Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-08
LEGISLATORS IN A TANGLE
eOntsst in 0'Briep osnty a PuSsling One
for the Lawyers
POLITICS IN LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES
Cummins Supporters in Both the
senate and House Elect Their
Candidates by Decisive
MajOrities.
,rrom a star Correspondent

DIES MOlNES, Jan. I.-tSpeclal. ITO I'M
solve the tangle in the contest for the seat
for OBrien county between whitmer, the
democrat, and Youde, the republican will
take the best efforts of the best constitu-
tional lawyers of the house. Thus far there
is no one who is able to say how the house
should proceed since there il no precedent
as a guide. Governor Cummins believed he
had no alternative except to call a special
election when the county auditor Of o Brien
county notified him that there was a va
cancy in the position Of representative, and
so he ordered the election. 1t is now
claimed that as Youde has the certificate
OF latest date from the secretary of state
the house will have to allow him to be
sworn when the members take the oath
next Monday. Then II is claimed that
Whitmer will be forced into the position OF
being the contestant. But the thirty days
previous to the opening of the session in
which contests are allowed has expired and
il is next claimed that whitmer having al
lowed the limit of time to expire cannot
contest for the seat This would force him
clear out and give the seat to Youde. II
this is permitted then every time a county
auditor notifies the governor of a vacancy
the governor will be forced to call cleo
ton and the result will be that no member
will be secure Of his seat II the auditor
takes II i'm his head to declare vacancy.
The matter can only be referred to a COM
mittee. and it will he up to the committee
to solve the matter and report to the house.
The committee will hear the attorneys Of
both Whitmer and Youde and it will prob
ably take several days before the matter
is finally determined.
Politics In Selection.
Politics ruled in the selection of the em
ployes of both senate and house at the re-
publican caucusses yesterday. General II.
NJ. Bycrs was a strong candidate for SER
geant-at-arms in the house and was sup
ported by the stand-patters. J. Hetiie-
finger, a Cummins and progressive repub
lican, was selected by n vote of 81 to y. In
the senate Miss lnez Black, supported by
the Cummins republicans, was selected
over Miss McCready. supported by tho
stand-patters for the position of enrolling
clerk. The stand-patters claim it was a
deliberate injection of fractional lines In the
selection Of the employees of senate and
house when there was no cause for so do
ing. The Cummns supporters allege that
they would have been perfectly willing for
the other candidates to have gone in had
they not discovered that the stand-patters
were preparing in tho event of the selection
Of the stand pat candidates to claim vic
!
claim. forced them to select the Cummins
candidates.
Warren Vas BIII.
Senator Warren Of Pella will quite likely
introduce the bill in the senate for the sin
gle state certificates for teachers. Senator
Warren was the author of the bill intro
duced at previous session of the legisla-
| ture and the bill drafted at a conference
Of educators with Superintendent Riggs en-
bodies some Of the provisions of his bill 1t
is the intention to get tho bill introduced
carly in the session
Mondays Program.
According to the intentions tonight the
house and senate will meet tomorrow at
noon, according to the requirements of
the statutes. The organization of the SEN
alto and house will he small matters at
this session, they will follow so closely
the organizations of the last session. 1t is
the intention to organize quickly in both
bodies and then adjourn to a joint session
and invite the governor TO read his mes
sage Heretofore the message has never
been reached till about Wednesday. At
this session the house and senate each
expect to be ready to take up the regular
business of the session on Tuesday morn
ing.
supreme Court opens.
The supreme court will assemble tomor-
row and Tuesday will begin to hear
oral arguments and hand down decisions
Arguments were filed Saturday in the case
of the state against r. E. Wicks of Butler
county for selling textbooks while a school
officer 1t is a test of the law in some
respects. Wicks claims he kept the books
at his store and sold them at cost for the
benefit of the district, as no one else would
He was one of the directors of the board
OF New Hartford
Guard OMcers.
Stafford n. Carpenter has been elected
second lieutenant Of Company c of the
Fifty-sixth regiment of the National
Guard at Fort Dodge and Thomas F. Rut-
ledge has been elected second lieutenant
of Company X of the Fifty-sixth regiment
at Emmetsburg. according TO notification
to the adjutant general.
Borax in Milk.
The state dairy department has
discovered that an unusual amount OF
boracic acid is being used in the milk in
various parts Of the state. An attempt will
be made TO have chemical analysis made
10 detect IT, The test made ny the milk in
spectors does not disclose anything other
than formaldehyde number of samples
sent to the state chemist recently show
boracio acid.
Mates for Senator.
1t is learned that Joseph Mates, repre-
sentative from Sac county, is training for
the position of senator from the Forty
eighth senatorial district, now filled by
Senator Garst Of Coon Rapids. Mr.. Mates.
T II Is will NOT hc