Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-28
TALk ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN
Norris Brown Said to Favor Deputy AttOr-
bsy General Rose.
OTHERS MENTIONED FOR THE POSITION
Orlando reft of oass County, shell
don's Advisor, Among Them-Ac-
ton on Boyd County LaRd
Case ~ Deferreds
OTHERS MENTIONED FOR THE PoslTlol
CFrom a stan Correspondent

LINCOLN, Aug. H.-(special. )-william
b. Rose, assistant in the Office OF Attorney
General Norris Brown, lie favored BY the
|, Brown boosters for chairman OF the repub-
llcan state committee. The candidates and
ne committee will meet at the Llndell
hotel tomorrow night to arrange for the
coming campaign. The Official minutes of
the convention show that Judge Frosts
substitute motion for one made by II. Il.
Baldrige of Omaha was that the candidates
select the officers of the state committee.
Mr.. Rose has been active in the senatorial
campaign OF Attorney General Norris
Brown. He is now drawing a salary from
the state, but says that II elected chair
man he will resign his place in the attor-
ney generals office He was for many
years deputy clerk of the supreme court
and served a portion of the time as re-
porter of the supreme court. He Is said
TO have parted with his railroad pass i'm
mediately after the declaration OF the state
convention last year.
A. b. Allen, Governor Mickey's private
secretary and the present secretary of the
committee, is willing to accept the chair
manship. He has .taken no active part in
the interest OF any candidate with the ex-
ception of some effort to- defeat Congress
man Pollard for denomination. c. B. An
derson OF Crete, chairman of the resolu-
lions committee at the recent state con-
vention, is not candidate for the chair
manship. but would accept 1t II he is the
unanimous choice. lie Is now In New York
state. He was one of the supporters Of
George l.. Sheldon in the state conven-
ton. Orlando Teft of Cass county, who
was sheldon's chief political adviser, has
also been mentioned for the Craftsmanship.
Candidates Certified I'D.
Chairman w. e. Andrews and Secretary
George Il. fobey today certified to Secre-
tary of State Galusha the names OF the
candidates nominated by the republican
state convention II had heard about II
BEFORE" said Secretary Galusha, when tho
certificate was filed with him. The docu-
ment contains, the resolution approving the
proposed constitutional amendment creating
a state railway commission. Under the
ballot law this action OF the convention
authorizes. the election officers to count all
straight republican votes for the amend
ment regardless Of whether or not the voter
makes a separate mark indicating his desire
to vote for the amendment. The legality OF
this portion of the ballot law has never
been tested in the courts and legal compli-
cations may arise II the proposed amend
ment is carried by straight party vote thus
counted for the proposition.
,AT BOYd County Land Cases.N
The State Board of Educational Lands
and Funds today declined to take any
[ action on the request OF Boyd county
settlers to purchase state. lands. Thirteen
hundred acres of state land in that county
F~e involved in litigation. The supreme court
recently held In favor or the settlers by
deciding that the improvements on the land
should have been appraised separately. from
the land. before the state issued lease con-
tracts to others than the occupants of the
land The occupants now desire q to buy
the land under the terms OF a bill passed
by the last legislature. but the board took
No .actien because StfIe' state slhas a motion
for rehearing pending In the supreme
court. NJ r.. Harrington and Sanford
Parker OF o'Neiii appeared before the board
on behalf OF the settlers.
Campaign Expenses.
Candidates before conventions have fled
expense accounts a. follows with the secre-
tary OF state; g. r. Steele, ssa.2s: ]. r.
Boyd, SOS; Carl p. Coucher, democratic
nominee for secretary Of state. s16.7o J. j
Thomas Of the Fourth congressional dis
trict, A. p. F1tzsimmons Of johnson county
and George Horst, aver that they expended
nothing In their efforts to secure nomina.
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