Omaha daily bee., 1907-11-18
LIGHTNING RODS GOING Up
Statehouse Full of Men Willing to
Run for Office.
ALL THE PLACES SPOKEN FOR
No Room for Outsiders II Ambitions in
statehouse Are supplied, the
Places Even Being Insum-
cient for Them.
fFrom a stan Correspondent.l }

! LINCOLN, Nov. 17.-(Speclal)-Ar
the state house political bees have already
begun to hum and the tune is state poll
tics rather than national. Tho state house
\ itself will furnish enough candidates to
take all the available places on the ticket
next year, should they be selected for there
are a number of deputies and clerks who
believe they know how to handle the bust
ness Of the state as well as their chiefs.
In the auditors ONCE there are no less
than three canddates who would be will
ing to step into Mr. Searle's shoes. Deputy
Auditor Harry L. Cook is open and above
| board about the matter. He Is a candi-
| date and expects to submit his name at
| the primaries previous to which time he
| is talking his candidacy to his friends.
John l. Pierce OF Omaha. insurance com
missioner feels that he Is entitled to the
place. and though he has not yet taken
] all of his acquaintances into his confidence
regarding the matter, the least little en-
courRgemeht win decide him to run, and
It will also John Tulleys, county treas
| urer examiner, appointed by Mr.. Searle,
| In the office of the land commissioner,
| ]. NJ. Shiveley, the deputy, thinks he has
the hunch to run and having served under
Mr.. Eaton so long his friends say he will
have no hard work pursuading himself
to get nito the race. Superintendent Nc
Brien will be a candidate to succeed him
self for a third term unless he finds out
! he doesn't want the Job again. Should
McBrien retain his present opinion this
will shut out Deputy Bishop. who might
otherwise be candidate. Governor
Sheldon, Treasurer Brian, Attorney Gen
eral Thompson and Secretary of State
Junkin are all expected to be candidates
! to succeed themselves. Incidentally the
earnestness with which politics is being
discussed around the building one would
imagine the election was to be held right
of instead of year from now.
Fire Company at statehOuse.
During the coming week fire company
will be organized at the state house for the
purpose of protecting the building in case
! of a spontaneous combustion due to the
excess OF hot air which daily permeates
the building. The water pipes have been
connected up and at intervals on each
floor is reel Of hose for use at any
moment. The statutes makes the land
commissioner responsible for the building
and its conduct and Mr.. Eaton is anxious
that a company be organized and each
member drilled in rolling the hose off Of
the reel in case of emergency. His idea
now Is to organize the young women em-
ployes, as they are always at their posts
OF duty, while II the men folks are to
form the company a majority OF them may
be absent from the building in times of
need. Especially would this be true when
a foot ball game is on.
No Disturbance iR Business.
Merchants of Lincoln say the bank
furry has in no way injured or incon-
venienced them and. neither has 1t inter
ferred with business. The merchants say
they are transacting business just the same
as ever. In payment OF purchases they
take cash. checks, cashiers checks or any
thing that comes handy. At the close Of
business. as in the past. they simply
deposit the entire receipts with their
banks, They issue checks on the banks
just the same. In fact the bank furry
has cut little ice down here.