Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

......3 SS,237 s 5000
MINI. & Omaha. So. 13o,656 1di,l19
Rni9Pn Pacific. 49,. l'ss4S'tS77 l'sSsssS
omaha Bridge and ...
Termipsl CS'.rr 6O'0SS 0S'soo
Dodge .."...... 1o2.s7o 1O7,s75
Missouri Pacific. 1?o,772 1887
Rock Island. go. 1870 HAS
The assessed valuation on the railroad
property in the other towns of the county
was as follows:
Union P~acific-south Omaha, $500 900:
Valley. sS3, roo; Willard, $e,S41; Elkhorn,
$l3,S52; Waterloo. $S.536:
Northwestern-South Omaha. $4OO, S2O;
Minneapolis & omaha-Florence, s12,404
Burlington-South Omaha, s47S.11O
Rock Island-south Omaha, ~s114.s2O
Missouri Pscinc-sOuth Omaha, .iaI-
s1O (actual vaiue).
Mason City & Fort Dodge-south
Omaha, $15,4O0 (actual value).
Talk of Bryan's
| Mr.. Bryan's advocacy OF q general law
to prevent the issuance Of a government
license in dry territory has created some
talk around here regarding the effect on
Mr.. Bryan as a member of the democratic
party. Some are of the opinion that it
will mean an intense rivalry between Mr..
Bryan and Richard l.. Metcalfe, notwith-
standing Mr.. Metcalfe Is the associate ed
itor of Mr.. Bryan's Commoner. 1t has even
been suggested that Mr.. Bryan has laid
the groundwork for his senatorial cam
paign by his statement, even though he
would have to put the sting of ingrati-
tude'' into Metcalfe now to become a can
didate.
During the legislature Mr.. Bryan was
called upon, not once but numerous times,
to help out the advocates OF a county op-
ton law and to assist in the enactment
of other temperance measures. Blu to all
appeals for help he turned a deaf ear. His
answer to Mrs. Head, head OF the WON
ems Christian Temperance union lobby,
when she asked him to sign a petition
asking for a submission OF a proposed pro-
hibitory amendment, was: wait for the
initiative and referendum" Then, though
Mrs. Head waited, Mr.. Bryan failed to
pass the law.
Since ohtes fateful days Governor Shall
lenberger has signed the S o'clock closing
law, contrary to his campaign talks, and
Metcalfe has come out in favor of county
option and against prohibition. with Shall
lenberger a senatorial candidate on the s
o'clock platform: Metcalfe a senatorial pos
sibility on the county option platform, there
NdS ihhc e W WI bryan uO III OIhcl
to save himself with the temperance ele
ment of his party than to get in the gamc
in a way that would not make the liquoi
element very wrathy, so he did.
What Metcalfe's friends will say to MI
Bryan stealing Metcslfe's thunder is yel
to be made public, but there is a lot OF
talk that II ii comes to a showdown be
tween the two men the democratic party II
Nebraska would support eMtcalfe instead
OF Bryan.
In the campaign last year Mr.. Bryan
received the support OF the saloon men o
the state, Notwithstanding his numerou
appearances In various churches and hi
Prince of Peace lecture. But the fac
that the liquor interests of the state as
sisted in the election of Governor Shallen
berger and were a big factor in carrying
the state for Bryan, both men havI
changed front, al least for the time being
and all kinds OF speculation is being in
dulged in as TO how II will all end.
One OF the most conservative politician
in the state this morning predicted Brya
would again be a candidate for presiden
on the democratic ticket and in his cam
paign he would advocate national prohl
bition.
NO Money for F~rIendIess.
The late democratic legislature failed I
make an appropriation Off the maintenance
of the Home for the Friendless or for III
pay of officers and employees OF that In
stitution, thought It did create a puoli
school for INDECENT children In the Home g
the Friendless. So the Home for the Friend
less will not be open for the frieadless 70
the next two years, unless some one agre
TO run the institution for nothing or tier
Is created a deficiency.
The school for friendless children TO b
opened in the Home for the Fncndles
does not begin until July l. when the la
takes effect, so there Is not even any az
preparation TO maintain this institutio
until that time.
The object OF the law creating the scho,
in the home was for the sole purpose Q
creating some jobs for a bunch Of hunFr
democrats and through the incompsteuc
Of the guardian angels OF the legislator
left the Home for the Friendless high an