Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-02
Nebraska
HANLY IN OPTION CAMPAIGN
Indisnan Will Deliver Principal Ad
dress at Lincoln Meeting.
GOVERNORS DOOM IS PREDICTED
$. X. warwick, state President Anti
saloon League. Sees Political
woe for Foes of County
Option.
tFrom a STAFF correspondent.l

CFrom a staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Neb., March 1-Special)-
The committee in charge of tho county
option convention to be held in Lincoln.
March II and Is, has arranged with Gov
ernor Hanly OF Indiana to deliver the pr.n-
cipal address on the night Of the 18th.
During the afternoon Of that day there
will be held a platform convention at
which a platform endorsing county option
will be adopted or at least proposed for
adoption.
on the night that Governor Hanly speaks,
Senator ]. a. DonohOe Of ONeil and SEN
ator Cain Of Richardson county will also
speak. Either that night or on the even
ing following Senator j. E. Miller and Sen
ator e. p. Brown Of Lancaster county will
speak.
S. K. Warrick, president Of the Anti
saloon league OF the state, announced at a
recent meeting hat the party which does
not endorse county option Is doomed TO de-
feat this fall at the polls, and IL Governor
Shallenberger runs fo- reelection on the
SSoIclock closing law and does not en-
dorse county option he is sure OF defeat.
So It is possible at the meeting an effort
will be made to secure a statement from
Governor Shallenberger for or against
COullAy OpLNVIls IL ne uOG6 not endorse
county option It is not improbable that an
effort will be made to secure a candidate
for the democratic nomination who will
stand for the Bryan liquor program.
This meeting has been set just ahead of
the Laymen's convention, which begins
March Is, so It is expected a large crowd
will be in the city.
The committee having the matter in
charge has not yet decided just where the
meetings will be held and neither has 1t
completed its program, but announcements
will be made shortly.
Traction Company Replies.
The Lincoln Traction p has filed
a reply brief to the brief of County At
torney Tyrrell, who objects to the amount
Of stock and bonds issued by the company
as being out of proportion to the value
Of the company's property. When the two
companies were merged. the Lincoln Trac-
ton company and the Citizens Street Rail-
way company, the stock issue was upon an
agreed value.
The reply says:
The question Of the basis Of stock issues
is purely one of state policy. Mr.. Tyrrelrs
argument really means that a law limiting
the par value Of stocks and bonds to phys
ical valuation Use better than a law allow
Ing a stock Issue on the basis of market
value. The law passed by the last legis-
lature adopts physical valuation as the
basis. The old did not. 1t authorized q
stock issue upon the basis Of present and
prospective earnings value. A Massachu-
setss statute has for several years limited
stock issues to physical valuation. 1t may
be observed in passing that wages are nc
higher In Massachusetts, than in Nebraska,
nor are fares lower. 1
The legislature is the Judge of state poi
icies. February !, 1909, 1t had not adopted
the policy Of limiting stock issues to
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trary policy, of allowing parties toLagret
dnathe value. This being legal Hnd'not 9
political controversy, the sole question Is
which law was in force February l, 1903
the act of 1909 or the act of 1889. The rec
ord shows the law Of 1889 was in force.
Railway Commission Acts.
A number Of minor orders were issued
by the State Railway commission Tuesday
morning, among them being the follow.
ing:
The Madison County Telephone company
is allowed to put in a combination rate
of SIPS for residence and business tele,
phone service where one patron nses both
The Burlington is allowed to reduce its
rate on alfalfa meal from Mitchell t
Omaha and South Omaha from "a cents Il
9c.4 cents.
MOfe liberal milling-in-transit privileges
will be accorded Loomis by the Burling.
ton and more liberal reconsignment privi
leges will be extended to grain concerns
at Holdrege by the same road.
The Seward County Telephone company
is permitted to issue 5000 in bonds to tax,
up an outstanding note.
TIL Burlington is permitted to reduce il!
rate on corn from Ord, SPELLS and HorC
to Omaha from 10 cents to 1876 cents.
The Cambridge-Holbrook Telephone com
pany is permitted to put in a toll rate o
10 cents on a newly-established line be
tween Cambridge and Wilsonville.
The Burlington is allowed to reduce tt
rate on brick from Lincoln to Fairbur!
from 4 cents to 35 cents. The rate on sant
from Brickton to Lawrence will also b,
reduced from 35 cents to 8 cents.
Organize City Prohibition Fight.
The committee of thirty has made ar
rangements to establish it's headquarteri
on the second floor of the new Munger
block on the east side of Twelfth street
between o and p streets. 1t had been in
tended by the committee to have the head
quarters on the ground floor of the Ian
sing building on South Twelfth, but tn,
room was rented for other purposes befor,
the committee got the deal closed, an
the temperate people were forced to lool
, elsewhere for suitable headquarters.
The new headquarters will be opened a
once and the work of the campaign &C
tivity pushed. 1t is planned to take
poll of the city, so that the committe
may know where the voters reside an
how they regard the wet and dry propo
sition. The data thus procured Will b
used for carrying on the campaign, espe
cially on election day.
New Rifle for Guardsmen.
Adjutant General Hartigan has receive
a copy OF the new telescope Springfield
. rifle, and it will be tried out by member
of the guard. The rifle has the telescop
adjustment which enables the shooter I
+ see what he is shooting at some 500
: yards away.
. Aero Club Articles.
The office of the secretary Of state wa
notified today that the articles of incoi
: poration of the Aero club of Omaha woul
e be filed tomorrow.