Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-19
Nebraska
DEMOS WOULD GUST
BRIAN FROM PLACE
Candidates for Insurance Commits
sioner Actively Wage Contest
for Job at Lincoln.
APPOINTMENT is EXPECTED sOor
OFrom a statf correspondent

LINCOLN. May S.-(Special the
state Insurance board probably will select
successor TO Insurance Commissioner
Lawson G.. Brian before the first OF next
month It Is possible Mr.. Brian may
succeed, Attorney General Reed will
leave June for Chicago on business con-
nected with the state and the selection
will be made before he leaves.
Governor Morehead. a democrat, state
Auditor Smith, another democrat. aud
Attorney General Reed. a democrat, COM
pose the board. Mt Brian Is a repub-
ilcan.
Some lively hustling for the place Is
going on among democrats, some OF the
aspirants being Harry NJ BoydstN, OF
Lincoln, Ed A. Agee OF Waterloo, Frank
Walsh of Omaha, f. A. Becker Of LIN
coin, NJ. G. Radcliffe OF Benkelman. Some
mention has been made OF ]. H. Broadly
Of Lincoln. II is well known that Mr..
Brian would not object TO continuing In
his present position.
board Denies Route Change.
The State Railway commission has
denied the contention Of directors TO the
extention Of line OF the Lincoln street
railway down sixth street from NJ to Q,
holding that the extension is a switch
and that the board has authority to
order in switches when In the interests
of public convenience one is needed. The
extension or switch would simply take
a part Of the cars off Of the line by the
Lindell hotel, which Joins the o street
line and Thirteenth and route them
straight down Sixteenth by the orpheum
theater and the Victoria hotel.
Many want statutes.
Orders for copies of the statues are
already coming in to the secretary OF
state an order from the county clerk
of Franklin for thirteen copies with the
money for the money for the same and
also for twenty-five copies OF the session
laws being received this morning. No
new statutes will be printed this year.
about 1,500 of the old remaining
Thomas to Deliver Addresses.
County Superintendent Thomas will de-
liver the commencement address TO the
Cedar Bluffs High school Wednesday
evening and on Thursday evening will go
to Emerson for like address. On Friday
evening he will deliver the commence
ment address at Bruning. His time will
be fully occupied for the rest OF the
month In commencement addresses for
Nebraska high schools.
Phone Rate Raise Denied.
The application of the surprie Tsele-
phone company, which includes nine ex-
changes, to raise rates from 81 to $3.50
and apply a county esrvice in Butler
county was denied by the Railway com
mission today.
Barrett May BE Candidate.
Representative John c. Barrett OF
Omaha wa ga caller at the state houes
this morning. He said he was here on
legal business. Il has been intimated,
though denied. that MT. Barrett designs
to run for some state office. possibly that
of lieuteant governor.
Omaha Men Seek Contract.
I William Kennedy. representing the Mis-
souri, Valley Marble aud Tile company Of
Omaha, with T. ]. Dougherty and Ed J..
oNeill. were callers on the Board of oCn-
troll this morning to secure a chance to
put in interior marble in some Of the
state buildings now being put up by the
board, They were introduced to the
board by Representative John Barrett OF
Omaha.
Marriage License 20 OmahRn.
. A marriage license was issued yester-
day afternoon at the county court house
to Charles b. Johnsto nof Minneapolis.
Min, age IS. adm Josephine f. Pardoe
of Omaha, age 70.
Express Companies Must Pay.
Express companies viii be required to
pay the state occupation tax under the
Smith occupation tax law according to
an opinion Of Attorney General Reed this
afternoon. The Smith law called for a
state tax Of per cent upon the earn
ings of the express companies.
The companies commended that If they
had to pay a state occupation tax they
ought not 20 be required to pay a city
or village occupation tax in addition
The Adams Express company paid the
tax the first year after the law was
passed. but outside OF that no tax has
been paid in. The attorney general holds
that they must pey the tax of ths state
as well as OF the municipality.
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