Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-17
SAVAGE DEMANDS THE GOODS
Railroads Must Rally to His Support or
Suffer His Displeasure,
NOMINATION OR NEW REVENUE LAW
Extra session of the Legislature to
BE Called In Event Convention
Chooses Some other Than Man
who Pardoned BARLEY.
CFrom a staf Correspondent

LINCOLN, April 16.-(Special. lin the
News of this city this evening appears
what is evidently an inspired article, out
lining the policy of Governor Savage in his
campaign for denomination. In so mauv
words II is declared that the governor will
either be renominated or he will call an
extra session Of the Legislature to have
the revenue law amended. The article saws;
A special session Of the present legisla-
ture before the election of its successor
Is not without the range of possibilities
IL Is asserted by those who are In posi-
tion to know that the subject has been in
the mind of Governor Savage for many
days and that IL Is now simmered down
to a mere question of expediency. 1t Is
said that there are two contingencies, and
two only, on which the special session can
be avoided The first is that the leaders
who are In position to help Savage to a
denomination and who promised 1t provided
he should commute the sentence of Joseph
BARLEY keep their promise to assist hum n
that he change his mind.
The revenue system of the state is the
lever the governor Is said to have con-
templated exercising in prylng up the as
sstance he was led TO believe was his. The
year amounted to only sl7i.OO6. 900 while the
railroad assessment amounted to only a
little over $26,0OO,O0O about one-seventh of
ture of a table Governor Savage has had
prepared from the records shows a more
striking feature, however and that is that
in 1889 the assessed valuation OF railroad
property was SS,OOO,OOO more than in 1891,
and yet there was an Increase of $40 miles
In the trackage of the state.
Wants Goods Delivered.
sentence of Joseph BARLEY 1t was generally
reported that he had the pledge OF the
corporation leaders of the state that they
But these same leaders did not reckon with
public opinion. When criticisms began to
State u these same amen leaders @ bs beeame frRbfe he
ened. abandoned the governor and threw
their support to other candidates who had
not aroused such hostile criticism. The
governor insisted, however. in holding
them to their pledge, it is said. The lead
hand, sent messengers to him and urged his
withdrawal from the contest. Savage has
never been known to back down from a
he Is in the race, corporations or no cor
poratiions, II the support pledged fails to
ton there Is liable to be some sensational
Developments
The corporations are in a desperate posi-
ton, for the situation has gone beyond
their control II II ever was in their power
to dictate candidates. Lines are too well
MADE up now for readJustment. With some
other candidate for governor next fall, 1t
would be somewhat embarrassing to have
in the midst OF the campaign for the ex-
press purpose of adjusting the revenue laws.
with particular attention being given to
the corporation feature. The governor has
ing to lose"
The logic appears invincible. That the
system is sadly defective none can deny.
A demand for change, even though re-
inforced by a special session of the legis-
lature to effect 1t, would hardly meet with
the, disapproval of the people, and what
ever would be the result, the magnitude
and popularity of the proposition would so
far outshine the discredit of the BARLEY
Communication as to permit the governor 70
retire to his Custer county farm surrounded
by halo of glory, secure in the esteem of
the public.
Governor Stands Pat.
Every effort to secure the withdrawal of
| the governor from the race has met with
rebuff He stands as courageous as though
he had all the influences of the state
aligned behind him. For weeks he has
been collecting data and statistics and
grand assessment rolls. corpora tion assess
ments and state indebtedness for years
back together with the constitution and
| the statutes are at his tongues end On
| May Is the state board, consisting Of Gov
| ernor Savage, Treasurer Stueter and Audi
| tor Weston, will meet to assess railroad,
| telephone and telegraph systems. Treas
urer Stuefer stands firmly by the governor,
and there promises to be something doing
] within a month. Governor Savage declines
| to talk for publication at this stage OF the
| game, but is loaded with information and
| may he induced n eNnreSg himself later