Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-15
Omaha Man to Continue in Charge of
Prosecution.
LEOMARGARNE HAS A HEARING
Manufacturers Ask to Place Product
in Better Competition.
CREAMERY METHODS DENOUNCED
Charge Made that the Big Establish
ments seek to Freeze Out All
the Small Concerns In
the Country.
dFrom a staff Correspondent

the country
CFrom staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May H-(Special Tele-
gramD--S. r. Rush Of Omaha, special as
sistant to the attorney general and former
assistant United States attorney under At
tUrneys Baxter aud Goss. Is in Washington
in conhection with criminal indictments
against Governor Haskell OF Oklahoma
growing out OF town lot cases. Today Sen
ators owen and Gore and Representatives
Carter and Ferris of Oklahoma saw the
president and submitted direct request
that dsinterested man of high standing
be named by the administration to go care
fully into all details of the case and report
upon the advisablity of continuing the
same.
Attorney General Wickersham, in a de-
clson today. after conference with the
president decided that the Oklahoma town
lot cases Will be pressed by the Department
OF Justice and that Governor Haskell will
have TO he tried by petit jury that will
pass upon his guilt or innocence at the
June term of the federal court
The Oklahoma delegation that saw the
president this morning ntlmsted that pol
itics had been injected in these cases the
object being to hurt the democratic party
in the state. The members indirectly sought
TO discredit the fairness and justness OF
Mr. Rush, and even went so far as to inti-
mate that motives besides legal ones were
behind the prosecution.
Attorney General Wickershaw stated the
cases had been begun before he entered
the Department of Justice, that he looked
them over with care and considered the
best way TO determine whether Injustice
was being done was to submit the facts
TO jury OF Oklahoma citizens and that
Mr. Rush who had been doing splendid
work since his connection with the De-
partment of Justice would continue In
charge of prosecution.
Talks for OIeo.
Representative Burleson of Texas ap-
peared before the house committee on
agriculture In an endeayor to show the
committee that the oleomargarne manu-
facturers should be given unrestricted
right to sell their product in competition
with butter. lie argued that the central
lied creameries of Nebraska Iowa and
other states have attempted to crush out
small croamefies of those states He de-
nounced the attempt of oppression on the,
butter consumers of the country. Among
The witnesses before the committee today
were Prof G. l.. Mckay. formerly at Ames,
la. S. B. Shilling, who has creamery in
terests at Mason city, la; ex-Congress-
man lG j, IIainer, Lincoln Neb.. repre-
senting Beatrice Creamery company and
j. r. Marley. Ottumwa, Ia, representing
the Minnesota COOPERATIVE Dairy asso-
ciation.
WheB Mr. Morley was on the witness
stand. Congressman Burleson pointed to
reports from Nebraska. Iowa and other
states to show that the smaller creameries
III.
trailized plants. lie asked the witness
whether It was not fact that these CEN
uallzed creameres put out a product
which Is as much adulterated as oleomar-
gerine lie asked him further whether the
centralized cteameres which are engaged
in throttug smaller plants should be pro-
tectcd by congress by the imposition of
a tax on oeomHrgeme so that this pro-
cess or destruction can be continued against
smaller creanleries Mr. Morley declared
Gcnt-G:I!zea ereGmories In Minnesota have
mnot killed the smaller plants, lie admitted
NJ tat reports show that this had been GO
ing on In Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
The committee on agricultural is closely
divided on the 10 cent tax ON oleomar-
earine and IL is thought It may report a
bin which omits it. but which places
i grester restrictions on sale of the oieo-
margarine
Plans oG the BURLINGTON.
j H. kelby general attorney of the Bur-
lington, railroad in Nebraska. presented his
argument in the case Of the Binings Com
morcial club against the Chicago, Burning
ton x Quincy and other roads, alleging
Determinations against other towns. non
plussed the representatives. Of the billings
Commercial club when he announced that
the Burlington road is now building link
from Frannle, Wyo., to Fromberg Mont.
70 connect with the Bridgcr line Of the
Northern Pacific a distance Of thirty-two
miles which, he said. when completed win
shorten the distance from Billings to the
BASIN territory some sixty-fiye miles. with
this line completed viii naturally come
some reduction In rates, especially on
fourth class matter. The representative
ot tho Billings Commercial cluo, when in
formed OF this action on the part of the
Burlington said that If he had known be-
fore hand OF the activity OF the Burlington
suit probably would not have been brought
NebrasEa Notes.
General Attorney Kelby, General Freight
Agent Spens o the Burlington railroad
and Mrs. Spens and f. j. Mevann, traffic
commissioner of tns Omaha Commercial
club leave for ;hc west
senators Burkctt and Brown today
recommended the appointment OF Jack
GuiN as postmaster az Venus and stephen
btainard az Ruth Knox county.
pr and Mrs. rhorne OF Omaha are In
~ ashington. Mr. rhorne was formerly
surgeon m the army with a station in the
Philippines
The eonfree's on Senator Burketts bill
permitting the Omaha Indians TO take thein
claims 70 the court OF claims, have agreed
o leave the house amendments in the bill,
out passed over that portion OF the measure
relating 10 Otoe and Missouri claims until
senator owen could be heard. II appears
that the same treaty that affected the
Omahas was also binding on the Otoe nd