Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-23
POLITICIANS KEEP QUIET
Stir Which Started When Committee Net
Has subsidized for Present.
sUREtrTs FRIENDS ARE UP IN THE AIR
senator Has shown No Inclination 60
rake . Hand and HIS Supporters
ne Not Know what
to DO.
tFrom q staff correspondent.l

(From a stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, April 22.-CspeciaI)-The utter
absence OF political activity at the state
house these days is In strange contrast
10 the general activity OF few weeks
ago. Immediately after the meeting OF the
state committee, at which the time for
holding the state convention was set for
August %, the state officers who are candi-
dates for reelection let up on their strenu-
Gus talks on politics and now everything
is running along as though no convention
was in sight.
~ An impression which In some way gained
considerable Roadway. to the effect that
the state officers who want to succeed them
selves had made a combination with candi-
dates for other offices, is denied by every
one Of the state officers. It lie true some
time ago all Of the state officers who are
now running held a meeting and agreed
TO assist each other. but this agreement,
they are now asserting, in no way affected
a candidate for governor state treasurer
or United States senator In fact. some
OF these officers have said no ironclad
agreement was made that they would stand
or fall together, but the meeting merely
had for its object an understanding, where
It would not conflict, each officer was to
throw out a helping hand TO his brother
oficer.
II IS freely discussed in Lincoln, and
really believed. the outcome OF the fight
In Iowa over the nomination of a candidate
for governor may have a direct bearing
on the Nebraska fight. There is no ques-
ton but what Governor Mickey has become
a possibility as third term gubernatorial
candidate, even though some Of his friends
are considering him as a senatorial posi-
bility. The fact that he lives south of the
Platte may check any ambition Governor
Mickey may have in the senatorial drec-
ton, but II Governor Cummins is nominated
for third term Governor Mickey may re-
consider his declaration. given on the spur
Of the moment when the direct question
was put to him, of returning to the tall
uncut when his term is out. The fact that
he still continues to take "conversational'
shots at the railroads every once in
while has led his friends to believe he will
put nothing in the way of any movement
which may tend to continue him in ONCE,
either here or at Washington. In other
words, II duty calls" the governor won't
sidestep.
Looking 70 Burkett.
In the meantime here in Lincoln there
Is considerable disappointment among ths
friends Of Senator Burkett because he is
not ntlDluk dlOuk III pOllAltdl dAdlAas
When Burkett defed the old-time ma
chine in the judicial convention here n
year ago his followers thought of course,
that meant he was going I o keep on doing
things to the machine, but II seems such
10 not the case. The so-called machine
has been going along the same as for
,merly and there seems to have been no eff
fort on the part of Burkett to organize
against IL and those who whooped 1t up
for him in the late convention are corre-
spcndingly cast down, for they have no
leader.
Memorial to General Thayer.
Memorial services were held today at
St. Paul church in honor of the memory
of the late General John M. Thayer The
principal address was delivered by the
Rev. Luther p. Ludden.
Big school AppOrtionment.
The semi-annual apportionment of
school money to be made in May promises
to be much larger than the apportion-
ment made at the same time last year.
At the close of business yesterday aft
ernoon there was in this fund 1894, 900.
or some $4,000 more than at the same
time last year. The distribution of the
money is to be made on the third Mon
day in May
Yesterday Treasurer Mortensen received
the state s.45 per cent, These bonds run
only for seven years
Fairgrounds for Children.
The women composing the Lincoln I'M
provement society are planning to Sc
cure play grounds for children this sum-
mer and have opened negotiations for a
piece OF ground on A street between Fiji.
teenth and Sixteenth which they expect
to secure. During the coming week they
expect to plant flowers in postofhce
square, as they do every year The next
move OF these women will be to attempt
10 grow vines on the walls of the school
buildings.
Harry Bowen, a bookkeeper In the ONCE
Of the city treasurer for a number OF
years previous TO the time he was deputy
city clerk, has resigned his position. II
is understood Mr. Bowen will take a place
with the First National bank.