Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-13
DISAGREE ON ASSESSMENT
State Board Members Not Of Same Mind on
the Taxation Of Leases.
FRATtRNAL INSURANCE At NEXT MEETING
Gossip IN Capital city OOncerning
Probable GubernatOriaI Candidacy
of Judge lessen and George
sheldon.
lFrom a stan correspondent.

AFlOm Sldu correspondent
LINCOLN, March r. go Special 1.-The
State Board of Equalization and Assess
ment met this afternoon to pass upon the
answers to questions propounded to the
board by the county assessors at their
recent meeting held in Lincoln. The
answers were made by Secretary Bennett
and the board was not agreed upon them,
and after referring the matter to the legal
department adjourned to meet some time
later in the week.
The matter upon which the board hung
up was the taxation Of leases. The secre-
tary had held Ies should be assessed
when paid foi n advance and held by
lessee on the LIST day of April Some MEM
bers Of the board objected to this be-
cause II was held the rule would aaply
10 the rent of a room which had been
paid for in advance, while other members
held II referred 10 large leases where the
lessee had taken out a lease for year or
more. Before the mattr is passed upon by
the board an opinion will be secured from
the attorney general
The matter of assessing fraternal in
surance companies will also have to be de-
cided by the board at its next meeting.
Inasmuch as the question of taxing the re-
serve funds Of fraternals is NOW in the
hanuh VI Anb COuIA lne DOdIu 10 unuttiuGu
how to instruct the county assessors.
MOrtensen Statement Coming.
The statement of State Treasurer Peter
Mortensen, which will remove him from
the race for the republican nomination for
governor, to be issued probably tomorrow
will not be formal withdrawal from the
race, but will merely be a statement that
the state treasurer will! not accept the NOM
ination were it rendered to him and urging
his friends TO no longer consider him as
a gubernatorial possibility.
II have never been a candidate for the
Office" said Mr.. Mortensen. so It would
be presumptuous for me to withdraw. l
have nothing to withdraw from. l have
been receptive candidate and would have
accepted the nomination gladly had It been
rendered to me il the question of my eligi-
blity had not been raised. l think it right
that the opinion flied with me by the two
attorneys who looked into the matter
should be given publicity so that those
friends OF mine who have urged me to be
candidate may know why l am not in
the race"
jensen and sheldon Talk.
While Il has been supposed Judge Paul
lessen will reach Lincoln tomorrow for
a conference with POLITICIANS regarding be-
tnk u CtilQiudlts IL Is Dy no
means certain Judge lessen will be a can
dldate. Addison Wait. who has been con-
sdered a strong lessen supporter, said
this morning he much doubted that lessen
would be a candidate. II is understood
S5enstor George Sheldon will not be a can
didate IL Judge Jessen desires to run or
IL he will consent to run. Should George
Sheldon come out as a candidate for gov
erpor Il would give Lancaster county a
good excuse for carrying out It's intentions
OF laying Congressman Pollard on the shelf
at the end OF his half term. both Shell
don and Pollard are from Cass county.
~ : a.s@ aenSsv @ls Welcomed 80 "
Governor Mickey, who-sxpects to retire
to his farm at osceola when his term as
governor expires, is nightly pleased at the
beautiful snow, He said:
~ have just heard from my son that
the snow In Polk county is about six inches
deep and It extends over all that part of
the state. This will insure a magnificen:
wheat crop and will mean also the biggest
crop OF all kinds ever raised in Nebraska
II the snow will just remain on the groua1
until the first of April and then get out
of the way for the farmers | look for
record breaking crops"
More Room at Hospital.
TO make more room for the use OF the
orthopedic hospital the head nurse Of the
hospital has given up her room at the IN
stitution and has doubled up with the
matrun OF the Home for the Friendless
the same building housing both OF these
institutions. As the Board OF Public Land:
and Buildings set down on the popula,
subscription idea for the benefit OF ths
hospital. the ofioaIs OF the institution this
morning asked the members to visit the
home and devise a sy whereby more
room could be secured for the use OF this
hospital department The beard prompt,
proposed doubling up the officers and th,
officers agreed to the proposition.
This arrangement gives one more room