Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-12
LINCOLN OBJECTS TO TAX
League Thinks Campus Extension
Advocates Use High Hand,
BUSINESS MOST INTERESTED
Division OF Opinion over Alleged
Attempt to Redeem Promise by
Making city OF Lincoln
Pay Cost.

Lincoln is dividing sharply on the
method the downtown business men OF
that city are using to influence the vote
to keep the university campus downtown
close TO where their stores pool halls and
saloons are. The East Lincoln league
for one, has filed an extensive protest
with the city council Of Lincoln
Several business men downtown who
would directly benefit by keeping the
university in their midst are so anxious
TO keep IL there that they promised the
legislature they would make up a fund
to buy the additional ground for DOWN
towns extension OF the campus. and
would see to II that the buying of these
fourteen acres would not cost the state
above $4,000 They gave a bond to guar
antee their promise.
Now. instead OF raising that money
among the dozen or two of business men
who promised It and who would benefit
by 1t they are asking the city council Of
Lincoln to tax the property OF the city
to raise the bonus money to pay the state
for keeping the campus downtown
Text of Protest.
1t is this against which the East Lin
coin league has protested in commune
cation filed with the Lincoln council in
the following language
Honorable Members of the City Council.
Lincoln, Neb.: Conference.-The members
q the East Lincoln league protest against
we levy OF a city tax on property in the
city OF Lincoln for state purpose such
as university extension and protest
against the use of money for a state puT-
der ths ss c levy e!y o syy 81 nS az named
FOR parks and campus extension fund,
Tor the following reasons:
The question Of the location Of the fu-
lure university Improvements has not
| been determined and will not be voted
upon until November 5, 1914, and any levy
| Tor such purposes before the settlement
of this question is for a speculative and
| Indefinite purpose.
The levy of 3la mills in last years city
| OF Lincoln levy for campus extension is
misleading to. voters throughout the state
| as 1t gives the impression that this city
| Us going TO pay for the eXtenAions on the
downtown campus, when the facts are
that 1t will not and cannot. The people
| OF the state are also Of the impression
| that all OF the people of Lincoln favor a
city tax Tor this state purpose when they
! do not
The law under which the endeavor tc
| levy 3h mills was made attempts to con-
number of years for the purpose "oi
purchasing, holding and improving public
| grounds and parks, park extensions and
improvements, and university extension,
but the levy made last year was not made
| for that purpose, but for a fund in
geniously called FOR park and campus
extension"
This So mill levy TO raise $S5 900 the
| first year was in addition to the general
city levy to raise $3.50 in which latter
sum had been included mill levy foI
! a purpose or fund called "for city park d
Thus, IL there was any ground whatso.
ever for the ? mill levy and the 31s mil
levy, total OF 5ba mills, raising over
| $4,000 for public grounds and park pur.
poses. there was an excess levy above the
| statutory limit of mills
Property in the city of Lincoln has al,
ready been taxed q OF a mill for the spe,
| cial development OF the State university
any attempt at a lew by the civ for tho The
same purpose is double taxation.
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