Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07

sent anything; he Is misrepresenting ev-
erything; and no one can get his ear ex-
cept the attorney or representative Of some
rotten corporation"
w. F. stoecker. one Of the Douglas
county representatives. told how Howell,
whom he called the big chief" refused 10
recognize him; George Rogers. former
president Of the Jim club, told OF Howelrs
refusal to listen to the delegation, while
all the others treated the Omaha men
with every courtesy; and the senator was
remembered by President Tom Flynn.
James O'Hara, Charles Il. Kelpin. Charles
Coleman. Joe sesto. Charles s~hsbats, e.
A. Worm. Hyman Levy and Albert Kap-
Ian.
Resolutions Denounced Howell.
The club rooms were crowded to the
doors and the speakers were frequently
applauded. especially when some fresh
encomium was handed out to the state SEN
ator from Douglas county. A short resoiu-
ton thanking the house members and
Senators Ransom and Tanner for the
courtesy extended the delegation sent by
the club TO Lincoln was adopted, as we'll
as the longer resolutions censuring Sens-
tor Howell. These were drawn UP by a
special committee composed of George
Rogers, Charles r. Tanning, Z. J.. o'Con-
nor, l.. j. TePoel and ]. ]. Mahoney and
we're adopted with a whoop. The resolu-
tions follow:
whereas, An effort is now being made
by Senator 4. f, Howell of Douglas
county to so amend the charter bill now
pending in the legislature as to deny t.
the city of Omaha as well as the other
municipalities of the state the right and
| power to impose or collect any franchise
tax or occupation tax from any corpora
| tta, ~ rau,papp pnUauad in a nuhHP Call-
Whereas, We believe either a franchise
tax tor an occupation tax. when properly
Imposed and Judiciously levied to be a wise
and wholesome public measure as well
as a Just and equitable means of raising
public revenue: and,
to our city the right and power to fully
and freely exercise this fundamental power
of government dhe taxing power) a men.
ace to our community, a step backwar
in the solution of municipal problems, q
violation of the home rule pledge made
to the people of this city and a breach anC
betrayal Of the trust and confidence re
posed by the people in those whom they
have chosen a stheir representatives. Now
therefore be IL resolved:
That we emphatically and unequivoc7ll
declare ourselves uncompromisingly op'
posed to any such action or any othel
action by the state legislature which Nigh
be construed as an attempt to restrain OF
curtail the rights and powers of the mayor
and city council in the conducting anC
eOntrollng Oh municipal a1ta1rs tnat We
belive the right to impose and collect
either a franchise tax or an occupation
tax to rightly fall within the sphere oil
municipal activity and that a denial OF
that right by the Legislature would be the
Reputation of a campaign promise, and bC
il further resolved:
That we respectfully solicit the efforts
of the other members of the Douglas county
representation to stay any such action by
the legislature; that these resolutions bC
spread upon the minutes of this meetinf
and made a part thereof; and that a copy
of them be sent to the Douglas county
representation i'm the legislature.