Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
Nebraska
MULLEN TO RESCUE OF LAW
Democrat in Attorney Generals Office
to Defend Guaranty Act.
MAKES JUNKET TO WASHINGTON
No Referee Yet Named TO Take Evil
dence in DOnnhue Case-GovernOr,
on Return, TO whip Message
Into shape.
CFrom a staff Correspondents

LINCOLN, Nov. 29.-(speaal.)-Art
Mullen. attorney general, has gone "a
Washington. where he will appear in de-
Tense Of the guaranty bank law, which
was the climax Of the work OF the late
democratic legislature, which was largely
controlled by Mr. Mullen, then an oil IN
VpectoT MI, Mullen did not appear as
attorney OF record IN this case until after
he had become attorney general a few
Gays ago, but the argument for the state
was made by Judge l. l.. Albert OF Co
tumbus g. .. Whedon OF Lincoln and At
torney General w. T Thompson Mr..
Thompson is now in washington, having a
position I'm the Treasury department. and
II Is understood he could present the case
for the state; or Judge Albert could repre-
sent the state but so important IS the case
from the standpoint Of the democratic leg
islature that Mr.. Mullen felt that he ought
20 be present TO look afer the constitu-
tonality Of the law. Besides, these other
attorneys mentioned lost the case in the
lower court.
The state win pay for the junket
The DOnahue Case.
II may be some time before Chief OF
Police Donahue OF Omaha is hailed before
the supreme court on the charge Of per-
hitting the hquor laws of the state to be
violated. Arthur Mullen, the attorney gen.
eral who will do the prosecuting for the
state which he thinks is the aggrieved
party, win not return to Lincoln from
Washington before December Z. The court
has not yet named its referee, and so by
she time the referee and stenographer ere
selected, Mr.. Mullen may be practicing law
back in O'Neill or accepting a Commission
to be special prosecutor of the attorney
general to look after the corporation cases
he is TO start December 8. Mr. Mullen
made this statement just before leaving
for the east today:
THE court has not appointed a referee
to take the evidence. Nothing can be done
until this appointment is made 1 expect
to be back from Washington about Decem-
Der or 8. and then the Donahue case and
other litigation connected with and grow
ing out of it. will receive attention"
Governor Shallenberger has received a
letter from the military department Of the
Nioksbury National Park Cemetery ascot
alton urging him to see to It that the legis-
lature makes an appropriation for the con-
struction of a portrait statue in memory
Of the late General John M. Thayer Of
Nebraska.
An Insurance Case,
State Auditor Barton listened to a com
plant Of DR.. Myers of Howells this after
noon, who alleged he bought something he
thought was something else from the Sc
curity Mutual Life Insurance company. DR..
Myers said he thought he was buying a
twenty-year paid up life insurance policy
and when 1t was delivered to him 1t turned
put to be a twenty-year ordinary life. He
had given his note for $l9S for the pre-
mium and he ala not wat to have to pas
that note. Dr. Atkinson, the agent who
sold the insurance. presented the applica-
non as his defense that Myers had got
what no bargained for. The application
was for twenty-year ordinary life policy
The auditor has the case under advise
ment.
suggestions to Governor.
Those who have suggestions to make TO
Governor Shallenberger for the guidance Of
legislation would do well to file them now