Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-06
Nebraska

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buities devolving upoa one VIM secures
an election.
IN the administration Of state government
the Law officer OF the state PLAYS p most
important part. lie cannot do everything
Don the enforcement Of the law. but he must
be aggressive IL much b. to be accom-
plished The machinery Of the court should
only be called into action upon meritorious
causes and then without fear on favor;
The republican legislature Of 1901 placed
heavy burdens upon the legal department
OF the state. The constructive legislation
+ If that session h the glory Of our citizen
shin. II gave us the railway commission
act, the anti-paH Jaw the 2-cent passenger
I law. ~ per cent reduction IN express rates
and Is per rent reduction ~ railroad rates
on certain commodities. These. together
with other laws enacted nv that session.
/ have made Nebraska the foremost state In
the union. 80 far as progressive legislation
I is concerned. Nothing like the session Of
1907 The railway commission act. tho
anti-pass law and the . per cent reduction
I Of express rates have been upheld by the
courts While the 2-ceut passenger law and
the freight reduction law have been In
/ operation FOR three years their constitu-
tiOnality ie now being tested in the federal
court. ] glory in the part PLAYED by the
present attorney general IN enforcing these
! laws. Representatives from other states
have come here 10 see the record and
/ learn how 81 was done ] speak advisedly
when ] say that nothing like n has been
4 accomplished in any other state In the
union
J ! am somewhat familiar with the work Of
I the office and the important litigation now
pending before state and federal courts
and In case % nomination and election I
shall strive. To uphold the high standard
established by Attorney General Thompson.
warden smith Reports.
The monthly report OF Warden T w
Smith OF the state penitentisrv for the
month Of April shows that the convicts
numbered 451 on the last dav NJ the month
During the month twelve were discharged.
I three paroled and one pardoned. -Four
convicts were punished. one for loud talking
at the table, which Is prohibited in all
well regulated society; one fo- knocking
another convict down: one for stealing
brooms and one for insoence.
AHbeI's Time Reduced.
A sentence Of five years imposed upon
Regnar Aabel Of Harlan county is reduced
by the supreme court to two years Aabel
was convicted OF the crime Of grand lar
ceny, being charged with stealing $500
worth Of property in the store, where he
was employed as a clerk. The court holds
he was guilty Of larceny and not OF en-
bezzlement In order TO constitute such an
appropriation, embezzlement the goods
must have come into his possession or care
by virtue OF his employment
Waters Case Reversed.
The case Of Flavia Waters, administra-
trix Of the estate Of Stephen H Waters,
against the city Of Omaha was reversed by
the supreme court. This was a suit for
damages, which was won by the plaintiff
in the lower court @
NOss Gets office.
writ Of mandamus asked for by Will
fred L. Voss to compel Mary V, Quinn, t.
believer to him the office OF county super
tntendent Of Daketas county, has been al
., lowed by the supreme court. 1t was
alleged that Voss did not possess a teachers
first grade certificate when he was elected
: county superintendent last fall and was
D therefore ineligible to the office. His
] certificate and expired on October 20. Prior
y to that date he took teachers examination
{ before the county superintendent OF
+ Thurston county and completed the eX.
=. animation October 16. AS provided by Law
n the questions prupounded to him and his
answers were sent to the state superin-
e tendent November 6, four days after cleo.
ton, the state superintendent certified tc
: the county superintendent of Thurstor
county the result Of the examination
November 2 the county superintendent
issued to Voss teEcher's first grade cert.
ficRte@--TheN eesFt -eEerturrs 4he decision Of
The state superintendent and says there is
no disputed point of school law for the
state superintendent TO settle and his advic,
and decision in no manner justify tn
respondent in refusing TO recognize cert
fcate Of election held by the relator 1
lis held that the decision of the state super
intendent cannot overrule the law as de
termined by this court in state aEaius
Hyland.
For General Discussion.
The conviction of Cha les J. Baker O