Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-04
DEFECTS OF PRIMARY LAW
County Attorney slabaugh Says Filing Fee
Would Help Some,
NORMAL BUILDING NOT UP TO CONTRACT
Architect Finds FauIt with Quality Of
stone Rather Than. Contractor
who Performed work on
Building.


From Stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, April 3.-(special.) -County At
torney Slabaugh OF Douglas county, who
was here today attending supreme court,
Is anxious that the next legislature find
some legal way whereby a fee can be
charged for filings under the primary cleo
ton law.
Nearly everyons In Omaha was glad
when the supreme court Knocked out that
provision which provided fee should be
charged candidates for filing their names.
But II soon developed that Il would be
much better were the fee charged even
though It is only a small fee. Many can
didates announced themselves. because it
cost them nothing and gave them an OPP
portunity TO get before the public and Sc
cure free advertising.
Were a fee Of only IS or SO charged It
would cause lot OF these people to hesi-
tate long time before announcing them
selves. Many Of the candidates do not ex-
pect an election and / feel sure they an
nounced themselves merely to get their
names In the papers. This could have been
prevented by a small filing fee. OF course,
the fee made the primary law unpopular,
but the large number of candidates will
also tend to do that unless there is some
way to put a stop to every man who wants
little advertising having his name put
on the ticket"
After delivering himself of the above
Judge Slabaugh took look around the SUI
prcme court rooms and said:
THE newspapers should advocate the
adoption OF a constitutional amendment pro-
viding for an increase In the pay of state
officers. Just think Of It, the attorney gem
eral gets only 5000 a year AS county
attorney Of Douglas county receive more
salary than that. Parties from other states
who come here and learn we only pay our
attorney general 5000 wonder II that is
the caliber of men we elect to such Offices
The state of Nebraska should pay its Of
ncers higher salaries"
Normal BuiIdiag Rejected.
The State Normal school at Kearney is
not yet ready to be accepted by the State
Normal board though about all the work
on the building has been completed. Some
time ago the board rejected the building
because Architect Berlinghof refused to re-
port that 1t had come up to the specifica-
lions set out in the contract. The contrac-
tors were then given more time in which
TO make the changes demanded. Mr.. Ber-
linghof will make another report to the
board next Monday and IL is understood
he will again recommend the structure be
rejected. Mr.. Berlinghof said the fault was
not so much with the contractors as with
the men who furnished the stone for the
building. He will recommend that the
board so after these firms and compel them
to come up to the specifications.
state Lets Contracts.
The State Board of Purchase and Sup
plies concluded its work this afternoon. No
coal bids were considered as all the state
institutions are supplied at this time. Ice.
which last ycs= was bought for the state
house for s. ton, was contracted for at $40
a ton today. 1t will be furnished by a
Lincoln arm, which was the only bidder.
saloon Cases Not Argued.
The Omaha saloon cases were not argued
In the supreme court this morning as had
been anticipated, none OF the lawyers in
terested. who asked for the argument, was
present and the court merely ordered the
case submitted in briefs. This is the case
in which Elmer Z. Thomas, attorney fol-
the Civic Federation, seeks TO have a mum.
Der OF the saloons closed pending a decision
in a case where he is seeking to have
licenses revoked. One of the questions &c
be settled is who will have to pay for the
transcript OF the testimony in the hearings
on protests before the Board OF Fire and
Police Commissioners.
At the next sitting of the court will be
argued the right, OF the county assessor OF
Douglas county TO assess business colleges
County Attorney Slabaugh holds II thes,
commercial colleges are exempt from tax.
alton then II will be necessary to exempt
dancing schools and other schools OF a like
nature.
Testing Right of school Board.
The supreme court has been called upor
20 decide whether a school board has tn,
authority to expel pupil from a schoo
without first granting a hearing to the chilC
and notifying the parents of its contem
plated action. The case has come up from
Merrick county and 1t has been in tn,
courts since 1904 when the school board o
District No. . expelled Edith EngIehardt
John T. Englehardt, father Of the girl
brought mandamus suit and forced tn
board to allow the child to attend tn
school. A rehearing was asked for and
was contended mandamus was not tn
proper proceedings and, further. that tn
father OF the girl should have appealed L
the courts from the decision OF the boar