Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-01
VETERANS AFTER OFFICES
MANY Leaders OF G. A, R, Think Prefer
suce Law is Being 0verwOrked.
FEAR LEGISLATURE WILL REPEAL IT
Fifteen Persons Convicted OF Murder
in the First Degree Petition
the Legislature 10 Grant
Them PnrdOns.
FEAR LEGISLATURE WILL REPEAL IT
tFrom a stan Correspondent

(frOm stan Correspondents
DIES MONIES. Nov. S0.-(Speciai)-It il
learned that three ministers who are old
soldiers are arranging to spend the winter
in Des Moines and will apply for the posi-
tions Of opening the house and senate each
morning with prayer. Heretofore each
house has had committee which has
looked after inviting ministers. securing a
different one each morning for the most
part. II Is learned, however, that some Of
the old soldiers think the soldiers prefer
ence law should apply to this service the
same as to any other, and have arranged 10
assert their rights Unless level-headed
members of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie and the old soldiers Of the state are sue
cessfui in prevailing on them to abandon
their intention it is conceded that they are
likely TO embarrass the, committees of the
Legislature and, Furthermore, vaFk for the
repeal Of the old soldier preference law. In
addition to these old soldiers there Is a
host of others who are arranging to ask the
Legislature for positions Of doorkeeper.
| clerks, assistants and janitors.
About one-haif of the ianitors and door
keepers have been old soldiers in the past.
but large number of the clerks are not In
fact. very few of the clerks are old SOL
diers George A. Newman, secretary of the
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, position Of that kind. After enacting the
old soldiers preference law, which the SUI
preme court has now declared to be con-
/ stitutionaI. the senate and house will have
difficulty in turning down any old soldier
who can make a showing of being able to
do the work. Past Commander l.. b. Ray
mond Of the Iowa Grand Army of the Re-
public, is urging the old soldiers to be mod
crate and reasonable, and frankly states
that unless the old soldiers desist the law
will be repealed and self-respecting old SOL
dlers will be forced to ask for its repeal.
Pardon Applications All In.
The last day for filing applications with
! the legislature for paTdons by life prisoners
serving sentence for first degree murder
has passed and there are just fifteen APP
plicatons, including that of Charles Rocker
of Lyon county whose appeal to the SUI
preme court has not yet been heard by
that body. Two others, Louis Busse OF
Bremen county and Joseph {. Smith OF
Monroe, are under the death sentence and
set to be executed next April. The other
! applicants are Nathan and Frank Rains
barger, who belonged to the famous Rains
barger gang that was the terror of Hardin
| county in the early days; ]. b. Taylor OF
! Clinton, who poisoned his wife and through
q remark to the justice of the peace that
married him to another woman the next
day caused suspicion; Betsy Smith who
! murdered her husband in this city; George
| Weems, who murdered Conductor Ridpath
) while attempting to rob him, also in this
, city: J. II. Carter of Winneshiek county
| T. w. Watson of Mills county; A. D. Storms
of Des Moines county; John G.. Steele OF
Monroe; William Toole .sofl sac Alonzc
Robbins of Lee and ofpsaaS~1S EeP herson. OF
Louisa. t+ bio. d.
C. O.D. Liquor.
A &C o. D." liquor case has reached tn,
supreme court from Warren county and Il
a test of the law in section 2SS9 OF the
| code supplement s. Bernstein of this city
| went to Indianola and exhibited samples
! of liquor. He gave small drinks to three
citizens there and they later on thu
| strength of the quality of the samples
bought liquor. Bernstein represented the
Simon Lewis liquor house of Rock Island
| ILL.,, and his attorneys claim that his arres
! is illegal. The facts were submitted t
Judge Gamble without a jury as a test
pure and simple. of the constitutionalitH
| of the statutes, and he sentenced Bernstein
TO a short Jail sentence. Bernsteins at
| torneys argue that it is making penal inter
| state commerce and argue the case entirely
on that ground before the supreme court.
| Pleased with Cottage Method.
The State Board of Control returned to
day from the semi-annual visit of inspec
ton to all the state institutions At Chero
kee the new cottage for the use of the meI
patients who are able to work in the tield
has just been opened and the board hold
that the method of separating the patients
is better all around The basement noo