Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-05
kORLD.HERALD SHOWS HAND
Withdraws Protest on Saloon License
Whel Fee iS Paid that Paper
CHALLENGED TO ejaculation SHOWING
Attorney. for that Paper sidestePs the
Proposition - Civic Federation
Files Number of Protests
Against Saloons.

For the small sum of $50 the World-Her-
aid last night withdrew its protests against
the Issuance OF license to sell LIQUOR TO
]. f. c. Rumohr, at 224 North Sixteenth
street. and to the Pabst Brewing company,
at 2QS North Sixteenth street, after filing,
among others, the following reasons why
the licenses in these cases should not be
granted:
For the reason that said applicant has
on each and every first day of the week
commonly called Sunday, during the
months of October, November and Decem-
Der, 1905, sold or given away liquors con-
That the petition OF said applicant is not
signed by thirty resident freeholders of
said applicants ward.
Attorney simeral acting for the World
Herald, admitted tho attitude of his pub
LEGATION toward the saloon keepers by say
ing, when called upon to speak regarding
his protests
Il withdraw the protests. as believe
they have advertised in the World
Herald"
sidesteps the Direct Test.
And then in the face of the statement
by Attorney Connell that the World
Herald was holding up the saloon keepers
because they had not advertised their APP
plications for license, in that sheet. which
has for the past two years become no
torious because of its frantic efforts to
prevent the acceptance of tainted money"
Attorney Simeral again sidestepped a
proposition from Mr.. Connell to come TO
! a showdown on the circulation of the
World Herald and The Bee to see which
was entitled to publish the notices by
saying that when the board asked him to
| bring in his records he would do so, and
| the case went over
II am ready for a hearing right now, -
| said Mr.. Connell. "If the World-Herald
! has the larger circulation. that paper is
entitled to publish the notices, and The
/ Bee has no right to make the saloon keep
ers pay it for advertising; but The Bee
has the larger circulation, and the World
Herald is Matchmaking the saloon keepers
| of Omaha into paying it money for pub
fishing notices of application for license.
| 1t is an outrage 1t should be stopped. l
want to read you how that paper is
/ matchmaking the saloon keepers. Here is
portion of a letter sent out by the World
| Herald:
| Challenge to WOrId-HeraId.
| You will notice that more than half OF
| the liquor dealers have already advertised
In the Evening World-Herald and We hope
you will bring yours in at an early date.
Those who do not advertise In the Evening
/
THAT is the rankest kind of blackmail
and want this board to compel the World
Herald to bring it's records and have a
hearing on the natter
| II am ready to make my showing when
the board tells me to- said Mr.. simeral.
I'VE must get down to business, gentle
! men," said Member Spratlen, and the board
took up the case of Nelson and Jensen.
both of whom wanted license to run a
saloon at 2o32-3 1896 North Twentieth street
and the case of Rumohr and Kuhl Co, who
wanted license to operate ait PA North
4 Sixteenth street
did you say you had withdrawn the
World-Herald protest against Rumohr?'
/ said member OF the board to Mr.. Simeral
''Oh, yes, we withdraw that protest; he
has advertised in the World Herald
During the meeting the World-Herald
filed a number of other protests, those
whose applications We're completed being
the Richardson Drug company, w. C. Al
bach, 1928 Farnam street. and the Western
Amusement company at Krug park.
Civic Federation Protests.
Elmer E. Thomas. representing the Civic
federation, filed protests against the fol-
lowing: MeadiIner & Colwell, 9O2 Capitol
avenue; Joseph Wagner, 723 South Six
teenth street, Wlilam sutherland III
North Ninth street; Critchheld & Broom
held 1124 Capitol avenue. and r., j. Moran
f13 Douglas street In his protests Mr.
Thomas charged keeping open after mid
night, on Sundays and in some instances
Of harboring prostitutes. These cases were
all set for hearing at the next meeting.
The Nelson & Jensen case and the Ru
mohr-Kuhl & Co. case turned on the poin
of whether n man who did not pay hii
debts, owed to brewery which set hin
up in business. was fit man to run 1
saloon Nelson had possession of thu
schlitz building on North Twentieth stree
and the brewing company brought wit