Show THE CITY FATHERS BOWL MANY BRILLIANT PLAYS WERE NOT MADE councilman ayes nyes team came in the winner by only a small margin the great bowling match between the teams chosen from the bombera of the city council came oft last evening imd drew quite a largo crowd to the alleys of the ogdan bowling association where the match was held the excitement was intense throughout the contest and the game was remarkable for the many brilliant plays that were conspicuous by their absence althou gli the city fathers certainly did demonstrate the fact that they were accustomed to tho game mr carr was alio only absentee from the game and ats place was ably filled by city recorder gritchlow the team headed by ir nye came out victorious when the last pin fell but sir chambers team came in a close second even they could only be classed as also rans randall of the nyo team did about all the brilliant work ol 01 the game biad vas the only one that scored over in each of the three gadea hla total score for the games was tho score follows nye davedson Dav ldson 03 williams balne randall total 1451 chambers moyes 28 craig emmett 1 critchlow 0 total 1360 ADOPT ESCH TOWNSEND BILL AS PARTY MEASURE washington feb 3 the republicans of the hauae in conference today adopted as a party measure the bill extending rate making powers to alie interstate ter state commerce commission as agreed on the committee on interstate and foreign commerce and known AS alie esch townsend bill the conference instructed alie house committee on rules to bring in a rule providing for consideration of the measure beginning on tuesday and continuing until 4 wednesday when a vote shall be taken no amendments will a allowed to the bill although the first vote is to be taken on the davey bill as the democratic substitute tor legislation on the railway rate subject the conference which lasted three hours developed opposition to the measure the only test vote taken was a motion to postpone the matter tor a further conference next tuesday this was lost 44 to efforts were mile to amend the bill during tho conference but all of these failed fault w found with the bill on the ground that it old not include regulation tor the private car evil and terminal charges the advocates of the bill contested chese criticisms claiming that authority was contained in the bill to correct the complained of evils the change of the meeting from a caucus as the call stated to a conference leaves members participating free to follow their own inclination it is understood that the opposition may organize with the purpose of joining the minority in the house in the vote on the rules prescribing the manner of considering the bill in the house these plans however have not been actually and definitely decided on mahone sibley of pennsylvania were conspicuous in their opposition to any legislation at athla time both contending that sufficient time had not been given to the consideration of the subject speaker cannon advised his associates that if action was to be taken at all it must be taken now he suggested that a recess might be taken until evening but the sentiment of the members present was so overwhelmingly in favor of immediate action that the speaker did not press hla suggestion portland oregon where the lewis and dark exposition is to be held next bummer now has a population 0 when the population did not exceed the citizens subscribed to the fair |