Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-24
BIG CROP OF CANDIDATES
New Ones Are springing Up in All Direc-
tions for State Offices
TALK OF UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATION
Star Chamber Methods of Board of
Regents Leaves Public with Little
Knowledge of How Its Affairs
Are Directed.
(From a STAFF Correspondent

FOR places on the republican state ticket
are springing UP fast and furious. Rev.
Luther Z. Ludden is the latest to be APP
Mr. Ludden has been invited to
allow the use of his name as a candidate
for lieutenant governor and at this time
he has the matter under advisement.
number of school teachers Of the state
the matter to Mr.. Ludden.
At the state house today a bunch of new
names were sprung; whether with or with
out the consent of the owners no one will
say. Among those mentioned were Wesley
T. Wilcox of North Platte. c. NJ. Brown of
and Senator George Sheldon of
Cass county for members of the railroad
while the name OF r. W.
Kelley, county treasurer OF Otoe county,
was sprung for state treasurer. Senator
Sheldon is still being talked of for gov
ernor. Lancaster county. it is understood.
will want a man on the railroad commits
sion, but Just who II will be the big moguls
are not agreed. II is said the matter Is
before the members of the Commercial
club and that organization likely will en-
dorse someone shortly.
While none Of them want to be quoted
on the matter, all of the candidates located
in the state house want an early conven-
ton. Today one of the officers figured that
the convention should be held about the
time OF the convention two years ago.
which was May IS. This officer figured that
the farmers would have their corn planted
and their hay would not be ready to cut.
so they could get to the convention.
Little Expended for Travelling.
In the meantime it has been figured out
that the anti-pass resolution adopted by
the republican state convention has not
cost the state any great amount of money
for railroad fare for the officers. So far
the officials have expended something over
$500 and the anti-pass rule has been in
vogue for four months. This money Is
divided as follows: State superintendent
and deputy $40; land commissioner, for
board work. $35. and for trips to appraise
land S165; state treasurer, $35; attorney
general. s25; auditor s35; deputy attorney
general, SIS.
Governor Mickey has expended about $50
for railroad fare. but he has not yet
handed any bill into the state, and 1t is
understood he will not.
When a state officer now responds to an
invitation to deliver a speech, or when
Superintendent McBrien goes out to attend
a county institute. the local people pay his
railroad fare and also his hotel bills. the
latter being formerly paid for by the state.
investigating the University.
A recent editorial in a Lincoln news
paper in which a comparison of the
amount of money spent in maintaining the
Nebraska State university and the money
spent in maintaining universities in other
states, with the suggestion that the Ne
braska legislature should be more liberal
with its university, has called serious at
tention to the State university as now man.
aged by the Board of Regents, and it is
more than probable that an investigation
of the management will be made, either
in the very near future or by a committee
appointed by the next legislature. This
talk of an investigation is being made by
men of affairs who know something OF
the conduct of the university and men
who believe that such an investigation
would result in not only curtailing many
of the expenses of the institution, but
would also result in great financial benefit
to the students.
1t may not be generally known, but II
cost almost as much to get out of the
university as 1t does to enter. Should q
student desire to discontinue a study. hi
pays the registrar the sum of SO for thai
privilege. Should he pay S. to matriculat,
In a certain department and take foul
studies and desire later to change thes,
| four studies. 1t would cost him $l2 to ge
out. or more than twice as much as it die
| to enter.
Recently the daughter of a prominen
attorney OF Nebraska, who found that he
studies were more than she could carry
| desired to drop them. She did so. A few
| days later the father of this young cir
received a bill from the university authorl
/ ties for S. He paid no attention to tn
i bill and within a week had received thre,
more statements, one of them coming b!
special delivery.
The attorney at that concluded to TAX
notice and wrote to the chancellor for al
J explanation. The explanation came: tn
lawyer did not have to pay the bill and h
has not been dunned since. The ex
I planatory letter the lawyer did not hav
with him today, and, while he could no
remember definitely what was said. h
thought that the answer had said this 5
charge for dropping study was done L
make students cautious in the selection o
their studies and prevent them from jump
ing from one study 10 another promiscu
ously.
No Strings on Board.
The money appropriated for the use o
the university has no strings to 1t, an