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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
AT ODDS OVER BUDGET
House Democrats Differ Widely
as to New Methods.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

washington, Dec. 3.-President-elect
Wilson's informal approval of budget
system of appropriations developed TO-
day that there is the widest diversity OF
opinion among House Democrats over
the feasibility OF such scheme, and es-
,,ecIallv the one plan thus far seriously
suggested.
Representative sherley. Democratic
member of the Appropriations Committee
has evolved a plan for establishing a
budget system, but some of his colleagues
are already picking flaws in It, Now that
the President-elect is tentatively COM
United to something Of the kind numer-
Gus legislators are maturing pet schemes
or finding fault with that Of the other
man.
The general Impression seems to be that
eventually the government Will come
around to budget system of appropria-
lions, but members Of the House seem as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04

undecided as Governor Wilson regarding
the details. One or more House leacers
have recently been in conference both
with President Taft and the President
elect regarding a budget plan, and tie
movement is expected to receive addi-
tional momentum when Mr.. Taft sends
his message dealing with the subject.
That message will be Mr.. Tafts third.
The next one will be confined to do
nestle affairs and the general work OF
the government, and 1t will be followed by
a message dealing exclusively with t5e
governments finances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
.RIDlCULES WILSON'S PLAN
Democratic Committee Opposes
Change in INAUGURATION.

Washington. Dec. 3.-The proposal for
a separation Of the taking OF the oath OF
Office by President-elect Wilson and the
inaugural ceremonies has been branded
as utterly foolish" by the District Demo-
cratic National Committee.
II was pointed out that 1t would be
impossible to obtain enough money for
both occasions. The people come here. II
was declared. not TO witness the great
pageant and social features. but the his
torical event OF the swearing in OF q
President Of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
LIEUTENANT SAVAGE PROMOTED

Lieutenant James ]. Savage. who for a
number Of years has been in the Police
School OF Recruits, was promoted yester-
day to a captaincy. He will continue to
work In the School of Recruits. He has
been In the department for sixteen years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
Mr.. TAFT APPOINTS 200
Democratic Senators Plan to
Hold Up Confirmation.

Washington. Dec. 3.-President Taft
sent more than two hundred recess ap'
pointments to the Senate to-day and i'm
mediately indications OF a movement
among some OF the Democratic Senator'S
TO prevent their confirmation became evil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04

Democratic Tariff Legislation.
Intimately involved in the view that the
two wings of the Republican party Will
get together before the next national cleo
ton and that thus united II Will gain q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
You lean never be
sure that an Indi-
vidual Executor

will survive you long
enough to carry out the
provisions Of your Viii.
In the event of his death
a substitute would have
to be appointed by the
Court, in place of the one
whom you had selected
for this important work.
You are insured agains
such a contingency if tn
, Astor Trust Company i,
named as your Executor. Tho
collective knowledge and ex.
perience of its officers and
directors, and its organization
created for exactly such pur-
poses, assure a thoroughly
competent as well as a con-
tinuous administration.
Our officers will be glad at any
time toconfer with you regarding
your trust or banking business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
IndefensibIe Extension Seen.

II this court shall sustain the conten-
ton Of the government and thus declare
that Congress has an absolute power 10
declare what the citizen must do In order
TO avail himself OF postal facilities. then
we may expect "A Wide and indefensible
extension OF federal power, OF when
neither the generation that framed the
Constitution nor any succeeding genera
ton, except tho present, would nave
dreamed as possibility.
Should this court sustain the conten-
ton OF the government" declared Mr..
Beck, then its great declaration. through
Chief Justice Marshall. that Congress
may not under the pretext Of executing
it's powers pass laws for the accomplish
ment OF objects not intrusted 10 the gov
eminent" will become for many practical
and vital purposes "A dead letter" The
attorney said further:
The governments contention does not
limit the rover OF Congress to prescribe
conditions as 10 the thing sent, but also
as to the sender. and II this power be
an absolute" power. then II can deter
mine the conditions upon which the pos
cally follows that the conditions can re-
fer TO the citizen who uses the mails as
well as to the mail matter Itself.
II this be true. the advocates OF a
JUDICIAL recall uUl WASTE LUZ
effort in advocating that method of over
riding the Constitution, for Congress can
readily accomplish many purposes. which
under the tenth amendment were reserved
10 tho states and the people thereof, by
the simple device OF compelling the citi-
zen to do things. in themselves beyond
federal power, IL he wishes to use the
mails
II the next Congress should pass a law
that no newspaper should be admitted to
the privileges n second class matter
unless it's editorial columns should sup
port the views OF the majority In the
next Congress as 10 a revision OF the
tariff. the judiciary would be .powerless
cussion.
II SO, II must logically follow that the
next Congress could not only bride the
newspa per press OF the country into &C
ceptance Of lower tariff duties by the
privilege Of cheap or free postage. but 1t
could force them into such acquiescence
by denial Of any mailing facilities what
ever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04

Washington. Dec. st is expected that
the administration Will issue statement
simultaneously with Tat to appear in
ST. Petersburg on January l, or even be-
fore, conveying TO American business cir
Giles information as to the basis on which
trade may be conducted between America
and Russia following the expiration OF
the existing trade treaty. This state
ment will make 1t clear that in the alb
sence OF any discrimination by Russia
against the American export trade the
existing rates OF tariff dues will continue
to be exacted on imports from Russia.
The temperate tone OF the statements
issued from st. Petersburg is gratifying
to the officials here as an indication OF
a purpose to refrain from any attack on
American business. The reference to the
issue OF the new provisional tariff is
taken TO mean that while there may be
some small increases in the duties on
commodities covering the bulk OF the
American export trade for Russia, these
new rates will be OF general application
and SO cannot be regarded as dlscrln-
atory against American goods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
RUSSIA TO DEFINE POLICY
Will Show No Animosity in Com
mercial Attitude Toward U. S.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 3.-It Is officially
announced to-day that the Russian gov
eminent will publish on January ], the
day OF the expiration of the Russo-Amer-
lean treaty of commerce and navigation
a statement outlining its future CONNER
cial policy toward the United States and
also a provisional tariff, which Will not
contain any great increase over the ex-
listing tariff.
The policy of the Russian government.
1t is said. will not be imbued by any spirit
of luminosity, but will be directed solely
TO the protection of the Russian markets
and to assuring to the Russian consumer
the most favorable conditions OF supply
of the staple imports hitherto coming d.
rect from the United States-namely, cot
ton, farm machinery and implements.
The pressure exerted on Russia In the
matter Ct Jewish passports and the re-
sulting denunciation OF the Russo-Ameri-
can treaty aroused the attention of the
Russian government to the necessity OF
protecting the interests Of Russian con-
sumers. Russia, II Is pointed out, now
grows more than half the cotton she con-
sumes, and in fifteen years from now she
will in this respect become self-sufficing.
Should the United States contemplate
discriminating measures against Russian
produce or shipping. it is argued here
that it would be well to remember that
Russia is able to seek cotton in Egypt and
India and machinery I'm England and Aus
tralia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-04
USURPAT|ON, SAYS BECK,
Of NEWSPAPER LAW
Supreme Court Asked to Strike
Down Act Resulting from Use
of forbidden Power"
COMPLAINS OF DURESS
Limitations of Congress Would
Become for Many Vital
Purposes a Dead Letter,
Asserts the Attorney.

Washington. Dec. 3.-Arguments as TO
the validity of the newspaper publicity
law. q section OF the postoffice approprl-
alton bill, were closed in the Supreme
Court to-day, Solicitor General Bullitt
speaking for the government and James
NJ. Beck on behalf OF the newspapers at
lacking it's constitutionality.
Mr.. Bullitt held that the law was mere
ly an extension of former regulation
which required newspapers 10 give GER
tain information to the Postoffice De-
partment.
Mr.. Beck declared that one Of the great
problems of the day was whether the
courts could strike down legislation by
Congress. pretending to exercise a power
given it, but in fact forbidden power.
He said that there was an alarming ten
dency on the part Of Congress to do this,
and that the newspaper publicity law
was but a single instance of 1t.
Senator McCumber introduced to-day a
bill which would repeal this provision of
the law.
In his reply. Mr.. Beck characterized the
governments contention as one that
'either by the duress Of threatened
exclusion from the mails or by the in
ducement Of special privileges as to rates
Congress Is competent to effect objects.
which the Solicitor General practically
comedies are not in themselves appro-
pirate subjects for federal legislation
Governments Bold Contention.
THE Solicitor General does not shrink
from the logic OF his contention" con-
tinued Mr.. Beck. with admirable sim
cerity and with even greater courage he
accepts and asserts the full logical ex-
IRENE Of that contention. lie boldly as
serts that the power Of Congress over
the mails Is absolute and unrestrained'
and that it can use such power for any
purpose. however II may otherwise trans
gress the limited powers of Congress.
"A more amazing and radical conten-
ton has never to my knowledge been
submitted to this court
Mr.. Beck added:
This case and the contention OF the
government therein has drawn the issue
very sharply between an arbitrary ana
UNRESTRICTED government and "A restricted
and free government.
Either Congress has, as the Solicitor
General contends. the power TO prescribe
absolutely" and without the possibility
OF judicial review. the conditions on
which the citizen shall use the mails. or
Congress has only the power. in carrying
out It's great function as carrier OF the
mails, TO prescribe such conditions az
have a legitimate and appropriate ref
erence to that function. Between these
two propositions there seems TO be no
middle ground.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
INVITATION TO
ALL VALLEY CITIZENS
Secretaries Take Steps
to Secure Adequate Drainage and
Irrigation Legislation.

The Herald,
Brownsville, Tex.
Gentlemen
The Commercial Club Secretaries
of the Rio Grande Valley extends to
you an invitation to be present at a
called meeting of all the citizens of
the Valley. on September %, 1912,
at Brownsville, Texas.
This meeting is called for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for a
larger meeting in January, 1913,
at Brownsville.
This second meeting is to be on as
large a scope as the people think
necessary.
At the January meeting it is hoped
sufficient sentiment will be created
among the state delegates to insure
the passage, by III next legislature,
of adequate drainage. irrigation and
other reclamation laws.
n. ]. LEAR, Secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Investigating Underground Waters,

George G. Matson of Washington,
ID. c., and Alexander Deussen Of
Austin, Texas, both connected with
the United States geological survey
arrived in Brownsville yesterday.
They stated to the reporter that
at present they are just looking over
the country, and later will look into
the matter of underground waters
in this section, referring especially
to artesian water. They are engaged
in making a geological survey of the
entire Southwest Texas country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Freight Receipts.

Forty-one solid a loads of freight
were checked in yesterday at the
Brownsville freight station. These
included seven cars Of ties. two cars
of crushed stone, one a of water
melons, one ear OF beer, one car OF
lard, one car OF lime, n a of
lumber. one car OF hay. two a Of
sand, W cars of cotton seed, eight
cars of merchandise, one a Of au-
tomobiies. ten cars Of gravel. one
car of cotton seed bulls, and two
cars OF wood.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
INDEPENDENT MEETING
Candidates and Executive Committee
to Confer Tomorrow.

The candidates and executive COM
mittee of the recently organized In
dependent party will meet at the
federal court room Saturday after
noon at two o'clock.
The executive committee will pass
on candidates who have been selected
to fill certain vacancies on the
ticket since the primaries. 1t will
also plan out a line of work for the
coming campaign.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
TO SECURE APPROVAL
OF DRAINAGE BONDS
Judge Bartlett Goes to Austin on
this Mission Today-Special Judge
to be Selected.

County Judge John Bartlett leaves
this morning for Austin for the pur-
pose of delivering the bond issues of
Cameron county drainage districts
Nos. 2 and 3 to the attorney general
for approval.
No session of the county court was
held yesterday, and this morning
lawyers will meet in the court room
to select a special judge to act in
Judge Bartlett's absence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Notice.

All parties having claims against
the new City Hall and Market
Building, for labor or materials fur
nished on same, are hereby requested
to file same with the undersigned on
or before the 18th inst.
9-5-6t. NJ. HANSON,
Building Inspector.
Brownsville, Tex, Sept. 4, 1912.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Mission Couple Welded Here.

Louie Watson Storms and Miss
Lizzie z. Duensing, a bright and
promising young couple of Mission,
were married Wednesday night by
Rev. Emmett Cole, pastor of the Bap-
fist church, at his residence at 600
Levee street.
Mr.. Storms, who is quite a young
man, is the son of Rev. II. II. Storms,
pastor of the Baptist church at Mis-
sion.
The couple will leave for their
future home at Mission this morn
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Realty Transfers.

The following warranty deeds
were filed in the Office Of County
Clerk Joseph Webb yesterday:
w. o. Kuykendall to South Texas
Lumber Co, lots / to II, inclusive.
in block 46. town of Harrington; 81
and other considerations.
Hubert f. Edison to Emily Edison,
all of lot No. ? in block Ill, being
1896 acres in the Espiritu Santo
grant; consideration $40.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Marriage Licenses.

County Clerk Joseph Webb yes
terday issued the following marriage
licenses:
Louie Wilson Storms and Lizzie f
Duensing.
Fuentes.
Jesus Olivaries and Clara Luna.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
A Fine Address.

That was a particularly fine adj
dress on the Early Settlement of
the Rio Grande Valley" which was
delivered by a certain prominent
Brownsville lawyer at the teachers
institute yesterday morning.
One OF the Teachers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
VOTE FOR TAFT.

New Water Wagons The city's
new sprinkling wagons have arrived,
and are now on the loading platform
at the freight station. The wagons
are heavily constructed, the tank
being of sheet iron. The running
gear is painted red and the tank and
sea are painted a deep blue. The
wagons were manufactured at Ore
gon, H., by the E. d. Entyre Co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Newspaper Recruit

Newspaper Recruit John Nc
Tendon Of Center, Tex, arrived in
Brownsville yesterday to join the
staff of the Sentinel Publishing Co.
Mr.. McLendon was formerly in the
newspaper business at Center. He
has long been one of the we'll known
editorial writer's of the piney woods
regions of East Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
Returned to Brownsville

Returned to Brownsville Paul
McAllister, who failed to obtain
bond through habeas corpus pro-
ceedings before Judge w. B. Hopkins
at Corpus Christi, returned to
Brownsville yesterday, accompanied
by Deputy Sheriff Pat Haley. He
will be kept in the Cameron county
Jail. 1t is thought that Mr.. Nc
Allister will carry the matter to the
higher courts of the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
GEM THEATRE
Ladies and Children Specially
Invited.

THE GIRL AND HER TRUST-Bio-
graph-A great railroad picture.
ROWDY AND HIS NEW PAL-An
Edison comedy-drama.
A COLLEGE GIRL - Lubin - A
drama that will be sure to please
you.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

A burial casket that holds a corpse
sitting upright on a stool has been
patented by a Philadelphia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
SPEAKING OF MUDDY WA
TER If.

For Street Paving-The Creosoted
Wood Block Paving Co. is receiving
a lot of material for the street paw
ing which is soon to begin. More
than ten ears of gravel for the work
was received up to yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

The San Benito Ice Cream and
Creamery company give their price
o.. family orders in their ad on the
front page today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

School Days-Two more days to
supply the children with pencils,
pens, tablests, etc. A full line at
the Valley Book Store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
SSSSSSSSSSSSS
CITY NEWS
S-SSSSSSSSSSSS

Dorset style collars, SO highly
advertised and so stylish to be had in
all sizes.-Jno. E. R~utledge.
M-W-F
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

H. o. Secrist and NJ. j. Sullivan OF
San Antonio are in the Valley gath
ering information for a special edi-
ton of an industrial publication, is
sued at Memphis, Tenn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

Came for Prisoner-Sheriff j. B.
Farris of Dewitt county arrived in
1.-THE city Wednesday night to get An
tonic S~ustarta, a fugitive from JUS
tice from Dewitt county. Sustarta,
who is charged with assault with in
tent to commit murder, was ar
rested at Lyford a few days ago by
Deputy Sheriff Joe Longoria. He
was held in the Cameron county Jail
for the sheriff, who leaves with the
1prisoner this morning.
School Books-We are the school
book depository Of Cameron county.
The Valley Book Store.
Don't forget to read the Want Ads.
You may find just what you need.
Leave to Attend Scholars. c.
l.. Macmanus and three daughters,
Virginia, Emily and Eva, will leave
for Houston Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Macmanus accompanies her
daughters to see them comfortably
installed at st. Agnes Academy,
where they attended school last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

Just received large consignment
cabbage seed, this year crop.
Brownsville Growers Assn. 9-6-2t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

Jesse B. Farris Of Cuero, sheriff
of Dewitt county, vas in the city
yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06
RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS
y R. MONROE J. s. MONROE
Attorney at Law Surveyor and Civil Engineer

Land agents and absractors. Have complete abstract OF lands in Starr
county: and the part of Brooks taken from Starr county to the date OF
its organization, Oct. IL, 1911. Also family histories by which we can
trace title to each grant back to original grantees; To complete which
we have complete record Of births. marriages from church records Of
Camargo and Mer. the homes of the original grantees OF these grants
Over twenty-nine years in business in Starr county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

PERSONALS
SSSSSSSSS
o. HI. Deutches of Houston, who
has been here the past two days on
business, left yesterday afternoon
for his home.
Judge S. p. Silver of Mercedes
spent the day in Brownsville yes
terday.
C. L. Stoy of Houston was here
YESTERDAY.
H. Thode and S. ]. Coleman OF
San Antonio, both farm implement
statesmen, were in the city yester-
day on business.
A. B. Harbour of Galveston was
here on business yesterday.
Jesse B. Farris Of Cuero, sheriff
of Dewitt county, was in the city
yesterday.
H. o. Secrist and NJ. ]. Sullivan of
San Antonio are in the Valley gath
|ering information for a special edi-
ton of an industrial publication, is
sued at Memphis, Tenn.
c. +. Grafton Of Kansas City, Mo-,
Is visiting his friend DR.. E. c. Dick
erson. Mr.. Grafton is on his way to
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. where he
is connected with a mining COM
pany. He will spend a few days
h. re-, going to San Antonio. and from
there to Mexico.
r. B. Creager and Judge Noah
Allen have returned from Corpus
Christi.
Mrs. r. H. Bradley of Dallas, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. ].
R. Baker, will return to her home
within a few days. Mrs. Baker may
accompany her sister to Dallas for
a lengthy stay.
r. S. Vandiver of Dallas is a bust
ness visitor in this city.
S. ]. Smallwood of Mission was in
the city yesterday.
Miss Jessie A. Swogger and Miss
Gladys NJ. ellison, both of Corpus
Christi, are visiting in Brownsville.
f. j. Pratt of San Antonio arrived
in the city yesterday for a short stay
v. II. Bauche of Corpus Christi
was in Brownsville yesterday.
j. H. Koontz of Houston was here
yesterday on business.
Fred Breasted, a we'll known Okla
homa City lawyer, and who is inter
ested in Valley lands, is a guest al
the Miller hotel.
E. A. Cope, a bond buyer Of Col.
umbus, Ohio, left for his home yes
terday afternoon.
Teofilo Crixell and v. l.. Crixel
returned last night from Corpu:
Christi, where they went Tuesday t.
attend the habeas corpus hearing o.
Paul McAllister.
z. A. Stobart returned to Browns
vile last night after a visit of two
days to Corpus Christi.
Rev. and Mrs. E. A. MacDougal
will return today from a month anC
a half stay at San Antonio. Mr.
MacDougall during his visit there
took the place of the rector of st
Marks Episcopal church while tn
latter was away.
Marriage Licenses.
County Clerk Joseph Webb yes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

c. +. Grafton Of Kansas City, Mo-
Is visiting his friend DR.. E. c. Dick
erson. Mr.. Grafton Is on his way tc
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. where he
is connected with a mining com
pany. He will spend a few days
h. re, going to San Antonio, and from
there to Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

Don't forget to read the Want Ads.
You may find just what you need.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

A. B. Harbour of Galveston wa
here on business yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-06

r. B. Creager and Judge Noah
Christi.