Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
EQUALIZATION BOARD ENDS
Last Task is the Apportionment Of the
Terminal Valuation.
BIG GAIN SHOWN FOR THE TOWNS
Republican state Committed Makes
Its First Assignment of Speakers
for the CampaIRn-ReaI
Mr.. Bryan.
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LINCOLN. Sept. s. Especially -
state Board Of Equalization this morning
concluded its work Of equalizing the value
OF railroad property assessed under the
terminal law by increasing the main
track of the Union Pacific about 10 per
cent and the sidetracks about 5 per cent
This increase does not apply TO Dougia
county, which was left as returned by
the assessor. The Northwestern, includ-
ing the Minneapolis & Omaha, was re-
duced practically 10 per cent. This in
crease and reduction was done In order
TO eduaHe between the different roads.
The total terminal property Of the vari-
Gus roads, with the exception Of the
Northwestern and the Minneapolis &
Omaha, are not yet available. The prop
ert yassessed for local purposes belonging
to the in 1907 was 1851, Sl3.
and this year under the terminal tax law
Il amounts to S1,115,647. Property Of
the Minneapolis & Omaha assessed last
year for city purposes amounted to S227,-
100. and under the new law II amounts
this year TO $435.191. In the 1908 as
sessment. however, there Is included some
real estate owned by the railroads which
last year was assessed by the local au-
thorities and which was not returned to
the state board.
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Allen, Mr.. Bryan's brother-in-law, in his
scheme to prevent any populist in Ne
braska from voting for Watson electors.
wrote an article for Tom watson's maya
zine three years ago. In tho article there
Is much about that $4,000 which Tom
Allen received from Bryan's Wall street
friends, the expenditure of which neither
Mr. Bryan nor Mr.. Allen will discuss. The
article tells OF the suppression of the Ne
brsska Independent by Mr.. Bryan and the
overthrow Of the populist party. But of
particular interest at this time to Ne
braskan is the following, taken verbatim
from the article:
The chairman OF the democratic state
committee, a brother-in-law to Bryan, came
to Mr.. Tibbles, declaring that he repre-
scented Mr.. Bryan and was speaking in
Bryan's name, and made the following
II MIR. Tibbles would spend most of hi.
time out of the state during the campaign,
and let the Independent support the fusion
ticket, ell of whose nominees except thres
We're populists, Mr.. Bryan on his pari
would agree to go to Arizona or Colorado
and get sick. He would continue to keeT
sick until the close of the campaign, sc
sick that he would not be able TO make
any political speeches az all An eNfepuoI
said that Mr.. Bryan had promised to make
three speeches in Indiana in support OF his
old personal friend who was running 10
governor in that state. but II was further
Stipulated that these three speeches should
not be political speeches, but repetition!
OF Mr.. Bryan's lecture on Ideals"
mi. Bryan went to Arizona and sen
home a letter saying that he was worse
anu would not be able to deliver an!
political speeches during the campaign
That letter was printed in the Lincoln
daily papers and was shown to Mr.. lib
bl s rs rroof that Mr.. Bryan was keeping
lis contract.
The cairu an Of the democratic stat
committee went 10 New York, saw Par
Ter. S.eeEan, Belmont, Tom Taggart an,
t.c rest OF the band of Financial an,
~Uulitital pirates. He came home will
i,ulye Tor campaign expenses. Then Mr.
bryan hiied a special train and started
uuf tpesch-rnaking in Nebraska and Il
olhel states. The surprising rapidly wit
which his lung healed has never beei
e ual ed in all the history of medicine
Flu when the votes were counted 1t wa
learned that wherever Mr.. Bryan spoke
whether from the rear end of his car
On a platform by the railway side. or i
theator or RAIL. a tidal wave OF republican
vo rs followed him, although he pleade
with lis democratic hearers to be reg
u ar" Hundreds OF thousands of demo
Gratis listenede to this man, who for eigh
Years has been denouncing Wall street an
an it's ways. and was now consorting wit
Tho most disreputable part of Wall street