Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-22
Nebraska
A REAL WISE MAN
Railroad Commissioner Answers a
Troublesome Question.
LAYS WOE ON INTERSTATE BODY
Local Evasion of Anti-Pass Inv is
Put UP to Him and He Neatly
Gets Out from Under
the same.

CFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, June 21.-(Srec al)-1f Railway
Commissioner Cowgirl is not o modern
Solomon. he is closely related to that mau
of wisdom. Mr.. Cowgilrs answer to a letter
received from a constituent has won for
the little which was given him by his
fellow commissioner this afternoon. The
letter and answer follow:
INDIANOLA. Neb. June 16-Mr. Cowgill.
state Railway Commissioner Dear SIR.
WIN you please be kind enough to answer
the following question and obiige one who
helped elect you!
John Smith is a railroad Waterman in
the yards at Wayback. Now can he, with
out violating the federal anti-pass statute.
put sufferers from the crime Of 70 into
boNcars and ship them out of the railroad
merely because he Cthe Watchman) wants
to get the dead head" democrats out Of
the yards Ia order that he viii not then
{. c. LICHTENBERGER.
Here is the answer:
c. {. Lichtenberger McCook. Neh.-Dear
Sir: In reply to your communication of the
10th instant, relative TO authority Of John
Smith, night Waterman at Wayback:
| would suggest that you, in confidence,
these alleged free silver men sign an agree
ment never to return to Nebraska before
ne issued transportation and have this
transportation good to some point outside
and windows.
inns Will CndnSe the complexion or the
case and make 1t an interstate case, sub
ject to the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, and take 1t out of the hands of the
state Railway, commission Of Nebraska.
Yours very truly, w. j. Cowgirl.
Belated Corporation Reports.
Another corporation has made its be-
lated report to the secretary Of state re-
garding its expenses during the legislature.
The 5. F.. Baker company Of Keokuk, Ia.
reported this morning that it had spen,
S3sO.6I, this amount being distributed among
the following as expenses: L. w. Grabill,
e. E. Reiter, a. G. McCray, Ira c. hin
and c. d. Herr. The report was due .wo
months after the legislature adjourned. The
law provides a penalty of 500 a day, from
the expiration of the two months, for every
day intervening between that time and the
date it is finally filed.
Judiciary Law Attacked,
C. o. Whedon, attorney for John NJ. Rea-
gan, this afternoon filed a petition in the
district court of Lancaster county asking
for a mandamus to compel the secretary Of
state to place the name of Mr.. Reagan on
the primary election ballot as a partisan
candidate for supreme Judge.
Mr.. Whedon, in a brief he prepared, at
tackled the constitutionality of the nom
partisan judiciary law, which was enacted
by the late Legislature, and the suit is for
the purpose of trying out that law.
Mr.. Whedon intended first to bring the
action in the supreme court, but in as much
as three Of the Judges are candidates for
reelection, he concluded to file the case
in the lower court and have the higher
body take appellate jurisdiction rather
than original jurisdiction.
Mr.. Whedon contends that the new law
amends several sections of the statute
which had heretofore been repealed; he
contends that the petition which the candi-
dates are required to file is class legisla-
ton, in as much as other candidates for
other offices do not have to file petitions,
and h. holds the law is not germaine to the
statute which it amends.
Park Board Appointed.
Mayor Love has appointed the following
to be members of the park board: Lee j.
Dunn for the one year term, ex-Mayor
f. w. Brown for the two-year term, Prof,
Z. H. Barbour for three years and Charles
w. Bryan for four years. The first and
third mentioned are republicans and the
second and fourth are democrats.
Request of Rock Island Denied.
BY a vote of six out Of seven the specia
committee Of the council having in hand
the application Of the Rock Island railway
for permission to lay not more than ter
additional tracks over Vine street, Monday
morning concluded to report u%nfavorabl!
upon the ordinance introduced toward tina
end by Councilman Bauer. Those voting
to deny the application Of the COMPANY
were Aldermen, Hoppe, Castle, Hardy and
Whitmore and Councilmen Meier anC
Schroeder.
Permits for Sale of Liquor.
Two permits to druggists for the sale o
: alcohol were granted at a meeting Of tn
: excise board Monday forenoon, the appli
cations being II. H. Barth and Bradshaw
& Son.