Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-22
Norris Of Nebraska to Write Report
Of the Committee.
JUsTICE ON sIENDER THREAD
Residence in Canada Only Thing
Which Gets Widow a Pension.
SENATOR DOLLrvER MrsoUOTED
Denies Holding Opinion that the
EmPlOyers' LiabIIity Bin as
Passed by Congress ts
Uncoastitutional.
CFrom a staff correspondent.) }


WASHINGTON. April zi--(special Tele-
gram)-The house committee on election Of
president, vice president and representa-
tlves in congress at its meeting this morn
ing decided to make favorable report on
the Mccall bill which requires the pubi-
cation of contributions made to national
and congressional campaign committees
in the future
Representative Norris of Nebraska,
member OF this committee. has been as
signed by his colleagues to write q report
on the bill.
Pension for Aged widow.
Although she lived for fifty years with
her husband as his legal wife. Mrs. Mary
Jane Allen OF S2is Pratt street, Omaha.
widow of Lieutenant Robert l. Allen OF
the Seventeenth Kentucky volunteers. has
been unable TO secure a pension because Of
various state laws prohibiting miscengena-
tion. for Mrs. Allen is negro and her late
husband was white man. Senator Brown
of Nebraska has Just succeeded In getting
a pension of SIS per month from April -.
1907 for Mrs. Allen and he was able to do
this only because Mr.. and Mrs. Allen had
at one time lived In North Buxton. Ontario,
Canada. where the statute law had not
made marriages between whites and me-
groes illegal. After the pension department
had been shown that the Aliens had been
domiciled in Canada, their common law
marriage thus being vindlcated, relief was
speedily granted to the needy widow
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen lived for years in
KeaTney, the home Of Senator Brown. and
he knew them personally. They also lived
in Omaha and the widow has resided in
that city since tie death OF her husband
Upon motion on senator Brown. Fred X.
Nielsen OF Omaha was today admitted TO
practice in the supreme court Of the United
States. Mr.. Nielsen Is a graduate Of the
academy and law schools OF the University
of Nebraska and also praeticed law at Nc
Cook before accepting position in the
state department. where he is now chief Of
! division.
Dolltver is afisauoted.
Senator Dolliver has been incorrectly
quoted as believing the employers liability
bin to be Unconstitutional He was at the
White house both today and yesterday but
=. each time to introduce visitors. and said ne
did not discuss the bill in any form with the
president. "As far as I am concerned"
said the Iowa senator, II think the bill is
ali right and will stand the test. Although
l would have preferred the senate to the
house bill, 1 believe either would prove
constitutional.
1T has been said by some that the bill
will not stand the test Of the courts for
the reason that It applies TO railroads alone
and not to other employers Of labor. The
answer to this objection Is that the United
States supreme court decided in the case
OF the Union Pacific railroad against
Mackey. that the employers liability act
of the state Of Kansas was perfectly sound.
although It applied to railroads and not to
other classes of employers"
Minor Matters at Capital.
Mark w. Woods and Major wolcott OF
Lincoln are in Washington and today were
among those who called upon Senator
! Burkett.
The postmaster at Clinton. Ia, will be al
lowed one additional letter carrier from
May 1.
The treasury department has sent out
advertisements for bids for the construc-
tion Of the public building at Grand Island.
Neb., bids to be opened June l.