Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
BOLTERS BOOMING THOMAS
Benson and bis Followers Ask Place for
POpulist on Police Commission.
MONEY GOES TO The PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Judge Gordon, Through His Attorney
Asks Supreme Court 90 order
City of Omaha TO Pay
Him Salary.
tFrom a stan correspondent.l

LINCOLN, May 1e.-(Special. )-Erastus
A. Benson. the defeated bolting republican
candidate for mayor of Omaha; Charles A.
Goss, chairman of the republican county
committee; G. c. Beden and w. b, Ten
Eyck headed a crowd of ants that was
here today to get Governor Mickey to APP
point Elmer E. Thomas. populst, to take
the place OF c. c. Wright, the retiring dem
ocratic member Of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners.
Evidently Erastus A. Benson is trying to
pay a political debt, for it will be remem-
bered that the populists Of Omaha placed
the name of Benson at the head of their
ticket in the late contest. In return now
comes Benson with his select crowd to ask
Governor Mickey to name a populist to
take the place of a democrat.
Elmer Z. Thomas was at one
time deputy county attorney under
County Attorney Shields owing to
a failure on the part Of Mr.
Thomas to rightfully fuse at the state
conventions held by the populists and dem
ocrats, 1t has always been believed he re-
signed from his position, and a good
"fuser" in the person OF George Magney
was appointed by Mr., Shields. Mr. Thomas
said he resigned because his own business
was so numerous that he could not devote
suficient time 10 the duties of the ofice.
The Bensonites were closeted with Governor
Mickey at length, but they got little sat
isfaction. Governor Mickey is not filling
ofaces before a vacancy occurs and he so
informed the delegation. but inasmuch as
the men were here he listened to them.
This Is the first delegation to call upon
the governor since MFR. wrights election
as city attorney of Omaha, and the wonder
down here is that this same delegation did
not come down before. Governor Mickey
said after the interview that he was not
even considering the appointment as yet.
Mr.. Wright does not resign until May 20
and the office will not run away, so he In
tends TO take his time before announcing
his appointee.
May stop Prise Fight.
The prize fight scheduled for June :
at Nebraska City may not occur. The at
tention OF the governor was called to the
proposed encounter this morning and the
latter straIghtway said he would look ur
the matter. II the fight Is contrary to the
statutes, Governor Mickey says he would
not permit 1t to take place The prin'
cipals in the proposed mixup are English
and Leroy. Personally the governor IL
opposed to any such sport.
Money for the schools.
In the temporary school fund for dis
tribution among the schools OF the STATE
there is now S4O9. .103.2A This will be ap
portioned out as soon as Treasurer Morten
sen makes his report to Superintendent
Fowler. the amount being distributed &C
cording to the number Of pupils in th'
districts.
While the amount available this yeai
is not quite as large as last year It wal
more than $3.50. .oOo 1t is the third in ranl
OF temporary apportionments. The report o
the treasurer shows that the fund is derived
from many sourees. The largest Gle
ment in the temporary fund is the interes
on school land sold, amounting to Sill, $50 .9S
while the state tax receives credit for t10s,
46l.Ss. The report shows that the none,
in the temporary fund was received from
the following sources: