Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-31
IyHOSTELER RAISES
POINT FOR JUDGES
Question Whether State Pas More
Than Their Railroad Fare
on Trip.
FILES BILL FOR HOTEL EXPENSE
LEGISLATURE. VIII Have TO Decide
How Much Judicial Officers Are
Entitled to Draw from
PubIic Chest.
tFrom a staff Correspondent


LINCOLN, Dec. g. Especial y Dis
trict Judge Hostetler of the Twelfth
Judicial district, composed Of the count
les Of Buffalo. Custer and Sherman. has
filed a voucher with the state auditor to
be brought before the legislature for set
Element The voucher covers hotel bills
which tn judge has paid during his term
OF office amounting TO $l2S. The appro-
priation of the last legislature covered
; travelling expenses, so far as railway fare
Mas concerned but did not provide for the
wants of the inner man. The judge be-
lieves that the legislature should pay the
grub" bill of the judges and so intimates
in a foot note attached to the voucher.
No welfare BOARD for Lincoln.
The city council of Lincoln by a vote
of four to one. has voted down the well
fare ordinance introduced by oCmmis-
soner King which provided for a COM
mission of half dozen or more people
who would be appointed from different
societies, their duties being to tell the
commissioners what they should do, hunt
up trouble for them. censor the motion
pictures and watch the chorus girls to
Sc that their dresses are not too high
eight from Manila.
State Secretary Charles w. Pool il
smoking Philippine cigars, box having
arrived for him as a Christmas present
from DR.. A P. F1tzsimmons, a former
neighbor of the secretary at Tecumseh-
DR. Fitzsimmons is in the government
service at Manila.
Youngest Member on Ground.
Albert B. Tibbets of Hastings. who
viii probably be the youngest member
of the lower branch of the legislature,
was at the state house this morning
While only little over the legal age,
Mr.. Tibbets will probably be one of the
strong members OF that body. He comes
from a stock of statesmen, Judge lib
bets of Lincoln and Senator Tibbets Of
Hastings being his uncles. He is en-
gagged in newspaper work at\ Hastings.
Reference Bureau Ready.
The legislative reference bureau is
moving into it's usual Offices i'm the state
house on the third floor today and ex-
poets to be ready for business. The
bureau has always been a busy place
during the past sessions b yreason Of
the fact that a large number of bills
introduced were prepared by that de-
partment. However, the last session
provided that hereafter when members
could not draw UP their own bills and
were compelled to secure the services OF
Mr.. Sheldon and his able assistants, they
should pay s. for the assistance in each
instance
McBrien In HI.
A. G. Monohan. special rural school ad-
wiser. representing the National Depart
mont Of Education, was a caller OF the
office OF state superintendent Delsell ts-
( day He says former State Superintend-
cnt' ]. L. McBrain, who is now in the
employ of the government as an in
spec, has been suffering from very poor
health the last few months. and while
able to attend to his duties has done so
with considerable difficulty.
New Mercantile. Firm.
The NebTaska-Iowa Mercantile company
is a new corporation filing articles with
the secretary of state. The company Is
located IN Omaha and has a capitol of
100000. 1t vii engage in a wholesale
mercantile business. The incorporators
are c. c. Daehler and Ray Fl. Wise.