Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-22
Ed HOWARD TO Be EDITOR
Man Selected to Write Democratic
Dope for Republican" Newspapers.
JOURNAL MAKES ALLEN BLEED
Thrifty Management Increases Price
Fixed by Solicitor for Space and
Secures Advance from the
Democratic Committee.
(From a Staff correspondentJ


LINCOLN, Oct. q. - (Special.) - Edgar
Howard, late defeated candidate for the
Democratic nomination for congress in the
Third district came to Lincoln this morn
ing to prepare the democratic copy for use
In the space bought in near republican
papers.
Edgar Howard, who is an advocate of
government ownership of railroads and
therefore one of Mr.. Bryan's most ad-
vanced champions in his new position, will
have little time to devote to his exposures
of Senator Latta, who defeated him at the
primaries
little hitch has occurred in the demo-
cratic program to use space in the re
publican Lincoln State Journal, due to
desire on the part OF the Journal, so 1t
was told at the headquarters, to increase
the price for space after the contract had
been signed
journal Makes EN- Bleed.
At democratic headquarters 1t was told
that the solicitor OF the Journal made
contract TO publish democratic matter to
be furnished for % cents an inch. The
contract was then signed by Tom Allen,
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee, and this solicitor for the State Journal.
The solicitor took the contract to the
came a message that Mr.. Allen would have
to come across for 70 cents an inch or the
state journal would not publish the demo-
cratic matter.
This threw the democratic headquarters
up in the air for the time and after
consultation Allen is quoted saying:
well, If they want to increase the price
we will have to stand for It. That's ALL
Then, so IT was announced at the head
quarters, the journal was told the COM
mittee would take the space at the in
creased rate.
At the democratic headquarters 1t was
announced that other republican news
papers were approached with a proposi-
ton and the democrats expect to land in
number of papers
Edgar Howard began the compilation OF
his matter today and It is expected he will
have out his first batch the first of the
week. II was reported at the headquarters
that the contract had been closed with the
Omaha Daily News. The matter will be
given to that paper the first of the week.
Democratic Efforts TO Deceive.
In their deceptive taxation pamphlet or
circular, which they will send out to the
voters In a few days, officials of the demo-
cratic state committe will produce figures
in an endeavor TO show that the State
Board of Assessment has raised the value
OF land over the local assessment by sew
eral million dollars.
They will endeavoT to dispute the fact
that the aggregate value OF lands in Ne
Draska as returned by the various county
assessors was more than the aggregate
figures placed on this class of property by
the state board The State Board Of As
sessment worked along the theory that the
county assessor and his deputies were IN
good position to know the real value OF
land. In many counties the county boards
Of equalization decreased the value placed
upon land by the county assessor. In
such cases the board increased the value
OF land, though In some instances the in
crease did not amount to as much as that
Topped off by the county boards from the
assessors figures
As matter Of fact, and the democratic
| circular will not show this. the republican
State Board OF Assessment reduced the
| figures on land $1.6ls,S15 below the valua-
tion made by the assessors. The county
boards in those few counties in which the
board has a record, reduced the assessor
figures S2,444.7s2. The county boards IN
these few counties made a total reducti, On
Of A,O5S, 6O7.5O This more than offsets any
increase made by the state board in the
! original figures returned TO the county
boards by the assessors
In York county the county board re.
duced the assessors figures S7224s4. which
the state board did not Increase In Ian
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