Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-24
PREPARING FOR CAMPAIGN
Republican Stats Executive Committee
Called to keot at Lincoln.
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES ARE SILENT
Lancaster Men Pledged 20 Brown, hut
Decline TO state Position on
state Matters of vital
Importance.


LINCOLN. Sept. 2S.-CspeciaL)- L)-Chsirma
Rose has sent out notices for a meeting
of the executive committee Of the repub-
lican state committee. to be held at the
headquarters here Wednesday. September
e6. at p. m. This will be the first meet
ing OF the executive committee since It's
appointment. The call states the purpose
to be for 'levying assessments and pro-
viding other means of raising campaign
funds, deciding upon the compensation OF
officers and employees, and disposing OF any
and all other matters which may properly
come before the committee"
The engagement OF Senator Beveridge to
speak in the Nebraska campaign would
have been fixed for Omaha IL 1t were posst-
BILE to make the arrangements without COM
flictlng with the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities
The state chairman was notified that he
could have a speech by Beveridee for oc-
tober :. and his first decision was to
schedule him. for Omaha, but after con-
ference with the committee at Omaha II
was decided unwise TO attempt counter
attraction to the big Ak-sar-Ben street
fair. and Lincoln snapped up the oppor-
tunlty to take him.
Silent on vital Points.
As was expected by those who witnessed
lative nominees met yesterday afternoon
and i'm answer to the question asked by
the Evening News, agreed to vote for
Norris Brown for United states senator.
and kept silent on the great issues now
pending between the corporations and the
people Whether the fake reform paper Will
accept the pledges to vote for Norris Brown
in lieu of all other pledges remains TO be
seen. Whether the legislative candidates
will vote for the enactment OF direct
primary law. a freight rate law, an anti
pass law. will be determined probably after
the legislature meets. IL s true the county
convention adopted a platform covering all
these points, but the convention also en-
dorsed Norris Brown, and there is no more
reason to suppose the legislative candi-
dates will bolt the latter instructions than
they will the platform, but the News de-
manded them to again publicly express
themselves upon the senatorial matter.
One candidate for the legislative ticket
said: THE News had no right to ques-
ton us at all. as 1t is not a republican
paper answered the senatorial ques-
tion, but you can bet l will not do any
thing farther toward answering questions
from the News. 1 win go on the stump
and tell the people what have to say and
what I intend to do II elected. but I'm
not permitting the News TO tell me what
to do
Republican voters here intend to demand
of the candidates that they make public
statement of where they stand on the is
sues Of the campaign, before the election.
Notwithstanding the above statement of in
dependence issued by candidate. IS
Check on Unfversity.
In all probability the next state legisla-
ture will be called upon to amend the laws
relating to the management of the State
university insofar as the finances of that
institution are concerned. At the present
time the vouchers issued by the employees
of the regents, to whom the management
of the institution is practically delegated,
are never examined or checked up by the
state auditor. Under the law the auditor
is required to issue a warrant upon the
written request of the secretary OF the
Board of Regents without regard to the
voucher. which is never filed at the state
house
During the course of the biennium nee rly
81 100000 is spent in this manner and .he
state auditor has no way of knowing
whether the money is spent legitmately
or not. Other state institutions which
spend much less OF the taxpayers money
are required TO file with the auditor
voucher for every warrant issued and the
records can be checked up at any time.
The regents OF the State university are
entirely Independent of the auditing de-
partment of the state and spend the money
without hindrance or question. Once a
year or thereabouts the regents employ an
outside accountant to go over the records
OF the secretary OF the board and make a.
report and this is the only check kept on
the expenditures. Though the auditor does
not have authority to look up the vouchers
he is compelled to act as the clerk and
issue the warrants. II is the opinion of
Deputy Auditor Cook the secretary Of the
Board OF Regents should either issue the
warrants and this work be taken on OF
the auditors ONCE. or the vouchers should
be fled with the auditor as are all claims
from other state institutions
Taft to speak I'm Omaha.
State Chairman W. B. Rose OF the repub-
lican committee tonight announced that
he had received word that Secretary OF
War Taft would make speech in Me-
braska, probably on October ~. at Omaha
PROFIT in state Fair.
The State Fair board is to the good
SIS, ,1l5. Secretary Mellor tonight reported
the finances as, follows: On hand at jan
uary meeting. s110o0; receipts OF 1906 fair,
So, 900; expenses So. $50.