Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
T Republican City Committee Meets and
Organizes for Campaign.
?. S. CASEY DECLINES TO MAKE THE RACE
Excavation for Library Building f.
Completed and Work of Laying
Foundation VIII BE Conn
menced.

The republican city central committee met
last night for the purpose Of organizing.
f. l.. Gustafson was chosen president and
George w. Johnson vice president. Q. II.
Dennis was made secretary and William
McCraith treasurer.
p. s. Casey rendered his resignation as
candidate for the office Of tax commissioner
and 1t was accepted. George Housman,
nominee for the city council from the Fifth
ward, also sent in a letter of regret. Both
Casey and Housman declared in their let
ters that their private business. would not
permit them to accept a political position.
1t was reported on the streets during
the afternoon that James Phillips, council
manic nominee from the Sixth ward, would
resign from the ticket, but, as no notice
was received by the committee, II Is pre-
sumed that Mr.. Phillips will make the
race.
No candidates were chosen at the meet
ing last night to hll the vacancies. An
other meeting Of the committee will be
held on Friday noon for the purpose OF
filling vacancies. Patrick Trainor, formerly
a member OF the city council, is a promi-
nent candidate for the position Of tax com
missioner. Members of the committee said
last night that mo- tender OF the place had
been made TO Trainor, but 1t is thought that
a committee will wait upon him today and
ask him to make the race.
Members of the central committee said
last night that should II. r.. 271 be signed
by the governor there would be no necessity
for placing the names of the school board
candidates. on the ticket. There will be
time enough before the tickets are printed
TO ascertain whether the governor will sign
the bill or NOT. .~,t 3D. ?
E~xcavatinR Completed.
Excavating for the Carnegie library build
ing at Twenty-third and M streets wal
completed yesterday, Plenty of material is
now on the ground and as soon as 1t Is
safe to lay cement the work on the founda-
tiOns will be commenced.
The members OF the board intend laying
a private sewer from the library building
south on T~wenty-thirA street to connect
with the N street sewer. This sewer will
be laid at the expense of the Library asso-
citation and those on the street desiring
connections will be charged a certain
amount for the privilege. When II comes
to water, members of the board say that
a private pipe line will be laid from Twenty
fourth and M streets east to the building
thus making the library entirely ~independ-
ent in the matter Of sewer and water. Both
gas and electric lights will be used in the
library.
Antilles Has Trouble.
c. H. Antilles. proprietor of the new hote
recently erected at Twenty-third and N
streets. is having grief piled on in chunks
After Antilles had opened his hotel n'
thought 1t would be a good thing to builC
a wooden veranda, on the plan Of a porte
coche. The veranda was to extend from
the second story Of the hotel to the curl
line. covering a space twenty-one feet loni
by twenty feet in width, Architect Kin
ball. who is in charge of the construction
of the Carnegie library building, opposed
the erection OF such a structure and thu
city engineer stopped the work yesterday
Mr.. Beal said last night that for such
work a special permit would have to b.
secured from the council. and as no permi