Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09
ARRANGING FOR INAUGURAL
ssnats Committee Has All the frspara-
tiOns for Ceremony in Charge.
TALK OF HOLDING IT IN HOUSE CHAMBER
Evidence Accommodates that Jury List
In once OF the County Auditor
Has Been Tempered with
and Names Erased.
dFrom a star CorrespondentO

a 6AdAl correspondent
DIES MONIES Jan. ESPECIAL AR
rangements are being made for the inaugl-
ration of Governor Cummlns and Lieuten-
ant Governor Garst to take place Thursday
Of next week, January II. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Herrtott has appointed committee
Of five senators 10 act in making the ar
engagements for tie inaugural. There is
no one in authority to appoint a house
committee to cooperate with them and
hence the senate committee will have all
the arrangements to make. This commit
tee consists of Dowell, Jackson. Crossley,
Gillilland, Wade and Wilson of Clinton.
The Legislature will meet Monday and or
ganize. Tuesday II will count the vote on
governor and lieutenant governor, wednes-
day the governors biennial message will
be read. and Thursday the inaugural will
be held. There is some discussion this
year of changing the custom and holding
the inaugural in the hall Of the house in
stead of in Fosters opera house It is
contended that with the inaugural In the
house chamber the inaugural parade can
be dispensed with and those who cannot
gain admlttance to the hall can at least
be comfortable in the corridors and ro-
tunda OF the state house. while IL held In
Fosters opera house there are no such
facilities. Governor jackson was inaugu-
rated in the rotunda on the main floor OF
the capitol building and Governor lara
bee was inaugurated for one of his terms
In the same way. All other inaugurals
for many years have been in one of the
opera houses down town.
Rush Benedict clerk of the house, will
circulate a petition fixing Saturday after
noon as the time for holding the house
rppiiblipan
circulated as soon as more members reach
the city. This is the time selected at the
last session and allows the disappointed
candidates for appointment as employees TO
return to their homes before Sunday. The
senate win as usual caucus Saturday even
ing. Not since the hard times OF 1904
have there been az few applicants for po-
sittons as now During the hard times the
applicants for legislative positions fiocked
to the hotels Of Des Mones more than a
week before the session opened. They
seemed as numerous as the legislators
| themselves. Every year since then they
have grown less till this year there are
many positions for which there is but one
candidate. There will be very little change
In the senate employees and not a great
many in the house employees.
Minority Report Coming.
Hon. N. =. Kendall OF Monroe county
reached the city today and was at once
the center Of attraction fer all seeking
committee appointments in the next house
Mr.. Kendall was unable to put of his
petitioners with the statement that he
might not be elected speaker, for he is
the only candidate. Mr.. Kendall stated
that the minority report of the insurance
commission, which he and Representative
Jones Of Montgomery county are preparing,
will be filed in a day or two.
Shenandoah Wants Help.
Senator William d. Jameson of Page
county reached the city today He at once
| went to the railroad commission Office and
took up with them the question of getting
some assistance in the way of freight rate.
for the factories at Shenandoah. He statet
that one factory there would have beer
$1,60O better off on last years business hat
II moved to Missouri and gotten the inter-
state rates.
Names Had Been Changed.
Unmistakable evidence that names on the
lists returned by the election judges for
jury service had been erased and other
names written in was disclosed today In
the investigation before Judge Hugh Bren.
nan of the district court. The list as made
up from the certificates of the election
into court Names had been erased and
others written in. County Auditor Lew
Burnett was asked to explain the erasurei
and said he could not account for then
other than the supposition that the changes
had been made by malefactor, or else by
the Board of Supervisors who had certified
the lists from the returns Of the election
judges. The lists had been in his possession
in his desk in the court house, but the desi
was not always locked. The list as mrs
handed to him did not have the erasures
A large number of other equally flag
rant Irregularities were disclosed in the
hearing.
Council Elects Davidson.
A. II. Davidson was reelected secretar,
of the executive council by that body to
day. Mr.. Davidson has been secretary o.
the council since Shaw's first term as gov
ernor. Miss Hobbs of Harlan becomes
stenographer in the Office of the attorne!
general
Chase Gets Larrabee's sport.
Ex-Governor William Larrabee has writ