Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-03
POLITICIANS UP IN THE AIR
Not Inclined to Talk Much About the State
Committee Meeting.
HUMoRs CAUSE WORRY At STATE HOUSE
one Has II Railroads Desire Change
IN omcers and Another that Anti
Railroad Element Has Decided
on the same Thing.
(From a stan Corresnondent.l

NNAbui n 0thtA correspondent
LINCOLN, April 2-CSpecial.) -Strange
to relate the state house politicians and
Lancaster county ixers are silent regard
ing the meeting of the republican state
committee next Thursday. The Lancaster
county political agents are worried half
TO death over what the congressional com
mittee will do at it's meeting Friday. They
do not want a primary to select the dele
gates 10 the congressional convention and
they do not know how they can prevent
the primary IL Pollard takes a notion he
wants II and sticks to the notion. The
state house candidates are rather quiet
about the state committee meeting be-
cause they are not sure what they want.
so all Of them say whatever the com
mittee does will suit them.
Just at this time those officers who are
running for second nomination are in a
peculiar position because Of the numerous
political reports in circulation For a
whole week there has been no talk of any
kind OF combination, when today some
one alleged he had discovered that the
railroads intended to use their best efforts
TO reorganize the entire state house corps,
TO do which, II would be necessary to defeat
all OF the first term officers
Probably this would not have created any
cold chills along the spines Of these can
didates were 1t not for the fact that some
days ago IT was rumored pretty strongly
that the great popular wave of reform
which is just now going up against the
railroad proposition, was going to do that
selfsame thing. Should both reports be
true. and candidates seem ready to believe
anything now, 1t would put these first
termers up against a serious proposition,
and they would be ground between the
two warning factions.
The state officers would be Willing to
have a direct primary to nominate the
state ticket, but they pretend to believe
the state COMMITTEES will not endorse the
move. 1t seems TO be the general opinion
among politicians in this county that the
state committee will include in its call for
a state convention the endorsement Of a
candidate for the United States senate.
Then If a lot OF candidates for the honor
come out, the convention can have the
pleasure of turning down the recommend
alton endorsing a candidate. 1t seems to
be assured there Will be a fight in the
convention II the Lancaster statesmen
know what they are talking about.
Dispositions in Boyd County Cases.
Dispositions were taken in the office of
Land Commissioner Eaton this afternoon in
the Boyd county land cases. The settlers
to the number OF eight, who have hereto
fore claimed the land, have now acknowl-
edged the states ownership and are suing
to have set aside the leases to other parties
so they can buy the land. The case is to
be submitted to the supreme court on
briefs and the only point is the validity
of the leases. The settlers now want to
buy the land During the time they were
trying to get a deed from the state the
state leased the land to other parties. II
the settlers can get these leases set aside
they will be able TO buy the land.
This afternoon word was received from
Washington that the state had won the En-
mons case. This is the matter which Can
tain Murfin was sent to Washington to
look after.
school Exhibit at Fair,
Superintendent Bishop of the educational
exhibit department of the state fair has
issued the following circular letters to prin-
cipals and superintendent to get them
Interested in this exhibition:
The Nebraska state fair WIN he bsld
August 81 to September T. 1906, inclusiye
The favor with which our educational ex-
hibit was received last year and the in
CREASED amount appropriated for prizes this
year by the board has ENCOURAGED MS ''i 10
our best efforts toward making the ex-
hibit this year exceed all previous rec
ords. More than double the amount OF
space has been granted this year and the
number and variety of premiums have
been increased. The State Fair board is
now printing the premium list. copy
will be mailed to your address.
1 am sending you this preliminary an
nouncement that you may be preparing
the exhibit. The increased number OF
cash prizes offered this year will stimu-