Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-18
NAME STREET FOR MICKEY
Lincoln City Council Proposes to Honor the
Present Governor
pRoHlBIrlONsTs PUT UP CITY TICKET
City Council of Lincoln IL Asked 20
Prohibit the Production of Ban-
dit Plays and Books on kin
dred Topics.
(From a staff Correspondent)

A<lANCOAANs ANtust MdIGu .-NOptCldtJ
Lincoln will probably have a street named
in honor Of Governor Mickey. At the
meeting of the council last evening Coun-
Gilman Pentzer introduced an ordinance
providing for changing the names now ap-
piled to parts Of Twenty-third street to
avoid the confusion that is now said to
arise from the designations in use The
measure provides that the street now
known as West Twenty-third street lying
between Vine street and the Missouri Pa
cifc tracks, shall be hereafter known as
Mickey avenue, and that the street now
known as East avenue, being that part Of
Twenty third street lying north Of the
| tracks and extending to the city limits,
shall be heueafter known simply as Twen-
ty-third street. The ordinance was read
the first time and referred.
Prohibitionists Put Up Ticket.
The prohibitionists of Lincoln held a
convention yesterday at which nominations
! for city officers were made, a central COM
mittee to carry on the campaign was ap-
| pointed and it was decided to open head
quarters in the undertaking establishment
Of A. D. Guile on South Eleventh street
Rev. c. E. Bentley who was nominated for
president on the prohibition ticket for
1896, was named for the office of mayor
/ anu DTs 1. j. udu duu - H. AJASS
| for members Of the excise board.
There were less than twenty-five at the
convention, but those in attendance were
enthusiastic over the fight to be made
against the liquor traffic DR.. T. ]. Mer-
ryman was chosen chairman and ]. H.
| Elmore clerk.
On motion the following committee was
appointed to look after the campaign and
| fill vacancies on the ticket: DR.. Merryman,
chairman; ]. H. Elmore, Frank Linch, Rev.
| j. E. Underwood, H. L. Andrews and Clar-
| ence Andrews.
bandit Plays Not Wanted.
Two ordinances we're introduced at last
evenings meeting of the council to dis
courage the glorihcation of banditism by
| prohibiting the production of plays intended
| to portray the lives and deeds of despera-
does and the sale of literature concerning
| them. These bills were prepared by c. ii.
| Sargent, claiming to represent the Society
| of Friends. Councilman Powell fathered
| the measures, as they we're introduced by
| him. One of them provides that 1t shall
be unlawful for any person to participate
in the presentation Of any show, drama
or exhibition In the city wherein the con-
duct, lives or characters Of outlaws and
criminals are exploited and advertised, OF
| 10 tease pIelulbt5 lOl thS pAONNSNASAS ~
| any such entertainment, the penalty being
fixed at fine of from s. to 500.
Another ordinance provides similar PEN
| alties for anyone who sells or exhibits for
sale any books. pamphlets or literature,
except newspapers, portraying the lives,
| character or achievements of bandits.
Mr.. Sargent said that he had some time
| ago called upon a newsdealer to see whether
or not the latter had for sale the life Of
Jesse James and had found him in the
act of selling a copy. The dealer had ad-
vised him that he had a great demand
for the book and had probably sold 500
copies within the year. The speaker con-
tended that such literature poisons the
minds OF the young and that there are
plenty of good books in the city library
and elsewhere for them to read. He read
an extract from a newspaper in which 1t
| was stated a woman bandit recently par
| doned in a western state had been inspired
| to a life of crime by reading the stories
| exploited by noted criminals Mr.. 0ar-
! gent referred to the production of the
James boys and said that a new atrocity
| known as Tracy, the Outlaw" or the
most thrilling man-hunt in history" is
being produced and may soon be expected
in Lincoln unless steps are taken to pre-
vent it.
| Attorney Is FerpleNed.
Several months ago the council directed
the city attorney TO draft an ordinance cal
culated to prevent the presentation Of
shows of an immoral tendency, but the
| city attorney encountered a great deal OF
perplexity in drawing the line. One OF the
essentials of the drama is the villain, and
| IL 1t was the intent to prevent the portrayal
of audacious villainy, Mr.. STROBE could not
/ see how uncle Toms Cabin" was going
to stand the test. Mr.. Sargent seems to
| have come to the rescue OF the city at
torney by bringing In a measure to pre-
vent the portrayal Of outlawry. There Is,
however. a light opera which Introduces
the historic Robin Hood, and when it
comes around again. as it most certainly
will, 1t will be up to the city authorities
to determine whether or not It shall be
| peacefully permitted.
The argument was heard today in the su-
preme court on the iehearing Of the Omaha
police board case, involving the right Of the
present acting board to the Offices Of fire
and police commissioners Of the city of
Omaha.