Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-16
SHOWDOWN ON ASSESSMENT
kOrtenssn Ready to Offer Resolution on
Union Pacific
coNEERRING DIPLOMAS AT UNIVERSITY
Democrats and POpuIists Fail TO Get
Together in First District and
the Democrats Nominate
Mayor Brown.
DIPLOMAS AT UNIVERSITY
From a stan correspondent)

LINCOLN. June 15-(Speclal)-It will be
up to the State Board Of Assessment to
do business at its next meeting. State
Treasurer Mortensen will move that the
Union Pacific railroad be assessed at an
average of $4,000 mile, which will mean
an increase to $4,000 from $4,000 on the
main line, while the branches will remain
the same. The average valuation now is
$1,000 per mile.
Mr.. Mortensen win offer this as a COM
promise in an effort TO conclude the busi-
ness of the board. He and Governor
Mickey have stood out faithfully for an
average valuation of s65,OOO mile on the
Union Pacific, but so far have been unable
to secure a vote on the proposition. 1t
has been known or presumed that the
new members would not stand for this in
crease, consequently to secure some kind
of an assessment and an agreement be-
tween the board members Mr. Mortensen
IS willing to vote for a lower assessment.
In a conversation with Auditor jSearle
this morning Mr. Mortensen said that poll
tics should not enter into the boards find-
ings, and that each member of the board
should arrive at his conclusions without
being prejudiced by any political favors he
might receive at the hands of the rail-
roads Auditor Searle readily agreed with
Mr.. Mortensen and It is not improbable
that the board will get together at its next
meeting.
University Confers Degrees.
This morning at 10 o'clock the commence
ment address to the graduates of the Uni
versity of Nebraska was delivered by VIII
liam Bryan, and the presentation of dip
Tomas, together with the comforting of de-
grees, by Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews
The commencement procession, under dl-
rection of Captain Wilson Chase, COM
mandant of the university cadets, pro-
ceeded from library hall to the auditorium
in the following formation: University
band, regents, chancellor and guests OF
the university, administrative officers and
members of the faculty, alumni and former
students. candidates for degrees and stu
dents and friends. The faculty and admin
istration officers, together with, Chancellor
Andrews, Governor Mickey and Mr.. Bryan
occupied seats on the platform. Rev. F
w. Eason Of Holy Trinity Episcopal church
opened the program with prayer, after
which the candidates for degrees presented
themselves before the chancellor for tht
comforting OF the same.
Degrees were conferred upon seventy
four graduates and seventy-eight certih
Gates presented. This number is somewha
less than usual, but this is accounted fo
by the fact that this years law class wal
the first to graduate under the three-yea
extension of the course. which made thu
class much smaller than ordinarily.
Chancellor Andrews introduced Mr.
Bryan, whose address was upon the sub
ject Man" Mr.. Bryan especially urge
that modern education, with all its splendid
facilities and environments, was for tn
purpose of equipping the student to tn
extent that he would be able to give t.
society and the world the benefit of hi
knowledge in compensation in full for al
the blessings which the world gave him. II
argued for the suppression of selishnes
and self-aggrandizement and the giving o
all mans ability for goot to the worl
without the presence of desire for re