Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-22
OBJECTS 10 PARTY QUERIES
Chairman Of Popalists Does Not Like
Registration MsthodL
SECURES RESTRAINT or ELECTION SOAHO
Record % Political r~referezces Ne
Cssstders IscssstftutIsssl aad .
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eraI Nesrasks views
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LINCOLN, March 2L-fspeciaL}-Judre
Frost Of the district court this afternoon
Issued an order restrainins Members Of 90
election board In tsis city from making
inquiries 81 voters. al the usual reEistrs-
ten. a. TO their party preference. and
IRON recording party Affiliations IN the
repatriation books. The sction Is begun
hy Charles Q De France. Chairman Of the
po1uiist state central committee. ard an
didate for counciimaa IN the sixth ward Of
this city.
In his petition NJ. De France asserts
that the act suthorizisg election boards 70
make such Inquiries and 10 record the re-
sponses il unconstitutional for the reason
that Il Is DESIGNED TO coeree voters who
mar b members Of the minority party. aDd
further because II is contraTy 70 the pro-
vision Of the constitution, whteh says that
all elections shall Be- free and tsst there
shall Be no hindrsnoe or impedinent to the
right Of a qualified voter 20 exercise the
right u franchise.
Mr.. De France proposes 10 make THIS a
test case ard be hopes 20 have the law
declared Invalid. He aTsrs that the act
u eoatrzry 20 a Pricr provision OF the
registration las. Which has never been
amended IL purportiDE 10 BE- complete ia
N3EA1 ~ - Na@N -
Involved in the case are o. far-reaehing
inportancs TO the public generally and that
no other remedy EXISTS save that Of injune-
ZION.
Hearing On the Injunction has been as-
sirned for March IS. II an appeal from
Judge Frost's decision u taken the nnal
railing cannot be made in time TO apply
To the local Registrations for the spring
election.
Iuerease I'm LIaasr license Zee.
Ry unanimous vote the excise board Of
this city today adopted a rule raising the
annual liquor license fee from $1,000 to
$500. At It's meeting yesterday a rssolu-
ton was introduced By r. 2. Finney pro-
vidiuE for an increase to 3. 600, but e eom-
premise was affected b. raising the fee 500
above the present rate. The board also re-
solved against granting liquor permits to
drug stores. but permission viii be gwen
thee Institutions TO sell alcohol and wood
alcohol for medicinal sad mechanical pur-
poses. The meeting wac full OF sxeitemeut.
several attorneys. a number Of saloon keep
srs and other interested persons attending
AID participating in the proceedings
The action OF the excise board vas
vromptsd By the resolution adopted BIZ the
Commercial club. which recommended q
AIxh license IS against the proposition e
DO sway entirely With the saloons.
Supreme Court Cali
The cali fer the next sitting Of the su-
prens court. which begins April 1. contains
stxty-two cases a. f1llors,
Buck against Hogeooona. Douglas; Farm
ers' Mutual Insurance Co, against kinney,
Gage: Meruude against Behnke. Box Butte
WHOM Pacsno Railroad CO. against stan
wood. Douglas: Rutland Savings Bank
against QBE-ar. Sherman; InElehar;
against Luil. Douglas. Sutton Exchaaga
Bank against Groeshans, Clay; NAsSn
axn.nst Oreiss. Hamilton; Wtlkinson
2neafnsG rUllxfHsos, Casa shelby a9atuSi
CFeaKh1on. R5ugiass McC0rnfek II Co
Rgainst Preifarer. Dawson: Cruzsn against
Pottie, Lincoln; Moore against HeieeeA
NuckoTEs; Emo against moore. Dodge: Co
iumhus STATE Bank against Carrtg. Pate
Hin against Echnauck. Gage. Brinkvortn
~ a. against Hasiett. Gage; Levy against
HinzL Douglas: LAu against BiombSrB
Saunders: Upton against Erwin. Harlan
johnson against Talbot Douglas. Crets
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. against Pat1
Saline. Kendall against Selby, Douglas
Andrew against WhitWer, Lancaster Per
Efsg AGAINST Milton. Saline: Kudrna agains'
DodEs; Browne against Croft
Douzfae farmers Loan and Trust CO
araf1Ht Suydam. Douglas; Michigan MI
tuai Lie Insurance. Co. against stephens
DouEina. Harlan Count against whitney
Rsrfan; Fort against Cook, otoe; Meekei