Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-19
COMMISSIONS HANDS OFF
State Will Not Interfere in Iowa
Nebraska Rate Case.
COMPLAINTS AT WASHINGTON
MissoaFi River cities of lows AlleRe
Freight Rates shut Them out
of Nebraska In COMPETE
tive Business.
(From a staff correspondenl.l

NFrom Starr Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Oct. 1s.--(Special.) Tho
State Railroad commission will not Off
! cially take q hand In the controversy
raised by the Missouri river cities OF
Iowa over freight rates In Nebraska. IL
has been left for tho Sioux City Com
mercial club 30 father the complaints
filed with the Interstate Commerce COM
mission as 20 alleged determinations
which shut the Iowa cities out of Ne
brasiSa- The effort IL to have the COM
mission order that Nebraska rates be
raised to conform TO the Interstate rates
This was the identical question settled
In the Shreveport case
But in the matter OF the latter case
the sympathies OF the Iowa commission
were all tho other way. and the Iowa
commission does not want 60 20 on rec
ord IA approving the Shreveport decision
or making Il the basis for an attack on
rates in a neighboring state. Besides. the
Iowa and Nebraska commissions have
been working together harmoniously on
other matters.
Judge Henderson, commerce counsel
and Chairman Thorne are In Washington
on the matter OF the reopening of the
advanced ratio case affecting eastern
roads. In this they arc cooperating with
all the western commissions. A story
that Thorne and Henderson would be
shorn of their power by rebuke from
other members of the Iowa commission
Is said TO be without foundation.
Liquor Question tn Politics.
There is some Indication that the liquor
or temperance question IL getting deeper
into politics this year than usual. IL is
n deep question in tho fight for members
Of the supreme court. as the dividing line
is quite clear as between the three men,
bers of the court seeking Reelection and
at least two of those trying for the place
II is also found that the democratic CAM
didate for governor is very closely allied
with the liquor interests as well as their
candidate for senator. The democratic
state committee IL fully committed 20
support whatever the vets may desire.
IL il now asserted by the democrats them
selves that there is on foot a scheme to
have the state provide a fund to reim-
burse the saloon men II they are COM
PEELED TO quit under prohibition. on the
other hand, the republicans are more than
ever committed to temperance legislation
and TO woman suffrage. This phase OF
the situation Is attracting a great deal
OF attention out in the rural districts.
Women Feel Encouragement.
The women OF the state who are en-
gagged in the fight for tho ballot say they
are greatly encouraged by the situation
In the state at tho present time and that
they are now quite sure that the iegisla-
ture that will be elected next month will
be favorable 10 a submission of the
amendment to the voters Tho women
intend to open and maintain state head
quarters and to organize an effective
lobby TO push the amendment through
the legislature. They are resolving the
support OF a very large number OF news |
papers and OF leading men Of all parties. |
much more so than ever before. II voted |
on the question will come 10 a head in
about two years.
Teachers Pensions Live Question.
The fact that a committee OF the State !
Teachers association will present 20 the |
association next month a report on teach !
ers' pension systems will bring that mat
ter squarely before the teachers for the |
first time. A great many OF the teachers
OF the state have opposed the plan OF
having the state raise an enormous fund
10 pension the teachers and only a few
have advocated II. Now the committee |
report will present the matter so that It |
is believed all the teachers will get back |
of the movement. The last legislature |
had before II several bills 20 provide a |
pension fund, but because OF the fact that |
the teachers themselves were divided |
nothing came OF II. The matter OF cost |
Is the chief stumbling block. A 1 mill |
special tax levy IL the least that has been !
suggested for the fund and this would |
increase state taxes 20 per cent or more.
InfantiIe Paralysis ReapDears.
Reports 20 the State Board of Health |
indicate that infantile paralysis has re-
appeared in several parts OF the state. |
In Ida county several cases have recently |
occurred and two deaths OF children are 1
mentioned. Some years ago the disease |
spread all over the state and caused !
great havoc and then It disappeared and |
only occasionally have a few cases been |
Steps are being taken TO sur
round the epidemic at its starting point.
Campaign for Free State Fairs.
A campaign Is being carried on here to
have the legislature make an appropria-
ton 80 that the state fair at Des Moines
win be free 20 all IL Is argued that the
fair is an institution which is OF such
character that II ought 20 be attended by
the largest possible number Of persons
from all over the state, and TO have a