Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-09
THEY POSE As REFORMERS
NJ Who Sold Out Judge Reese in the
Convention Of 1889
NOT SATISFIED TO Be REPUBLICANS
Go over 10 the Popuiists md One of
Them Joins Holcomb In the Per-
pCtrntion oS the Re-
count Frauds.

pCtrntion oS the re-
count Frauds.
LINCOLN, Oct. S.-(Special)-A recen:
edition of a paper published in Custer
county contains a little political history
concerning one OF the men now prominent
in the populist party which may be OF IN
tercst to the friends Of Judge NJ. b. Reese.
At the Custer county republican conVen-
ticn held in 1889 delegates to the state con-
vention were selected and instructed to sup
port NJ b. Reese for the nomination for
supreme judge. There was then consider
able opposition to Reese by the corporation
interests and anticipating trouble along this
line at the state convention the Custer
county delegation was pledged by the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That the delegates of Custer
county be instructed to use all honorable
means to secure the denomination of Hon.
VI. h. Reese for associate justice OF the SUI
preme court"
These instructions all the delegates eX-
pressed a willingness to accept. The dele
CATION went to the convention thus instructed
to stand by the judge who had refused to
obey the mandates OF the corporations.
They sold Reese out and did the bidding of
a political boss who was seeking to control
the convention for another candidate.
In the light of the subsequent political
history of Custer county it is interesting
to recall the names of some of the mem
bers of the turncoat delegation. Its leader
was j. s Kirkpatrick, who afterwards be-
came a reformeT, formed a partnership
with Silas A. Holcomb and Joined the pop
ulist party. 1t was in Kirkpatrick's behalf
that Holcomb and Edmisten engineered the
ballot recount fraud, attempting to count
him in as one Of the additional supreme
judges. Since the state convention was
held every one of the Custer county dele
gates have left the republican party, be-
cause, as they allege, it was too corrupt
for them and are now posing as pure and
holy refOrmers.
PcGagogucs to Meet.
The Nebraska Superintendents' and Prin-
cipals' association will hold its annual meet
ing in Lincoln this week, beginning Thurs
day afternoon. AT the first session several
papers will be read on the subject of draw
ing. Those mentioned on the program for
this session are Mrs. /. S. p. Weeks, Prof
Richards and Miss Hayden of Lincoln;
Superintendent D. C. O'Cunnor Of Norfolk
Superintendent A. H. Bigelow of Falls City,
Miss Alice Hitte of Omaha and Richard
Rosa Bouton of the university will read a
paper on manual training for girls and an
address will be delivered by Principal Nor
rison OF the Kansas City Manual Training
school. All of the meetings will be held in
the art rooms OF the State university.
On the following day papers on English"
will be read by Miss Burgert of Beatrice,
Superintendent Reed of Crete, Principal
Waterhouse of Omaha, Prof. Hcsie of Peru.
Superintendent Stephens of Fairbury and
Dean Sherman of the State university. In
the evening the visitors will be rendered a
banquet at the Lincoln hotel followed by
a reception. Several prominent members
of the association will respond to toasts,
but the program has not yet been completed.
The various problems of supervision in
schools will be discussed Saturday morning
! and the following papers will be read: THE
Superintendent as Inspector and Supervisor
Superintendent Pearse of Omaha; THE
Superintendent as a Financial Admins
traitor" Superintendent Fowler of Blair
| "The Superintendent and Methods of Teach
ing" Superintendent Wolfe of South Omaha;
THE Superintendent and the Community" "
| Superintendent Dinsmore of Beatrice.
Preparations are being made to accommo-
| date and entertain several hundred delegates
| to this meeting, which promises to be one
| of the most important held in recent years.
| The membership of the association has in
creased considerably during the past few
years and now extends over the entire state.
Committee on Accredited Schools.
The State university committee on accred-
! tied schools will meet this week to consider
| applications of schools that have recently
FAr . ic nhah 1n hal
in accordance with the recent action Of the
board of regents the privilege accorded to
schools which are not accredited of having
their grades accepted without formal exam
| nation will be Immediately discontinued.
! The building committee Of the University
| Board of Regents will meet next Tuesday to
consider bids for repairs and to transact
such other business as may be necessary In
connection with the erection of the new
buildings on the state farm. At this meeting
| the question of the tenure of the northwest
quarter of the campus for a permanent ath-
letic field will be taken up. 1t is hardly
probable that the athletic board will be
| disturbed in it's possession of this portion
| of the campus this season. There is no
| other suitable field for the athletic sports
| near the city.
The Omaha Cooperage company has insti-
| tuted replevin proceedings here against
Warden Hopkins of the penitentiary to re-
cover $4,000 worth of barrel slaves held by
him and alleged to be the property of the
company. This is an outgrowth OF the liti-
| CATION between the Lincoln Cooperage COM
| pany and Warden Leidigh. When the Lin
! coin company moved it's plant to Omaha
| some of its stock was held by the peniten-
tiary authorities as security for an obliga
tion amounting to over $4,000. The omahi
Cooperage company is the old Lincoln com
pany reorganized under different name.
| "CycIone" Davis at David City.
DAVID CITY, Neb,, Oct S.-(Special.)-
For the past three weeks Butler county hai
been flooded with large posters announcing
that "Cyclone" Davis would expound gen
uine Jeffesonian democracy at the operi
house In this city Saturday afternoon. Th'
orator arrived in the forenoon. No one me