Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-24
STARTS THE POLITICIANS
Lancaster Men Already Figuring on
Makeup Of This Falls Ticket,
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE TO BE CALLED
Members of state Board of ASSESS
ment, Except GaIusha, who Is
out of city, Sign Record
of the Board.
rFrom a stan Correspondent.)

together within few days, at least within
ten days, to set a time and select
place for holding the state convention
to select a candidate for supreme Judge
and two candidates for regents of the
State university. Chairman Burgess is
out Of the city today, but is expected
back shortly to consult about the time
of the meeting OF the committee.
Already Lancaster politicians have be-
gun to talk about a candidate to run
for the place of Chief Justice Holcomb
and new names are being discussed every
hour. Among those mentioned are: Com
missioner c. b. Letton Of Fairbury, Com
missioner Ames of Lincoln. Commissioner
Dufie OF Omaha, S. p. Davidson of Te-
cumseh. r. c. Calkins of Kearney, AM
brose Epperson of Clay Center and nu-
merous others.
In fact, before the opinion Of the court
declaring the biennial elections law un-
constitutional had been out an hour, the
ever watchful Lancaster politicians were
discussing probable candidates and now
the interest in the judicial race has over
| topped and overshadowed the congress
sional fight now on.
B. II. Goulding of Kearney, assistant
secretary of the senate last winter, was
among the visitors to Lincoln today and
he put in a good word for f. c. Calkins
of Kearney. Mr.. Goulding also said the
position taken by Governor Mickey and
Treasurer Mortensen on the assessment
Of railroad property met with the ap-
proval of the people of his county.
Clyde Barnard, reading clerk Of the
late house Of representatives, who was
| here last night and today is paying some
attention to the congressional race be-
tween Mayor Brown and Ernest Pollard
| Barnard said the outside counties would
| get out their full vote and If Lancaster
| failed to come up to the old-time majority
| for Pollard 1t would have to pay the
| penalty by a reduced representation in
| the next congressional convention.
Senator Fries was here Wednesday
| night en- route home from visit to Vir-
! ginia and John Wall was here this morn
| ing. Both Of these are prospective can
| didates for governor next year. Fries
| said he was too tired to talk and Wall
was too busy putting the finishing touches
| on the house journal to say when he
| would formally open his campaign.
Assessment Record signed.
| The records Of the State Board of Assess
ment were signed this morning by Gov
| ernor Mickey, Treasurer Mortensen, Aud
! itor Searle and Land Commissioner Eaton.
Secretary of State Galusha was absent and
! his name was not affixed to the final find
| ings of the board.
| incidentally the Dig nBnt Is yet 10 come
between the three new members of the
| board, Searle, Eaton and Galusha. The
latter made statement yesterday that
| Searle and Eaton had broken faith with
| him in that the three had agreed to prevent
| a final vote being taken during the absence
| of either of the three. Searle and Eaton
| this morning emphatically denied the state
! ment and said tomorrow they would give
| out a signed statement in regard to the
charge made by Galusha.
Governor Mickey and Treasurer Nor
| tensen are disappointed that the Union Pa
cific was not assessed at higher valua-
! ton, but feel under the circumstances they
| did the best they could. All three of the
new members stated emphatically they
would not vote for an assessment over
$4,000 a mile and fearing that Searle and
Eaton would go to the figures of Galusha,
81, 900 a mile, they accepted the $1,000 as
sessment.
Payne "A Good Advertiser.
Robert Bruce Payne of I'LL Grant avenue,
Denver wants a place In a Nebraska
school paying a salary of at least 800 a
month. Mr.. Payne has sent his applica-
ton to State Superintendent McBrien to-
gether with handsomely printed pamph-
let of thirty-three pages containing a
biography of himself, his experience as a
| teacher, letters of recommendation, pic
| lures of schools where he has taught and
from which he was graduated, including
the University of Nebraska. One picture
especially has attracted much attention
around the state house and that is a pho
tograph of Mr.. and Mrs. Payne beneath
which is a picture of a number of cottages.
The inscription beneath the photograph
reads: Mr.. and Mrs Payne, who spent the
summer of 1904 in the first cottage Of the
row in cut below" Mr.. Payne formerly
taught school in Nebraska
Gas Plant for state House.
Deputy Auditor Cook has taken the pains
to figure out that it would be cheaper for
the state to have a gas plant of It's own
than to pay the Lincoln Gas company for
lighting the state house. Mr.. Cook today
figured out that the state has paid this
company during the last year. from June
! to June, Sl476.GO for gas. This does not in
clude the money which has been paid out
for electric lights About 500 of this amount
was spent during the legislature. Mr.. Cook
will recommend to the State Board of Pub
. lie Lands and Buildings that 1t install a gas
plant.
, Close Call for Baby.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
| Charles ogden of University Place mar
rowly escaped death by suffocation this
morning An older sister of the baby had
taken her in a go-cart to a grocery store
While the sister was in the store she left
the little one on the outside in the cart
The latter while no one was looking
, started to roll down the slant in the walk
I and turned over in a puddle of water and
mud. A customer coming out of the store
r noticed the predicament of the infant and
rescued her The baby was unconscious
but later recovered and is now out of dan
ger.
BiXby to Talk 10 Teachers.
: A. L. Bixby, Nebraska's only real poet
: will leave in a few days. accompanied by
J | Mrs Bixby, for a trip east During hi!
5 absence Mr.. BiEby will address the Ma
3 tional Teachers association on the sub
y ject Shall the Supply and Demand Reg
: ulate the Salaries OF Teachers" LAS l ex
/ pect TO talk to the teachers face to face
- shall certainly prove that teachers shoult
2 not have their salaries regulated as though
a they were pork" said the poet.
The Central Interstate Oratorical contest
g held here tonight, was won by W. f, Mon
S beck Of Ottawa university. Kansas; Gerait
j. Jansen of Wesleyan college. Warren
ton, Mo, second; and Frank Bean o
Simpson college, Indianola, Ia, third. Tn