Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-14
VOTE ON SENATOR TUESDAY
Joint Session Wednesday Likely to Be All
There IL of the Contest.
DELAY BY INVESTIGATION NOT LIKELY
when This matter IL Out of the Way
Both Houses Are Expected 60
settle Down 20 = Busy
Legislative Grind.
QFrom a star Correspondent,

From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, Jan. 1S.-(spe cial. members
of the legislature will vot for candidates
for United States senator tuesday and on
the day following at u o'clock, i'm joint
session, providing one candidate has re-
ceived majority of the votes Of both
senate and house, senator will be de-
clared elected, after the reading of the
journals of both houses. Inasmuch as both
the republicans and the fusionists have
Endorsed candidates for the position, the
vote to be taken Tuesday is likely to be
mere formality, and the republican mem
bers will go on record for Norris Brown.
while the fusonists win vote for w. H.
Thompson, unless the friends Of Norris
Brown conclude to ask that the senator
not be chosen until the corporation demand
for an investigation of his official acts as
attorney general has been granted and the
charges officially exploded. Should the ma
jority conclude to do this, which, how
ever is not In the least probable, the re-
publicans will have to scatter their votes
among various persons, as it is necessary
to vote each day. beginning Wednesday in
joint session, until a senator is elected.
Considerable speculation has been in
dulged in regarding the real intent OF the
corporations in having Van Housen In
troduce his resolution, inasmuch as no one
has been found who believes it possibly
could result in the defeat of the republican
nominee for senator One member figured
it out that the corporations hope by the
resolution to force some kind of COM
promise with the more radical Brown men
and thus stave off or defeat some of the
measures which have been introduced to
give the people relief from corporation ex-
tortion. BY making a big blow of the
votes they can control on the resolution
to investigate, one man figured the rail-
roads may be able to scare some of the
legislators into line to defeat the state
primary bill or the bill to tax railroad
terminals for municipal purposes. Another
party figured 1t might be an attempt OF
the railroads to force Mr.. Brown to pledge
himself how he will vote in the senate
on the contract to carry the mails, this
being a matter over which the railroad,
are constantly at war.
Move VIII Fail
but whatever the object. insofar as Il
relates to the pledges in the republican
state platform" said prominent rspub
lican, "it will fail OF its purpose. No legls
lator will agree to sidestep any pledge II
that platform to get the corporation t.
let up Jon Mr.. Brown. Ii is not necessary
He Is part of the platform. and the legis
lator who compromises will find himself
| out In the cold. The platform is going I,
be carried out and Mi. Brown is going t
be elected. II the railroads thought b!
casting cloud on the name of Norris
Brown it would stop the enactment o
legislation in accordance with the pledge
made to the people, they have again mis-
judged the members of the legislature an,
have again overshot their mark"
Statement by Ross Hammond.
Ross Hammond of Fremont came in to
night to remain until after the house act
upon the resolution to Investigate the OF
fetal acts of Mr.. Brown and probably unit
| after the election OF a senator Mr. Ham
mond was mentioned In the resolution a
having withdrawn from the senatorial rae,
his reward 20 be immunity from crimns
prosecution, it being reported he is a stock
holder IT. the elevator combine. Mr.. Han
mond made the following statement regard
ing the meeting of Brown, Hammond an
b. S. Schneider, head of the so-caled Graf
trust against which Mr. Brown institute
suit:
talked with my frierds regarding m
candidacy for the senatOrship and m
said he did pot want mo to quit the pape
| That settled It with me and decide
to withdraw from the race. then tel,
phoned to Mr. Brown to come to FIR,
mont; l met him al the depot and we wer
together TO my office. Inasmuch as NJ
Schneider had suggested 10 me to run fC
| senator l thought 1t courtesy due hi
to have him present when / withdrey
Therefore I INVITED him to the meeting
Brown had to sS s asked s Mf s S9Gs
| Ideas on national matters and he told m
After he had done so told him intende
to withdraw from the race and suppo
no pledge was asked. Mr. Schneider wa
merely present TO hear what was said an
general manager of the Northwestern,
concerned, | understand his private c,
was In the railroad yards, but ] am pos
He was not at the meeting. All OF tn
has been gone over and ] don't see thi
there Is anything new that could tell
an investigation. r-..
Mr.. Hammond was asked If he was
stakeholder in the elevator combine as r
ported in tho resolution. He replied; 'I
asmuch as no pledges were made at TIL
meeting and the elevator matter was n
considered I don't think that makes at
difference to any one whether am
stakeholder or not"
Active Work In sight.
The election OF q senator will mark Il
! turning point in the session. for to da
this has been the all absorbing questio
even though 1t has been a foregone oo
} clusion who the man will be. with IN
matter disposed OF, all Joint committe,
selected and bills returned from the prin
} ers the members will be in shape to z
down to business and carry out the r
malnder OF the pledges made to the peopl
Both the house and senate will be reaC
to go into committee OF the whole for Il
discussion OF bills which have already be,
referred TO committees From that tin
] on there will be little or no excuse {
delays or sdJournments. even over satu
e days, because OF nothing to do as an e
| rllsa rchara Will he nlont, 10 d "a