Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-30

Of the republican nominee. with the in
scription quoted. Three stenographers have
already been engaged and started to work
on the poll books. The complete organiza
tons from a few Of the counties have been
received at the headquarters and within a
very short time the headquarters will be
the busiest place In the state.
Illinois Delegates start west.
The denatured Illinois delegation pilied
out Of Lincoln right after lunch this after
noon in their ADVERTISING automobiles. The
delegation called upon Mr.. Bryan this
morning and managed to get back to Lin
coin without any OF their machines break
ing down.
All day Saturday and yesterday Mayor
Brown sat UP straight looking for a tele-
gram from the delegates, but none arrived
until late in the evening, when a message
came TO some one that the automobiles
were stuck in the mud about thirty miles
away. The mayor. however, true to that
historic Missouri hospitality which has
made him mayor twice, sat up and puffed
and waited and was on hand at l0:3o to
greet the lncomers Mr.. Bryan, who at
tended a Raymond Robins meeting in the
early evening, departed for Fairview before
the bunch got In.
W sun y
In an address at the Univer sity Of Nc
braska today Chancellor E. Benjamin An
drews reaffirmed his allegiance to the
democratic party. He predicted that the
election this year will turn on issues rather
than men. the leaders Of the two parties
being men without reproach.
Pension Rule suspended.
The State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings this afternoon suspended the rule
by which 1t required members Of the Sol.
diers' homes to pay to the state a per cent
Of their pensions. This was done pending
an investigation Of the matter, but it means
probably that the rule will be entirely
abolished. The rule which the new rule
superseded provided the old soldier should
pay to the state all his pension over 81
a month. The new rule provided oDly a
certain per cent over S12 should be paid to
the state. The following letter to the com
mandants OF the two homes explains the
position of the board:
The supreme court has Just decided that
the Board Of Public Lands and Buildings
has charge of the state institutions, and
that they have full right to make reason
able rules for their management ard con-
troll.
It has always been the intention of the
present board to deal fairly with the old
soldier who Is a member OF the Soldiers
and Sailors homes. 1t was the opinion OF
the board at the time the rule was adopted
which took a part of the pension of the
old soldier that the same would be satisfac-
tory to everyone, from the fact that 1t
would decrease the amount which should
have been paid under the old rule which
was in force. The board was of the opirdo1
that the old rule had been strictly enforced,
hence a new rule which would permit the
party to retain more pension than he did
before would certainly be satisfactory.
with this idea in view, the graded pension
rule was passed. Objections having arisen
to this rule, and desiring to investigate
further, the board desires me to ask you
to suspend action relative to taking any
part of the pension under said rule until
you receive further information from them.
The letter is signed by Land Commits
sioner Eaton. chairman of the board.
Rhodes Scholarship Examinations.
The qualifying examination for the
Rhodes scholars to be elected for 1910 will
be held toward the end Of October, 1909, in
stead of In the month of January as here
tofore. II is believed that an examination
held in October will interfere less than one
held In January with the regular work OF
American university students, and that
the earlier selection will give better oppor-
t,,pIt, for tho selected scholars to direct