Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-20
Nebraska
JAMPAlOA VI tALSLAOODS
Misrepresentation Laid to Door Of
Democrats by Opponents.
CITE GOVERNORS RECENT SPEECH
Statement that Courts Had Been
Induced 90 Declare Certain Laws
void Causes Feeling Mt
state House.
lrrom a staff correspondentl

LINCOLN, June l9.-(Speclal. D--Atter
reading the speech Of Governor Shallen
berger, delivered at the democratic ban
quet at Central City, republican officials
around the state house are OF the opinion
o that once more the democrats are going to
conduct campaign of misrepresentation
and falsehoods The statement by the gov
ernor that the courts had been induced BY
special interests to declare unconstitutional
three Of the measures enacted by the late
democratic legislature, which statement he
has failed to follow with the institution of
impeachment proceedings of the names Of
the Individual judges Influenced" or
demand for grand jury investigation OF
the special interests that did the influence
ing, has caused considerable feeling around
the state house.
The statement has served to recall
paragraph In an address signed by Chief
Justice Reese for delivery down south.
In discussing the TRADES against the
court by the governor, Judge Reese said,
II had been said by HIM that the courts
Of England had never declared a law un-
constitutional and that our courts should
follow this rule Judge Reese said that
statement showed the amount OF knowl-
edge the governor had on the subject in
asmueh as every school boy knew that
could not declare laws of parliament un-
constitutional. 1t was Governor Shallen-
berger who held up the courts Of England
as pattern for the American courts on
the sole ground that those courts never
declared a law unconstitutional.
Defense of Legislature.
The defense of the democratic legisla-
ture by the governor and his non-partisan
taIk
those who knew something OF the members
OF that body and OF their work. Those
who attended the session regularly have
recalled since the governors speech that
the senate was controlled absolutely by
the attorney for the South Omaha stock
yards and other interests, while the house,
at times took on the appearance OF
drunken nlob. The greatest endeavor OF
the governor and his henchmen in the legis-
lature was to create jobs for democrats.
They started out by passing bill to
abolish the state normal board because
It was composed OF a majority Of repub-
leans. 1t created in Its place another
board to be composed of democrats. This
was done to force faculties and students
of the normal schools to become part OF a
democratic machine.
]. w. Crabtree, formerly principal OF
as having said Governor Shallenberger
promised that IL he would work for the
passage of that act and the bill failed he
would see that he retained his place even
II he had to remove the normal board to
do II. This bill passed but It was so poorly
drawn that 1t was held unconstitutional
by the supreme court.
In addition to the effort to create jobs
for democrats by injecting the normal
schools into politics Governor Shallen-
berger and his legislators, 1t has been re-
vealed, had introduced more than score
of bills to leglslate republicans out Of Of
Gle and give their places to democrats.
These measures ranged from bill to pro-
vide that no appointment made by the
State Railway commission could be legal
unless agreed to by the lone democratic
member of that commission; to a bill to
create a beer inspector" with jobs for
countless democrats. Tho bank guaranty
bill gave the power to the governor to do
the appointing though two other state Of
ficers are members of the board. Another
measure that was passed In order TO Gre
ate more democratic Jobs was that wherein
the Home for the Friendless was abolished
and the State Public school was created.
The new institution was put in the hands
of board appointed by the governor,
while the abolished institution was in
charge of the State Board of Public Lands
and Buildings. composed of state officers.
Deputy OH Inspector.
A sixth deputy was given the oil in
spector In order to take care OF another
democrat when, as q matter OF fact, the
state oil inspector of Nebraska is not re-
quired to devote as much as fifteen min
utes of his time each month to attend to
his duties. He merely signs reports pre-
pared by a stenOgTapher.
Nebraska's first democratic legislature
then made an assault on the courts and at
tempted to overturn the law and custom
of years regarding the canvass of the vote
on proposed constitutional amendments, In
order TO get few democrats the su-
preme bench. after the people had rejected
democratic bench at the polls. In fact
the governor appointed a rival court and
Il required months TO fight the case out
legally. Then came the non partisan Judici-
airy bill. which was enacted In order to give
the democrats better chance TO elect a
Judge under false pretenses. That bill was
illegally drawn and held to be unconstitu-
honaL Then came the passage OF the law
which abolished the Board of Secretaries
OF the Board OF Health and permitted the
governor to appoint democratic board and
". Arthur Carr Tor ltb hecIolAIS
County assessors who recently met here
In a stat convention pointed out the
ability OF Governor Shanenberger as a
statesman by referring to the bill he adj
yocated providing for the election of pre-
finet assessors. Every assessor In Nebraska
who has expressed himself publicly has
denounced that measure Each of them has
said It has cost the taxpayers more money
than under the old system to ia make
the assessment and has prevented an
equitable assessment OF property. There
was at least a score OF laws enacted by
the first democratic Legislature solely for
the purpose OF giving Jobs TO democrats
and building up a machine for the COVER
nor. Republicans around the state house
say these records win be used in the cam
paign 10 show the insincsrity OF the gov
ernor in his speeches for non-partisanship
Ia anything.
Making Some Progress.
Great progress was made yesterday in
the attainment OF the Ideal New Jerusa-
lem when Mayor Love appointed a commit
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