Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-26
SENATOR BROWN is MODEST
Has Two Normal Schools In His District
and Asks fer q Third.
PRESSURE IN BEHALF OF MURDERER RHEA
Disagreement I'm DeIega-
ton Delays the Appointment
Of n State OH In
spectOr.
(From a stan Correspondent,

AlNCOLANt Nbuss April Ios-lbpeCldlsJ-
Just at this time Senator Brown Of Keya
Paha is under discussion in the once Of
the state superintendent. Senator
Brown addressed = communication
to the state superintendent that the city
Of Ainsworth. Neb.. his own home city would
like TO take care OF a junior normal school.
The state superintendent 10 wondering what
manner OF man Brown Is. The bill for tho
establishpent OF Junior normal schools
placed two OF them In the senator's district
one at Valentine and one at Alliance. And
now comes Brown without a blush and asks
for a third one. Were II not for the fact
that the nve schools have already been
"put," doubtless Mr.. Brown would get a
third one. for the man who helps himself
gets others to help him. The schools are
established. OF will be shortly. at Alliance.
McCook, Valentine. this by the legislature,
and at Holdrege and North Platte by the
state superintendent.
Rhea Awaiting Execution.
william Rhea. age % years. a convict in
the state penitentiary, lies in a dungeon
counting the days until by the decree OF
the highest court in the state he is hanged
by the neck until dead. But for the inter-
ference Of Ezra p. Savage, then governor,
the man would have paid the penalty Of his
crime on the scaffold April "a, 1902. I
that time he was given a respite until July
10 OF this year. The reason OF the respite
Governor Savage said was in order to allow
the legislature to amend the laws relating
10 perdons and communication of sentences.
He did not believe Rhea should be hanged
or even freed. The legislature did not
amend the law. Consequently unless Gov
erncr Mickey interferes William Rhea will
be hanged on the date named. Rhea was
convicted OF the murder OF Herman Zahn
a saloon keeper of Snyder.
But while Rhea PAGES his dungeon In
misery, for he is no longer among those
employed, great forces are at work in his
behalf. Many persons who have talked with
the man, who are impressed with the great
suffering he has endured since the com
mission Of his crime, and who are Inn
pressed with his youth, have appealed to
Governor Mickey to commute the sentence
to life imprisonment. And as the time
draws nearer to the day Of execution. the
pressure will be increased for there are
many. not all Of whom are moved by senti-
ment alone. who will plead in behalf Of
the doomed man.
whether Governor Mickey will interfere
is a question. While he may interfere, it
is a known fact that Governor Mickey is
opposed to pardons as a rule.
No OIL Inspector Until Tuesday.
The appointment Of an oil inspector will
not be made before Tuesday" announced
Governor Mickey shortly before noon to-
day, and Immediately thereafter friends OF
the numerous candidates took a fresh hitch
In their trousers and began to renew the
siege. The announcement by the governor
was made after a long conference with
Ed Bignell Of the Burlington and Attorney
Stewart OF this city. The reason OF the
delay is that the Lancaster county dele
cations cannot agree on a man. This county
will get either a deputy Of the chief, and
The friends Of the candidates for the posi-
ton of chief inspector refuse to draw
off and leave the field fol one OF their
number, and the governor does not want
to appoint until all the factions have at
least declared an armed neutrality. While
II Is not probable, this fight Of the Lam
caster people could result IN this county
losing the chief. And II Lancaster county
aid lose IL. may be w. G. Templeton Of
Omaha would stand some chance OF being
the lucky man. Templeton, 1t Is said,
stands close to the governor and besides
he is an old soldier, which goes a long
way in the eyes of the states executive.
Lancaster county is very much interested
In the appointment. because it means much
TO certain factions here In the next county
campaign. Ed Church is being backed by
the delegation that stood up for d. E..
Thompson for United States senator, and
which is now in control Of the county and
city machinery. Fred Beckman, another
local man, has been many times a county
commissioner and has a large German fol-
lowing that 1t would pay to keep pacihed.
J. f.. Hays. the present inspector, has a
portion OF the Burlington machine for him
and the other candidates have their vari-
Gus following. Had the Burlington ma
\ chine not become divided the appointment
probably would have been made long ago.
In the meantime Governor Mickey has re-
ceived a number OF letters congratulating
him upon the personnel Of the new South
Omaha police board. One party wrote that
Il would mean the end of saloons, gamh-
ling, confidence men," and incidentally the
writer expressed his opinion of the loose
manner in which the governor-appointed
police board Of Omaha is running its bust
ness. by saying, And all the prostitutes
will 60 to Omaha"
The governor left this afternoon for
Grand Island, where he will Join the presi-
dents party and it to Lincoln
and on to Omaha. Tomorrow afternoon
Governor Mickey will speak at the hall OF
the Young Mems Christian association at