the people,
think the two houses Of Congress ought
to get together on Them.
Representative Serene Payne and Mr..
Underwood had small colloquey on the
subject of pig iron.
Representative Underwood said that
there IS practically no competition from
imported pig iron.
The railroad rate into the interior" he
said, makes 1t almost impossible to shin
pig iron into this country. There l.
scarcely any competition in this COM
modify, therefore. except right on the sea
coast.
Representative Hill. Connecticut. charg-
ed Representative Underwood with max
ing statements which are absolutely in
contr adict ion TO the views of the ma jority
leader up TO this point.
He is mistaken in what I said" re-
torted Mr. Underwood
Hill Sees Danger.
w ell, said Nj. Hill. The effect OF
this reduction would be to allow more
pig iron to be brought here from abroad
to take away money from American
laborers and American mills. and give 1t
to foreigners
Representative Cullup, Indiana. ridiculed
the ioeas Of Mr.. Hill.
Why said he, I'VE can produce this
iron cheaper than any other country on
earth: then how can any other country
with us?"
The House vo,ed to agree with the SEN
ate in the reduction, after ten minutes
of further debate.
The ways ana means committee pro-
posed to stand by the Canadian reci-
p. ocity act; the Senate amendment pro-
posed to repeal the Canadian reciprocity
act, and also to reduce tariff duty on
wood pulp print paper from 81 to 81
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The Taft Vigilance Committee.

The principal event Of Sunday was the
creating of the Taft "vigilant commit
tee" composed Of experienced and re-
sourceful politicians who are to have
active supervision over the Taft cam
paign. The committee comprises Jo-
seph Healing Of Indiana. William
Barnes. Jr. Of New York: Senator w.
Murray Crane Of Massachusetts,, Sem
ator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania; /;
Otto +. Steifel OF Missouri, Gov. John
L. Mead Of Vermont. Ralph Cameron of
Arizona. L. N. Ullman Of Connecticut.
7. A Marlowe of Montana. Harry
Daugherty of Iowa. 1t will be the
duty of this committee to make ar
rangements to keep tab on every Taft
delegate and to reach out for deserters
from the Roosevelt camp. j believe.
however. that their most successful ef-
fort will be to keep their own lines
intact The type Of Roosevelt men we
see around here now does not suggest
a proselyte.
winning delegates from the other side
is in the possibility of Roosevelt COM
mitting some overt act which will give
excuse for desertion to men who have
been instructed for Roosevelt but are
Of this kind in the Illinois. Ohio and
other delegations who are waiting for
plausible reason to bolt their in
StructionS.
Work on the Taft Platform.
The Taft platform is now receiving ex-
pert attention Charles Hopkins of the
Hartford Courant, who wrote the Con-
necticut platform. and was a classmate
of President Taft, arrived in Chicago
last night. fresh from a conference with
President Taft in Washington. The plat
forms of New York. Ohio and Connecti-
cut all will be drawn upon, with little
chance. however. of improving upon the
Snappiness of that of New York. Charles
c. Fairbanks of Indiana. Roosevelt's vice
president. is expected to be chairman of
the platform committee. and meantime
the document will receive finishing
touches from Nicholas Murray Butler and
Elihu Root.
No definite selection has yet been made
of chairman OF the committee on Gre
dentials. 1t is tentatively suggested that
Clarence d. Clark. United States senator
from Wyoming and chairman of the Sen
ate committee on the judiciary. may
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National Committee Angered.

The committee is thoroughly angered,
however. by the bitterness Of the coloners
invectives. and some Of it's members were
in favor of issuing formal protest and
denial, but decision to the contrary was
reached at a long conference among the
Taft leaders yesterday.
They decided that If the country could
not appreciate the fact that they are
sitting as a judicial body IL would be no use
for them to say anything. One practical
effect Of his denunciations, however. is
likely to be the abandonment of sugges-
tions to ease up the steam roller. The
consensus of judgment today is to- go
right along and bowl out the Roosevelt
contests wherever they fail to show
actual merit
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WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Tuesday; not
much change in temperature;
light varioble winds.
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San Francisco Starts.

Annapolis today with a complement of
midshipmen aboard, and will join the
ships at Key West. The first division of
the Atlantic fleet, the Massachusetts,
Utah, North Dakota, Florida and Della
ware, also leave Annapolis today with
mldshipmen aboard While their deStina-
ton is now Cape Cod, there is no assur-
ance that the Navy Department may not
order these ships TO join those near Cuba
at any moment.
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1t was expected that the Kentucky
cases, which were to follow Indiana,
would be reached and recorded before
the close of 'aF. In these cases
again. aside {. keen interest that
Tttaches to tn. llents because OF the
Roosevelt charges of fraud, the fight
was more interesting because the Taft
delegation was headed by Senator W. q.
Bradley, and the Roosevelt by Ed G.
O'Rear. former chief justice of the Ken
lucky supreme court
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Continued on Second Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
Business Outlook.

With crop prospects increasingly brill
liant with the principal industries work.
ing, to full normal capacity, with trade
distribution continuously expanding. and
with business sentiment becoming daily
more and more confident and buoyant
the whole situation, both In Fundamental
conditions and in volume of transactions,
is better than II has been for years.
The problems now aresnot those Of de-
'psession. Hbut becoming those Of pros
psflty. 1t 10 mo- longer shortage OF
orders. but Of capacity to supply, der
nfand. and In some cases consumerk of
Ger premiums FOR prompt delivery A
shortage OF labor. not alone in the wheat
fields but in some of the industries,
is reported. The railroads are buying
literally of supplies and are placing
heavy advance orders. but there is
prospect OF shortage OF cars to carry the
traffic OF the country-D Review.
Comforting assurance, that, and
coming from an authoritative source,
II should carry weight with It. All
lines OF commerce and industry show
the uplift. Our problems indeed are
the problems of prosperity, and our
prospects are food for encourage
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
Mr.. Bryan's Question Box,

Mr.. Bryan comes back at the new
third-term party, and its candidate,
with a volley of questions, which
must make a hole In his supply of
Interrogation marks. Here are few
of them
/. Would new party have been
organized at this time If Mr.. Roose-
velt we're not candidate for pres
ident? q
2. Would Mr.. Roosevelt have fav-
ored the organization o ia new party
had any one besides himself suffered
defeat at Chicago by President Taft?
8. Would Mr.. Roosevelt have re-
garded the republican bosses as an
insuperable objection to the repub-
lican party II he had succeeded In
seating enough of his delegates to
give him majority in the conven-
tion?
4. II. Mr. Roosevelt had controlled
the national committee by one vote,
and had seated enough to his south
ern delegates, to- dominate the con-
vention, would he not regard the re-
publican party as the peoples party,
and the only organization to be
trusted?
5. A third term-an honor de-
clined by Washington and jefferson
and withheld from Grant--opens the
door to any number of terms, what
emergency requires It?
From the context and earmarks,
indications are that there are lot
more questions where these came
from.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
so
The Theatrical Season.

The advent of a new theatrical
season is already upon US, and from
now on Omaha amusement seekers
will havesno dearth of entertainment
in the regular playhouses that cater
to us. Almost from the day it was
a border settlement at the jump-in-
off place, Omaha has had the repu-
tation of being good show town,
and 1t has maintained this reputation
with the possible exception of few
short periods. Omaha is now equipped
with as many theaters as city Of
its size can well support, and its To-
cation on the direct lines of travel
bring the best, as well as the poor
est, shows that hit the road. But
Omaha theatre-goers have also be-
come discriminating, and the show
MAT gives full moneys worth will
draw in Omaha If it will anywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
TEN Years Ago-

TEN Years Ago
The temperature ranged from IS to u.
David Prentke of Cleveland, O.. ana
Miss Hattie Morris. daughter Of Mr.,
and Mrs. Max Morris. 1iS Park avenue,
were united In matrirnony at the brides
home at p. m. by Rabbi Abram Simon
OF Temple Israel The bride was attended
by her sister, Miss Juiiette Norris. and
che groom by Marcus FEEDER of Cleve-
land FAD s.t ..,t
The Ancient sons and Daughters Of
Jerusalem, a colored peoples society, was
In session at the Thurston Rifles armory.
The assemblage comprised delegates from
eight states.
John C. Cosgrove, the driver for DIR.
J. P. Lord, who was hurt in a runaway,
died of his injuries at st. Mary's hospital
He was 80 years Of age and had come to
Omaha from Washta, Ia, and been in the
doctors employ for some years.
I Alfred Dariow. advertising agent for
the Union Pacific. left for Cheyenne to
attend the pioneer day celebration.
Rev. C. II. Young. chaplain of the
Omaha Guards, entertained the officers
Of that organization at the clergy house,
Twenty-sixth and Franklin streets.
Mrs. Carroll @. Pearse and children
were visiting their summer home at Wy
more, Neb. ,.y
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
Bull Moose and the Workers.

Mr.. Perkins Is very rich man, !"
said Teddy in reply to a question.
"Iie declared that he had come to
the conclusion that the country was
unsafe" and he went on to explain
that Mr.. Perkins had said he wanted
better conditions brought about and
that only T. r. could do 1t. Il want
them brought about" said Mr..
Perkins to Mr.. Roosevelt. so that
when my children grow up this coun-
try will be safe place for them, and
safe place for my friends chill
dren."
And when Mr. Perkins, was thus
saying to Mr., Roosevelt, the New
York state factory investigating COM
mittee was taking the sworn testi-
mony of girl workers employed at
the Osborn twine factory, OF which
concern Mr., Perkins is q director.
Girls In age ranging from l6 to 10
years, testified that they worked ten
hours per night, and earned from 81
to $S per week. The conditions of
work were dust, darkness, heat and
other factors that make for the
breaking down of health. Mr.. Per-
kins is also ia director In the United
States corporation which maintains a
twelye-hour day In its mills.
His solicitude for the children of
himself and friends is most natural,
but why should not he show some
consideration for the children who
stand on their feet ten hours a night
in his twine factory? He has prom
ised that plenty of money will be
provided to aid the battle the bull
moose proposes to pull off at Arma-
geddon. but is his influence SO little
that he must first have made Mr..
Roosevelt president again before he
urges his fellow directors OF these
big companies to favor better work
ing conditions?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
Plttsburgh Dispatch.


Since 1t IL the evidence of everybody
and his neighbor, whose opinions are
worth having, that this great period Of
prosperity will not be affected by, the
political campaign, everyNle who has a
sense of hunior will feel the better for
looking at humorous phases of that
which Ia so vital to candidates Of all
shades of political color.
Americans at all timss, except during
those intense days preceding and during
the war, and also the period Of recon-
struction, have refused to take their
Campaigns seriously as the peoples Of
foreign countries do, especially those
whom we call our British cousins, illus
trated by Dickens In his satire OF Pick
wick Papers" We have way of being
rich in saving common sense" ~ In
saying that, no matter what the objur-
cations of q campaign and the result OF
on election under all ordinary circum-
stances. the businesses and pleasures will
go on Just AZ before.
The first streak of humor. If some, Of
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
PREPARING FOR CROP MOVEMENT
Railroad Anticipating the Fall Rush Of Business

During the relatively dull business of
the last two years, and since the failure
TO secure a general advance In railroad
rates, we have heard much OF the IN
ability of the railroads to provide ade-
quate facilities for an increase of traffic
when revival OF activity comes, Now
such a revival appears to be in sight, In
fact. to have already begun, and we are
told that the railroads have somehow
raised the necessary funds and are rap
idly receiving additional equipment for
what promises to be an uncommonly
heavy traffic; at least during the crop
moving season, Many orders must have
been given some time ago. The car
builders are not only exceptionally busy,
but the roads are having large deliveries
OF completed equipment, including loco
motives as well as cars, and are getting
to be well prepared for the traffic TO
come, They appear not to have forgot
ten the lesson OF the busy time five and
six years ago when the lines became con-
gested and movement was delayed
through insufficiency of rolling stock.
The prospect of large crops has much
to do with the present activity in pro-
viding for increased traffic, but the need
seems to have been anticipated by the
large orders which have been already
filled and are now being filled. Good
crops and a large movement OF agricul-
tural products mean prosperity for the
farmers and this means a buying ca
pacity for manufactured articles. That
helps materially to stimulate the pro-
duction and distribution of such articles,
which In turn means traffic for railroads
In various directions It also means
more employment for capital and labor
in variety of industries besides those
of manufacturing and transportation, and
accelerated activity in trade and all the
processes of exchange. In short. un-
less all signs fail II signifies gradual
spread OF renewed prosperity. which is
quite cheering after long waiting. though
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The sick
liest grins Of the campaign are found on
the faces Of bull moosers who try at the
same time to pass themselves off for re-
'pubIfcans
Louisville Courier journal: Very prob
ably the Kansas grasshopper which
crawled into the bass horn and stopped
a bull moose band concert was a paid
emissary Of Robert NJ La Toilette. But
If il was real bull moose band concert
why did it have to stop as long as the
bass drum was in working order.
Sioux City Journal 1t might be Just as
we'll or a whole lot better, to cut out
this formal notification of vice presi-
dental candidates. AS usually conducted,
the ceremony adds neither to the gayety
nor the information of nations. and under
the circumstances prevailing this year is
sorely tiresome, superfluous and other
wise inutile.
Boston Transcript Asking banks and
trust companies to receive and forward
popular subscriptiens to the democtatic
national committee Is certainly new
idea. But will it accord with the proven
bial democratic idea that banks are the
haunts and even strongholds Of the evil
one, and especially the corporations?
Imagine every bank in Boston raising
funds for this deserving charity
ST. Louis Republic: Colonel Roosevelt
should not be held responsible for the
pleasant and profitable relations which
are alleged to have existed between
Standard Oil and certain members of the
house and senate in 1904 1t is true
the colonel was president at that time,
but during the year 1906 II you rensen-
Der. President Roosevelt's attention was
almost entirely engaged In the matter
of his reelection.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
,rk Journal Of Commerce.

York Journal of Commerce. .
The fire loss OF the United States and
Canada for the month of July, 1872, as
compiled from the carefully kept records
of The Journal Of Commerce, shows a
total of s15,219,1OO This is little
over $l00Oo,OOo less than was charged
against July last year when the figures.
due to the heavy lumber and timber fires
In the northwest. including those In the
Porcupine district OF Ontario, reached the
sum OF s2s.sOl,l5O. The losses by fire
since the first of this year now total
si4e.5st,S5O, as compared with $154,s92,9O
for the first seven months OF 1911. The
following table gives a comparison of the
losses by months thus far this year with
the figures for the same months in 1910
and 1aii, together with the losses for the
balance Of those years:
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
HUMORS OF THE CAMPAIGN

the utteranees Of ell Of the candidates
be excepted, Is found In certain esti-
mates of managers OF the republican,
democratic and progressive parties Mr..
Hilles of the party of the first part
las carefully scanned the situation" and
has made the interesting discovery that
the party he represents viii win the
members Of the electoral college in
thirty-four states. Josephus Daniels,
Manager Mccombs being III. announces
for the democrats that they are sure to
have the electors in thirty-eight states.
The bull moose statistician has figured
to dot that his party will carry thirty
one states
Singular, indeed. how they all cling to
the thirties. Is il suggestive that some
one OF them Will feel like 80 cents after
the election7
This Is grand total Of 103 statesl II
is evident there must be mistake sonie-
where and that figures really can lie: and
this Is one Of the early humors Of the
campaign. There will be others.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
LAUGHING GAS.

Weary Traveler-Say, my friend,
there's no meat in this sandwich.
! Waitress-No?
| Weary Trayeler-Don't you think you'd
better give that pack another shu1fte
and let me draw again?-Judges
so both the prisoners resisted you,
officer? Did You have much trouble to
| subdue them?'
We'll, sir, the lean one made thin
| preteHse at resistance but the fat one
put up stout fight. Baltimore Ameri-
can
! Wife-My husband and | had a quarrel
He called me a virago.
| Her Frend-Don't you mind. If he got
away safe and sound it's pretty good
evidence that you're not-Bost9n Tran
script
What you need" said the wordy
iarRemert of your daily round, wider
circle Of activity"
'Mebby that's right" said the patient.
I'm bareback rider in one-ring
circus. cleveland Plain Dealer.
That political leader demands abso-
lutte personal loyalty"
Yes" replies the devoted follower. 1T
! Is convenient system. l don't have to
lively understood beforehand that agree
with him. ."-Washington Star
Artist-Fd like to. devote my last picture
| to a charitable purpose
Critic-Why NOT give it to an institution
for the blnd?-New' Orleans Times-Demo-
! crat.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26
SPEAKING ABOUT CHECKS.
ArchbOld's, Perkins, McCormick's
and Others.
Washington Herald.

" 'oSiAii6 tVH A1cIdlus
Senator Penrose's assertion that Arch
bold's check for $4,000 was used in the
campaign of 1904 to aid in the election of
Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency
bears all the outward signs of probability
In those days Mr.. Roosevelt did not
hesitate to ask for and accept any money
from any source, so long as 1t assisted
in the righteous cause OF his election. i.
is matter Of record that he sought Mr.
Harriman's contribution and that s2Sa, ZOO
was thrown into his jackpot at a crucial
moment when funds were low.
But speaking OF checks, how many has
Mr., Perkins signed since the steel trust
began its noble effort to elect Mr.. Roose-
welt to third term? And how much
money did Medill Mccormick dispense at
chcago7 And who is supplying the funds
which will enable Mr. Roosevelt to tour
from Maine to California and from the
lakes to the gulf?
These are questions which the leader Of
the purity party ought to answer, bu.
which he will persistentiy ignore.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26

The glad hand is always out when
Frank MeGiverin. president of the
Nebraska Bankers association. is around.
Mr. McGiverin oozes enthusiasm on bank
ing matters and what he doesn't know
about banking would pass through the
eye of needle without blinking the eye
and that's some stunt. Mr.. McGiyerin Is
vice president of the Bankers Mortgage
Loan company. an Omaha institution
Isaac Walters, butcher of Pontiac,
Mich, decided TO remove his place OF
business to another part of the town, and
not caring to lose any trade ov closing
up during the moving process hs had the
whole building pushed on rollers to its
new site and served his customers en-
route.
In response to summons for Jury duty
at Port Townsend, jefferson county,
Washington. Herbert Hultine, an upstate
rancher. Travelled 30 miles. covering diff
ferent stages of his Journey by steamer,
train, automobile, carriage and part Of
the way on foot. From Mr.. Hultine's
ranch the distance in a bee line 10 Port
Townsend is fifty miles, but he had to go
around the Olympic mountains. which
rise as a barrier between the two places
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26

Jobbers report an unusual number
OF buyers In the market, while the
farmers are looking forward to
bumper crops. showing that business
is not yet seriously disturbed by
politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-26

All agree that II is dishonorable
Tor presidential eiector candidate
to stayson the ticket of any party un-
less he accepts the obligation to vote
for the standard bearers of that party
In the electoral college. No one pre-
tends, either, that there is anything
to prevent electoral candidates
named as republicans, who are now
for the presidential candidate of
another party, getting off the ticket.