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The platform adopted by the Republican State' Convention, held at Lincoln,August 22, makes the following distinct promlseVof
state legislation in the interest of the people:
1. Laws to compel the railroads to pay their taxes at the same time and in the same manner as a private individual. - '
2. A direct primary law for the nomination of all state, county and district officers, including congressmen and United States Senators;'
V A law prohibiting free passes in all forms, except to bona fide railway employes and their immediate families and care-takers
of live stock. -1
4. Laws fully empowering the new State Railway Commission to prohibit rebates, discriminations and special rates to corporations! J
persons or localities, and to see to it that any and all abuses are corrected and equitable freight and passenger rates obtained for the people.
: J. In event of failure of the constitutional amendment or its being declared invalid, laws giving the people of this state the samo jl
v advantages congress has already given the nation under the railroad rate bill in matters of interstate commerce. ,
6. A law along the same lines as adopted by congress touching the liability of employers to their employes, permitting recovery for-
i; Injuries notwithstanding the negligence of a fellow servant" ' f
7a Legislative appropriations to meet current expenses of state government only under the most rigid economy. i
V 8. A law providing that railroad property in cities and villages shall be assessed and taxed the same as other property for city and
.village purposes. , '. ;
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l: 9. A law Insur nc InsDection and uniform tests ot dairy products. w
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As the republican nominees for our respective legislative districts, we hereby pledge ourselves, if elected, to support and vote for- meas
ures that will carry out each of these promises, N
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LETTERS FROM BEE READERS
Editor OUra of Wasplne: Wttar on the
Oaatht Grain aftiktt
HOKECfiCFTERS, ARE NOT TAX SH'RKERS
Kdtta Fry of Klobrara Take. Conl
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withheld. I'nuM communications will
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VUed to limit their letters to 3u0 words
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or they will be subject to belns; cut '.
down to that limit at tha discretion of i
tha editor. Publication of views of i
correnpondenta must not be taken to I
commit The Bee to their endorsement. I
Case Coaaty and Onska Market.
WEEPI.Na WATER. Neb.. March lL-To
tha Editor of Tha Bee: In a recent issue
of Tha Bea I notice you reprinted an ar
ticle from tha Weeping Water Herald re-B-ardlnr
the On aha, train' market, and
credit the same to tha Weeping- Water Re
publican. Tha publication had tba effect to
draw out a letter from the secretary of
tha Omaha Grain association, who mailed
the same to tha editor of tha Republican,
and also sent tba letter to The Bea. Being
personally responsible for tha notice pub
lished In tha Herald, whlfh has caused the
secretary of tha association to take such
interest in tha company's behalf, and not
wishing tha editor of the Republican to be
censured through the mistake of Tha Bee
In not giving proper credit. X haster. to
set tha matter right and take the blame
for any Injustice to tha grain dealers of
Omaha. - '
It la a pleasura to note from tha aecre
tary'a letter that the business of tba com
pany Is Increasing, and that so much ot
Nebraska's grain crop Is finding a market
In Omaha. Wa are for home first, Omaha
second and Nebraska third. At the same
time we will not recede from our position
taken, that our elevator men have not
been treated fairly, knowing that we are
backed by tha words of men who know
their business as well as tha professional
employed by the grain dealers of Omaha.
It la stated on reliable authority that as
good corn as was ever ralad In Cass county
was shipped to Omaha and there graded as
No. e, or below lta aciual grade. A number
of Just such case have been reported by
grain men In this locality, and for that
reason they say we will ship south. One !
grain man says that from Walton, along ,
the Missouri Paolfla road south, he does
not believe there Is a single grain buyer
who ships to Omaha.
The letter published In The Bea and
elfrned by E. J. McVann, secretary, states
that If the shippers are not satisfied with
the grading they can utilize- tha "appeals"
machinery of the exchange and call for In
spection by tha grain committee. Very
well, but In tha meantime tha car of grain
la in Omaha; to return It costs added
freight, to secure justice calls for loss of
time, and the result general dissatisfaction.
It is not In a spirit of malice that the Her
ald printed tha article referred to, but we
think that if tha managers of the Omaha
Grain exchange will Investigate, that they
will Cnd there Is truth In aur statement of
low grading. As to short weights, we have
heard no complaints, and that an- Injustice
has been done, and that , unless absolute
honesty Is observed w!th every shipper,
they will lose the prestige they claim they
have gained and will turn the grain ship
ments to other places. Omaha Is not a
grain market, only as a middle man corner
In for proflta The market Is for the most
part south, and while the exchange may
divert the flow of grain and store their
elevators full, yet the south will find it
coming their way eventually.
GEORGE H. OLIVE.
Publisher tha Herald.
Homeereftera, No Tax Shirkers.
NIOBRARA. Neb.. March II. To the
Editor of the Bee: I was interested In Mr.
Ttlser's expository review in Sunday's Bee
of his bill before the legislature giving op
portunity to the Idle rich to cast their lot
among us. to draw salaries and temporarily
''.Ivorc-a themselves from home to evade
taxation. That Is tha way It reads to me.
Like New Jersey and Delaware, the tempta
tion would be human to keep such as Mr.
Teiser and others out of the creative list
to the pleasure of more Dryden and Du
ponts. Then there would be gnashing and
walling. But "carpelbagglng" died a num
ber of years ago, and tha free air of
Nebraska could not bold It long. The
big corporations, the outgrowth of the
very policy Mr. Teiser would Inflict still
mora grievously, have had to retire their
political managers, though they die hard.
I am constrained to think that Nebraska
Is getting pretty wall loaded down with
auxiliary helps. Instead Of creating more,
the legislature might enlarge tha duties of
those already In existence and provide for
more clerical and expert assistance when
required. My reason for this suggestion
Is tha recommendation in Governor
Mickey's message that tha office of deputy
labor commissioner should be abolished or
at least Its chief clerk be dispensed with,
becauae of lta statistical and Sociological
Interest, I think It could be made one of
the moat useful bureaus in tha executive
department of tha state and carry out soma
of Mr. Telser's suggestions, except tha
very act of encouraging the principle of
tax evasion, without burdenseme legisla
tion beyond provisions for Its proper main
tenance. The pure food law is In point.
I have been Interested In the past year
in an effort being made by George. H.
Maxwell, who was foremost In agitating
government assistance to Irrigating the arid
west by means of great national reservoirs,
to organise what be pleases to term "Home
croft Settlements." His plan Is to unload
the big cities from their burden of stag
nation In tha congested quarters to pro
vide a big garden for each family "every
hild In a garden, every mother In a home-
'reft, and Individual Industrial Independ
ence for every worker la a home of bis
own on tha land." Mr. Maxwell's plan Is
on a national scale, and, I think, a wise
movement. For, with tha annual Immigra
tion to this country tha time la not far
away when Nebraska farms. Instead of
growing larger, wilt ba cut up and mora
Intensification resorted to by tha small
farmer.
Cities Ilka Omaha, Lincoln. Fremont, Be
atrice and others that have already ao
well advanced In manufacturing, must some
day provide for tha vary thing Mr, Maxwell
Is now advocating. It will broaden tha
horison and . tha thought of tha laborer.
stay tha ravages of want during panicky
periods and destroy the growth of child
labor.
I am enthualastlo for tha healthful spread
of population In our state-for those very
homecrofls that should Inspire every city
and town. Instead of encouraging mora
"additions" to our cities in tha sale of
lots, thus burdening tba people with over
taxation to keep them regulated, let us
encourage more homecrofts "Homecroft
villages" and give tha wsgeworker and
his family a chance at 'God's fresh air.
Bum these up "for ten yeara and tha labor
condition and tha political atmosphere will
be better off than an Influx of a lot of tax
shirkers who would do no mora for us than
tor their own. ED A. FRT.
Omahaas ta Las Aagel.s.
LOS ANGELES, Cat., March l-To tha
Editor of Tha Bea: Omaha stood out In
bold relief Thursday evening, March T. I
had occasion to ba at the Alexandria hotel,
and glancing around tha spacious rotunda
sa I passed in I was surprised to sea so
many familiar faces, then, as If by magic,
when I returned after a few minutes, the
entire mala floor seemed to ba thronged
by, Omaha people. They wart there on. in
vitation appearing In ona of tha dallies
that Omaha people would have an In
formal meeting that evening. Tha repre
sentation would have been creditable to an
entire state. Tha large parlors to which
we then adjourned seemed hardly large
enough to hold ao many. Wa must have
exceeded 100. Soma were of fifteen years'
residence hera, many of only a short while.
The majority ware, however, only spending
tha winter here. I felt something akin
to homesickness after my twenty years'
residence In Omaha to be so far away
and among strangers. It was Indeed a
gladdening sight to meat such a splendid
gathering of thoroughly democratic Ne
braakans. Los Angelans speak wall af Omaha (as
well they may) and ona most needs go
away from home to find out Its real worth.
E. GAN8TBR.
714 Fay Building, Los Angeles, Cat
MUNGERS DECIDE ON WORK
Two Federal Jadgres Adest Bala
Wkich Will Ba of Iaterast
ta Attoraeys.
Judges W. H. Munger and T. C. Munger
of tha United States court held a confer
ence Tuesday evening relative to tha pro
cedure of tha federal courts under tha new
Judicial district law for tba Nebraska dis
tricts and adopted tha following rule for
the Information of attorneys practicing be
fore the federal courts:.
Hereafter all applications for motions or
orders arising la the divisions of IJncoln,
Hastings. Grand Island and McCook will
be presented to and hoard by Judge T. C.
Munger at Lincoln; all applications for
orders and motions arlalng iu tha divisions
of Oman. Norfolk. Chadron and Nortk
Platte will be presented to and heard by
Judge W. IX. Alunaer at Omaha, la case
of sickness or absence from tha district of
either one of said judges aald applications
and motions In the divisions assigned to
such Judge will be heard by tha other
Juuge.
United States District Judga Thoroae C
Munger exercised his first judicial act
Wednesday morning by approving the sp
pointment of Henry Allan as Beputy United
States district dark for tha Grand Island
division.
Callforwla Rallraad Merger.
SAN FRANCISCO. March lx.-Tha dlree.
tors of the Northwestern Pad no railroad
have authorised that the stockholders win
shortly approve a bond Issue in tha amount
of U6,U0u,uuu. The new corporation, which
represents a consolidation or nvs railroad
properties under tha joint ownership of tha
Southern Pacific and Santa Fa, la capHnj.
ised for t3S.ufl0,0GO. In addition to tha tort.
OiO.onO of stock. It Is now proposed to Issue
t&,000,0u0 of bonds, and when these bonds
are formally authorised, at a meeting of
stockholders on April 29, ths total capital
isation of tha company will ba brought us
to 170.000,009. ' .. .
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