Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-31
TEMPERANCE PEOPLE ACTIVE
Urge senatOr DOllvsr to Support the
Hepburn Original Package Bill
TOWNS TO FIGHT PAYMENT OF TAX AID
Adiutant General Byers Believes New
Guard Legislation Will Prove
Highly Beneficial TO the
Service.
TOWNS TO FIGHT PAYMENT OF TAX AID
CFrom a stan Correspondent


DES MONIES, Jan. 30.-(Special. Tel
egrams we're sent from Des MoineS today
by a large number of temperance men to
Senator Dolliver at Washington, urging
upon him that he give hearty support to
the Hepburn original package" bill which
passed the house a few days ago. II is
understood here that Senator Dolliver has
agreed to push II in the senate The bill
was drafted here in Des Moines by a com
mittee Of the state temperance societies,
and placed in the hands Of Colonel Hep
burn. II provides that where intoxicating
or other liquors are shipped from one state
or territory in which they may be found
the same as IL they had been produced or
mede there, shall not escape the or
dnary laws Of police regulation because Of
having been imported and sold in "original
| packages" The bill Is for the assistance
of those sections OF the country where
temperance sentiment is strong and regu-
lations to enforce which are rendered diff
/ fcult by the original package subterfuge
} The kilograms sent from here today were
| by ]. c. Callahan jefferson S. Polk, J. G.
Olmsted. A. X. Campbell and other we'll
| known business men of the city. They rep
resent that the law would be Of material
! benefit in the enforcement Of the mulct
! tax laws Of Iowa in a large part Of the
state, and would be useful in other states
! They have assurances that the bill will re-
ceive earnest support in the senate from
! the Iowa members.
VIII Resist Railroad Tax.
The Iowa Falls railroad, constructed
| from Iowa Falls to Des Moines, but not
/ yet in operation the entire distance, will
have to fight for the collection of $4,000
| in In tie oil oil
! The tax aid was voted on condition that
It would have its trains running into Des
Moines by the last day Of 1902. The COM
pany did. in fact, have it's tracks laid into
/ the city on that day. and ran a train over
! the tracks into the city, and announced a
time card and schedule Of trains. COM
mittee from the town of Nevada visited
! Des Moines December 81 for the purpose
of ascertaining the condition of the road
at this end. Since then the city council
of Nevada, where the heaviest part Of the
| tax is to be paid, asked the city solicitor
for an opinion as to whether or not the
company has complied with the terms on
(which the tax was voted. The town So
licitor has prepared an opinion, holding
that the company is not entitled to the
tax II this is sustained by the council no
tax will be levied, and the company will
nave TO go INTO court 10 COInpel COlleC-
tion OF the special tax, not only in Nevada,
but all along the line. The total Of tax
aid was said to be nearly $4,000 The
business over the new route until in the
spring after the ballasting has been COM
pleted 'eN.'
Iowa and New. Military Law.
Adjutant General Byers returned this
morning from Washington, where he has
been looking after the interests of the
Iowa National Guard in legislation. He is
we'll satisfied that the Iowa claims for
money expended in equipping the volun-
teers for the war against Spain will all be
met this winter, a part Of the claims
through the auditing department and a
part by direct appropriation. He is i'm
mensely pleased with the passage Of the
Dick bill for making the national guards
OF the various states a part of the regular
| establishment and creating of the guard a
definite reserve for war purposes in con-
nection with the army Before leaving
| Washington he called on the chief Of the
| ordnance department and ascertained that
| the bureau is ready to do it's part in sup
| plying the guardsmen with guns and equip
ment. The chief OF the bureau stated that
he has already shipped 10000 stands of
arms to the Rock Island arsenal and from
these will be supplied the regiments of the
guards in this part OF the country Gen
eral Byers believes the effect of the new
idea in consolidating the regulars and the
guards will be to greatly benefit the guards.
Nothing was done in the matter OF deciding
what number Of the guardsmen will go to
Fort Riley to go into camp with the regu-
lars next summer.
Examine Lieutenant Colonel.
The military examining board called for
this week is today completing its work
with class OF six officers elected to posi-
tions in the guard. Those examined were:
Thomas C. Fee, Centerville; H. o. Hoxie