Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-05
Party Will Be Asked to Keep Faith
with People Of Omaha.
CLUB JOINS IN
Special Train Leaves at 8 80 to Carry
Omaha Protestants.
SENATORS FILED OBJECTIONS
Both Howell and Tanner Told Gov
ernOr shalIenberEer Daylight
Bill wOuld work Hard
ship ON Omaha.

Thousands are holding their breath for
scratch OF Governor shslienberger's pen.
Telegraph and telephone services be-
tween Omaha and Lincoln will be at
premium all day and wireless may even
be resorted to in an emergency.
The ears are all TO the ground for the
first bit OF news as TO whether the gov
ernor of Nebraska win sign bill which
will close all saloons in the state at
o'clock each evening
| AT $50 o'clock this morning a special
train will leave the Burlington station
| to take Omaha business men TO the capi-
tol where they have been promised a hear
Ing before the governor to present reasons
why the saloons should not be closed at
8 O'Clock
Several meetings were held Sunday 10
discuss the situation. The list of those who
will go on the home rule special" az the
train has been jestingly called, will not
be made known.
ut is simply a business proposition for
business mon to discuss" said Rome Mil
Ter. There is nothing to say, except that
we believe large delegation will go and
1t will be thoroughly representative of the
business interests of Omaha.
Commercial Club Joins.
Tb action OF the Commercial club re-
mains a secret. A member of the executive
committee said last evening:
THE Commercial club has nothing tn do
| with the special train. 1t is understood
those who represent the club will have an
audience with Governor Shallenberger some
| time Monday. There will be no noise nor
no great number to represent the CONNER
cial club. We are simply doing what we
pelieVe to be the right thing and for the
| pest interests of the city. After all our
| hard work to boost Omaha and put the
city on the map By bringing thousands of
| strangers 70 the city to conventions ana
meetings who may be attracted m. the
city by some Of It's great advantages and
become residents OF the city. citizens ana
property owners inv Nebraska later, we do
| not like to see radical action turn us back
few places.
"Dry" Means Dead"
Some way the impression goes out and
| nothing can stop It that a city Ia dead
very dead, when the saloons are dealt
with radically and closed at an hour which
Is unusual and not the custom in other
cities of equal size. and the bill now before
the governor will proclaim Omaha a dead
S'i' oh pNti Tue country
The Omaha Real Estate exchange has
taken no action In the matter, though
real estate men say the signing OF the
bill will affect their business as much as
any business in Omaha. President ]. II.
Robbins said last evening that no one
had even suggested action by the exchange,
that no meeting had been held OF any kind
and the exchange would take no part in
the presenting Of the businessmen's side
before the governor today
Senator j. NJ. Tanner returned home
from Lincoln Saturday evening. He said
he went home pretty straight" as soon as
ne arrived but did see some of his con-
stituents and then telephoned Governor
Shallenberger. making some things he told
the governor Saturday afternoon still
stronger.
Tanner Says They Were sore.
Il will not go to Lincoln with the dele
cation Monday" said Senator Tanner. "I
took occasion TO tell the governor Just how
felt about the daylight saloon measure
before l left Lincoln. / told him Il would
work hardship on a city like Omaha
and turn us back few notches 1 ex-
planned my position thoroughly and when
reached Omaha talked with some peo-
pie here, and telephoned the Foverpor
again.
There is no doubt but what the day
light saloon bill was put through by fraud
simply bulldozed through"
Asked II the bill was passed by the leEts
iators from the state in retaliation for the
action Of Douglas county senator's, Senator
Tanner said:
mo. l cannot say that I think It was
In retaliation, but OF course. some Of them
were pretty sore because they had failed
to secure county option, the initiative and
referendum, and they also wanted woman's
suffrage.
When they failed on these three things
they we're bound TO slide something
through. They held caucus on the day-
light saloon proposition and it went through
by bulldozing and fraud"
"ViOIatiOn of Home Rule PLEDGE"
Senator e. 4. Howell arrived at O'Clock
Sunday evening He said, directly from
the shoulder without hesitation:
THE daylight saloon bill is in direct vio-
lation of the pledges Of the democratic
party to give the people in the cities such
as Omaha home rule.
Il told Governor shslenberger this very
thing before left lincoln Saturday after
noon to spend Sunday in the country with
my family
III Is against the policy Of the democratic
party and If the governor signs the bill
today the party viii have to take the
consequences in the future, when pledges
are made.
But hope he will not sign II. / hops
he has more regard for the pledges OF the
party than that"
Both Senator Howell and Senator Tanner
said they did not have any positive knowi.
edge as TO what the governor would de.
He Is right up In the air." was the re-
mark Of Senator Tanner when asked for a
forecast as TO the governors action
Mayor Dahlman went to Lincoln Sunday
morning and will meet the aslegation thsr.