Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-08
REPUBLICAN CLUB BANQUET
Hon. John F. svsnger of Missouri One Of
the Orator, to Show the Nebrasksns,
LEGISLATORS Talk OF STATE POLITICS
woodmen of the world Tax Case and
the Gathers Treasury Injunction
Submitted to the Supreme
Court on Briefs.
From a STAFF Correspondent

Ctr0m STAN correspondent
LINCOLN. Feb. 7.-(speciai.)-T Young
Mems Republican club held Its regular
monthly meeting tonight at the Capitol
hotel and made final arrangements for the
seventeenth annual banquet of the club,
which is to be given at the Lindell hotel
next Monday night, February II, the ami
versary Of Lincon's birth. Indications are
that this banquet will be one of the most
successful in the seventeen years Of the
clubs existence. President Walter l.. An
derson OF the club will preside as toast
master and toasts will be responded to as
follows: The Republican West" Hon
John r. Swanger, secretary of state OF Mis-
souri,. and Lincoln and His Party" Hon.
Norris Brown, attorney general OF Ne
braska. Both speakers are splendid orators
and the members OF the club are looking
forward to the program with joyful antici-
patton. The price of tickets has been
placed at $50 each and they are being
| taken at such a rate that the sale will
probably be limited Mr.. Swanger will be
met by a reception committee at the state
| line and escorted to Lincoln.
The general reception committee APP
pointed by President Anderson tonight is as
| follows:
| Don C. Despair, chairman; DR.. F. A.
Graham, A. r. Talbot, NJ. w Folsom. W.
c. Frampton, E. S. Mickey, A. Hayden
Myer, II. T. Dobbins, w. G. Crandall. Yer
F. A. Williams. p James Cosgrave, Victor
| Seymour Frank C. Burke, Allen L. Gale,
Philip F. Greene. DR.. II. w. Orr.
| Legislators Talk Politics.
| Representatives Davis of Buffalo county
and Doran of Garfield county were in Lin
coin last night. the former on his way to
| Omaha on business and the latter on his
way to Iowa to visit his brother, who is
a member OF the Iowa Legislature.
| Mr.. Davis said he was not one of the two
members of the legislature who returned
railroad passes for the good and sufficient
reason he had not received such courtesies
for the present year. The Union Pacific.
said Mr.. Davis, did not send him passes
last year. even though he was a member of
| the legislature. When the Legislature ad-
journed Mr. Davis was one of the members
who paid his way home, though he
had pass in his pocket After the repub-
lican state convention Mr.. Davis returned
his ANIMALS. He did this though he had not
ridden on any of them after the legislature
adjourned.
Representative Deles Denier OF Cass
fcounty was here last night. I'VE are for
George Sheldon for whatever he wants, "
said the Cass county man. whether 1t be
governor railroad commissioner or what
not. But the fact is l don't believe he wants
anything He is down on his Mississippi
plantation living easily and attending to
his own affairs and he don't care anything
about political honors. Sheldon is a fine
young man and worthy of anything the
people can give him."
Argument on woodmen Case.
The point raised by H. C. Bronze, attorney
that the state had no right to ask for a
mandamus to compel him to include in the
assessment of the Woodmen of the World
the amount of the reserve fund of that
order but the proper procedure would be
an appeal from the action or the county
board, was argued before the supreme court
this afternoon. Deputy Attorney General
Thompson argued the appeal from the
county board was not the exclusive pro-
cedure. The board as an assessing board
he said had ceased to exist when the writ
, of mandamNls was asked for and further
he said it was the right of the authorize:
, TO proceed by mandamus to compel the
county clerk to rectify any mistake made
against the property of any person aftei
the county board had adjourned and ceased
to exist as an assessing board.
Briefs In Charter Case.
The Omaha charter case. wherein John T
Gathers seeks to prevent by injunction thu
consolidation OF the offices of county anC
city treasurers, has been submitted to thu
supreme court on briefs. City Attorne!
= Breen and Assistant Attorney Herdman
= for the charter. and Carl Herring repre-
senting the school board, and Frank Ran
; som. appearing for Gathers. were all her
r today TO argue the case. but none o
r them were here yesterday when the docke
/. was called the judges merely took the cas-
!. on briefs. AS the three briefs OF the out
Q side attorneys together make a pile a
a large as the one filed by the city attorne,
! and his assistant all agreed to let the cas-
0 go without argument.
o Wayne OmciaIs I'm Court.
0 State Superintendent McBrien and Count
y Superintendent Hyland of Wayne count
o have met and the world still moves an
0 no electric sparks have been generated
and no date has yet been set for that com
petitive examination. Superintendent Hy