Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-03
BUSY WEEK IN LINCOLN
State Fair Opens Today and Will OOutinus
Until Friday.
Mr., BRYAN WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY
Arrangements 90 Give Him a
Reception at the state House in
the EveninE-Bsbor Day
Parade.
From a stan Correspondent

From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN Sept. 2.--(special.) -This will
be the busiest week of the year In Lincoln
The state fair begins Monday and closes
Friday evening Monday being Labor day
the labor organizations will participate IN
a street parade in the forenoon. w. J.
Bryan will return home wednesday after
noon and will be rendered public re-
ception at o'clock. He will speak at
O'Clock in the evening at the north en-
trance OF the state house and reception
following will be given in the state house
Theaters and various amusements will be
features Of the week. The Lincoln and
Sioux City base ball teams will play on the
home grounds Monday forenoon and after
noon, and Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ings on the state fair grounds. League
base ball on the fair grounds is new
feature Of the fair. The seventh annual
meeting OF the State Chess association VIII
be held in Lincoln at the rooms OF the
Commercial club beginning Monday. John
II. Mockett jr.. is president of the assoc
citation. The chess players in attendance
will meet Monday noon at the Chess club
, 12S South Eleventh street.
organs Home Coming.
Thousands Of electric lights have been
strung across the street, extending from
the Burlington depot to- the Rock Island
depot on C street. for the homecoming
of Bryan. The lights were turned on
Saturday night for the first time.
Mr.. Bryan will arrive in Lincoln
wednesday afternoon on the regular Bur-
| lngton train from Omaha shortly after
s o'clock He will be accompanied by the
| Nebraska home folks" who aroused such
! furore in New York. He will be taken
to the home Of his brother. Charles Bryan
for dinner. The exercises will begin at the
| north entrance of the capitol building
! promptly at o'clock. Of~account OF the
| immense crowd which is expected to line
| the streets, 1t is not intended to hold a
parade, and only FIVE carriages will be
| in the escort which will accompany Mr..
| Bryan to the capitol. The first will proba-
bly, contain Mr.. Bryan, Governor Mickey.
Mayor Brown and President Miller of the
Commercial club The second will be oc-
cupied by Mrs. Bryan and the Bryan fam
| lily, while the other three carriages Will
| accommodate the executive committee. AT
the capitol speeches will be made by Mayor
Brown, Governor Mickey and Mr.. Bryan.
Immediately following the addresses an
elaborate display OF fireworks will be made
on Fifteenth street in front Of the capitol
Labor Day Parade.
| The task of arranging for a Labor day
parade has been completed by the central
labor union. The parade will start at IL
o clock Monday morning. II will be
made up Of four divisions. comprising
thirty-fve unions and auxiliary organi-
cations The parade will begin forming
at Eleventh and X streets at o'clock
and will move promptly at II o'clock.
General" T. C. Kelsey is marshal of the
| A.. he ha haen named na
assistant marshals: @. e. Locker. w. w.
Price, G. f. Quick. Ness Carroll, w. l..
Mayer @. f. Losker is chairman Of the
general committee and Bert Chapman sec
retary-treasurer.
No public speaking has been provided
Candidates Interested.
The failure of candidates before the
various state conventions to file affidavits
setting forth expenses incurred In secur-
ing nominations or elections has caused
I some comment. While the law governing
, such matters has been disregarded in the
past. a majority of candidates comply
with its provisions. The law provides
that expense statements shall be filed
ten days after the holding of caucus
convention or primary election The
democratic and populist state conventions
were held August 10 and the republican
Z
of these bodies adjourned until the fol-
lowing date set in the calls. 1t is be-
lieved that Saturday was the end of the
time limit In which republican candidates
should have filed statements under this
law. A penalty of not to exceed $1,000
II a Jury so decides. may be imposed
Saturday afternoon the following candi'
dates had statements on file In the office
OF the secretary of state:
A. c. Shallenberger. Norris Brown, L. B
Brian, NJ r. Hopewell, r. A. Hawthorne
r. II. Watson, NJ. P. Kinkaid. f. e. Good
Charles Weston, e. NJ. Searle, @. L. Shum
way G. T. Graves. George Junkin, Fl. ]
, Winnett w. T. Thompson, f. L. Rouse
Robert Cowell, c. A. Howe, II. NJ Eaton
John Siemens. A. L. A. Shiermeyer, ]. f
Boyd. A, p. Fitzsimmons, C. r. Goucher
Z George Horst J. j. Thomas, E. I. Root
, lw. w. Young, e. II. Hinshaw, Z. NJ
! Pollard. q. w. Norris. C. F. Steele, A
Galusha, George L. Sheldon, Mrs. Ada X
Schelly.
New Certihcation Law.
: State Superintendent j, l.. McBrien ha
lust superintended the examination o
nearly IL, 900 teachers for county certificate
under the new law. Speaking of the work
ings Of the law and the rules made by hi
! department. he said:
In all OF these rules, made after taking
counsel with our co-workers, there IL bu
one limit placed upon the county superin
tendent, except as provided In the law II
self and that is the minimum grade beloy
which he cannot go in the certifcation o
2 his teachers. Under the new law tn
Z county superintendent il the supreme au
2 thority in the state. Neither this depart
ment, nor his excellency the governor. no
2 the supreme court itself can force tn
u county superintendent TO accept any grad
or issue any certificate to any person hi
| Judgment would not approve.
| SO far as the work OF our committee
r concerned, we have no apology to make [
: anyone. We have had two SPECIALISTS 10
h the examination of the answer papers 4
}. each Of the five essentials. For example
" two examiners have graded the reading pa
: pers of all teachers two examiners hav
|, graded the arithmetic papers. two tn
y grammar papers and so on In additio
0 thereto the president OF the examinin
8 board has reviewed every paper OF ever
Z teacher This means that those who hay
8 taken the examination In nothing more tina
|, the five essentials have had their paper
e carefully examined by ten persons an
carefully reviewed by the president of III
Z, committee. The consensus OF opinion {
y these eleven examiners is safer for til
) teacher and the public than the opinion
y any one person. Our examining committe
y is absolutely nonpartisan and nonsectaria
e Republicans, democrats. populists. prob
e bitionists, Catholics and Professionals hay
- been represented thereon.