Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-02
IT VERGES On FALSEHOOD
HAlf-ToId Truth Embodied in the Popocrats
Campaign Circular
TRUE BASIS or PORTEa's PROUD BOAST
Secretary Of state simply Collects
what the Law Directs He shall
and Then BrnR- About His
Wonderful Record.
RUE BASIS OF PORTEa's PROUD BOAST

into The treasury The statement IS sent
out and is copied In good faith by popo-
cratic newspapers that under republican
rule the secretary of state accounted FOR
fees amounting 70 about $1,000 per year.
whereas The present secretary has during
the last eighteen months collected 520.g44 IN
fees The inference intended TO be con-
veyed is that the republican officials stole
the balance Of the fees. The campaign cir
culaT just issued. and which will be sent out
20 he popucrauc workers in he next ten
days after printing the tabulated state
ment Of the amount OF fees received tor
several years says.
Note thu. under me fusion state admins
taIon more fees were accounted Tor by
secretary Porter IN eighteen months than
were turned into the state treasury by all
republican secretaries IN twenty years. And
further the office Of secretary of state, IN
der republican laws aEI administration. cost
Sl2h.26s 10 in twenty years to- maintain Il.
while BE- is more than sslf-sustainlng under
reform law and admir- .s.rat.on.
No explanation is offered In this sham
reform circular as TO how the present sec
rctary Of state has been able TO save so
much money and the voters are expected
to believe that it is all due to his great
ability and honesty.
Merely Operation of Law.
A4Atl ne Dll Id WHICH vas IN LOrCe
from the adoption Of the constitution up
to 1897. the secretary Of state received onl.'
nominal fees for articles Of Incorporation
and other papers fled in that office. Thus
the Incorporation papers Of a 800. .OO0 600
railway company would bring into the office
a fee Of about $3.50. Other papers fled
each brought a revenue Of from lbs TO
50. according 10 the amount Of matter that
had 10 be copied by the clerks This sched-
ule Of fees vas on the books in 1891 and
1898 when ". F. Porter was a member OF
the reform legislatures but At that time
1t never occurred 10 him that a new law
ought to be passed increasing the fees Of
the office OF secretary OF state and he offered
no bills or resolutions relating TO that Office
During the 1897 session Of the legislature
it became apparent that the fee schedule
should be raised 10 the figures fixed by
several Of the adjoining states and bill
was introduced providing that articles OF
Incorporation fled in the secretary Of state
Office should pay a minimum fee of $40
and that when articles provided for more
than 500 600 capital stock an additional
fee Of 10 cents per $1,000 capital should be
charged. There we're other changes in the
law, but this was the principal item. The
bill vas passed in the senate without an
opposing vote and in the house the vote
was almost unanimous. Speaker J. "
Calm being one OF those who lodged his
vote on the bill.
Under the provisions of the new fee bill
the revenues for the fling OF articles Of
Incorporation mounted up rapidly. but there
is one item in the total amount that the
"reformcrs' fail to specify. as it would
indicate that the increase would not be so
steady as they pretend. During the present
almiuigfrQ a Of ba
incorporation OF the reorganized Union Pa
cihC road was filed and the fee amounted
20 Sl3.603. This large amount taken in in one
day represents over One-half of the total
amount collected by Secretary Porter dur
ing the eighteen months. The fee for the
same Union Pacific articles in one OF the
neighboring states was over s27 900. II re-
publicans were 10 resort 10 popocratic
methods OF telling campaign stories they
would intimate chat Porter pocketed over
$4,000 on the Union Pacific deal and would
quote the law Of an adjoining state as a
conclusive proof, being careful not 70 ex-
plain that this state still charges lower fees
than do some Of the others.
VIII Get the Guns Back.
Part OF the claim Of this state against the
general government for ordnance and stores
turned over 10 the troops is TO be settled
amount 10 the state. as is shown in the fol-
lowing telegram received today:
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-P. Il. Barry Ad-
Jutant General, Lincoln: Arrangements have
been made 10 transfer 10 state ordnance
stores turned over by Second Nebraska vol
unteers and Troop X, Third Volunteer cav
airy, on their muster out not TO exceed
amount turned over Nv the state.
FLAGLER. Chief Of Ordnance
The latest mail report from the Third
regiment, dated August 20. shows the fol-
lowing list OF men sick in the division hos
pttal. Company A, John o. Johnson. VII
liam Nichols. John J. Smith. William JET
fers, B. Samuel W. Barker Daniel w Nc
MILAN, John NJ. Ellis; c. Fred Hanshic:
d, Harry Landsberry, Lawvitz Jorgenson
Peter Thompson. Lars p. Nelson: E. B. F.
Peck, F, W, P. Burns. :. G. JeTries. Paden
HOddies. II. W Mier, c. A. H. Shumway
H. Bennett. Delbert Duncan. Oliver Hughes
Hosea Camp, Frank Meade. Edward Bore
H, Isaac l. Miller; l. James W Robert.
Charles II. Shonerd. William Walters, Fred
Austin Albert Center, K. P c. Werner
(returned 20 quarters this morning.: L,
Charles R. Parsons, Roy c. Taylor. Albert
Shook, Cyrus Redheld; VI, George Bigler
The brief in the defendant IN the case
of the State Normal School Board against
T. !. Majors was fled with the clerk OF
the supreme court today. The case grows
out OF the trouble down at Peru whereby
the board declined TO allow young Majors
10 attend the state normal. In the trial OF
the case by the district court Majors got
the verdict, the state board not having
presented any reasons why the young man
should not be allowed 20 attend the school
The case will probably be reviewed by the
supreme court at the coming fall term.
Ifn.nIn In.nl Mates.
John C. Phillips died at his home this
morning Of consumption. He had been a
sufferer from the disease for a long time.
but was able 20 be around the house until
a short time ago. Funeral services will
be held Saturday, after the arrival OF reia-
uves from out OF the city. Young people
of the Presbyterian church will have charge
OF the services. the deceased having been
one OF their workers.
W. Botsford, lecturer in Greek and
Roman history az Harvard university who
has been in the city for some time renewing
old acquaintances, returned 70 his home
in the east yesterday
Omaha people az the hotels. At the Lin
deil-Miss Mabel Hake. Mrs whitney, c.
l. BOufher. Al the Liucolu-K. e. More