Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-16
CUARDSMEN STAY At ROME
Governor Savage Assigns Lack Of Funds As
One Of the Reasons.
UNION PACIFIC STRIKE IS THE OTHER
Expresses Fear tina Militia May he
60 Suppress Violence
when They Are Attending
the M~aneuvers.
tFrom a Stan Correspondent.)

in the coming fall maneuvers at Fort
Riley, Kan. Governor Savage today made
public the following statement upon the
subject:
After looking into the matter fully 1 have
to accept OF the invitation of the War de-
partment TO mobilize the National guard
at Fort Riley, and have advised Adju-
tant General Colby to that effect.
Various reasons impelled me to that de-
cision. 1t would entail an expense of APP
$4,000. Many of the members
are engaged in school work. both as in
structors and students, and to take them
from their work at this time for a period
Of two weeks would work a hardship on
them and seriously interfere with the edu-
cational machinery Of the state. My policy
has been throughout my administration to
require each institution and each Depart
ment TO keep within the amount appropri-
ated and guard against expenditures in
excess of that amount. The ~unexpended
portion of the money appropriated for the
National guard is sufficient to defray in
as would result from mobilizating at Fort
Riley would have to be met by a deficiency |
appropriation, a proposition Il am unal-
Another reason why 1 deem It unwise is
the Industrial situation. For some time a
strike has been in progress on one Of the
principal railway corporations, and while
no request for troops has yet been made,
1t is liable to come at any time, and it is
necessary that the state shall be prepared
to respond promptly To send the troops
out Of the state in face of such conditions
would be unWise, II not perilous.
However. that Nebraska may reap some
Of the benefit l have accepted an invita-
ton from Adjutant General Corbin to send
a committee OF officers of the guard, and
l have, appointed AdJutant General Colby,
BrisadIer General Barry. Inspector General
liam Hayward, Colonel Harry l.. Archer,
Captain w. r Brooks and Captain Samuel
Unless detained by official business 1 shall
attend the exercises myself.
VIII Make but One Speech.
The hopes Of Lincolnites who wanted to
hear two speeches from President Roose-
welt on the occasion of his visit to this
city were dashed today by a telegram from
Secretary Cortelyou, in which he said that
the president declined to make more than
one talk in any city. The arrangement
was to have him address one gathering at
the capitol grounds and another from the
balcony of the Lincoln hotel.
The program OF entertainment will en-
brace a big procession and q general well
come. The president will be here one
hour. He will be escorted to the capitol
by a Gordon Of police and militiamen and
citizens and uniformed organizations. Gov
ernor Savage will introduce the president,
but will make no speech. Following the
presidents address a reception will be held.
The street cars will not run during the
hour the chief executive is here. This was
decided upon as a certain means OF avoid
ing any repetition Of the Pittsfeld tragedy.
Mr.. Day VIII Wait.
George A. Day Of Omaha, one Of the
commissioner Of the supreme court, who
has been rendered the Fourth district
judgeship made vacant by Judge Keysor's
resignation, had a long conference with the
governor today. 1t is understood that he
will not make his decision until after the
judicial convention is held. II he secures
the nomination he will accept the appoint
ment to the vacancy, while II someone else
is nominated he will retain the commits
sionership.
Commissioners I'm n SquabbIe.
The minority and the majority in the
Board Of County Commissioners have again
clashed. The trouble began some months
ago. when Commissioner Tilton, conclud-
Ing that he had been duped into giving a
~favortte, Of Mr.. Welton the remuneratlve
contract for building the county bridges, in
stigated proceedings which resulted in the
annulment of the contract. In delivering
its opinion the court reprimanded the COM
missioners for the careless manner in
which they let the contract and the haste
displayed. This led to a feud between
Tilton on one side and Welton and Borgelt
on the other.
An effort was made to block Tllton's re-
nomination, but the convention was held
too soon to make 1t possible to do this.
Tilton lives in the most overwhelmingly
republican district in the county, and a
fight against his reelection was found to
be hopeless. At a meeting Of the majority
faction late Saturday evening a resolution
was passed redistricting the county. II
was not made public until today, and the
fact that 1t makes It nearly an even Dues
ton whether T1lton can be reelected from
the new district has caused considerable
comment. Friends Of the commissioner say
that 1t is an attempt on the part OF the
other faction to make II possible to defeat
him at the polls. The majority faction in
sists that it was done to equalize the vot-
ing strength OF the three districts. We'll
ton had a close call when he ran, because
all Of the populist precincts in the county
are in his district. He is said to desire a
third term and wants to make himself
safe. Another reason assigned is that
Borgelt, who has moved from the Second
ward to the Fifth, wanted the district
changed so that he would be in line for
a second term. BY the redlstricting the
Fifth, ormerly in Tilton's district, is added
to Borgelt's, and the Third ward, which
has a candidate OF two already for next
year, is tackled onto a country district.
By the new arrangement the city has one
commissioner exclusively and the country
two.
Said to he In Hiding.
Mrs. Albert Sechrest, alias Mrs. George
Hertzler, the Lincoln woman who has been
the central figure in a Kansas City SEN
sation. where she was discovered to be
posing as the wife Of two different men, is
said so be hiding In this city. There is no
pending charge against her in the Missouri
city, but she does not want to see re-
pOrters. Her friends say that she is pre-
pairing to go back and confront her alleged
slanderers. Sechrest. the man she claims
is her husband. was killed there last June,
and H~ertzler, who claims her as his wife,
is a railroad yardmaster. The woman's
mother, Mrs. John strine, lives at 445
North Twenty-sixth street, but Mrs. Sc
chrest Is not with her. The Strines are
old residents and the woman's escapades
have caused a big sensation in East Lin
coin society.
school Teachers scarce.
School teachers for the rural districts os