Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-25
ON The AMENDMENT
Republican and usion ctraight Votes
Count in Its Fav,r
LEGALLY PART Of III. PARTY TICKET
Prohibition or Socialists 10 Not
Count UnIcss Specifically Marked.
~ These Parties Did Not
Endorse Amendment.
CFrom : So correspondenl.l

Oerom star Correspondent
LINCOLN. Oct si-(specill )-secretaIy
Of State Galusha has received the follow
ms letter frcm the legal department of
tho state regarding the vote on the consti-
tutionai aTendment
We have your communication submitting
to this department the following PROPOSE
lions relative TO voting on the constitu-
tional amendment to be submitted at the
thereon:
!. Whether all straight votes cast Cor
the republican democratic or peoples indie
pendent pariy by means Of cross made
within the pertys circle at the head Of the
ballot shall be construed To be tor the
such?
:. Should mark within the party circle
~ either Of these parties, each haviug Dc
ciaTod IN lie party platform for the amend-
ment. be counted for such amendment u
tne voter has scratched his ticket anc
placed crosses in the squares opposite the
names OF candidates of the other parties!
The attorney general quotes the sections
OF the statutes and constitution bearing on
the case and ssys:
1 From the foregoing provisions OF the
statutes we reach the following conelu-
I 1. That since the democratic republican
ana peoples independent parties have de-
CARED in their state platforms Tor the con-
sututional appointment With reference 10
| a state railway commission. and such ac-
/ AlQE mas ntpn 0ulN certified 10 the EHEIt-
/ tary Of state. all straight votes cast for
these party tickets should be construed as
! Tor the amendment and recorded ana
2 That mark within the party circle
| OF either the democratic, republican or
peoples independent party should be
voter has placed cross in the square OPP
posite the words, Against constitutional
amendment with reference TO state railway
/ commission
3. AZ straight" prohibition or a straight
! socialist party vote. these parties not haV-
ing declared in their state platforms either
! Tor or against the amendment, will not be
2 vote for the amendment but such voters
may express their Will for or against the
amendment By making crosse In the
squares provided opposite the words, For
| or Against"
Insurance Company on Rack.
The Provident Accident Insurance CONF
pany OF Omaha is passing under the in
surance department llmelight and may be
compelled TO haul down the flag and turn
its toes to the daisies. An examination of
the affairs OF the company has just been
completed by George Antilles and it shows
very little of the coin of the realm has
been handled by. this concern. The collec-
tons since January have amounted to
S1,452.5O while it has collected in all since
its organization the sum OF S3,29610 and
it has disbursed a total of SS2S4e The
company violates the law in that II Is
doing business with only 1893 members.
when the law says it should have $50 II
now has on hand claims being adjusted
amounting to a total of $50. It has cash
on hand reaching the enormous sum Of
$3.50; premiums in process Of collection,
s1Sl, and furniture and fixtures valued at
s15 making its total assets reach the
sum of S265.e9 startling figures in these
days of frenzied finance. II has collected
in advance assessments TO the amount of
SIS; 1t has on hand claims Inherited from
the old company amounting to $50; it has
an open account from the old company
amounting to SIS; 1t has other accounts
outstanding reaching $500 Mr. Antilles
found that one premium had been collected
! for which there had been no policy issued
II the company shows signs OF getting on
its feet the Insurance department win not
close it up, but according 20 Mr.. Pierce
It looks like II is all In.
warden After wisconsin Hunter
Game Warden Carter now has violation
OF the game laws which probably he will
have to prosecute under the federal laws
The violator is Robert Wall and he lives
In Beaver Dam, Wis. Recently Wall billed
out from Hay Springs box containing
twenty grouse and four ducks to De Kalb
ILL., The express messenger discovered Tho
! contents Of the box and refused to accept
1 the shipment throwing the box out of the
Q car. In the meantime Wall ordered tbs
= box reshipped from the Illinois town Il
= Wisconsin. The deputy game warden al
0 Hay Springs, DR.. Shepner took charge o.
9 the birds and notified the game warden''
4 ONCE Mr.. Carter is now figuring how L
. reach the Wisconsin hunter.
q Commissioners Do Not Visit Governor
0 w. J. Broatch of the Omaha Board Of
0 Fire and Police Commissioners was here
the FIRST of the week. and yesterday Lee
Spratlen of the same board was alsC
y here. What they were doing here is no
of record but according TO Governol
Mickey neither of them called upon him
The governor has not yet received tn,
transcript of the proceedings OF the hear
ing in the matter Of the charges agains
the board members and has therefor,
taken no action on the demurrer
MeBrten on Tour.
state Superintendent McBrien went I,
Kearney tonight to speak at the stat
Normal school, and tomorrow he will 8,
to keystone 90 assist the Woman's clul
in establishing a library in the public
school. Friday he viii attend the meet
D ing of the Western Educational associa
D ton at Sidney, and on Saturday nigh
he will speak at Chappell. Sunday IA
win speak at a church in Oshkosh Of
educational matters.
Coin Loses Commission.
Governor Mickey will revoke the notar!
y commission Of Max Cohn of Nebraski
3 City, who is charged with having attaches
his seal to an instrument which he faile'
10 see the party sign He will shortl,