Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-24

ment that he had spent only 800. The
Law beinE cited by the democrats is es
follows.
section u Of the civil service act OF 1883:
. That no senator, or representative, OF
territorial delegate Of the congress or SEN
ate. representative or delegate elect or any
and no executive, judicial. military or naval
officer Of the United States. and no clerk
or cmploye OF any department, branch
tary or naval service Of the United states
shall directly or Indirectly solicit or re-
ccive or be in any manner concerned in
soliciting or receiving any assessment, sub
scriptiOn or contribution for any political
purpose whatever, from any officer clerk
OF employee OF the United States or any
department. branch or bureau thereof or
from any person receiving any snlary or
compensation from moneys derived rom
the treasury Of the United states.
The penalty clause Of the same act pro-
vides "a fine not exceeding 5000 or by
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years or by such fine and imprison-
ment both. in the discretion Of the court"
Brian Locking over Fences.
J.. G. Brian, republican candidate for
state treasurer. is in Lincoln tonight meet
ing the republican voters MIR. Brian feels
assured Of republican success this fall and
personally has no misgvings as to the
outcome Of the election. In this part Of
the state he has many friends because
Of his stand during the republican state
convention when every pressure was
brought to bear on him to compel him TO
enter into combinations. He refused the
offers of the fake reformers, who had
maligned him because he had not jumped
into a band wagon they had prepared for
him and after II was all over one OF their
chief political workers said. Brian proved
himself man OF more character and STAN
Ina thanany Of the other candidates with
whom we dealt"
Williams Dead weight.
A prominent republican of the Fifth con-
grcssional district has been making I'm
quiries regarding Renegade Williams, tht
treacherous republican candidate for rail
way commissioner and the attitude OF re-
publlcans toward him. From a number Of
republicans to whom he talked he learned
that Williams will be scratched vigorously
and no mans republicanism will be ques
toned who votes for George Horst instead
of the sell-out candidate This man moi
only stopped in Lincoln, but he visited
| Omaha and talked with people who knew
Williams personally and from them HI
| learned that he was not to be trusted
| and will report accordingly to the repub
licans of his district Williams Is proving
! a very serious handicap to the state com
| mittee officials, and II the committee Il
making any speaking dates for him tn
matter is being kept rather quiet William
tags other candidates in some instances
but reports indicate that Williams hurt
! the other candidates with whom he ap
pears.
| Chance to he = Delegate.
Y GOvarpor Fro nj Igraut1 ~ OKLA hopaa ha
issued a call for a national drainage con
! ference to be held at Oklahoma City ne
/ cember to Z and has requested Coy
ernor Mickey to appoint ten delegates T.
/ represent Nebraska. "rhe objects of tn
/ conference will be the discussion of thoS
! phases of he drainage question which ar
of common interest to ALL the consideration
I Of ways and means for the inauguration
( of a general movement for the reclamation
/ Of lands by the construction of drainag
works and to start campaign of education
I for the purpose of eniighteninR the popula
mind upon this very important subject. t
/ the end that public sentiment may be pre-
pared to indorse and support the adoptio
of a practical and definite line of polio
,pertaning thereto" II there are thos
i in Nebraska who are interested in thi
subject who would like to be named a
delegates and who will so notify Governo
/ Mickey, he will be glad TO appoint then
l. Paroles Prisoner ca Hurk Corn.
i On the application OF Claus Sass,
farmer living near Gretna, Rolin Rivers
colored. an inmate of the penltentiary, wa
this afternoon paroied to go to work o
the Sass farm husking csrn. Numerou
other applications for paroles are on HI
with the governor and in nearly every in