Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-09

SOUTH PLATTEIS OUT
New United States District Attorney 70
Come from Norih Part OF State,
ENTIRE DELEGATION SELECTS The MAN
Feeling Among oOngressmen that 10
Should Net Go to Omaha Resident
JUDICIAL DISTRICT is TO sE DIVIDED
This is the Reason South Platte Members
kaks the Concession
IOlclAL DISTRICT is TO st DIVIDED
MItLARD ON The MARKEt CONTRACT
Explains How His Son Happened to
He on the Payroll OF the Man who
Held Contract for boarding
Canal Employees.
From q STAN Correspondent.)

F'rom Stan Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.--(Special Teie-
gram.l-Senator Mllard has returned to
Washington after a visit to Omaha II
was thought the senator would bring with
him inside Information on the United States
district attorneyship. but II he possesses
such Information he Is carefully guarding
the same Today Senator AIllard said that
all members of the Nebraska delegation
would be asked to participate in the selec-
ton Of candidate for the position NJ
United States district attorney. having
made such statement when in Nebraska.
Il assumed" said Millard. that all mem
bers OF our delegation desired to be heard
on the Baxter succession and thought the
best way out would be to have the delega-
tion meet, does tho Iowa delegation.
Just when the delegation will meet I can
not say. l have a meeting OF the inter-
oceanic canals committee tomorrow but
| have hopes that we will get together in
a few days"
South Platte Out of IL.
When members of the Nebraska delega-
tion do get together one fact will h, upper
most-the South Platte will not present a
candidate-according to one member OF the
delegation. This will leave the North
ldNlt SNdNeSlltn 10 scrap IL out. The
| reason for the absence of a candidate for
district attorney from the South Platte
| country is asserted to be that Senator
| Burkett, who introduced his bill for di-
| vision of Nebraska into two federal dis
| tricts today, has received assurances that
| the bill will become n law inside of three
months. Information comes that Judge
| Munger has given his sanction to the meas
| ure and the attorney general has said that
| when the bill is referred to him for report
| he will give the same n favorable recon-
| mendation.
| But where will the North Platte states
| men be found when they are face to face
| with the situation of naming a successor
to Baxter One of the delegation north OF
| the river is of the opinion that Omaha
| should not forever have the district attor-
| ney and he believes in rotation. He be-
lieves the time has come when the country
| outside of the metropolis should be consid-
cred and he may voice his sentiments In
| the conference. which II is expected Sem
ator Mlard will cali for Wednesday In
| any event the meeting is bound to be Of
| interest, for it promises to inaugurate a
new regime In the settlement OF patronage
which properly belongs to the state.
New Federal Court Bill.
Senator Burketts bill for the creation of
new district of the federal court pro-
| vides:
That all that portion of the state OF Ne
braska which includes the counties of Cass.
Otoe. johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee. Richard.
SON. son; e Gage; Lancaster. Saunders. Butler,
oils, Webster, Adams, Kearney, Franklin,
Harlan, Phelps, ,Gosper, Furnas.. Red VIII
Chase and Perkins, with the waters therss,
OF, Is hereby detached from the judicial
district Of Nebraska and made a separate
southern judicial district OF Nebraska; and
the residue OF the said state Of Nebraska.
the northern judicial district of Nebraska
Interest I'm Canal Letter.
Great interest was manifested today in
the letter which Secretary Taft sent to the
president and which the latter sent to th.
senate, relating to the feeding OF employees
in the Panama canal zone by Jacob f.
Markell of Omaha Markell had a contract
TO feed the employees at so much per month
but Engineer Stevens, who succeeded En-
gineer Wallace. thought the amount en-
tirely too high in view OF what the Panama
canal commission was paying under the
present arrangements. Markell agreed to
the cancellation of the contract but put
In an expense account of So 5745.97 as having
: been actually expended by him during the
$ time he was on the canal zone and moving
{ his people back and forth from their homes
I in the west and north TO the isthmus.
i Among the names included in the itemized
4 expense account is that Of w. b. Milard.
: son of Senator J. Ii. Millard. who was paid
: $3.50 salary and sl3S.92 expenses.
4 Expense account of Mr.. Markell was AL
y | lowed by the Panama commission and in
y addition he was voted 5000 for valuable
services rendered the commission in regard
$ to refrigeration, laundry and bakery plants
G This Secretary TAFT thought uncaIled for
in view Of the fact that the matter had
: never been passed upon by President
4 Roosevelt or himself, and he mildly criti.
cises President Shonts of the commission
e for voting this honorarIum.
MiIIard Makes Statement.
; Senator Millard, who realizes how closely
the business Of the canal commission i,
going to be scanned, and that his commtte,
will undoubtedly make an investigation
Of the whole subject since the acquisition
of the property from the French, decide,
TO issue statement today as to his SOM
= connection with the Markell enterprise Tn,
r. statement is as follows:
le My attention has been called 10 a state
y ment embraced in a letter OF Secretary Tai
" to the president, Of date OF January Z
le wherein my sons name wv h. MillardD 4
le mentioned in connection with Mr. Jacob Il
~ Market, who was awarded the contract 10
= feeding the people Of the lsthmus the con
lie tract having been annulcd II may h
T. proper that / should make some explHul
| tiOn.
have known Mr.. Markell for a grea
many years. He has been I'm the busines
:. Of feeding people on railways and keepin
m hotels practically all OF his business lift
In June, or July last, / heard that he ha
m gone TO Panama. In August I went with m
daughter to Europe, and cpon my retuT
W about October /. / learned that Markell ha
k; entered into contract with the Isthmia
! commission to feed the employees on IA
m Isthmus. Soon after my return, my soT
who has been engaged In the mining bus
m ness in Montana for eight or ten years, had
k for financial reasons. shut his mine dow
NJ and returned To Omaha, looking for employ
ment lie made an engagement to wur
W with Mr. Markell and they left for Me-
York, where they intended 10 take ship n
Z, Panama
some six or seven days after they ha