Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-05
in A HURRY TO Be MAYOR
James Brenton Wants to Head Of Harlem
bower Appointment,
SENATE AND HOUSE STILL CLASH
Matter of Final Adjournment In the
Air, with Much Important Bust
ness NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Pardon Denied.
CFrom a star Correspondent

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as soon as he has been declared elected
and has qualified. This was to prevent the
present mayor from naming a member of
the Board Of Public Works, and Brenton
announces that as soon as he gets the office
he will appoint a member. This will I'M
doubtedly bring on litigation, as Mayor
Hartenbower today named a member Of
the board who will claim the right to hold
on during the year.
The senate today gave some consideration
to the matter OF final adjournment, and
passed the Lewis resolution to adjourn
April 9. The senate had failed to concur
In any house amendment. A notice was
filed to reconsider the vote and this will
hold 1t in the hands OF the senate for fu-
ture action. The houses have not reached
any agreement on a number Of the most
important matters before the legislature.
Each house desires to have the last say
about the time of adjournment and neither
is willing to tie it up beyond recall.
NoIan-CravfOrd Contest.
The final report Of the contest committee
in the Nolan-Crawford case was received
by the senate. The committee had pre-
viously reported that the ballots would not
be counted, which ended the contest. and
now the full report is made to the senate
setting forth the reasons for the decision.
In the case from the C~ass-Shelby district
the appropriations committee have recon-
mended that both Emmert and Bruce re-
ceive full salary for the term. The change
was made and Bruce took the place Of EN-
inert about the middle Of the session.
The senate this morning raised the salary
of the governor from $4,000 to S. 1000 a year.
This was the house bill, the senate COM
mittee on compensation OF public officers
having reported in favor OF an increase to
only $4,000 a year. No provision has been
made for an increase in the pay of the
governors secretary.
The bill to fix a definite salary for the
county superlntendents Of schools was
taken up and the committee substitute ac-
cepted fixing the salaries at 1880 a year.
At present the superintendent gets 81 a
day, which in effect amounts to about the
same salary.
The bill to establish a board Of examiners
for BARRIERS was laid on the table in the
senate.
The senate passed unanimously a bill to
grant homestead exemptions to all old SOL
diers.
The bill to give county attorneys power
to appoint deputies, which was defeated in
the beudIe wednesday niRlI, was taken I'D
on reconsideration and passed.
A resolution eulogistic Of the late SEN
ator Bolter Of Harrison county was re-
ported and after some remarks by Senator
Ball was passed. 1923
A bill to l~egalize- the ordinances Of the
town of Kinross was passed. The Ball
bill to provide for the settlement Of suits
arising between contractors and supply
houses on state work was considered at
length and beaten through the fear that It
might result in judgments against the
state.
Evening Session.
The senate held an evening session and
after some discussion passed a bill by Hub
bard to provide that railroad corporations
in Iowa shall have the right to buy the
stock Of companies in states not adjacent
to Iowa. This was a bill said to be in the
interest Of the Burlington merger, but It
was amended so as to not apply to parallel
and competing lines. After this had passed
the second Molsberry bill was made a spe-
cial order for tomorrow afternoon.
House Defeats EIkIn's Pardon.
The house spent the entire day on the
Wesley Elkins pardon case. The same
ground was gone over as in the senate the
day before. Unlimited time was given to
Representative Flenniken In opposition to
the pardon and to Representative Sweet,
who spoke In favor Of the pardon. Besides
there were speeches by Durham, Eiker,
Edwards, Wilson of Washington, Hurn and
others.
The house came to a vote on the resolu-
tioR to pardon Elkins and by a vote of 4e
to AZ defeated II. But a motion to recon-
slider was filed by two of the members and
it will be brought up again.
In addition to the Elkins hearing the
house passed the conference
recommendations on the Hamann inter-
urban railway bill providing that inter-
urban railways may carry freight in pas
senger and combination cars through the
streets Of any city without condemnine
right OF way and paying damages to abut-
ting property owners.
The senate returned to the house, as per
request, the Larrabee bill requiring pub
ncity in the matter Of the assessment OF
railway companies by the executive coun-
ell, also the Hayward bill giving a voter
who has moved from one precinct to an
other after registration day the right to
register on election day.
Want Homeopathic uperintendeut
A committee representing the homeo-
paths OF the state appeared before the
State Board Of Control today and appealed
to 1t to appoint a homeopathic doctor as
superintendent OF the insane hospital At
Independence. The present superintendent.
DR.. Gershom H. Hill, will not ask for re-
election. as II is his intention to enter the
practice OF medicine in Des Moines the
FIRST OF next July. The homeopathic present
as a candidate for the place DR.. william
o. Mann OF Boston, formerly an assistant
in a state hospital in Minnesota. DIR Mann
is now at the head OF the Massachusetts,
Homeopathic hospital in Boston. He is
represented to be a competent person. The
board will not decide for some time.
REORGANIZATION at Independence.
The articles Of Incorporation OF the
Gedney Hotel and Power company Of In
dependence were filed with the secretary
OF state today. The capital Is SIS, 900, ana
the incorporators are Anton Hageman, T.
J. Ahearn and A. r. Campbell. This is a
company which has purchased practically
all OF the great properties built at indie,
~pendence under the patronage OF G. W.
Williams, the horseman, who lived there,
and It Includes a big hotel, an electric
street car system and much land. The
property has been allowed to rest for
several years, but has recently been sold.
Dora Sentenced 10 Prison.