MlIE nr.K: OMAHA. RA1UHDAY. fT.nTMRETt 4. Mi,'..
Nebraska
WAR BREAKS OUT
IN RANKS0F DEMS
Treasurer Hall Sayi Governor It
Asking Him Plainly to Violate
the State Law.
Calls executive's talk 'bukc
(FVom a Btaff Correspondent.)
UNOOLJf. Sept. . (Special.) Har
mony unon; the Mate's democratic of
ficials was further augmented this morn
ing when State Treasurer Hall lm-ued the
following' statement in answer to the one
give nout by Governor Morehead. which
Governor Urges Nebraskans
To Make Visit to State Fair
(From a Raff Correspondent.)
IJNCOL..V, Sept. S. Speclal.-Belelv-Ing
that every man. woman and child
In Nebraska should become acquainted
with the manufacturing possibilities of
Nebraska and the stride the state has
made in the line of manufacturing. Gov
ernor Morehead has issued a proclama
tion, calling upon all cltisens who visit
the state fair next week to visit manu
facturers' hall and see the display
therein. The governor says among other
things:
"Nebraska being an agricultural state,
we think of It often from that point of
view only, and the manufacturing busi
ness has made wonderful prod ess with
out the people being closely In touch, or
familiar with this line of our great
wealth producing Industries. It is estl-
crltlclsed the treajnirnr for Ma action In
l-efuadng to pay out money not appropri-; niated that we haV8 between 8.000 and
ated to maintain the food department of
Nebraska. Treasurer Hall says:
The constitution and laws of Nebraska
provide that no moneys ran be paid out
by the state treasurer until first appro-
rrtatod and authorised1 to le paid out by
he legislature. Theme provisions of our
law are for the protection of the taxpay
ers. The last legislature appropriated
IS.ijOO.OOO to run the state government for
the preent blennium. The governor and
a few others here at the state house now
want me as state treasurer to pay out
some money In connection with the food
commissioner's office not appropriated
bv the last legislature. I feel that I
cannot do this because contrary to my
oath of office, contrary to law, and likely
to incur a liability on my official bond.
Governor Is at fr'aalt.
Under the law the kovernor Is the food
commissioner. Those running the depart
ments are his deputies. Also under the
law it Is the duty of tlie govenio ito
teoommend to the legislature, not only
the passage of needful laws, but also to
recommend tho appropristinn of needful
funds to carry on the business of thel
state. Maybe the last legislature didn't
intend to make further appropriations
than it did, but if it did Intend to make
further appropriations and forgot to do
so, the hlome rests upon the governor
equally with the legislature. He should
liave seen to It that ample appropria
tions were made.
The governor ssys that if I pay out
money not appropriated by the legisla
ture. It will only be a technical violation
of the law. A few years ago the funds
collected by the food commissioner win
not turned over to the state treasu. ..is
but were kept by the food commissioner
and the expense of the department pnld
out of them. The legislature, evidently
not being satisfied with this wav of do
ing public business, authorized these
funds to be paid into the state treasury.
If mv paying out these funds, without
the legislature having first appropriated
them, would be only a technical violation
then it will be no more a violation of the
law If the governor himself, as food com
missioner, will keep thepe funds and pay
the running expenses of the department
out of them and not pav them to the
state treasurer at all. This, according
to his reasoning, would only be a techni
cal violation.
Let Morehead Do It.
"If a violation of law can be defended
on the ground that It is only a technical
ity, then let the governor assume the re
sponsibility of violating the law and not
try to load it off onto me. Thee funds
now go through his hands Into the state
treasury. Let Mm intercept the funds and
keep them, and out of them pay the run
ning expenses of his Food department.
This would be In direct violation of law.
but no more a violation than he is asking
me to be guilty of.
The governor speaks of reformers with
derision. I do not claim to be a reformer.
J' i-want to do ,B to be true to try onth
of office and protect the taxpayers of the
state. But whatever may be said of re
formers there Is one class of fellows
worse than reformers and they art the
fellows who are always trying to get
some one else to pull their chtfetiiuts'out
of the fire. 1
lp to J oh a H. Morehead.
i?f h? nw. wants money in the office of
the state treasurer paid ut although
list appropriated, then he should have
seen to it that the legislature first made
the appropriation. If he wants the law
violated and this money paid out without
first being appropriated, it Is plainly ud
to him to violate the law. If ho want
to call a special session of the legislature
to make proper appropriations let the re
sponsibility rest upon him. where It be
longs. The governor says he likes the fel
low who is willing to have a house clean
ing when it concerns !ilmclf and thereby
jet a good example to others. I like th
fellow who will assume responsibilities
that belong to him and not try to load
his mistakes and disagreeable tasks off
onto, someone else.
The governor last winter asked me to
witch appropriations, contrary to law.
and to pay out moneys from ono appro
priation and charge them to another. I
was asked by others to advance money
out of the treasury to pay the expenses
of tho legislature until it should m:ike
ine proper appropriation. I was told that
was what other treasurers had done. 1
was asked still by others to advance dif
ferent officers' salaries until they could
get their warrants, and was told former
treasurers allowed this privilege. Now I
am being asked to pay out moneys which
the legislature never authorized nie to
pay out. All of this I have respectfully
declined, and because I am trying to
aleyuard the public treasury, a few
short-sighted politicians are heaping
abuse upon me. But notwithstanding their
clamor I shall continue to do mv duty
as I see it nnd not allow the publle'money
to be hawked around In any such illegal
manner.
Just Political Bank.
repeatedly afcked the attorney
general and the governor to have the
supreme court pass upon this question if
there is any doubt about my position,
but they have all the time refused to
rave jlcn an action brought. The fa-t
that they are . not willing to risk the
courts io evidence that they themselves
believe my position to be right. The
state treasury has too often been raided
In the past and all 1 am trying to do Is
to follow the law and protect the tax
payers of the state. The criticism that Is
being neaped upon tue because I am
inipfe Political bunc. pure and
Harms. Quite Perturbed.
.When the treasurer' statement was
read by Food Commissioner Ilarman he
gave out this statement:
Governor Morehead Is out of the city
for the day and I hold no brief to speak
for him, out knowing all the facts in
oo uu, uta io say vnat In my
opinion, Mr. Hall has made a rather
lame attempt to set up the facts and
put up a brave front to back up a weak
position.
If Mr. Hall violates the law in paying '
out warrants for the food commission 1
oui or me lees on aeposlt with him
from now on, why, theu, has he not
been violating the law heretofore on
warrants pakl for the food commission
aa well as the other departments? He
refuses now to pay the warrants for the
f Ira commission. In his Judgment there
waa no appropriation at any time fur
the fire commission, still he paid their
warrants up to June 1.
I have talked with Mr, Hall on several
occasions and on one occasion In par
ticular, in the presence of others, he
told me the food commission funds would
be available for our fall work, but In a
few days the Ktate Board of Equalisation i
met and lowered the tax levy something ,
like ttOO.OUU Mr. Hall was not at the '
meeting and could claim no credit for the
action of - the board. Since then his
policy has been everything but construc
tive, and very much Ilk a bull in
china shop.
The food commission came In for theirs
the following Monday after the Board
of Hquallzation met. I was called to the
treasurer's private office and told that
my warrants would not be paid after
September 1. The public should be given
the information. The law specifically
gives to the food commission the fees
It collects so far as may be necessary
for the payment of expenses of the de
partment. If the department does not
operate, no fees will be collected and no
money paid Into the state treasury. The
state Is then thrown wide open to every
food adulterater, grafter and short
we'ght artist In the country, and the
purchasing public as well as the legltl
niH'e tradesman are tho goats.
Tho legUlature acting m an estab.
llshed precedent understood fully that
tha fol commlrsion was amply taken
rare of In the original act of two years
ago, anl that nothing further was neces
sary In the way of an appropriation, aa
It had been given the fees derived from
3,600 factories In Nebraska, and their out
put Is more than $2or,00o,000 per year. The
butter manufactured amounts to about
$15,000,000, flour and milling products to
118,000,000, our packing houses stand well
at the head of the world's list, with an
output of more than $100,000,000 per year,
as weil as the manufacture of gas en
gines, farm machinery, shoes, and too
many other things for me to enumerate.
"I only call attention to this so that
Nebraska people may become more In
terested In our home manufacturing. The,
more factories we have in NebrasUn, the
mora we will feel the necessity of cheap
fuel and It will ultimately have the ef
fect of using tho water power of our
state. -
"If all the users of cigars smoked only
Nebraska made. It would Increase the pay
roll of the factories, $7,000,000. If all the
shoes worn were manufactured In Ne
braska. It would furnish employment for
5,000 people. In place of S00. as we now
have. We have a cement factory at Su
perior, that bids fair to be of the great
est factories In the world, and the users
of cement are very liberal In patronising
this factory. We also have a ibrlclc and
til factory that Is making great progress
towards being one of the greatest In
dustries of the state.
"Borne fifty factories will make a dis
play at the fair and It will be worth
while to all Nebraska p"Pl to go
through this building carefully. If they
view It only from a selfish standpoint.
While we give most of our time to our
Individual business, we must realise that
snythlng which Is mode cheaper by home
manufacturers. Is of as much Importance
to use as our own business.
I WVf.'JJlwii..
liy,r.)sgRerimraaiisTiir-'."n
the enforcement of the law for the ex
penses of operation. It Is very evident,
hovvever, that if the legislature had
known that George and Tom would set
themselves up as pre-eminent constitu
tional lawyers, they might have foreseen
a few things and made things a little
plainer; but how were they to know?
It Is really too bad that Mr. Hall and
his brother cannot run the whole state
government and not find it necessary
to be satisfied by throwing a monkey-
wrencn in the machinery only once In a
while. .
The food commission Is turning In
$r0,000 of excess fees each ear above
expenses, and It could not be possible
that the state treasury would be raided
when tfiO.OOO of excess fees are added.
The state loses this by the position Mr.
Hall tak-es. He states that the criti
cism heaped upon him Is a matter of
political buncombe pure and simple. If
there is any political buncombe- aoout
the matter it will rest on Mr. Hall's
shoulders In the end, without doubt.
DRY WORKER TANGLES UP
WITH THE CUP THAT CHEERS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Sept. S. (Special.) Believ
ing that a team of mules would do bet
ter service In the prohibition campaign'
In Nebraska than an automobile, Edward
Deputy, employed by the state commit
tee In charge of the "Nebraska Dry In
1916" campaign, traded the cho-cho power
for the he,e-haw power and now lies In
the Iancaster county Jail on an Intoxi
cation charge.
Tho real cause of his downfall, he
lays to the automobile. He had pur
chased the machine and started Joyfully
out on the trail of Old King Qambrlnus
determined to put the old gent under the
wafrr cooler, but misfortune showed up
In the way of busted tires, muddy roads,
one or two collisions and other such
things, and he resorted to strong drink
to make him forget his troubles. While
off the water wakon he met the owner
of the mules and the trade was made
for the hee-haw vocalists.
AUTOMOBILE TURNS
SOMERSAULT IN RACE
CONCORD. Neb.. Sept. S. -(Special.)
An automobile driven by Dick Van Don
selar In a race against time at the Dixon
County Fair here turned a complete
somersault this afternoon when a tire
exploded. The driver escaped Injury, but
Neal Hooker, who was tiding with him,
had his wrist sprained. The car waa
completely wrecked.
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Fall Exhibition of
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Thousands in numbers every ono measures up to
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Young Men's Fall Suits, $10 to $25
Three-Button Models. - $10 to $40
"True Blue" Serge Suits. $10 to $28
Youths' High School Suits, $750 to $15
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The cleverest Furnishings woVo ever
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just to see that wonderful collection of silk scarfs
at 50c; others as high as $3.50. The new shirts
are unusually attractive; start at $1.00. Perfect
fitting Gloves; in all weights, $1 to $2.50. Then
too, there's new Fall weight Hosiery, Underwear
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Tinal r.rformano This Aft. moon,
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Tonlsnt and Until Bszt Bat. Matin.,
HA Hit V HAHllMiV MiHV.
With SAW OOJCJEltAlff.
Bun. and labor Day Mat. btarts at 3:00
X.AUISH' DIMS M4.T. WliaiK DATB.
The Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln
September 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
Band Concerts Sunday Afternoon and Evening, Sept. 5 1
DcLLOYD THOMPSON & BARNEY OLDFIELD
Champion Death Cheaters, in the Latest Automobile
aeroplane Stunts, including the Famous Tumble from the
Clouds. Every Day, Sept. 6-10.
Seven Automobile Races Each Day, September 10 and 11
Speed Program, Sept. 6, 7, 8, 9.
Free Vaudeville, Band Concerts, Desert Joe the Trot
ting Ostrich, Unequaled Exhibits in All Departments.
I JOE STECKER, Champion Wrestler of the World, Sept. 7 andl
BILLY SUNDAY Sept 6
Lake Ulanaiva
Park Clos.s Sunday Kifnt, B.pt. 19
Free Feature Photo Play3!
Commencing this evening, there
will be presented each evening
during the remainder of the sea
son, Feature Photo Plays by the
World Film Corporation.
Tonight, Saturday, Sept. 4th:
"WHEN BROADWAY
WAS A TRAIL."
A Klmbert Feature,
With Barbara Tennant and
O. A. C. Lund.
IN FIVK ACtS.
CHANGE OF PROGRAM
EVERY EVENING.
Remember These Feature Photo
Plays Are Free.
Dancing, Boating, Bathing.
lialloon Ascensions Hunclay After,
noon and Labor IKmj-.
MANY OTHEK ATTRACTIONS.
Omaha Day is Thursday, Hept. B. Special trains on all rail
roads. Admission Fifty Cents. Ito not Miss Out on Nebraska's Iiig
uest and Hest Htate Fair.
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Last Two fimot
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Advanced Vaudeville
MATINF.K TODAV 2:15
CURTAIN TONIGHT
8:10 SIIAKP
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EMPRESS
A DOLLAH SHOW FtiK A DIMK
OH SO
VACDEVILLE
AND
PHOTO IL.YS
10c
10c
at Lm?N3LK!
September 6th to 10th
For this occasion the ROCK ISLAND offers the following excellent train service:
LEAVE
OMAHA
8:15 a. m.
1:40 p.m.
4:50 p. m.
11:16 p.m.
Regular Sorvlco:
ARRIVE LEAVE
LINCOLN LINCOLN
10:05 a. m. 9:15 a. m.
3:21p.m. 2:00p.m.
7:00 p.m. 4:05p.m.
12:50 a. m. ll:20p. m.
Through trains make no intermediate stops.
Stops at Fair Grounds.
ARRIVE
OMAHA
11:30 a. m.
4:00 p. m.
5:47 p. m.
1:04 a. m,
Spocial Sorvlco
September 7th, 8th, and 9th.
LEAVES OMAHA 7:30 A. M.-ARRIVES LINCOLN 9:30 A. M.
Returning, leaves Lincoln 8 p. m., stops at Fair Grounds.
September 9th Omaha and South Omaha Day
t
Regular Faros Will Apply
Obtain Tickets at City Ticket Office, 14th and Fnrnam,
W. 0. "NV. Building, or Union Station.
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TURPIN'S DANCING ACADEMY. 28th and Farrum
Op. us Monday, B.pt. 13th. Adult btrl'iners Monday and Thursday, t P. M. Adults
t.Jvuiut'l, 'J utsciay. Kept. It. I f. i. (ioi. uniy new dances taught in this claa.
Hlh school tt-Kii.ners baturday. Kept. 1 1. I f. M. i'uplia Joining: classes on oi.nl
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