Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-25
COMMISSION STRIKES SNAC
Supreme Court Heads f Order for Two
Cent Nile Rate 20 sidney.
HOT MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN IN LINCOLN
Attorney General PILES Answer I'm the
suit Brought by Kearney over
the Normal school ApprO-
priation Bill.
tFrem a star correspondentO

(Frum a Stan Correspondent
! LINCOLN, April A-(speciaLl- THE State
| Railway commission will issue no order for
the Union Pacific railroad to sell tickets
l 10 Sidney from the east at cents a mile,
/ for just as the order WAS about 10 be pro
mulgated Member Clarke dug up a de-
cision by the supreme court Of the United
States holding that where a shipment was
] started ON a railroad from one point in a
state to another and the road dipped into
another state the shipment became inter-
I state commerce and the railroads could
maintain an action to enjoin interference
by the railway commission. A complaint
was filed with the attorney general some
| days ago that the Union Pacific refused
! to sell tickets between North Platte and
| Sidney for cents mile because the line
| runs over into Colorado between the two
places. The attorney general recommended
that action be started by the county at
torney of Lincoln county to force the rail-
roads to sell the tickets for cents, basing
his recommendation on numerous opinions.
The opinion Of the court looked up by the
commission today, however, bears date Of
January g. 1903, and is later than opinions
holding otherwise. The decision is in the
case Of Hanley against the Kansas City
Southern Railway company, on appeal TO
the United States supreme court from the
circuit court Of the United States for the
eastern district OF Arkansas. Mr.. Justice
Holmes wrote the opinion, and in the syl-
labus he said:
The transportation Of goods on through
bill q lading from Fort Smith, Ark, to
Grannis, Ark, over respondents railroad
by way Of Spiro In the Indian Territory,
total distance Of ll6 miles, Of which htty-
two miles is in Arkansas and sixty-four in
and is under the regulation Of congress tree
from Interference by the state OF Arkansas
, | a railway company operating such a line
can maintain action for equitable rehet
! restraining commissioners from liking and
enforcing rates between points within the
state, when the transportation Is partly
without the state and under the condition
above stated.-l6 L, s.
Telephone Rates Filled.
The State Railway commission has re-
Seived from number of small independent
telephone companies the report of their
rates charged in various places. The Ne
, braska Telephone company notified the COM
? mission that it had large force of clerks
busy making the compilation desired by the
) commission but that it would be some time
T. before the schedules would be ready. The
law provides the commission shall stand
between the telephone companies and the
1 people to see that the latter get chance
z to talk at reasonable rates, but so far nc
10 one has brought in any complaints.
Hot Municipal Campaign.
one Of the greatest local political cam
paigns ever waged in the capital city will
y shortly be in full bloom here. and among
the speakers who will take part are Sen
ators Burkett and Brown and possibly
W. ]. Bryan-two United State senators
and a presidential candidate. The two
: | senators have agreed to get in the game
: for the republican candidate for mayor
. | A. Ii. Hutton, and Mr.. Bryan in all prob
: | ability will accept an invitation to he :
. out the present mayor. Brown, a demo
= | crat. Two years ago the same men made
: the race and Brown was elected by over
!, COO, though the city is nominally 1900 re-
A publican. During that campaign the ma
d ljority of the old Burlington machine stood
e behind the mayor and the Lincoln Star sup
n ported him. This year the Star boltec
e Hutton the day he was nominated and de
clared for the reelection of Brown ever
before he had been nominated. The dem
ocrats have nominated only one candidat,
for the Excise board, while the republican,
, | have renominated Powell and Haysham
J. The politicians have lined up the situa
y ton by saying the liberal element is To-
Z Mayor Brown. while the other elemea
8 will support Hutton and the two republican
i excisemen. Whichever wins out the sa
u loon license will be $500 That was tn,
70 issue two years ago and both sides hav,
y subscribed to the same doctrine this year
y while the republicans have gone farthei
, and expressed themselves favorable to I
d vote on saloons or no saloons and hav,
l. agreed to act in accordance with the wishes
g Of the majority Of the people in this mat
ter as expressed by their votes
The republicans plan to make a whirl
8 wind finish during the last week Of tn,
e campaign, at which time Burkett an,
Brown will hold numerous meetings an,
n urge the republicans to stand for the re
r publican candidates. Shortly the candi
e dates will meet and promulgate a platform
a and the fight will be made on the issue
4, as thus outlined.
T. As a member of the city council an,
chairman OF that body Mr. Hutton was ,
consistent worker for the municipal owner
ship Of the electric lighting plant and
- though the matter by technical errors an,
q distractions placed before the proposition
It was delayed for years Mr.. Hutton he'll
ID on and finally won his hght only 20 be de
d. feated when he aspired 10 be mayor Nj
s. Brown as mayor has taken great interes
le in the city lighting plant and has consist
IN entity stood for II and at the same time n
m has had as a special hobby city parks an
m succeeded in getting contributions whic
enabled the city to get possession n" sew