Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-16
LANCASTER COUNTY POLITICS
Lincoln Bosses Up in the Air Over Local
and Congressional Affairs.
OPPOSITION TO JUDGE HOLMES DEVELOPS
Belief Judge Frost VIII Announce
His Candidacy ShOrtIy-worry
over the Legislative
Delegation.

FrOm a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, April 1s.-(speciai.j -Lancaster
politicians seemed TO be pretty much up
IN the air over congressional and county
matters. No date has yet been discussed
for holding the county convention. and this
may be held early or late. according to the
time IL will take the statesmen to get
things fixed up satisfactorily The only
Thing certain about the date OF the con-
vention is that II will not be set until
the big bosses get together and have every
Thing fixed. Then it will be called in a
whoop and the program carried out II
things can be fixed the convention will be
early, otherwise It will be late.
Il has developed lately that Lancaster
is by no means a unit for Judge Holmes
for congress. and It Is generally believed
Judge Frost will announce himself shortly.
II Judge Frost does announce 1t is likely
there will be others, and the con
sressional night in the county year ago
will be repeated.
The legislative delegation is worrying
these Lancaster politicians also. to a GER
tain extent It is understood Senator
.9eEhtol will not be a candidate for re-
election. and that leaves n place open for
he country. OF course Chauncey Warner
wants it, because he has served three
ask for another term there. He thinks he
can, with very good grace, ask for the
country place in the senate. Some of the
town politicians want J. +. McKesson to
stand for the senate this time and il Nc
Kesson agrees to get in the running, IL
will mean a night with Warner. 1t seems
to be settled Joe Burns will be the town
candidate for the senate. The university
people would like to have the Hon. Joe
In the legislature, because he is good for
big appropriations, while the politicians In
town say they can depend upon him to stand
hitched.
Some EFFORT was made to get Tom Benton
to run for the senate, but the latter has
faithfully refused to again get into politics
an off1ceholder.
The leaders of the so-called machine here
say II would be easy enough to get the
right candidates out II they only knew
what TO do. They have not settled on a
gubcrnatorial candidate and neither have
they settled on senatorial candidate. As
far as the congressional candidate is con-
cerned they are also at sea. There il no
question that the leaders OF the machine
would like to beat Pollard, but the trouble
is they don't know whether they can with
a Lancaster man. Senator Burkett, who
still has some influence in Lancaster poll
tics, might take a hand under cover to
help out Pollard, or rather to see that no
Lancaster man got the job, for Il II TO his
interest to keep the congressman out OF
Lincoln. In fact the politicians are UP
against an unknown force and apparently
they are unable to figure out how to begin
the attack.
Commercial Club Excursion.
The Lincoln Commercial club is planning
a trade excursion over the Rock Island TO
begin May II and continue for four days,
with a run into Colorado. Plans for the
trip were discussed last night and Secre-
tary Written will call upon the merchants
this week to get them interested enough
TO send along a representative. 1t is
planned to have forty or fifty in the party.
Special Easter Services.
special Easter services were held in all
the, Lincoln churches today. The weather
was IDEAL and large crowds attended church.
The decorations were more elaborate than
usual in all the churches.
Loyal Mystic Legion I'm Court.
The Loyal Mystic Legion OF America has
appealed TO the supreme court to have set
aside the decision of the Hall county dis
trict court. which found for the plaintiff
in a suit brought against the lodge. Emma
A. Richardson, as beneficiary under the
policy held by Charles G. Richardson, de-
ceased. OF Hastings. brought suit for 5000
The company defended on the grounds that
Richardson was a resident OF Colorado and
not OF Hall county, that he had not paid
his dues to the lodge and that he was
never initiated and therefore was never q
member. The plaintiff commended because
the lodge said he was behind in his dues
that II acknowledged he was a member.
They claimed also that Richardson was
charter member OF the order and was liv-
Ing in Hastings at the time the lodge was
organized.