Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-02
AIMING AT ALLITERATION.
A Popularity of the Nebraska Board
of Transportation.
LAWS FILES A REMoNsTRANoE
Tie Vetoes the Action OF the Legisia-
ture I'm Donating the States
Property TO Members
and the Press.
LINCOLN BUREAU OF THE OMAHA BEE, !
1929 u STREET.

lO29 Il STREET,
LINCOLN, April 1.
The old,board of secretaries TO the state
board of transportation stepped down and
out this morning. Messrs. Gilkesou, Gil
christ and CARRIER took up the reins as though
they were old hands at the business, and the
work in the Office of the state board Of trans
portations runs Us smoothly as clock ma
chinery. There is possibly good omen in
the fact that the names OF the new board oil
commence with the letter G, and If so days
Of sunshine have dawned for the yeomanry
and shippers of the state. azsa
Albeit, speaking for himself, as to the fu.
ture policy of the board, MIR. Gilkeson tersely
remarked, 81 propose to be as cold blooded
as lizard and do what | believe to be
right"
80 far as I am concerned" said Mr. Gill
christ. VI propose to act for the people as in
my judgment shall be for the best"
"As for me-" said MIR. CARRIER, ~ will be
found kicking along in the harness with my
confreres. The.sentiment of one will prac-
tically stand as the sentiment for all"
The personnel of the new board is summed
up in a word. Mr.. Gilchrst is fifty.six
years of age and has devoted most of his life
to farming and stock raising. While not
wealthy, he Is well-to.do, and is recognized
as a practical and intelligent man. He is
resident of Alliance, Box Butte county.
Judge Gilkeson is forty.one years of age.
For the past fifteen years he has been in the
practice of law at Wahoo, Saunders county,
and on the whole has been successful The
state board express the opinion that he will
prove safe legal adviser, although demo-
crat. Mr.. CARRIER is much the youngest
member of the board. He is not twenty
eight years of age, but those who know him
best regard him as man of good
form the duties of the office to which he has
been called. Professionally, he is "a banker
Mir. Warnings successor, g. H. Holmes, of
Beatrice, is young man of steady habits
and pleasing address, and is said to be free
from alliances or tie-ups, calculated to an
tagonize any member of the board of his
superiors. The new board thus organizes
under favorable circumstances, and the pub
lie here confidently expect smooth future
work, and such action as will tend to har-
monize and sustain general good feeling.
Secretary Laws says No.
In q moment of generosity during the clos
ing day of the Nebraska legislature the
house of representatives voted away several
of the chairs and desks which had been used
by members of that BODY and the reporters,
and which were said to be part Of the states
property. The chair occupied by the speaker
during the session was voted to him, and the
chair and desk occupied by Representative
Hays were voted to his. widow. When the
matter came to the knowledge of the secre-
tary of the state he declared that he would
not recognize the right of the house to vote
away any of the property belonging to the
state. and that he would interfere if any at
tempt was made to remove any of 1T from the
capitol. The chair voted to the speaker,
however, was taken out and away without
his knowledge, and it is slyly whispered that
it will be sent for. The secretary says that
had he known the chair was being taken
from the building he would have stopped
it, and had the question settled by the courts
as to whether or not the legislature had a
right to give away the states property. He
says that he is satisfied that neither house
can donate CENTS worth of the property of
the state legally, any more than they can
give away the state house itself. He further
states that he had guards posted who were
instructed to prevent the removal OF any OF
the desks or chairs or any other property,
and that if even the speaker was allowed to
get away with anything 1t was a breach of
trust on the part of the guards. The re-
porters are out their chairs, but the impress
sion is strong that nothing will be done to
retain the chair taken by the speaker and
that the char and desk voted Hays widow
will go to her. 1t is said that a remonstrance
ought not to be made to this in any event.
The District Court.
The case of Benjamin Schaeffe ct al, VS.
George Traver, which took up the time of
Ju6ge Field and jury nearly all of last
week, was decided to-day and judgment en-
tered for the plaintiffs for $4,000. The sum
involved in the case was $500, but the
status of the issue were fully stated in THE
DEE ldSU WcuHeSu@J uoTuiiiS' ~ was ailiohS
the most stubbornly contested trials ever
entered upon in the district court of Lancas-
ter county. The case, indeed, was fought
inch by inch, one witness having boen kept
ON the stand over fourteen hours, and others
until the patience OF Judge and jury was
sorey tried. But, like Shakespeare's ghost,
even now the cause will not down, and goes
to the supreme court on appeal.
This case ended the trials in the district
court for this term. Motions were the order
for to-day. Lawyers made them much after
the spirit of legislators in passing upon bills
on the closing day of the Nebraska legisla-
ture They acted much as though they were
awfully tired and longed for rest.
That sick Cow
Harry Boyer was on trial yesterday be.
fore Police Judge Houston on the charge of
killing a COW without a certificate of inspec-
tlon and also for selling diseased meat.
Manger Bros. are also charged with the
same offcnse, but they will have separate
trial. The COW that Boyer is alleged to have
killed was refused on the stock market at
Omaha and sent back to Lincoln during the
early part of last week. The testimony up
to $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon is rather dam