Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-07
PROOFS PROMPTLY SUBMITTED
Remorstrance Filed with Police Board
Against It's Arbitrary Action.
CIRCULATION OF THE OMAHA EVENING BEL
Herdmnn Makes n Desperate Effort
to Have the Convincing Evil
dence Excluded from the
Official Record.

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Tho praa,er mart of tho time consumed bv
A.. NJ "A t,,u ,a po,,oo ,-or,,,t,.ionore
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ioioWins communication iroih Inc Dee
Publishing company and the accompanying
affidavit:
OMAHA, Dec. 6, 1S97.-To the Honorable
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners:
Gentlemen-Your attention is respectfully
directed to the fact that the resolution
passed by you at your last meeting declar-
ing that because the Daily World Herald
claimed the largest circulation of any news
paper in Douglas county in December, 1895,
IT is thereby entitled under the law to the
publication OF all LIQUOR license notices and
instructing all applicants for liouor licenses
and dr,,pe,,sts' nermits TO advertise their no.
,icea of onnlication in said Daily World
Herald. is in direct conflict with the law
and the decision of the supreme court of
Nobrasla
your attention is resnectfully called to the
cose Of pinzenschom reported in the thirty
n,gh,h vo,ume of Nebraska Reports. DID
oos a r,ho s,,,re,,,e, court NV Judge Norval
~ sovs. arbe Jicense hoard has no an
tnor,.,, 70 das,yno+o tho na,venoner In which
,ho ,,,,h,ic,,ion of sucb notices shall he
-, ;,
y ..,.tor l., ols> ros,eot full,, ,7irectoa
. 49, a,,.,r,,, aao,,rotion by tho sunrere
oo,,rt Ia H., docisio, randered In the same
oosa th,t tn,o or more editions of any one
$500. ;ss,,ad - stated reriods and delivered
=. aie,aro,,t s,nt, ~ srbecrihers cannot he
oo,n.ad os ono narar zach or said editions
+, sor ro,oI ,t,,rnosos declared to he n
1,.a. non,sro,,ar on1 10 he treated as
,rt, Tha ,o,,f,,,o,,. of tho court is as fol-
,or,s. ..yvhera The matter nublished in each
80 tho sa,,ar,l od,tions of a daily nrvspaper
i. ~ .,,hs,on,ioI,,, tho son,a and eoch edi-
.,on h,s a difforent beading or name. and
H. so,,t "a , d,rerert cot of subscribers.
,,,,, ,,o.ioas shourd be Inserted in hut one
a5i,ior thzreof md the circulation of each
oIa,',, Iii dat tar,,ine whether the notice was
tn,a,.,ad In tho nroner oaper"
On hebalf of The Bee Publishing COM
,,,,, ,.r,,,o,,s,ron /, ,node AGAINST the as
s,,,,,,,.io, thot thera is suco a naner as the
D,u,, yyorla Herald -Tbare is Morning
Worid Herald and an Evening World-Herald
ora a SUNDAY, World Herald each of these
,onor, hoirr oirculo+zd to different sub
sor,t,ors ne law nnder which nouor IL
oa,,sos and druggists, nerrnits are granted
ro,,iros tho o,,hIica,ton Of notices of annli-
ootio, In the, nevsna rrar having the largest
ot,a,,,.io, T., ,ho county in which the anoli-
oo+Io, is wade Notice Is hereby served upon
vou,. bnnorable body that The Omaha Even
in,. poe bas Inv far the largest circulation
ns ~, ,,o,,,s,,ror n,,h,iehed In Douglas
go, ,nS o,,d is in law entitled 70 the nubl-
cotior of all notices for liouor licenses or
drrggie,s, nermits Not only has The
OmoL, Eveninp Res a larger circulation
thnn onv other naner nuh,ished in this
county but IT has also. a larger circulation
in this county than either the Morning
World Herald or the Evening World Herald,
or their circulations combined. In substan-
tiation of this statement there IL attacheu
hereto a sworn a~llluavlt ~ si'oMils tns .t,I.
~ 9u'ts % a. t 49,, ~ r.,ta. ns ,rba Re-
s,,,,,,,,c e,,,it,rr, oro e,y,or, Ia bv each
Tn crder to nrotect the rights of The
Omaha Evening Bee. its publishers have
been forced by the Illegal action of your
| board to apply to the courts for an inJunc-
| tion restraining the board from interference
"ith their business, ana uiiiess the saiu ieno-
iu'ioir 10 g., IafanSa of it
DEE, De '-,-.s. . 49, aaotnot anv nersons
| receiylno license who do not publish their
| notices in The, Omaha Evening Bee. The
Bee Publishing company prefers not to be
| forced into this attitude, as such contests
will cause great annoyance TO the various
| applicants lot iceHses ana ii,'sa''0,l '""'
| shou-u' IL Poas'o'., IL,
,,t'a,, ,o,,,. ioor1 bas taIxen and r. is earn
| ostIy reouestcd that this remonstrance and
the accompanying affidavit be spread upon
| the records of your honorable body. Re-
| spectfu!y,
! THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
| by VICTOR HoSE"AlhH' wee f'esi'
aen'. ..-. !.
me iequest n"t t"o .,si.ans hoo.o,
sp'e"u u'oL cue 'eeo'u' l,s 49,, Co.,
u'scuss0n iaS'ine o'e' ''0,i o1i ,ioi +,
iilissiohei iie'u'''"n "'S ,l1 s,'N,
Snouiu no' seouio p'a1e ~ INC w
was noe 81 so''u's euppo''eu W 'No o'n.
ttpoih'''e coiiiiii,ssioneis' l''a,iy u ie"oiu
''oei uF""h ny COMMISSIONS,
lasEeeu ~ u'te'',ns INC e'eiN ~ W.. .l"' ,' 'l
communication tD'u peen 'eoeiYeu, Du' ao''o'
thereon ueieifeu u''i' 'ne ne"' ~
latter the lnJuQCllOD DeUulUB II
tba district court shall have been passeI
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