Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-02-05
Delegation Still Puzzled Over Collso.
torship Problem.
ANOTHER PLACE FOR HAMMOND
Two Vacancies Coming Up as Assist
ants to Postmaster General.
EITHER ONE WOULD SUIT HIM
~ Fremont Man Could he Landed in
Either of These IL Proves an
Easy solution of the Pres
ent Deadlock.
From a slaff correspondent.


gram.)-The nomination Of B. f. Thomas
to be postmaster at Omaha to succeed H.
e. Palmer was sent to the senate today
by the president. As the senate was to
have an executive session at O'Clock, the
postoffice committee was hastily called
together and an immediate report made
on the nomination. This placed the NOM
ination before the senate for confirmn-
tion in the executive session and it was as
promptly acted upon in favorable man.
ner. Nothing now remains to enable Mr.
Thomas to assume the duties of the of.
flee except to file his bond. The blank
bond, in all probability, will be forwarded
TO him within day or two and he should
be able to qualify by the 18th of the
month.
sekk Place for Hammond.
Since the last meeting of the Nebraska
delegation. called together for the pur-
pose of making an internal revenue coll
lector for Nebraska, the busiest bunch of
representatives OF great commonwealth
have gone about endeavorng to secure a
place for either Rose or Ross Hammond
Vacancies are about to occur in the first
and second assistant postmaster general
ships and the president has been seen by
those interested in bringing about har-
mony in the republican ranks OF Nebraska.
whether 1t was not possible to appoint
Mr.. Hammond to one of these vacancies.
The first assistant postmaster general.
Mr.. Frank Hitchcock will shortly resign
in order that he may debote all his time
to the candidacy of william H. Taft as
the republicans Eominee for president The
Cleary Of Minnesota, has never particu-
larly liked HIS position and he desires TO
so back to the Second district of Nfinne-
sofa and try again for congress. In the
event of these designations two vacancies
would be created and the Nebraska delo-
cation has swohped down upon the pILsl-
dent for place for Mr. Hammond
In this c 'nneoe ,n Il can ;Je. said that Tho
president mas ,ssured those vino are .i-
terested that there are no pledges for
either place ana that naturally he would
entertain a recommendation from the Ne
hraska delegation IN the event of va
cancy. But there is no vacancy. nor may
any occur for sixty ninety days. which,
leaves the situation largely in the air.
Hammond Likes the idea.
One thing has developed throughout this
controversy and that is that Mr.. Ross
the collectorship but that he might take
the position as assistant postmaster gem
eral IL il could be brought about He has
40 ambition To go abroad as a representa-
tive of the United States. Having been In
Washington for some ten days past and
having seen the life OF the capital Mr..
Hammond looks uEon a job in Washing
ton with goud deal OF favor ana the
upshot of Il all Lazy be THAI lie will cor.o
here as an assistar! postmaster general.
Should he decide tomorrow that it is a
collectorship nothing, then the seven
men, members Of the Nebraska delegn-
tion, may be forced, after the adoption
of a constitution. TO take ballot, and no
man knows how that ballot is going to
result. The chances for ballot tomor-
row seem exceedingly slim, because the
members of the delegation are as far
apart over the distribution OF patronage as
they were on Saturday last and one vote
Will make the adoption OF constitution
impossible.
! Some OF the members OF the Nebraska
delegation believe they are flkhtlng for
their lives. at least it looks that way to
man on the outside, and the presidents
believes that some OF them must be fight
| ing for their lives because OF the pres
ence OF the number of members of the
| delegation who have councelled with him
! and plead with him to take care OF Mr..
! Hammond. All these pleadinss proceed
upon the theory that Mr. Rose must re-
| main in Nebraska as collector and that
Mr., Hammond, who has a desire for a
larger field Of activity, must come to
| Washington.
Hammond Much Desired.
The politician Will understand this bet
/ ter than the layman, for back of all this
Is the effort to secure harmony in the
party. satisfaction for Mr. Rose and sat-
! isfaction for Mr. Hammond There being
/ no other man talked about In Nebraska
| for president, that is to say any consid-
cradle extent, than William ii. Taft ma
turally the secretary of war would hail
with JOY a settlement OF the Nebraska
controversy, and while he has not been
brought into it In any way whatsoever.
the secretary may be invited TO lend his
! influence to bring about a solution of the
/ existing troubles.
! The Nebraska delegation will meet to-
morrow at 4 o'clock in Congressman Boyd's
room IA the house office building for a
further conference. Judge Boyd would
rather the delegation would meet some
where else for the reason, as he said to-
day, My room seems TO be a hoodoo
want 20 meet somewhere in order that
Hammond may be elected. All my peop.s
are :or Hammond I have not had an en-
dcI semcnt for Rose"
Lincoln Making a Fight.
The Lincoln Commercial club is making
an oai nest fEht against tho ruling OF the
! Interstate Commerce commission relating
20 the long and short haul clause of the
act TO regulate commerce, and the Me-
braska deleg i-On Las been urged 90 work
for the passage Df measure similar 10
the Hardy Dill Niich prohibits truns-
portation company from charging a gieaN-
freight rate on the tume class OF goods for
a short maui thar for longer haul on The
same line. sLn1toI Brown today presen,sI
the resolutions Of the Lincoln Commercial
club bearing on this Subject and they we're