Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-11
COURT FALLS BACK IN WORK
State Supreme Bench Still Continues
to Lose Ground.
STALLION LAW WILL BE TESTED
Week VIII See Paper. of Both Taft
and RooseyeIt-La Toilette Pri-
mary Candidates Filed
fer Contest.
Crrom a s,aff corespOndentl


(From a staff Corespondentl
LINCOLN. March lA-tsPeciAit-Ihe
supreme court st the present time Is from
twenty months to two years behind with
Its vor<. or In other words a case filed
today VIII be heard in the ordinary
course OF events in that length OF
time. What L. stin more dlscoursging
the court is gradually falling behind In
stead OF digging out under the pile OF
litigation.
one reason for this tS found In the
habit which some Nebraska attorneys ap-
pear to have OF appealing practically
every case In which they can induce
clients 20 take such action The trivial
ity Of many Of the cases Is notable. One
instance Of recent date Is where case
involving an attachment against 10
sewing machine was appealed twice TO
the supreme court and In the finaiity the
ensts amounted to more than SEQ An
other case OF comparatively recent vint-
aga involved a difference Of D over
deal in hay and this involved costs of
about ssaa 1t 10 estimated that more than
20 per cent OF the civil litigation in the
court involves sums Of less than 500 and
= per cent OF n less than san.
An aggravated feature Of the situation
IL that the more the court gets behird
the more cases win be neediessly ap-
1peAied, for II offers an opportunity for
delay 10 litisaats who have that for their
sole purpose Thsy appeal and let the
case practically 90 by default when II
sotnaily comes To a hearing ana In the
meantime have gained tine 20 strslghten
themselves out or accomplish whatever
purpose delay is useful for
VIII Test stallion Law.
Frank rans OF 81. Paul has decided
10 test the new stallion registration law.
He 10 ops Of the heavy importers Of draft
ard other horses and up TO dale has re-
fused 70 have his hbrses inspected under
the law. asserting that Il Is unjust. an
unnecessary burden on horse owners and
secoinplishes no good purpose. lie has
brought Injunction proceedings and tne
papers were served late saturday on
tho members Of the stallion registration
board. lie. IN common with some other
importers. asserts the law Is. unconstI-
tutional. Another test OF the law VIII
come in the trial OF members OF the firm
Of Robinson & North. who have been
arrested on the charge OF selling stall.
lion which had not been Inspected. This
case 10 SGT for trial March "a.
ssen Ready for Contsst.
II 10 expected that the present week
win zee the papers Of both the Taft and
Ia Folletts- Roosevelt primary candidates
filed and everything cleared In readiness
fer the primary contest. Up TO the pres.
ent only few Of the candidates for
electors have filed. and this requires
simple declaration OF the candidates. one
thing IL apparent ana that IL the oh.
tanning Of the necessary petitions h more
Of q tank than either party anticipated.
To organize the machinery and get !.
working 10 obtain tho required namber
Of sisners and have them dlstribatsd a.
provided by aw Is Of itssif a bis task
The directions appear simple enough. but
many make mistakes and the papers
must 50 back and the work al done over
again. and then there Is tiio man who
has for his motto. tomorrow who
must always ba commended with ami
prodded up 80 that he w';i set inside the
distance flas.
Ms Mar for Democrats.
Among the democrats the big thing "
March 10. On that day the clans viii
~..h.. g. . x.uhta ....~xnn. n. An. .s..&.
ing there win Be the Bryan birthday ban.
auet. which is expected 70 attract a
great crowd OF the followers of the
peerless" and In the afternoon Of tho
same day 10 the conference IAN the 50.
called progressive democrats This
means. OF course. IN democratic pariance
In Nebraska. ali who are opposed to the
nomination Of Judson Harmon Of Ohio
~ the democratic candidate, The prin-
cipsi elements IN this anti Harmon com.
blnation are the Clark and Wilson fol-
iowinys. The combination IL expected 10
servo q double purpose. In, the first
place. the uniting Of forces Is hoped TO
Be sufficient to carry the state and. what
Is fully as important from the viewpoint,
Of the friends Of Bryan. u will render 4
unnecessary for him to declare his choice
between these two democratic aspirantx.
The latter. however. Is an easily faith
omed subterfuge. for the political In
Inmates Of Bryan. Including Dick Met
eaife. Brown and Allen. are already out
openly for wilson. and the Clark men
are certainly obtuse II thsy cannot see
through the ruse. II Is planned TO divide
the delegation from Nebraska equally
between Wilson ana Clark and thereby