Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-18
People Of Atlantic Attack Accuracy Of
Figures for that City.
WILL DELAY PUBLICATION OF REPORT
seven Hundred Pages Arc Already
Printed ana No Funds Available
for Getting out Cor
rectcd Volume.
CFrom A STAFF Correspondent

inc members OF the executive council The
state law requires the secretary of state
to certify to the correctness of the
census returns and the court at Atlantic
is likely to decide that the census of At
lantic is incorrect. The census of Atlantic
is part of the census Of the state and
enters into practically every table in the
census volume. Perhaps 80 pages of the
1,OOOpage book will be more or less iucor-
rect. These pages are already printed and
ready for the binder and II the courts hold
that the census at Atlantic is Incorrect the
secretary of state cannot certify that the
figures are correct and the executive coun-
ell has exhausted its appropriation and
cannot reprint the 700 pages. Hence 1t
can easily be seen that it is a difficult
problem to figure out what to do. 1t was
thought at first that the certificate by the
secretary of state might be made to read
that all was correct except Atlantic and
then give the corrections for that city, but
as that city is a part of the state the tables
on foreign births, soldiers matrimonial re-
lations and all the rest are incorrect and
the corrections cannot be given for all of
The tables The temporary injunction
against the executive council issuing the
volume has been granted and the council
is waiting anXiously to ascertain the results
Of the permanent hearing. The Atlantic
suit grew out of the temperance question.
The temperance people believe the census
padded to make the population over
5000 and thus keep the saloons. They are
trying to show in the courts that the popu-
lation is less than 5000 and If they succeed
they will not only badly complicate things
with the executive council. but will also
drive the saloons out of Atlantic unless
he ~ Of hn x.nfa
Of the entire county can be secured
Drainage Liquidation.
Representative B. f. Robinson of the
Dickinson Emmett district, who was in the
city the past week attending the meetings
of the State Agricultural society says there
will be some minor amendments introduced
to the drainage law this winter. Two years
ago as the chairman of the subcommittee
1 on drainage Mr. Robinson did vast
amount of work toward perfecting the
drainage laws and they have since stood
4 the test of the supreme court The north
I ern part of the state and especially Mr..
| Robinson's district is chiefly affected by the
| laws. II have in mind some minor changes
| which I may introduce" said Mr.. Robin
son. but on the whole the law is working
very satisfactorily and a good law needs
| protection after being placed on the statute
| books well as to be placed there in the
first place. The principal change will be
! to give supervisors funds with which to
, proceed under the law"
| Wants LAW Optional.
| Senator Shirley Gillland OF Mills county
who was in the city the last week, believes
the primary election law should be optional
with counties. II voted against the law in
the senate the last time for that reason"
! taken the matter up a short time before
the last session of the Legislature and the
party had refused to adopt the primary sys-
TEN. Consequently did not feel like sup
porting 1t. The country people oppose it
for the reason that they claim the towns
will get all the Offices They claim that in
bad weather the town voters viii turn out
while the country people vii not, while I'M
der the caucus plan the country people
will be able occasionally TO get Offices by
trading"
! Convicted because John smith.
John Smith of Linn county objects to be-
ing sent TO the penitentiary simply because
his name is John Smith and has conse-
quently appealed 10 the supreme court.
Smith was indicted for larceny The state
showed that John Smith" was indicted
for felony in Dallas county and convicted
April 9, 1897, and again in Linn county, No
vember 10 1887. and again In Linn county.
October 10, 1901. Under the habitual Grim
mails act If a man is convicted of three
previous felonies he can be given a peni-
Tertiary sentence. But this John Smith
claims the state did not att nmpt to prove
that he was the same John Smith convicted
on former occasions and thinks It is mani
testify unfair TO try to force him to carry
ne I,.f I.l,,,
Smith convicted in history is not identical
with himself.
Citizens Give over S1,5DO.0OO.
According to the biennial report of the
Iowa Library commission, filed with Gov
ernor Cummins last night. Andrew Carnegie
and Iowa citizens have given over 81, 500 900
toward the erection of free public libraries.
When the last report was made two years
ago the amount given up to that time was
81, $500. Since then the Kendall Young
estate of Webster City has given the
! Young home, valued at S25OO00, and other
requests have been made of SZ1 coo, max
ing the total given for public libraries to
date S,s29,2O0. The report of the commits
| sion is a review of the work Of the last
! two years and asks that a larger appropri-
alton be made for the work by the coming
legislature and that the department be al
lowed another helper. The report shows
that there is not county In that state
that has not been reached by the travelling
sections Of the library, and further shows
an enormous growth Of that feature of the
library work. The report contains illustFa-
lions of libraries and library plans for the
guidance of towns and cities about 10 erect
libraries
Eliminate Coal Tar.
Coal tar dyes will be eliminated from the
manufacture of candy in this state by the
pure food bill about to be drafted for pre-
sentug to the Legislature An investiga-
ton has shown that practically all the
candy is colored with coal tar products,
which are very cheap and give very beauti-
full colors, but which arc shown to be very
Injurious to the health. 1t was learned by
members of the committee on investigating
that coal tar dye had been known TO Kill
| children. IL is recognized that the preju-
dice in favor of yellow butter is such that
coal tar dye in butter can not be prohibited
or all the farmers and dairymen Will arts.
I'm opposition to the bill. It is claimed thai
a four-ounce bottle Of the dye will be sur-
| hcient 10 color the butter that would feed
500 persons and hence Il Is claimed that
no possible, harm can result, and still the
members Of the committee would like &c