Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-05
LINCOLN CASE COMING UP
Attorneys for that City Now at Wash
ington to Argue Protest on Rates.
BURKETT BACK FROM BANQUET
Says Taft Was Given n Remarkable
Ovation mt BOstOn-NOrth Plates
Plea to Retain Jurisdiction of
Land is Rejected.
tFrom a staff correspondent.l

(From a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 4.-(Speciai Tele-
gram.)-Judge Allen w. Field and Hon.
A. c. Ricketts, of Lincoln arrived in Wash
ington this morning and are guests at the
Arlington hotel. Messrs. Field and Rick
etts are here to argue the case of the Com
mercial club of Lincoln against certain
railroads charged with discriminating in
rates against Lincoln, notably in favor of
Omaha and Council Bluffs. The case is
scheduled for hearing Friday Today the
Lincoln attorneys called upon Senator
Brown and by him were presented for ad-
mission to practice before the United States
supreme court
Senator Burkett returned to Washing
ton this afternoon from Boston, where he
had been a guest of the Massachusetts
Republican association at its annual ban
quet held in Symphony hall Senator Bur
kett said he greatly enjoyed himself and
that the banquet was the largest he ever
attended. There were only four speakers,
Lieutenant Governor e s. Draper, fol-
lowed by Governor Guild of that state,
then Senator Burkett closing with Secre-
tary Taft, who occupied nearly an hour
with his speech and who, Senator Burkett
said, received a tremendous ovation. When
the name of Secretary Taft was announced
the banqueters arose as one man, each
with a silken flag which was waved as
they cheered, the tulmult lasting several
minutes before the war secretary was per-
mtted to speak
Taft Strong in New England.
'If the greeting of Secretary Taft last
night in Boston by the representative re-
publicans of Massachusetts, is any criter-
ion,' said Senator Burkett, my judgment
is that Mr.. Taft is very strong in New
England. especially in the Old Bay state.
/ do not know how the delegation to the
convention may line up as to candidates,
but certainly there will be large number
of Taft men in the list. The probabilities
are that Massachusetts will send an un-
instructed set of delegates to Chicago, In
which event Taft should capture ma
jority Of them. Taking it altogether" con-
cluded Senator Burkett, "it was the great
est banquet that ! ever attended and the
banqueters and their friends gave Secretary
Taft an ovation which en- he, globe trotter
and distinguished statesman as he is, will
certainly remember as long as he lives"
North Platte Petition Rejected.
Senator Burkett today received letter
from the commissioner of the general land
office in which he declines to rescind a
ships were taken from the North Platte
land office and placed under control of the
land office at Alliance. The reason for this
transfer of control is that the lands in
question are within the zone of the irriga-
ton reserve work and it is deemed desir-
able by the general land office to have the
affairs relating to such lands administered
from one land office. When the order was
originally announced North Platte interests
were naturally up in arms and largely
signed a petition, which was sent to Sem
ator Burkett, who at once presented it be-
fore the commissioner of the general land
office. After due consideration in the land
office and by the secretary of the interior.
1t was decided that it would not be a wise
move to change the original order and it
so stands.
New Land District in Dakota.
The house committee on public lands to-
day made a favorable report on the bill
of Representative Parker of Deadwood, S.
D., providing for the creation of a new
land district in the Northwestern part of
the state to be known as the Lennon land
district with headquarters at Lennon.
Representative Philo Hall of Brookings,
member of the committee, was designated
by the chairman to draw up a report on
the bill. Representative Hall in explaining
the reasons why such a bill was introduced,
voicing the views of its author, said: 1.-THE
nearest land office to this new district was
Rapid City. which is 90 miles from the
northern boundary of the state. and settlers
were required TO travel long distances over
land in order to reach the land office. The
establishment of a land office at Lennon
will Obviate all these long journeys and
prove a great convenience to settlers"
Minor Matters at Capital.
Congressman Hlnshaw has been Obliged
to decline the invitation OF the Grand Army
Of the Republic post at Exeter, to deliver
the Decoration day address at that place,
because he had previously accepted an in
vitaton to deliver the address at Stroms-
burg on that day, provided congress should
have adjourned
Nebraska postmasters appointed: Hoag,
Gage county, William J. Penner, vice ]. w
CoOnley, resigned; Hough, Dawes county,
Franklin j. Coil, vice d. b. Hill, resigned
Fred NJ, Bishop has been appointed reg
uIar, and Elvin Kindred. substitute rural
carrier on Route 2. at Panora, Ia.