Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-09
DEMOCRATS To DODGE LAW
Plan Of Chairman Allen to Nullify the Pri-
mary Nomination Bill
STEPHENSON AND LINDSEY SLATED TO GO
u. n. Schneider and Ross Hammond
Confer with Senators and Urge
the Appointment of Former
Marshal Matthews.
STEPHENSON AND LINDSEY SLATED TO co


cials Of the democratic state convention
will get around the new state primary law
by submitting at the primary the ticket
nominated by the convention. This OF
course, will not prevent any other person
from running for the democratic nomina-
ton for any Of these Offices, hut the object
OF the convention Is to defeat the will OF
the rank and file of the democratic party,
and as usual will put up Al slate which IL
acceptable to the ringleaders Of the party.
Tom Allen chairman OF the democratic
state committee. said this morning It was
the intention now Of the democrats to hold
a convention prior to the primary. 50 that
the entire party could agree upon candi-
dates and thus save a fight at the pri-
maries.
II is understood now that the democrats
had in mind the holding OF this convention
when the fusionists in the house insisted
upon the open primary, where every voter
could cast his vote without telling his party
afnliation. with their candidates already
picked for them by their convention the
democrats would have been left free to
vote at the republican primaries had not
the senate cut out the house free-for-al
amendment. Whether Chairman Allen has
canvassed the rank and file Of the party
and will be able to pull of his convention
of course is not known at this time, but
he is at work on the scheme.
Stephenson and Lindsey to Go.
Elmer Stephenson, internal revenue col
lector and Bud Lindsey, collector OF the
port and custodian Of the federal build
ing, are said to be in line to make room
soon for two other office seekers. This
information, while not coming direct from
Senators Burkett and Brown has been
verified sufficiently to be stated as a fact.
R. b. Schneider and Ross Hammond were
here last night to the two senators
and It is reported they put in good word
for former fUnited States Marshall Mat
thews, who was dismissed from the service
by President Roosevelt because he enter
tained two men convicted in the federal
court at the Omaha club after they had
been sentenced to six hours in the custody
of the marshal.
It is told here that both Senator Burkett
and Senator Brown agreed that Stephen
son and Lindsey should walk the plank
at the first opportunity and those in Lin
/ coin who stood for the election of the two
senators have called upon them to make
/ good. 1t was reported this morning that
Ross Hammond himself would take Steph-
enson's place, but as Mr.. Hammond has
left town this could not be verified.
Reducing state Debt.
During the last four months, up to March
| 81 the outstanding Indebtedness of the
| state bearing interest. was reduced $780,
S113 There was outstanding December
/. 1906, interest bearing warrants to the
amount OF S1,9l8671.3l. There were warrants
! ssued up TO March 81, 1907, amounting to
s4s7. A7O7; there has been interest paid up
| to this date $41, F5.I1, making a grand total
| Indebtedness Of s., 1895, 70 Warrants and
| IL. fhasa fOur
months amounting to $S5O,17S.6l, leaving a
total state debt at this time of S1,545, S2O1S
Governor Busy on Bills.
! Governor Sheldon spent another day with
callers and bills passed by the legislature
but up to 6 o'clock he had not affixed his
signature to any Of the bills or placed his
veto on any Of them, either. This job he
puts off until night when he takes final
whirl at tho work. During the afternoon
a bunch Of Lincoln citizens, including sew
eral councilmen. came up to discuss the
bill introduced by Joe Burns creating a
board of examiners for plumbers. These
men wanted to tell the governor the bill
was not legal. According to the history
they rected the bill was first passed in
1901 and applied TO a city Of 10000 which
did not touch Lincoln. Then in 1903 the
body of the bill was amended to include
] llncOlus Dul lnt llNlt WIS ItOl CilhlAkSu
and the law was never enforced This trip
Joe Burns made it apply to cities from 90
900 to 10000. but he did not amend the title.
and that still readS to apply to cities OF
$1,000 people
Rooms for Railway Commission,
While the governor was busy with his
bills the State Railway commissioners got
busy and made up a list Of the stationery
they will want and discussed with Land
Commissioner Eaton what rooms they will
occupy DR.. winnett is willing to take the
senate chamber, as he believes that will
be plenty large but inasmuch as frequent
meetings are held in there and IT is prob
able the next republican convention tc
draft a platform Will be held there, this
room does not suit as we'll as some others
II may be a general change will be made
In the allotment OF offees in the state
house and several Of the ofices switched
around. but nothing has yet been settled
definitely.
} Pleading for URiversity.
Some people are getting nightly inter,
ssted in what the governor intends 70 dc
with the appropriation bills and severa
have called on him today to discuss soms
OF these measures. The Lincoln people ar,
stlll crying that the university has beer
3
the needs OF the institution are satisfied
the legislature was really liberal with IN,
regents, and there wRl be plenty OF money
to keep the school In the front ranks, ever
n some Of the smaller appropriations FOL
Investigations have 10 be cut out as wei
as the appropriation Of $4,000 for the en-
gineering building The governor has no
= indicated what he will do with these bill
as yet.
Enforcing Child Labor Law.
So far as heard from Governor Shell
I don has not yet appointed the board o1
I FIVE to look after the enforcement Of In.
child labor law. The Rev. MT. willisfor,
Of Lincoln, the truant officer, however /!
already busy and has served notice on ,
number OF employers OF children 20 ge
3 ready TO comply with the law OF to stanC
for vigorous prosecutions. The telegraph
companies are advertising for boys, man,
OF the younger ones having quit work be
cause OF the passage OF the law or som
other reason. Whether the members o
T the legislature will be prosecuted afte
4 their fifteen days OF grace are up has no
been announced. These members per
mitted boys under Il 10 work more thal