Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-12
HOSEUETTER UPON OPTION
Chairman Of Republican Committee
Discusses Question.
Y. h cowgirl IS NO BETTER
Member of Board of Railway Commits
sioneFs Partially REEVES, but
sinks AEnin-POstaI Clerks
Expense.
CFrom a staff Correspondent.)

LINCOLN, oct. u.-Cspecial. County
option does not put in a saloon nor take
out q saloon" said Chairman Hr senetter
OF the republican state committee. ION
presenting a petition TO the county board
with the legal number Of signatures all
the voters Of any county may say whether
they do want a saloon or whether they do
not want one.
AT present all the villages, towns and
cities in Nebraska haveoption. The tax
payers outside Of the towns are required
70 pay court expenses and assist in the
maintenance Of jails and penitentiaries,
thereby forcing them into the position Of
being taxed without representation and
virtually disfranchised
Should the coming legislature pass the
county option law any county not voting
on the proposition afterwards would re-
tain the Slocumb Law and o'clock closing
law as at present. It Is emlnenty fair
to let Douglas county have what It wants
and at the same time let the outside coun-
ties have what they want, which both
could get by a majority vote Of their own
people. Let all the people rule.
The democratic platform stands for the
Initiative and referendum, which will give
all the counties the right to vote on the
liquor question the same as county option
Hence, county option does not restrict per-
sonal liberty, 1t enlarges It."
Postal Clerks Expenses.
Senator Burkett's well-known interest in
the proposition OF securing an expense al
lowance for railway postal clerks while
they are away from home on duty led
him to take the matter up with the post
office department recently to find how the
now law was working. The last congress
appropriated $4,000 for the above purpose
though II was limited to not to exceed rs
cents per day. The law passed provided
the allowance should be for expenses in
CURED by clerks while on duty after twelve
hours from the time OF beginning their
initial run.
The department has advised Senator Bur
kett that the amount appropriated is not
sufficient to pay the full expenses Of the
clerks. even with the Limitation Of 70 cents
per day per clerk. The department is en-
gagged in making statements showing the
actual expenditure of each clerk in the
service subject to the limitation prescribed
By the act and IT is proposed to make
allowances in such proportion the
amount Of the appropriation bears to the
entire amount OF expenditures computed
on the basis indicated by the law. Pay
rolls are now being prepared, and the de-
partment expects 70 make payments some
time this month for the quarter ending
September 3d. 1910
Republican Meetings.
The following republican speaking dates
arc announced from republican state head
quarters;
Senatf- Ya-October TO- Osceola and
strom' uur I october II. Fairmont and Ge-
ueya; Qclpber u Dorchester and Friend;
SetabsA il, Tobias and western: october
"A. open date; October Is, Clay Center.
State Auditor S. A. Barton-October 90
Benedict; October q, Hall county; October
q Wood River and Aida; October g.
Hooper.
Assistant Attorney General Grant Mar
tn-Tonight University Republican club;
October II, Greenwood.
Bryan for statement No, L.
w. ]. Bryan said he was leaving today
for Iowa and Indiana, where he will make
several political speeches. that he hoped
all interested in the election OF senators by
the people would bring pressure to bear
on candidates for the senate and house
70 sign statement No. /. and thus give the
voters a chance to act on the senatorial
question Independent Of etate issues.
Cowgirl No BETTER.
The condition OF w. H. Cowgill state
railway commissioner, who Is suffering
from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain,
Is but slightly changed and ne is still
regarded as being in a critical condition
with little hope held out by physicians
for his recovery. Yesterday afternoon Mr..
Cowgirl was conscious for a time and was
able to recognize members OF his family.
But later he relapsed and he has since
been unconscious. He was unconscious at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon. The physicians
state however. that his general condition
= is little better today than yesterday.
To Advance Guaranty suit.
Governor shallenberger this afternoon re-
eeived a message from Attorney General
W. T. Thompson, who is in Washington.
THE message stated that the attorney
general had nled and submitted a motion
In the supreme court OF the United States,
asking that the Nebraska bank guaranty
case be advanced on the docket. II the
case Is advanced and submitted to the court
with the Oklahoma case this month Il will
soon be adjudicated. Otherwise Il will not
be submitted TIL next fall