Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Young Property cvnsr Gives His Views on
Annexation.
MEASURE or ECONOMY AND UTILITY
Police Raid Saloons, FIND Opium and
Arrest Occupants NJ Wen a. the
Parties Conducting the
Places.

- have always been IN favor Of annexa-
ton" said young property owner yester-
DAY noon. but IS am working for one
O. the corporations / don't wish TO be
quoted on the subject by the use Of my
mann. AZ a rule, corporations don't care
20 have employees who are eager 20 get be-
fore the public eye. 7 can say with posi-
tive assurance that none Of the packers.
who are the heaviest property owners in
South Omaha. are opposed to annexation
OF the two cities The Union stock yards
officials are also Indifferent on the subject.
II property were so sure TO depreciate, as
II Is claimed why should not the packers
be fighting the proposition? 1 take my
cue from them, and as I own several pieces
Of property in the northern section Of the
rity. In desirable locations, am not afraid.
Why Is Il that all business firms unite
their interests much as they can under
Dne head? II IL is a good plan that all
large interests seek TO combine, why Is It
not good business TO unite on a proposition
~ government? II II is economy in the
hrst case why is IT not also in the munich
pality? Why should there be a lot Of
cumbersome officials with different and in
harmonious systems divided up among two
sr three separate and antagonistic govern
nents. when the number of them could
We reduced and the systems brought into
harmony by a union of interests? That
-ooks like sense to me.
las TO the matter Of voting on the aues-
bon, would like to ask how many men
ver voted for our constitution. Who of
Die people now living ever had any voice
N the fundamental laws Of the land? Peo-
pie nowadays have had no chance 10 vote
IN these questions and yet they are bound
BY them Why not let the railroads vote
Dn the 2-cent fare proposition? They are
The parties most vitality affected II is
nn-American not to be represented and to
vote. BY all means let the railroads vote
On the laws which govern them. But II is
paid the railroad laws were for the correc-
hon of existing evils. 1t might be said
with the same breath that annexation
would also correct evils Of a wasteful and
unnecessary government. The liquor deal
prs of the city are controlled by laws
which are irksome to them and which the
municipality would repeal IL It had the
power, yet who is there to advocate that
the liquor men. because their town stood
BY them in desiring that the law be re-
pealsd should not be bound by the laws
pf the state or any additional laws which
the legislature might pass. Legislatures
are created for the purpose of making wise
laws and correcting evils which are found
10 exist Very few people believe in a
referendum vote. as one which applies SO
)ocally as this is the more out of the ques-
Hon. The amendments creating the Board
81 Fire and Police commissioners did not
please South Omaha. and yet no one asked
for a chance to vote whether they would
accept IL or not. Legislatures are In ex-
tstence TO cope with every question In the
best possible manner"
Raids Opium Saloons.
Yesterday was the day of all days since
the Sunday closing orders came into effect,
now year since, Tor the number of ar
rests made for breaches Of the order. Not
only did the police arrest all the barkeep-
ers who were found doing business, but
they placed under arrest all of the in
mates OF the saloons at the time of the
raid. Before p m. the city Jail was filled
TO the suffocating point. there being over
fifty men enrolled on the books. The names
pf the saloon men raided were Del Green
Twentieth and N streets; Barney Cogan
bartender on Q street; Frank Hannigan's
saloon on = street, run by Mike Hanni-
IN; Hans Lindberg and Fred Heniinger's
barkeeper at Thirtfeth and Q. Fred Hef-
finger is a city councilman. Charges were
hled against the saloon keepers. The OBJ
Iect OF arresting the patrons of the places
was that they might be held as witnesses.
The jail was the scene of great activity
during all the early part OF the evening.
Friends of the men who were caught nap
ping visited the jail in droves 70 scheme
some means of releasing the prisoners.
Many of them were baiied out or allowed to
30 on their own recognizance. The names
Of all were inserted on the jail record and
they will be held TO appear at the trial
Most OF the men were inclined TO take their
arrest good naturedly and made light of
the AFFAIR.
The charge OF unlawful assemblage was
placed against an OF the men arrested for
being in saloons. Before 9 O'Clock most
Of them had been bailed out There were
q few. however, who had tmhibed too
freely and these were kept on the charge
Of being drunk
Boy Handy with Brick.
W. H. Hit. an architect living at the
Greer hotel. received a painful II not
dangerous wound yesterday afternoon from
! brick which was hurled at his head The
brick was In the hands OF a boy. but after
the blow was struck Hit was unable to
Kiye any clear account of the cause OF
the trouble. II appears that some words
had passed between the two and at the
ma the boy threw the brick. 1t struck
Hnt over the eye and cut a cash an inch
Dr. two long. telling him 10 the ground.
rhe boy then ran away before anyone had
eosltively Identified him. DR.. Davis was
ana the vVOund NOT aari-