Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Nebraska
HEARING FOR OMAHA MEN
Governor Win Listen to Charges on
[ Law Enforcement Saturday.
MAYOR, BOARD AND CHIEF CITED
All Interested May Go to Lincoln and
Take Part I'm Final Proceed
inRu Under X
Law.
Rrom a SD correspondent.l

From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Dec. 4-(Speclal Telegran.)-
Goveror Shalienberger tonight fixed satur-
day. December II, at 10 a. m. as the hour
for the final hearing under the Sackett
law OF charges made by Elmer Thomas
and other anti-saloon workers against the
mayor OF Omaha and the Board Of Fire
and Police Commissioner for alleged fail
ure to enforce the state laws with respect
to the sale Of liquor and gambling.
The order is in the nature Of AGITATION Of
the officials named and specifically in
Guides Chief Of Police ]. ]. Donahue OF
Omaha. They are asked to appear at the
hour named and show cause why the gov
ernor should not issue Instructions to the
attorney general to begin quo warranto
proceedings under the Sackett law and Gust
them from office.
The order also says that all parties in
terested may appear, hence the conclusion
It is a final hearing in the case. as was
promised when the matter came up before
the chief executive at an earlier date.
At that time, Governor ShaIlenberger said
he would not take action until both sides
had been heard. He also minated that
the complainants should proceed in the
courts and show actual violations OF the
klaw conclusively. Since that time one
complaint has been filed and the case is
now pending for the alleged operation Of
a gambling house.
Secretary Revenue Producer.
The receipts in the office Of the secre-
\ tary Of state for the last six months sur
pass any former period. so far as anyone
around the state house The
total receipts amounted to $177, 0OO1.4 a. This
was divided as follows. Articles of incor-
A. efoa "a D rauaRaf1afnna
$3.50; motor vehicles, $A323.S; brands, 1884;
certificates. sS9Ol5; corporation permits,
$50, 1905; penalties, 5000; trade marks, S.;
other sources, 81.
To Inspect Omaha Companies.
Major E. H.. Phelps, inspector OF the Ma
tional guard, will be in Omaha December
20-N to inspect the companies at that
place. Adjutant General Hartigan is go
ing to see to it that every company comes
up to the standard or be mustered out, so
the inspection by Major Phelps win be a
very thorough one.
ToOIey Succeeds Hays.
T. ]. Tooley OF Anselmo has been APP
pointed a member Of the state normal
board to take the place Of d. w. Hays of
Alliance. whose term expired last June,
Mr.. Tooley's term of office begins at once.
The new member is a banker at Anselmo
and has represented Custer county in the
legislature and has twice been its county
superintendent. Mr.. Tooley viii be eligible
to go with the board on its trip to locate
the new normal school.
Goal Men Busy.
The coal dealers of the walsenburg dis
trict OF Colorado have asked the state rail-
way commission to join with them In a
complaint to the Interstate Railway com
mission to get better coal rates to Ne
hraaIu nnNpNg Ko-aa- -. - -
vened. The Nebraska commission has
written the Colorado people for informa-
ton regarding the amount of coal shipped
into the state from that district to see II
1t Will pay to take part in the prOsecu.
ion
Test of Telephone Act.
The county attorney Of Madison county
has been instructed TO begin prosecution
Nagainst the Adams and Pacific Express
companies for refusing to comply with the
orders OF the railway commission instruct.
ing the TO install an independent telephone
In their office at Norfolk. The case is L
test the law,
Good Roads Delegates.
The gOvernor has appointed the following
delegates to represent the state OF Ne
braska at the National Good Roads as
ISOLATION which meets in Topeka on De
cember IA and Is:
LIB. Johnson. Omaha, city hall; DR.
stewart Livingston, Plattsmouth; Jess,
Fouts. Diller; J. F. Walsh, Humboldt; DaI
Y. stephens. Fremont; Fred Hunker, Yves
Point; Alfred Killian, Wahoo; Hans SEEK
Elgin; Thomas Garrison. Kearney; Jane
u. Mcdonald, North Platte; James Ac
4 Gtschin, Orleans; c.. G.. Barnes. Albion
I'D Marnen, Nebraska City; II. A. Oelrich
Bate; Charles Coffey, Chadron; osca
Hastlngs; H. c. Davis. Nebraska City
y Jacob Klein, Beatrice; DR.. Robert Darnei
Red cloudi Ernest Bosemeyer, Jr, Superior
John Modlin. Beaver city; Ross Moore
Broken Bow; Colonel J. J. Deright, Omaha
Charles 3. Tanning. Omaha; Findle
Howard Grand Island; p c. Hetternar
Phillips, Columbus; J. b. Murnan. Scott
VILE.
Auditor Writes Ben Hur.
In concluding a letter to John c. sny
der, supreme scribe scribe OF the Trib
of Ben Hur at Crawfordsvnle. Ind. stat
Auditor Barton today wrote:
Il want to state to you In most ex
plicit language that I believe practicall
the same conditions exist in your organ
ization that existed In some OF the com
panies brought out by the New York in
vestigation.
1--WE find that the salaries Of each q
the supreme Officers were increased a
the last session, that throughout your OF
flee force are sons-in-law and relation,
H@Athb II pAatAASAAlg a Adullly AIlAlF.
this was a representative form Of govern
ment and the expenditures were mad
that are made and the representatives az
proved this, Il would ameliorate the con
ditions' but not being representative. "
feel 1t is absolutely unjust to the har
working class Of men and women VIII
make up your organization to allow IN
present conditions TO exist.
In conclusion. 1 desire to say to yol
as stated in my letter before. that II
not receive tangible evidence that you
organisation win be made representatiy
at the next session, in May. you will n,
be permitted II the law will sustain m
y to write another certificate In the stat
of Nebraska.
If you care 20 know the definition q
the word representative" I would r
Many Have