Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-18


r%ectors. has supplied the engineer TO sur
vey and locate. the lawyer to counsel and
advise. the labor and material. As a mat
ter Of fact. in most cases the Nebraska
company has no capital and has had no
treasury; It has had a franchise to be and
TO build. Under general corporation laws
this is easy. Such laws mean simply free
trade in franchises-in these sovereign
privileges. After the road has been built
the foreign company causes the Nebraska
company to make a 999-year lease to it Of
the property and It locks up in It's vaults
all Of the so-called capital stock as one OF
its assets and this stock is never again
taken out Of the repository. The Nebraska
company never has any rolling stock; Il
never has any gross earnings: II has no
operating expenses; It has no net earnings;
it is to all intent and purposes de-
funct; II is a mere travesty. As a cor
p~oration It is a mere caricature, a mere
Authorization and moonlight on a shovel.
I'm all the states the franchise has
wrought the same works. In all, today,
after long and weary bearing the burdens
Of the franchise. the people are growing
restless. At times the worm will turn.
What has the franchise done7 II has made
500, 900, 900 OF capital worth 5000, 000, 900. It
has levied excessive freight and passenger
traffic upon the products and people OF the
state to pay interest and dividends on in
hated capitalization. It has dominated the
political convention. Often It has named
our servants in the nation and state"
The brief concludes: Will anyone ask,
Should the franchise be assessed for taxa
ton in view OF all these things? Leave
out the franchise and you leave out the
a l. - W.. -N
the greatest asset in the state, that which
makes the flag itself an asset. that which
forms sovereignty itself. Leave It out and
you leave out the constitution"
Court About Ready to Rest.
The supreme court met today for the
last regular sitting of the January term.
The judges will take a few matters under
consideration on June 8, but will listen to
only one formal argument at that time.
Opinions will likely be delivered at the
conclusion Of the special session and then
the machinery Of the court will be stopped
until the beginning Of the September
term.
The Nebraska Prison Reform association
held a special meeting at the Lindell no.
tel last night. Extemporaneous speeches
were made by Judges westover of Rush
Vile. Davidson Of Tecumseh, Sedgwick Of
York and Holmes of Lincoln. DR.. Martin.
chaplain Of the state penitentiary, read a
report, in which he said:
When 1 assumed the duties OF this Of
nee l obtained from the state warden
hamifS EI e rs Nav me and Th Iesr TedIf fha aeaY Ave '6 of
them a no prospects of work and no
transportation to places where they could
friends in other states, who were ready
and willing to lend a helping hand. One
Uther sent fo 1 to %iyoEn paffds 81 sne and 10 o t2wa; l ent
assistance since they had reached their
destination.
with tears in his eyes to thank the asso-
citation for its kindness and help. / re-
ceived a letter from another man, soon
after he arrived at his home in illinois
that was extremely pathetic, a letter In
which he told of his hopes to lead such
a life in the future that we might know
by his life his gratefulness.. The railroads
deserve thanks for their kindness in fur
1t is a good work and has been wisely
organized.
Funeral of G. NJ. Lambertson.
The funeral of G.. NJ. Lambertson will be
held tomorrow morning at / o'clock from
the family residence. The Lancaster County
Bar association and other organizations Of
which Mr.. Lambertson was a member will
attend in bodies. A committee consisting
Of W. ]. Lamb, F. NJ. Hall, A. w. Field,
/. W. Billingsley and II. H. Wilson has
been appointed by the lar association to
draft resolutions OF respect to the deceased.
Retail grocers Of Lincoln closed their
stores early this morning and Joined in
a picnic at Lincoln park. The affair was
held under the auspices Of the local retail
grocers' association.
General Victor Vifquain has appointed the
following delegates to represent Lancaster
county at the forthcoming democratic state
conventions: H.. F. Hockey, Robert Malone,
]. A. Mcguire, NJ. L. Scott, Jacob North,
G. W. Losey, Joseph Whitman, P. L. Hall,
G. H. Holman. T. ]. Hensley, Lee En-
wards, W. H. Ungles, Guy Andrews, James
Manahan, John Carr, John Weiseman, P.
H. Cooper, NJ. J. Malone. Will Love, T.
]. Doyle. T. s. Allen. NJ. D. Welch, ]. H.
Harley, F. w. Brown. ". B. Price, E. E.
Brown, A. v. Johnson, VIII Barton, L
F. Zeigler, A. D. Kitchen, William Nc
Laughlin, C. s. Jones. Jim Norris, Ralph
Whited, G.. ]. Hess, R. W. Roberts, c. s
Workman, w. B. Hester, Sam Hinkle, J
H. Becker. Joe Neville, A. H. Gleason, ]
e. Davy, John o'Connell, John keenan,, c
L. Morrison, Richard Flynn, H. ]. Schultz
Henry Meyer, Con Moran, Ed Haley, e. f
Black, John Higgins, J. W. Armstrong
w n Tow J. II. Broadly. Fifty-siX.