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NOTES AND COMMENTS,
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PENITENTIARY OR LEGISLA
TURE. Our old friend, Frederick G. Hawx
by, is In a peculiar position. Ho
secured the fusion nomination for
State Ropresontativo in Nemaha coun
ty, and was triumphantly elected. I
don't know who or what the other fel
low was, but the best man won.
lho Octopus has discovered that P.
O. H. voted in Lincoln last spring
which Implied, as a matter of courso,
that he was a resident of Lincoln
this rendered him ineligible to the
legislature from the county of Ne
maha ha ha ha. The state con
stitution requires (sec. 3, art III) that
tne representative must be an elector
nnd must have resided in the district
for one year previous.
If (1) ho was a resident of Lincoln
last spring (2) he has not been a res
ident in the district for one year pre
vious, and (3) is therefore ineligible,
as the put has t o feelingly said I
"One, two, three,
Out goes he."
Now, not only the reform forces.but
the University also, need Hawxby
every hour in the legislative halls.
When the University appropriation
bill comes up and some of tne worthy
and conscientious "soloons" object to
most of the items and express a ser
ious doubt rts to the use of the Uni
versity anyhow, Fritz George Hawxby
w 1 tell them a thing or two. What
he says and what he does will con
vince them that they are being let off
easy.
It Is more than probable that his
tory will repeat itself and some one
will move that the University tax be
"reduced from to 7 of a mill," as
was done once years ago.
Before the session is over there will
be some "Hon. Gents," wishing they
were college men, for F. George can
give them clubs and spades and still
beat them in parliamentary smooth
ness. But why continue? He will be
t'rowed out because he cast itint vote
last spring unless he was really a
resident of Nemnha county for a year,
which will make his vote in Lincoln
illegal. There will be a slight incon
venience experienced if he adopts this
line of defense, for the law says:
"Any person being a resident of tins
state who shall go or come into any
county, nnd vote In such county, not
being an actual resident there for
forty days next preceding the elec
tion, or for such time as may be re
quired by law, shall, en conviction
thereof, bo imprisoned in the penni
tentiary not more than three years."
(Sec. G847 Compiled Statutes of Ne
braska, 1899, chapter XIX offences
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against Election Laws.) The samo
law provides that for voting In the
wrong ward or precinct, a person
shall be fined not more than five hun
dred dollars or loss than fifty, and
shall bo Imprisoned In the county jail
not more than six months.
f ho most severe sentence that could
be pronounced would be $500 fine, six
months in the county jail and three
years in the penn.
1 am willing to sacrifice F. G. H. to
that extent Tor the good of the Uni
versity most any one would.
But if our Hero admits tnat the Lin
co.n vote was illegal nnd Incurs tne
penalty ho will be disqualified to vote
tor "No persor shall bo qualified to
vote who Is non compos vicntcs, or
who has been convicted oi treason or
felony under the law of the state
(State constitution art. VIU
This makes him lnollglblc to the ofilco
because ho is not an elector, so
we're back to where we started from.
It will bo a mattor for the courts to
decide whether this disability dates
from the time the crime was com
m..iea or from the time he was con
victed of it.
It seems almost certain t..nt our
friend will qua'ify for the peniten
tiary whether he does for the legisla
ture or not.
The penitentiary is not such an un
pleasant place after all. It is true
that it does not boast such a largo en
rollment as we have, but each indi
vidual receives more personal atten
tion from the facility. If the bean of
that institution were to meet the new
est arrival on the streets or Lincoln,
ho would speak to him, even if they
had never mot formally.
Personally I do not like their uni
form as well as ours, but that is a
matter of taste, "for which there is
no accounting for," n3 a friend of
mine said when his girl passed him
up for another.
There are some delightful features
about penitentiary life. You are sure
of a job whether the great economic
forces work or not; you get your
board and clothes and have a room to
yourself tho' no checks come from
homo.
Writing of a similar Instltutlon.Bin
Nye wrote: "There is a sense of ab
solute security when one goes to sleep
here tnat can not be felt at a popular
hotel, where burglars secrete them
selves in the wardrobe during the day
and steal one's pantaloons and con
tents at night. This is one of the com
pensations of life in prison. Here tho
burglars go to bed at the hour that
the rest of us do. We all retire at the
same time and a murderer can not sit
up any later at night than the smaller
or unknown criminal can."
Is the proper caper. Be sure
your tickets read via the Un
ion Pacific, wheji you travel
City Ticket Office 1044 O Street
Depot , . O and Fifth Streets
New Nobby Effects
in
Oxford, Gray and
Green Mixtures
See our line of
Suits
at $i S-oo and $ i y. 50
Merzog, The Tailor
1032 O Street
CLARKSON
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The H. W. Brown Drug & Book Co.
THE UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE.
All Text Books and Supplies.
Agents for the Waterman Ideal
Fountain Pen.
127 SO. ELEVENTH ST. - LINCOLN, NEB.
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is unsurpassed in the city. From now until after
the Holidays he is making special rates to
AH Student Organizations,
Fraternities,
Clubs,
Teams,
Classes,
Groups of all Kinds,
Before deciding where to go, see him about the matter.
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