Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
KIDWELL Is TURNED DOWN
Railway Postal Clerks Refuse TO Hear
Speech from Their President.
OMAHA MAN HEAD or THIS DIVISION
UaH COnamissiOner Makes FOOtinE
Showing Valuation OF Lincoln
90 Ne Little over SIX
Million.
OMAHA NAN HEAD OF THIS DIVISION
(From our stan Correspondent.J


LINCOLN, Neb.. July 2L--Cspecial Tele-
gram.)-The sixth division IT the Railway
mai Clerks association, which held Its
annual meeting here todly refused to listen
Svo an address by Nationsl President KID
we'll, but instead when IT came mis- time
20 talk carried motion, after a stormy
session, to proceed with the election Of
: onicers.
Even though some OF the speakers pleaded
with the delegates to listen 10 the presi-
dent and not be discourteous him. the
convention would not stand ior It. IT was
stated the reason for the action of the
convention was that It would he impossible
10 conclude the business of the day II
the president delivered hts address. Tine
real reason for the action Of the conven-
tion was a rebuke to the PRECEDENT fo- the
part 1t is alleged he mas taken IN behalf
of National Secretary Wood and the con-
vention feared that the president would
attempt to interfere IN district politics.
After the storm had sIbslded, G. II.
worely Of Omaha was elo ICED president,
defeating w. H. Riddell, the present in
cumbent, by a vote of q 10 I. +. x.
Miller received II votes for the Oflce. There
other officers were chosen with little
trouble:
Fred NJ. Miller, Cheyenne, ytce president;
C. r. Long, Council Bluffs, secretary;
George Perry, Cedar Rapids, +. l.. Sens
man, Chicago. J. L. Piper, Burlington, y.
X. Walker, Chicago, r.. Nc. Irwin, Lincoln,
delegates to the national meeting to be
held In Cincinnati.
The executive committee will name the
place and time for holding Tne next dis
trict meeting.
The meeting closed tonight with a
smoker at the Lndell at which speeches
we're delivered by the following: National
President Kldwell Chief Clerk Butter Of
Lincoln, Chief Clerk Shear of Omaha, ex-
President Riddell of DeKalb, H.. and
President worely. At the morning session
speeches were delivered by President Rid
DELL Councilman Bishop, acting for Mayor
Brown, and Edward Sizer, postmaster at
Lincoln.
Declining to listen to their national
=. president, A. A. Kidwen of Columbus, o.,
the postal clerks tonight passed resolutions
of censure upon Secretary Wood of the
national body for the submission at the
last meeting at Boston Of unexplained ex-
pense items aggregating several thousand
dollars. Following the adoption Of the
resolutions, President KldVen was heard.
lie said the money had been used in fur
thering the intel ests OF the association,
but that he could not furnish details Of
the expenditures and retain his position as
nead OF the Order.
Democrats Are Economical.
The democratic state committee Will
waste no time, money, passes or mileage
In coming to a meeting to select time and
place for 4 state convention. The demo-
cratic state committee will hold no meet
Ing Instead Chairman Allen has written
a letter to the members OF the committees
asking them TO state their preference of q
Mace and a time for the convention, and
when these answers arrive the chairman
will cast them UP and name the place and
time for the convention. This will not only
Rave expense, but, will prevent any kind OF
4 jar between the Bryan and antiJBryan
factions of the party, or rather what re-
mains of the party. It is very probable
that the convantiUE will be located some
time between the 18th and 25th of Septem'
Der as 1t will come after the republican
convention. which will be held the 14th OF
September. II is almost the unanimou:
,opinion among democrats here that CHIEF
Justice Holcomb will be rendered the nom
lnation for supreme Judge II his health will
permit of him accepting It.
Raise Land Valuations.
Owing to the absence of Governor Mickey
and Treasurer Mortensen at Omaha, wher'
they were called to testify In the railroad
tax suit the State Board OF Equalization
held no meeting today. Yesterday wal
spent by the board in going over land val
ues with the result that these counties
were raised: Colfax, 2 per cent; Hitchcock
\ ) per cent; Holt, 10 per cent; Lancaster,
per cent; Saline, per cent; Richardson
FuE MIAnnN'F