Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-18
Executive, However, is Resourceful
and May Bring About Compromise,
ONE OF SEVERAL NASTY FIGHTS
Senator Brown Seeks Opinion Of Con-
stituents on Currency Bill.
BORGLUM IS TO MAKE STATUE
Former Nehrasknn's Design OF the
sheridan Memorial H. Accepted
by the Commission After
Lengthy Contest. 81



gram )-President Roosevelt has asked
Senators Burkett and Brown to meet him
tomorrow at 1O:45 for the purpose of going
over tho collectorship fight When SEN
ator Brown saw Mr., Roosevelt today the
chief executive facetiously requested the
senators to leave their guns at home, to
which the Junior senator replied that he
was not enRmorod Of gun play and would
be pleased to obey instructions but II there
was trough house" he would endeavor to ,
take care Of himself OF course the pres-
dent viii do everything possible 60 un-
ravel the tangle, but on the face OF things
it would seem as II his task were hopeless.
But the president Is exceedingly resource
full and may have plan which will prove
satisfactory TO Burkett and Brown.
The Nebraska fight is one Of several
nasty contests before the president which
may go unsolved until after the Chicago
national convention. The settlement of any
or all of them may have effect on a
large number of delegates. The president
would not like to turn either of the SEN
ators down in Nebraska. In st. Louis a
red hot fight over the postmastership has
been put off indefinitely, the Incumbent,
Postmaster Wyman, being allowed to hold
on. In Kentucky various elements are
fighting over the collectorship OF the port.
appear able to agree. and the naming OF
any particular man may preciphate fac
tional disturbances that win appear I'm the
national convention and afterward.
Brown Seeks Information.
Senator Brown proposes 60 determine
for himself what the views Of the people
of Nebraska are on necessary financial
legislation and to this end has written
a letter to the secretaries of all the
commercial clubs in the state for fair
statement of the belief of the members
of the club regarding the remedies for
the present financial condition Senator
Brown says: Il take 1t that you and
members of your club have read the AID
rich and Fowler bills which have been
presented by the respective committees
Of the senate and house I wish you
would write me how you stand personally
and how you believe the members OF your
club stand regards these two bills.
Have you any changes to suggest that
would make either of these two bills
more beneficial to the business interests
or our state? How do the members Of
your club stand on the proposition TO
provide fund for the guarantee ,of the
deposits in national banks? woul1
like to have the views OF bankers and
other business men throughout the state,
and I shall be under obligations 10 yoI
for fun explanation of the Views Of the
community these subjects as you size
it up
Senator Burkett pollcd the bankers OF
the state on the needs of remedial legis-
lation to guard against another bankers
panic, and now the junior senator, not
to be outdone i'm the work of inquiry, Is
going after the Commercial; clubs. Of
which there are nearly l5O in the state.
H. M Bushnell of Lincoln is president
Z
| clubs
Fish Hatchery Bill Passes senate.
Senator Burketts bin locating a fish
hatchery in Nebraska passed the senate
yesterday 1t is thought the commits
sioner of fisheries will locate the hatch
| cry the Blue or Elkhorn rivers.
| Pension for Ex-Governor's widow.
| A special pension bill; for SEQ per
J month in behalf OF Martha A. Sheldon
/ widow of Ex-Governor Sheldon OF South
} Dakota. passed tile senate to-day through
the efforts Of Senator Gamble Mrs Shell
! don resides in Groton, s. -. Governor
! Sheldon served through the civil war
! in the Seventh Vermont, having been
mustered out in 1865 with the rank of
captain. He cast his fortunes with the
pioneers OF South Dakota and later was
chosen governor Of the new state.
Charge for Feeding LRwfuI.
! The Interstate Commerce commission
has promulgated the following decision
relative to the published privilege of
| feeding and grazing Of cattle in transit:
"a carrier may lawfully provide in its
| tariffs that It VIII furnish feed at cur
rent market prices, and bill the cost
| thereof. together with an addition of 10
per cent or other reasonable percentage,
TO cover the value of its services as ad-
/ vance charges"
Mrs. Burkett EnteFtahs.
Mrs. Burkett wife Of the senior senator
from Nebraska held her first "at home"
of the season yesterday. a large number
OF persons avaiing themselves 81 lilo op-
portunity 20 meet Mrs Burkett and other
women OF the Nebraska colony. She vas
assisted by Miss Ethel Burkett Of Lincoln
and the Misses Henningsen OF Superior.
students at Gunston Hal, this city; Miss
Boyd, daughter Of Representative Boyd of
the Third district, and the Misses Brown.
daughters OF Senator Norris Brown.
BorRium Model Accepted.
The Sheridan STATUE commission today ao-
cepted model submitted by Gutzon Borg
lum, formerly OF Omaha, now OF New
York City, for an equestrian statue Of
General Phil sheridan. which is to be
placed in Sheridan Circle in this city.
The acceptance Of Gutzon Borgum's
model for the statue marks the end Of a
long controversy among sculptors, several
commissions having had the matter In
charge since 1892. Congress has appropri-
ated $4,000 for the statue and the Society
Of the Army of the Cumberland added 5000
to this amount for a base and bronzs
tablets.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Rutal route No. has been ordered estab-
lished on April / at Elyra Valley county
Nebraska, serving go people and l5l faml-
! lies
. | Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Lexington. route a. Lorain r. York carrier.
; Ear nYork substitute; Loretto. route 2.