Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-16
UNIVERSITY CHARTER DAY
Henry Wade Rogers, Dean Of Yale Law
School, Delivers Address.
PHYSICAL LABORATORY is DEDICATED
Insurance Deputy Pierce Will Give
Insurance Company Time TO Pay
Reciprocal Tax Before
Taking Action.
(From a stan CorrespondentO

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 15.-(Special)-
Charter day was celebrated at the uni
versity today and in order that the students
and instructors of that institution might
be present at the exercises held in the
chapel OF Memorial hall, classes were dis
missed. Memorial services in honor OF the
late Prof. Dewitt Bristol Brace. were con-
Quoted and tributes from we'll known pro-
fessors of different colleges and universities
were read by Dean Ellery Williams Davis
at the conclusion of his discourse on the
life of the dead instructor.
In a brief address, Chancellor Andrews
extended an invitation TO all students and
citizens of Lincoln to inspect the new
building recently completed for the use of
the university. The chancellor also an
nounced that It had been decided to name
the new laboratory of physics after Prof.
Brace.
Henry Wade Rogers dean OF the Yale
law school, delivered the address at the
mid-year commencement tonight. The sub
ject of his address was Capitalization in
Government" He advocated the principle
of home rule for cities and deprecated the
tendency of state legislators TO undue in
reference with local government in the
management of their local affairs. He
opposed the further Capitalization of power
disapproval of federal supervision of in
surance companies, of a national incorpora-
ton law, and of federal control over mar
rage and divorce The country had gone
already as far as was safe and prudent in
the enhancement of federal power, and in
his opinion the time had arrived when there
should be a revival of the constitutional
doctrines, not of state sovereignty, but of
state rights.
The board Of regents of the state uni
versity held an executive session today and
elected c. ]. Ernst president. Chairmen Of
committees were appointed follows:
W. G. Whitmore, building committee; E. c.
Calkins, Industrial education; c. S. Allen.
finance; c. J. Ernst. executive committee.
The new members of the board, Abbott and
Lyford, were duly installed in Office and
Edison Rich and ]. l.. Teeters retired.
Pierce Waits on Companies.
Insurance Deputy Pierce does not know
officially that fire insurance companies are
doing business in Nebraska without a
| license, though he suspects II as an in
| dvidual consequently he will not take any
steps at the present time to have the COM
panies prosecuted. The licenses issued to
companies expired February / and those
companies which have not paid the recip-
rocal tax in conformity with the decision of
! the state supreme court have not been re-
licensed. AS there are only two or three
companies which have paid up. a great ma
jority of the companies are doing business
without license.
81 believe all the companies intend to
pay" said Mr.. Pierce, land do not intend
| to be very technical in constituting the law.
1t would be bad thing for the state to
shut out all of these companies, especially
as there is little doubt they will all pay the
tax In fact, some OF the companies have
written to me for the decision and they
said they would comply with the law in the
matter.
II don't know officially that any of the
companies are doing business at this time.
OF course II they are, they are technically
violating the law, but | don't want to be
too technical In this matter"
| No information has reached the depart
ment whether the Insurance Company of
North America will carry the case to the
United States supreme court If this should
| be done and a bond given, then all OF the
| companies could take advantage of the in
junction and it would be year or two be-
fore the state would finally get its money,
even II the highest tribunal should hold
with the state court. There is no law by
which the state can collect interest on this
money. though 1t may collect interest from
the one company against which 1t has Sc
cured judgment.
Sherin's Fee Held Up.
Alex Lowry, sheriff of Sioux county, has a
claim for ss47O tied up in the auditors Office
waiting for the auditor to figure out
whether he is entitled to the money. Lowry
went into Wyoming for a prisoner and while
en- route to Sioux county the prisoner
leaped from the car window and made his
escape Since that time Lowry has been
unable to locate him. He sent in a voucher
for the amount stated and said II was for
returning a prisoner AS the prisoner was
not returned Mr.. Searle does not know
whether It should be allowed in full or al
low him enough money to pay expenses for
the number of miles the prisoner was re-
turned. He has the matter under advise
ment.
Brown Invited to Assist.
Attorney General Brown has been invited
TO take a hand in a case out in Boone
county in which the state is interested.
Some parties or county officials are trying
to lay out a road across some school lands
and the county attorney has brought suit
to stop the work. The county attorney has
! called upon the states legal department for
its assistance.
Delay in Assessment.
/ Because the matter of the legality of the
tax assessed against the reserve fund OF
fraternal insurance companies is still TIED
! up i'm the supreme court, Secretary Bennett
of the State Board of Assessment is de
/ layed in sending out his letter of instruc
r ton and suggestions to the county asses
sors This matter has been before thu
n court for some months and came up from
/; Douglas county. The state board ordered
the county clerk TO include in his record
T of the assessment of the Woodmen of tn
World and the Woodmen Circle the amour
OF the reserve fund of both orders. Tn
! board asked for a mandamus 10 compel tn
: county clerk to do this.
Company 10 Prospect in Nebraska.
/ A company OF Lincoln capitalists an