Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
AK.SAR.BEN GETS ONE SNUB
Governors Night HIs to Be Given Without
Governor OF Stat.
SAVAGE FAILS TO SHOW UP At The DEN
LincoIn sends = Few Business. Men
to Join with Others. from the
state in HonorinE the
KinE of Quivera-

Governors night" without q governor
brought out the largest crowd which has
assembled al the den Of Ak-Sar-Beu this
year. and the Membership did not all come
from outside Of the city. as si1ty-four local
members. the largest number enrolled az
any night OF the present season, were
passed through the doors last night Lin
coin business men, who had accepted the
Invitation Of the board OF governors to be
present. we're also conspicuous By their
absence. only nine men Of the entire mem
bership Of the Lincoln Commercial club
being present
The absence OF Governor Savage and his
stat. as well as Of the other state oncers.
occasioRed considerable comment. The gov
ernor had been invited by the secretary Of
the society to Be present one night this
summer and had hxed his own time. IL
was widely advertised and a large number
OF people from other towns in the state
decided TO come on the night the state
oEcers were TO be present In place Of
coming TO Omaha. Governor Savage Vas In
Idaho. AID the other state officers failed
10 pu; in an appearance. II the knights
we're denied the opportunity Of seeing a
governor and a number OF state o6cers.
they did see two candidates for those
honors. as both John H. Mickey OF Oceola
and Z. G. McGilton OF Omaha. candidate
for governor and Lieutenant governor. re-
sptcuvely. on the republican ticket. were
present. NJ. McGilton was the principal
speaker Of the evening and paid high
tribute to the work Of the society in build
ing Up the business interests Of the state
and bringing a more cordial feeling into the
relations between the business men Of
Omaha and those Of other parts Of the
state.
Looks Good TO Mickey.
Mr.. Mickey. Who has resided in the state
for twenty-six years. told OF some OF his
experiences in the early days Of the state
and congratulated the city and state upon
the work Of the order.
In summing up the work Of the society
so far this year. ". r Bennett said that
t5e members Of the hustling committee had
s1ed upon $50 as the total number Of resi-
dent members OF the order 10 - reported
al this meeting. while the actual number
was 542. a number much in excess Of the
total membership al the same time last
year.
With the large crovd present the games
were interesting. especially one in which
2. J. Kimbsll was pitted against a great
unknown. The stakes ran high and while
Mr.. Kimbsll wen out. his opponent pressol
him so close that - vas a question which
had accumulated the greater part OF the
counters However this play OF Mr.. Kimball
was thrown into the shade by the mag
nihcent work Of John Scott. who played IN
such form in the finals as TO have the en-
tire crowd at his table broke before the
game ended.
In the absence OF ". A. Hall, J. II.
Daniels acted as grand multi and at the
close Of the scenic display recited a selee-
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presentations of famous characters is be-
coming one Of the features Of the eere-
uouy.
Moore TO nj Carnival
At the meeting OF the board Of governors
previous to the meeting at the den the
carnival committee was empowered TO en-
carnival this fall.
Among these present from out Of town at
the den were: z. c. SchwetIer. A. T.
Peters. Fred Funk. A R. Edmiston, E W.
Fit, N. J. Coen. W. z. Jackvay. F. W.
Sharp, Joseph Nicely and Lsndy Clark. all
Of Lincoln; J. c. Hass Of Wausa. Judge
Lngdon Of PapiIlion, Il. F. Stephens anu
A L Anderson Of Stanton, Arthur Myztt
Of David City. John Wick Of Gretna. L F.
Langdort Of Eluwood, Dan Richards OF
North Platte, E A Ritchey Of Lancaster.
". 2. Diers OF Louisville, c. ". Winter OF
Bancroft. George Wolf OF Fremont, z A
Plunner Of Holdrege. J. H. Mickey OF
oseeols. J. NJ Goldstein Of Nebraska City.
J. Parkins Of Springfield. Paul Rohver and
NJ L Hancock Of Waterloo and Robert
Byers OF Auburn
From out OF the state czne q large nun
Der, including W. H Kellogg Of Battle
Greek, Mich; z. W. Dixon OF Davenport,
Ia; Pred A HEiles OF Albany. n. Y; E.
KostomolAtsky OF Sioux City: Fred Houck
OF Eureka. Cal, end H. S. Glaze Of Macon,
No.