Omaha daily bee., 1907-07-01
POLITICIANS ARE WAKING UP
sedgewick Ready to Announce Candi-
daoy for Reelection to Bench.
OPPOSITION IS DEVELOPING
Up 70 Date Those who Would See
SedgewiclS SidetrRcked Are
Unable 90 Agree on .
Candidate.
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LINCOLN, June 9O--(SpeciaL)-Th COM
Ing week Is likely to see something started
IN state politics. While no definite an
nouncement has been made, Il is understood
that Chief Justice s. H. sedgewick OF the
supreme court is a candidate for renomins-
tion and reelection. Judge Sedgewick was
promoted from the supreme court commits
sion to the supreme court proper and will
go before the people fot a denomination on
the platform that one satisfactory term of
service entities him to another. 1t is under
stood that Judge Sedgewick's candidacy
can be projected by means OF petitions
under the new primary law asking the
secretary Of state to put his name on the
primary ballot and that these petitions Will
be circulated in every county in Nebraska
The movement in behalf Of Judge Sedge-
wick is being engineered by his brother.
T. E. Sedgewick, of York. II. G. Lindsay
and quite a number of personal friends OF
the Judge in various sections of the state.
! On the other side there Is noticeable ac-
! tivity among a group Of local politicians
OF which the head and front is State Chair
man w B. Rose and Secretary Clark Per-
kins, now secretary OF the State Railway
! commission, trying to organize TO peat
! Judge Sedgewick for the nomination on the
| ground that he is not sufficiently In SYM
pathy with the reform element supposed
to be in control Of the party, and that they
want man more in harmony with progress
sive republicanism. Attempts were made
TO get several candidates into the running
the first being directed at Judge Paul Jes-
sen OF Nebraska City, then state Senator
Aldrich. District Judge Leslie Hurd and
finally former Judge NJ. B. Reese Of Lin
coin. The Reese boom was started by an
article in the Aurora Republican, a paper
controlled by Clark Perkins, and the bou-
ouet was sent around the circle of the re-
form press to be pushed along. About a
dozen papers have spoken kindly OF Judge
Reese, but even of these quite few coupe
the comment with endorsements OF Seoge-
wick. The chief difficulty encountered
seems to have been to enlist the hearty CO.
operation of Ross Hammond's Fremont
Tribune. Hammond says Reese Is too old
and wants to fall back on some younger
man like Judge Jessen, or Judge Lincoln
Frost, or Senator c. H. Aldrich or others
who may be found"
| Up to the present Judge Reese has re-
fused to be committed beyond saying that
| he is undecided and that he will not be
candidate unless he is satisfied public
sentiment demands It.
Northwestern Files Schedule.
! The Union Pacinc, tne HoCh ASiahN 0'i
the Missouri Pacific railroads got hurdle
placed in front of them yesterday when
the Northwestern filed its schedule OF rates
to conform to the Aldrich maximum freight
rate law which goes into effect July o. the
railway commission law provides the low
est rate schedule OF any railroad shall DC
the rate of all other roads for similar serv'
lice. This means, according to the inter
probation Of the commission. that the otheI
roads will have to stand for the 10 pei
cent reduction.
National Guard EncHmpment'
The National Guard encampment will b'
held August 70 to August q, but the place
has not yet been decided. The announce
ment of the date was made last night.
! Safe and Sane Fourth.
Lincoln is to have a safe and sane Fourth
of July in theory. as provided for by th'
city ordinances, but in practice, according
to the unusual number of firms handling
! fireworks, it will be the usual Fourth anC
then some Most of the celebration is L
be at Epworth Lake park, where pro
gram will be carried out.