Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-20
ROSS HAMMOND AFTER PLUM
Fremont Editor Avowsd Candidate for
ColsotOr Of Internal Rsyenus.
SENATOR BROWN IS COMMITTED TO ROSE
Burlxett on the other Hand, Thought
60 Incline Toward Hammond,
Though He VIII Not
Discuss Matter.

Though He Will Not
Discuss Matter.
(From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN. April 1s.-Political tongues
have been set going in Lincoln by the ad- i.
vent Of Ross Hammond Of Fremont into
the race Tor the Elmer Stephenson Job.
as It was generally understood here that
Mr.. Hammond wanted no political job. but
rather he wanted to be viewed in the light
Of working reform for reform sake only.
! The other avowed candidate for the place
| is w. b. Rose. the Norris Brown political
manager and chairman of the republican
state committee. He has the support of
! Senator Brown, publicly Acknowledged by
| the junior senator. while Il comes straight
that Senator Burkett. while feeling
| friendly to Rose, likes Hammond the bet
ter. While Senator Brown owes much Of
! his success to the good advice and the
| able manner in which Mr.. Rose looked
after his political interests. he r. also in
debted to Ross Hammond for supporting
/ him, the politicians say, at the proper
time in the scrap The political guessers
down here have lined up to watch the
contest. believing 1t may develop into
nice one The advent OF Mr.. Hammond
came, ~ is said, after r, B. Schneider
and the senator's concluded they could not
| land former United States Marshal Math-
] ews. Some of the guessers are saying
Schneider may be playing a fine game in
order to get in his man Mathews as a
compromise
Mr.. Hammond was in Lincoln yesterday
and acquainted his friends with the fact
that he wants the place. Senators Burkett
and Brown are not talking Of the matter
at ALL except to say both men are after
the place and that nothing will come up
in the fight to Jar the pleasant relations
now existing between them. In the mean
time Elmer Stephenson will probably be
allowed to hold on peacefully until next
January, when he is willing to retire and
might, perhaps. be persuaded to stay awhile
longer to keep peace In the political fam
lily.
Illinois Central BnIka.
The Illinois Central railroad has notified
| the State Railway commission that IL has
no railroad in Nebraska and therefore has
no report to make in accordance with the
new commission law. While the commits
sion has not yet answered the letter of
the railroad company. very shortly the
company will be notified TO hustle along
with its report and furnish the commits
sion with whatever information II wants.
the other roads in Nebraska which come
into the state over leased lines. In fact,
every road which makes reports to the
State Board of Assessment will be required
TO make reports to the State Railway COM
mission, whenever such reports are de-
manded by the commission
Power from Penitentiary.
Members of the Board of Public Lands
and Buildings visited the state peniten-
tiary yesterday to look into the proposition
to increase the power there with view
to furnishing light for the State house and
the Home for the Friendless and for fur
nishing power to run the elevator in the
State house. Plans for the work to be
done at the penitenuary have all been
drawn and the board Is now figuring on
how II Is going to get the wires run to
the State house to bring up the power.
Inasmuch as several Offices have been
moved to the third floor and the labor
bureau is on the road there. the board feels
that It 10 necessary to get the elevator
started shortly or the people will forget 1t
has a game warden and a labor commits
sioner and a few other officers along these
lines.
Mrs. weidman Back from Panama.
Mrs. Weidman wife of the chief Of the.
fire department Of the canal zone, has re-
turned from Panama, where she and her
two children spent the last year with her
husband. Mr.. weidman was formerly cap
tain in the lincoln Are department
once waits IA Claimant.
Senator Burkett received notice this
morning that a federal job in Nebraska is
running around loose. The postmistress
| at Melia, IN Sarpy county, has resigned
and the department is anxious for this
| %, q or ri
and 1t is up to the senators to make a
recommendation.
Two Dates for BurISett.
Senator Burkett will speak in Fremont
Monday afternoon at the dedication Of the
new Young Mems Christian association
building and on May he will speak at a
celebration held by the Ancient Order OF
United workmen lodge at Beaver Crossing.
Senator Burkett had intended to make no
dates for the first ten days in May, but
as he had promised the Beaver Crossing
people some time ago to make them
speech, he accepted their invitation to go
there May g.
Ruling on County Deposits.
In reply to letter from II. S. Byrne Of
Omaha asking about the provisions OF s. F.
|. 40. relating to county deposits, Attorney
General Thompson has written that county
treasurers are not authorized to deposit
more than so per cent OF the depository's
bond given prior to the taking effect Of the
act Repositories giving bonds after the
act became effective may receive any
amount not IN excess OF the bond If the
! deposits are not limited by the county COM
missiOners.
Freight Train strikes Motor.
A freight train ran into a motor car
near Lincoln park this afternoon. smashed
kup the car and badly injured G. w. Robin
son, the motorman. A. w. Lutz, the only
passenger on the car was not injured
and the conductor Jumped and saved him
self from harm. Robinson said he was
unable to stop his car when he saw the
freight approaching. He had almost crossed
the track when the engine struck his car
and tore the rear end on and threw the
front end against telegraph pole. The
injured motorman was taken 10 his home
Fortune Awaits Wilson.
A fortune is awaiting John Wilson at