Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-28
Also Desire Voters to Express Their
Preference for President
LAW NOT CLEAR ON THE SUBJECT
Omaha Indians Submit Series Of oues-
tions to Commissioner Leupp.
SOME OF REQUESTS GRANTED
Others Not FavOrably Considered ana
on Stin Others Department De-
sires More Information
Before Ruling.
CFrom a staf corr.spondent.l

! From stan Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-(special Teie-
manifestations Burkett and Brown de-
sire to be delegates to the national re-
publican convention which meets in Chi
cago June 16 next and both are urging ths
primary election law Of Nebraska to
| bring about their own election. ''If Brown
wants to go I want to 60" is the thought
] OF Senator Burkett, and III Burlfett goes
| surely l should CO. says Brown. Both
4 senator's agree that under the ruling Of
the national committee there should be a
! convention for the selection of delegates
at-large, they should be guided by the
vote OF the people upon the question OF a
| candidate.
Senator Burkett has received a number
! of letters in the last two or three days
relative TO this very question and in reply
he has insisted that the primary should
| tell the wishes Of the people as TO their
individual choice for president so that the
delegates elected might know what the
wishes Of their constituents were so far
| as a successor TO President Roosevelt
| went. In these letters Senator BurlSett
has said that while he was for Secretary
Taft he recognized the right OF others to
be for other candidates. and as Nebraska
had established the primary law he
thought it the part of wisdom TO have the
state vote polled ard have the electors
say in voting for delegates to the national
convention whom they favored.
Intent of the Law.
Just whether the primary law contem-
plated the election Of delegates to a state
convention to select delegRtes-st-large TO
the national convention and instruct these
delegates along certain lines is a moot
question. but the national committee left
1t wholly in the power of the central COM
mittee of each state to determine the
question to a state convention for dele
gAtes-at-large and undoubtedly the state
committee OF Nebraska will determine the
question whether delegates-at-large are 60
be instructed just the same as delegates
from the congressional district in this
state.
1t Is a most interesting question for
Nebraska and quite as interesting for
Michigan and Wisconsin, for all have
passed primary election laws and they all
differ in their essential elements. Burkett
wants everybody to vote his choice for
president, on the theory that II the
primary law means anything. IL means
Instructions TO delegates
Senator Brown is also in favor Of the
primary law and believes in ITS applica-
ton to the political conditions which sur
round the American commonwealth. He
league regarding the primary law and
says that the primary choice binds the
delegate, whether district delegate or
at large, and NSalieves in the people vot-
ing their preference for president when
they vote for delegate. thereby eliminat-
ing the question OF trade wholly out of
the equation
Leupp Answers Omahas.
The commissioner of Indian affairs to-
4 oil
ing TO some additional questions upon
which the Omaha Indians wish to be
informed. The four questions were:
First-As to what e known as half
sioner Leupp says '"rhe Indians mem
toned Mrs. Diminick as one Of the Just
beneficiaries, but she is the only person
. named Let your report show the exact
status of these lands at the present time
and contain all the information necessary,
in order TO dispose of this subject prop
Mr.. Chase says that out Of 100 acres.
now known as the school or agency quar-
ter there should be reserved as public
, grounds for the use Of the Omaha tribe
a square Of ten acres, more or less, of
that portion upon which the school build
r ings are situated. In reply TO this Cum-
missioner Leupp says: THE reservation
of ten acres Of land which school
buildings are situated as public grounds
E for the Omahas rs a subject difficult 10
I consider and II would seem without mora
definite information, II would require spe-
$ cial legislation by. congress"
1t is requested that authority be
granted the Omaha tribal council to set
: aside site from tribal lands as a burial
S ground. To this Mr.. Leupp replies; The
, ground convenient for the tribe seems a
very reasonable one but there appears 10
0 be ample burial sites already reserved, al
r though It may be that they are not con-
venienuy located. II is suggested that
twenty acres will be ample for this pur-
: AS TO the complaint that persons. not
members Of Omaha tribe, be not allowed
I0sen 5se Sn ssgy OF repss SJo be obeo
tion TO residence Of persons not members
of the tribe on agency or school grounds
Coddington, who is occupying a building
a erected by the former blacksmith, who took
: I the land by permission Of someone not In
u dicated by the Indians in their complaint.
Minor Matters at Capital.
4 CONGRESSMAN Kinksid has recommended
IS the appointment Of william e. Miller as
e postmaster at Berea, Box Butte county.
l. vice Fred S. WesCott, resigned; also the
Is appointment Of Miss Pearl r. Robinson as
d postmaster at Mariaville, Rock county,
II vice f. L. Hutton, resigned
70 Mr.. Hinshaw has secured from the SUI
Is perintendent Of the free delivery promise
p Of an additional city carrier at Fairbury.
d Postmasters appointed: Nebraska, Adelia,
II Sioux county, Sarah Hamilton, vice NJ. d.
.e Jordan, resigned. Iowa, Douds, Van Buren
county Ernest T. Greenfield vice w. A.
Carson. resigned.
l. William f. James has been appointed
regular and Stephen Purdy substitute rural
n carrier for route q Thomas C. LAkins,
regular. Charles Adrain, substitute for
route 3 at Orient, Ia
The application OF J. r. Harris II. B.
IS Fiskett J. p Nye A. w Murphy, }. +.
d Lake and H. J. Scott to organize the First
Z. National bank Of North Boro, Ia. with
II sz5 .Oo capital. has been approved BY the
s. cor1n-roler of the currency