Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-22
Nebraska

any one from office, but the party removed
has the right Of appeal to the council and
the mayor may be overruled by a vote Of
four against him.
The idea Of the committee, said DR.. win
nett OF the general committee, is to get a
charter which will provide for the govern
ment OF the city along the same lines as
a corporation Is governed or managed.
DemurrnEe RuIes Adopted.
The railway commission has been notified
that the Western Demurrage association
has adopted the demurrage rules recon-
mended by the railway commission in their
general meeting at Washington and later
BY the Interstate Commerce commission.
The rules will become effective in Ne
braska May 1. The rules will apply only
to interstate business and will not affect
the Nebraska laws which govern local
shipments.
when DomOcrats Fall Out.
u. o. Garrett, who was democracy's
choice for lieutenant governor a year ago.
had this to say when discussing the action
OF Governor Shallenberger, who was with
him on the ticket, in charging the removal
Of Principal Crabtree to republican poll
tics:
Arthur Mullen, who drew the bill which
provided for the removal Of the republican
members of the normal board, handed the
bill to me with this remark:
That bill will remove more republicans
from office than any measure that has
yet been thought Of or ever was thought
Of"
Some Left Out.
That someone overdid the business when
the democratic banquet was packed for
! GAVrnraAA CA,1I- A.--A- ,aA Ahn anaa EaRct
list was confined to the big four is more
apparent every day. Dan Stephens, who for
a number of years has cut some ice in
democratic politics, was so cut up over the
arrangements that he left the city at 6
o'clock in the afternoon and did not, there
fore, remain to the feed and talks.
stephens was not the only one who left,
however. Chris Gruenther, who organized
the state for Shallenberger, and more than
any other manager brought around his
election, got enough Of it by 6 O'Clock and
he, too, left.
These two watched very carefully the
maneuvering OF the afternoon and knew In
advance what was going to happen.
The talk that Stephens is going to run
for the senate has some foundation. 1t is
told on good authority that Stephens is
very much undecided on two propositions
now open 10 MIN.
Congressman ALTA, so it is said, has
agreed to get out Of the way at the close
Of his next term II reelected and support
Stephens for congress. Stephens looks we'll
on this, but fears that E. R.. Guerney of
Fremont, his personal friend, may want
the job then and he would dislike to go
against him.
That leaves the senate, which is a big
| and broad f{ald Co 40 M ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fo
forthcoming for the senate. then it may
be assumed that Mr.. stephens has decided
to wait for Mr.. Latta's shoes.
That would seem to postpone indefinitely
the fulfillment of the ambitions of Edgar
: Howard.
state May Intervene.
Attorney General Thompson may inter
vene in the Missouri rate cases which are
now pending In the federal court, though
this afternoon he had not fully decided the
matter. 1t is possible he may merely file
a brief as a friend of the court.
The legal department of state received a
joul by reason of the decision of a federal
court handed down in Oklahoma, which
was against the contention of Mr.. Thomp-
son in the matter Of the a-pportionment of
income and operating expenses between
state and interstate business.
Mr.. Thompson has evidence that he be-
lieves some of the other states with similar
litigation do not possess. SO he may file
the brief in order to assist in preventing
an opinion which may be detrimental to
his own case.
AS evidence that Nebraska does not have
apportioned to it the share OF the revenue
on business to which it is entitled the
following was cited in the recent evidence
taken here: The earnings on a car of butter
and egg from Fairbury to Omaha was 500;
on the same train was a car of butter and
eggs destined for Chicago. The Nebraska
earnings on that car amounted to only so.
Another example cited was this: From
Plymouth to Omaha is 100 miles; from
Omaha to Chicago 500 miles. The rate on
corn to Omaha from Plymouth is s cents
and from Omaha to Chicago IL cents. On
1000 pounds Nebraska earned S24 and