Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-21


and day. The license specifies that the |
law has been complied with, while the SUI |
preme court in telling what is meant In !
its opinion In the case said the auditor |
must issue the license II the insurance |
company promised and made assurances
that It would pay into its mortuary fund !
some $1,000 which It was alleged by the |
insurance department had been illegally |
drawn out Of II. Mr. Pierce and the at
torney general are working on special
license to conform to that Interpretation
and avoid saying the law had been com
piled with.
The action OF the court has occasioned
considerable gossip among lawyers and
state officers over this decision. When 1t
first came down denying the writ asked
for by the plaintiff. Chief Justice Holcomo
was asked for an Interpretation OF the
courts decision and replied that the license
must not issue until President Spinney
had put the $4,000 in the mortuary fund.
The department informed Spinney' ana
Judge Field and Attorney General Brown
then asked the court for It's Interpretation
OF the opinion and It came down last night,
giving spinney until December 81 In which
to replace the money. The license 10 DE
issued will have to run until March /.
Miss Day n HumOrist.
answer
intendent McBrien regarding the qualihca-
lions Of candidates for county superin-
tendent. one was received this morning
which made even Mr.. McBren admit there
was some humor In one of the candidates.
| The letter that caused Mr. McBrien 10
| smile was from Miss Anna V. Day OF bea-
trice. candidate for county superintendent
| in Gage county After the prelimlnarles
Miss Day wrote:
Below will be found the names and quail
! hcations OF the candidates Tor county su
| perintendent of Gage county:
| Republican--Anna " Day
| Democrat-Anna ". Day.
| Populist-Anna V. Day.
| Prohibition-No candidate -, .,.o
| All of the above hold professional state
| certificates good for Ire. -
Miss Day was elected for nrs' TERM
as a republican and so well did she serve
her county that she was endorsed by the
| other narties for a second term. Accord
ing 70 Mr.. McBrien she earned her NE
examination after most difficult exanlnd-
ton and she was highly complmenteu oS
the examining board.
In two other counties politics nave laiieu
IN cut any figure in the selection OF cahul-
dates for county superintendent. In heu
willow county Miss Flora B. QUICK, VIM
! was elected for a first term on the iusioN
.,o,,ot was endorsed by the republicans
| before
her and in Otoe county r. c. King,
ron,,bIican running for a third term mas
10 onnosition. Superintendent McBrlen Is
r,a,I nleased with the absence OF politics
sro-, the election of county superintenoehts'
the qualifications of the person ha'lhs
risen above 2oitics'
Some Ignore the Law.
Information has just reached the once
80 s,,nerintendent McBrien that some
county superintendents contempiA'eu
ou,r, certificates which expired unuer
tha old law. without paying any attentioh
IN the requirements under the ne" Id"
enacted by the late legislature AS 81"
as definite information was receNeu W
Mr.. McBrieh on the subject ne Ht ono'
,ss,,ad a letter to the county superin-
tordents calling their attention TO the pro-
vIsions of the new law and warning theii
tho+ 10 renew the old certificates woulo
subject them to prosecution and propaOly
forfeiture of their portion of the state
annortionment of school money IN MS
} letter Mr.. McBrien said;
| permit me TO call your attention 70 RUE
p on the new certificate law reia tts'a rs 20
| ~ ttna when all county certlncdles
granted under the old law become lnEdIu,
| have been surprised to hear some OF ouI
superintendent tax seriously ts ia % 10 W. when
| thew expire-even going so Tar as 10 say
they contemplated renewing th Lt g[a1 t
| fail 10 realize the sacredness and the force
| Of established law. The crime OF the hour
is the fragrant and open ViolaIlo 1 % no, iaT
, ! superintendent upon assuming the duties
of the Office was to support the consttu-
, | tion OF the United States, the constitution
of Nebraska, and the laws of our country
and of our state.
Rule p is In strict accord with the . ex,
l listing law. Any county superintendent
) who certificates the teachers OF his county
: in violation Of this law is guilty OF crime
against the state. Any teacher so oertihi
: Gated is not a legally qualified teacher,
: and the district where such teacner is
employed foTfeits it's right to share in the
the officers of such district are liable 10
prosecution for paying out money belong
ing to the district to any but legally
qualified teacher.
It has also been reported to the superin-
tendent's Office that a number of the cam
didates for county superintendent have not
4 the qualifications for the place in that
they do not possess first grade certificates
Under the law the superintendent must
4 hold a first grade certificate. However
j examinations are being held today and to-
morrow and those who do not now have
j these certificates may be able 10 make
4 good and avoid embarrassment should they
be elected.
Among the delegates who arrived to-
night were j. c. Taylor and wife of Hart
ford, Conn, president of the prison as
Z | ISOLATION of Connecticut; Edward S
! Wright of Pittsburg. Pa, for thirty-fiv'
years warden OF the penitentiary there
n Mrs. Wright, A. L. Meserye and wife Of
Wellington, Delaware; Arthur Pratt o.
Salt Lake City. warden of the Utah peni
Tertiary; A. Baldwin and wife Of Chicago
President Garvin will arrive at 1880 il
the morning.
Figures on the Corn Crop.
The State Bureau of Statistics is estimat
ing the yield of the various crops In the
state this year, and in view Of the esti
4 mates and figures given out by other inter
ests there is some interest being manifesto,
q as TO what the figures OF the bureau viii
show relative to the various crops. and es
i pecially as to the yield OF corn. From
Burlington sources the corn yield has beef
estimated at 10000 OOO bushels and the est.
y mate made by General Manager Bidwell o
I the Northwestern is 600 bushels. Tn
4 figures issued by the Union Pacific approx
: mate 245, 100 bushels.
II Special attention has been given the mat
81 ter vf crop enumeration this year by tn
state bureau. The matter of acreage emu
meration constitutes the basis upon whic