Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-16
STATE LEVY NAY BE LESS
lnor.a..i Assessment Means Con &c able
More Cash.
BITTER PRIMARY FIGHT IN LANCASTER
Friends OF Norris Brown Turn Md
batteries On All who Oppose the
wiRnett-BrOwn-she
Combination.
zion . star correspondent.l


LINCOLN, July 1b.-(speciai l-Inaarnuch
as the assessment this year will be In the
fneighborhood OF $4,000 in excess OF last
year Il IL a serious question with the State
Board OF Equalization whether the levy
should remain the same as last year or be
reduced Last year the state. school and
redemption levy amounted to mills. With
fin increase OF 100000 In the assessment,
this would Increase in the taxes to be paid
$4,000. The estimated receipts under that
levy UP to March 81 1907. lie A,S2i,i2s. The
estimated expenditures by the state up to
that time 10 s5.7s4.s1s, leaving a balance Of
fsss, ns, with no accounting Of the amount
J raised by the mill levy to be used IN pay
! ing on the state debt. The mill levy is
. divided ~ follows; General fund, ~ mills;
school, y mill; university, / nill; tedemp-
ton, mill.
Governor Mickey IL Of the opinion the
levy should not be reduced AZ It II a ques-
tion whether the state wants to keep on
paying interest on q debt or by Keeping Up
the levy pay IL or quicker, From cut In the
state no word has been received a. to what
!, the various county levies are golnE to be,
| but as the assessment Is increased to such
an extent It is probable an effort will be
mads'to keep down the county levy.
Primaries in Lancaster.
Republican caucuses will be held Monday
'evening at which delegates to the county
, convention, 10 be held Wednesday will be
elected. Tuesday the primaries win be
held to settle any contests which may arise
: JtoScOe Pound has already been selected
for temporary chairman OF the convention
and Bernan Fox temporary secretary. by
The executive committee, appointed by
Chairman Roberts of the coanty committee.
nio "a firp -
committee.
, While the fight IL ostensibly between Rev.
Luther p Ludden. candidate Tor lieutenant
governor. and DR.. H J. Winnett. candi-
date for railroad commissioner. the contest
vs. In reality for and against Instructions
for Norris Brown for United states senator.
DR.. Winnett having been induced to come
out by friends OF Brown and Sheldon to
capture delegation for them. At nrst
the combination was known as Brown
sheidOn-winnett but II IL very evident
during the last few days Sheldon has been
getting the double cross or at least the
Brown men have dropped him. after using
his name to get what help they could
The Journal and the News are back Of
the Brown eandidaey in this county and
the campaign waged BY this organization 10
the most scandalous IN the history Of Lam
caster politics. Each day for q week the
combination has sprung a new falsehood
against some one Of the other candidates,
ana % rapidly do those faisehoods appear
II would take a m1ving picture machine to
keep record Of them. They have charged
every man IN the county who has not an
nouneed himself for Brown with being a
railroad tool and betrAysr Of the people
They have charged every man for Ludden
IN this county is only for him 30 the
he AaIn t,, A.
state convention.
Reasons Really Personal.
On the other hand. Luddep wants the
delegation uninstructed on senate csarsfcv-
ernon. Opponents Of Brown resent the
charges mads ! by the Journal and News
with the atemeht that the interest CT these
publications is very personal and connected
with the suit brought by the state to gel
from the Journal $4,000 which II is charged
that concern held out illegally.
Besides the Journal and the News. Brown
has working for him in a clerical capacity
one appointee OF the governor who. though
drawing 500 q month from the state and
riding on a Burlington annual has not done
any work in his ONCE for months. w. B
Rose. assistant attorney general has alsC
quit doing anything TO earn his salary
paid by the state, and the two are spending
their time In the downtown ONCE OF Brown
This Once was opened so the work could
be done secretly. =
Browns forces were augmented yestkr
day by the appearance OF Joe Johnson
For the last week johnson SHEEN out II
the state getting interviews "a She interes
OF Brown 10 be published m the Journal
Governor Mickey refused TO appoint hin
labor commissioner and charged him at tn
time with offering to run a press bureau II
lis Interest n appointed.
The fight Is a most bitter one and viii
~ probably he kept up until the convention
Is over. The Brown followers are claiming
they will get an instructed delegation AM
failure TO set II would be the worst dis
appointment ever experienced by the at
torney general.
SOrry "a See Soldiers leave.
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