Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-09
no SUCH SUIT is IN COURT
Action Involving WoOdmsn Tax Matter Not
Before Supreme Judges
NOTHING THERE TO HINDER REMOVAL
~ Lincoln Feel that Com
nander Roots Advance InformR-
tIon Must Not Have Been
Altogether Reliable.
lrrom a SAD correspondent.l

2 LINCOLN. March s-Cspecial telegram
f-Inasmuch as there is no case before the
supreme court in which the right Of the
State Board Of Assessment to levy an as
sessment OF the reserve fund of the Wood
men OF the World is to be tested consider
able speculation has been INDUCED in here
regarding the statement attributed to the
officials Of that order that they had "ad-
vance Information that the court would
find adversely to the contention OF the
officials that the state has no right 20
assess this fund.
Two weeks ago the woodmen Of the
World drew first blood in the fight, the
rourt held against the state in the nam
namus suit brought to compel the county
clerk Of Douglas county to include in his
records the assessment Of the reserve fund
nf the order. The court held mandamus
was not the proper procedure and refused
the writ{ The court refused to pass upon
the question OF the right Of the state board
~ order the assessment made.
No other case Of like character is be-
fore the court. There is ipgnding in the
district court OF Hamilton county suit
10 test the right OF the county board to
assess the reserve fund OF the Royal High
landers but this case has not yet reached
the supreme court. Therefore those I'm a
position to know say the advance infor-
nation" which ]. c. Root claimed he had
received is just as liable to be a wrong
steer as right one
Sioux City and Cedar Rapids were given
hearing by the executive council of the
Woodmen or the World at the session
rhursdayFan presented the claims Of Iowa
and their respective cities for the location
OF the headquarters
Captain Palmer, postmaster Of Omaha,
and also an insurance msn, gave a short
talk on the reasons why the general Of
fees Of the company should not be moved.
Senator Trewn Of Cedar Rapids gave a
comprehensive statement of the Iowa laws
as relating TO fraternaI insurance organi-
cations, saying the legislature had absolute
power to exempt all property not used for
pecuniary gain, and this has been done.
Sioux City sent large delegation. con-
sisting of Charles a. Dickson, attorney;
William Palmer. president OF the CONNER
cial club; G. B. Healy, chairman OF the
committee appointed by the Commercial
club; F. L. Eaton, president OF the Sioux
City Stock Yards company: William Cor
don, capitalist; T. A. Black. president OF
the Security National bank, and C. F. Bar
tow, 2. A. Clark and MIR Hoffmeier as a
committee from the local camp of Wood
men. tt.r
Mr.. Dickson presented the claims OF the
CITY, verifying the statement on the Iowa
law made by Senator Trewin. and made a
plea that the headquarters be moved to
Sioux City. Senator Trewin replied that 81
Il was moved to Iowa, Cedar Rapids would
be better than Sioux City. because the
changing current of the Missouri river
might put the headquarters back in Me-
braska soma dark night.
Delegations from Fort Worth and Paris,
Tex, were heard Thursday afternoon.
They presented the claims OF Texas and
their cities as the proper location OF the
headquarters. No executive session was
held during the afternoon, the time being
spent in listening to the delegates from
the different states on the question OF the
law OF insurance in the various states as
Il applied TO the reserve fund Of the COM
pany. The council desired all the informa-
tion that was to be obtained on the sub
Ject so it could act intelligently when the
question was brought up In executive sss-
sion.
After the delegations had been given
hearings the council went into executive
session to hear the reports of the various
committees. hearing Will be given to all
delegations, when the council will go into
executive session to consider the matter