Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-22
BOYCOTT ON THE CARNIVAL
Students Retaliste for the Drubbiug They
Received Wednesday Night
STATE SCHOOL FUND APPoRTloNMENT
Supreme Court Passes on Many
Cases, Several of which are of
More Than Ordinary In
terest.
CFrom a stan correspondent.)


LINCOLN, May H-(Special.)-At a nass
meeting Of about 600 students Of the State
university this morning IL was decided to
secure an Injunction to prevent the Eagles
carnival from continuing. Another meet
ing was held this afternoon, however, called
to arrange details, and II was decided not
TO attempt to secure tho injunction but to
boycott the carnival company. Accord
ingly handbills were printed and distributed
containing in red ink the actions of the
students in declaring a boycott of the Col
Inns Carnival company. The bills appeal
to respectable people" to assist in ousting
the show by withholding their patronage.
Chancellor Andrews greatly deprecates the
actions Of the students. To the press he
said;
Il am opposed to any action on the part
of the students that would In any. way
be an lnfraction of the city. Their con-
duct last night was very reprehensible and
was absolutely inexcusable. l greatly
gret that the trouble occurred. On the
other hand perhaps others would have
used different means than those used by
the police TO stop the students. Possibly
the police were too rough but for all that
there was no excuse for the students to
attempt TO break any law of the city or to
destroy property"
The chancellor will not investigate the
action OF the students with a view OF ex-
pelling or suspending any of them. Il
hope the matter VIII stop where it is," he
said. land that there will be no further
trouble
students side of Trouble.
The hght last night was the first time on
record that the students lost out in carry
ing their point and consequently the
students are very much chagrined and the
police are correspondingly elated. Re-
garding last nights fiesta the students
claim that they had no Intention of break
ing up the carnival nor of destroying the
property of the carnival. Furthermore
some of them claim that when they were
refused admittance at the main entrance
of the grounds, the police crowded them
around on the south side between a build
ing and the canvas enclosure. They claim
that here were stationed a number of
canvas men and hangers on of the show,
armed with brick bats and clubs and that
the fight at once began. They were un-
able TO proceed and unable to get out or
to give any side steps for safety, conse-
ouently they claim they had to submit to
a beating and to the best of their ability
they took all that was coming to them.
Friends of the students censure the
police because they claim that Lincoln is
a college town. and is dependent upon the
colleges for subsistence, therefore II be-
hooves the town to grant the students
some liberties that are not down on the
statutes They claim that the shirt tail
parade is an annual affair, and the antics
of the students on these occasions, by
custom law are permissible.
On the other hand there is a large con-
tingent of Lincoln people who say the police
did the right thing. except not enough, of 1t.
They claim that when the students failed
to gain admittance at the main entrance OF
the grounds Bhey charged the south side
with the int&nt and purpose to get in,
whether they tore down the canvas or not.
Judge Cosgrave, who was a witness OF the
fracas, said the law-abidlng citizens OF the
town should uphold the police and that
every one OF them had done his duty In
clubbing the students away from the
grounds.
Wonder Injuries are So Slight
The great wonder is that some one was
not killed during the fight. The grounds
were crowded with men, women and chill
dren Brickbats few thick and fast
whether thrown by the show people or the
students is a question. Clubs, gaspipe, Iron
slabs and rocks were used as weapons.
During the beginning of the fight some one
fired a revolver, but who Il was is not
\ known to the police. One woman was
struck in the face with a brickbat. A
baby carriage was overturned and hs oc-
cupant spilled on the pavement.
II was the worst encounter the police and
students have had in years About ivs
years ago the two sides mixed up and one
policeman had several Of his ribs caved In
This policeman was IN the crowd that did
the clubbing. He got even,
Holds Law Unconstitutional.
According to Attorney General Prout tho
a law passed by the legislature to allow this
Lincoln Security Mutual Reserve company
to change to a stipulated premium legal re
serve company is unconstitutional The at
torney general In his opinion states that h
considers 1t unconstitutional TO permit th'
two-thirds majority of the board Of direc
tors to amend tie charter of the corpora
tion in the manner provided blythe bill
This is the measure which he advised tn
gov ernor TO veto. The governor signed tn
bill at the last moment although he ex
pressed grave doubts as to Its constitution
ality and had stated to members OF tn
press that he would veto It. because h,
thought that the matter ought to be Tough
out in the courts.
Preparing CapitOI Plans.
Draughtsman Hubbard Of the ONCE o
the state engineer is preparing plans 70
new approaches 70 the capitol grounds a
the northwest corner and also at the nortl
approach. The tentative plans as prepares
at the order OF the board, eontemplat
artificial stone steps. Those at the nOrtl
side will be flush with the street and tn
fun width OF the walk running north from
the state house TO the street. 1t win b