Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-23

Hro he moves to have tire case transferred
10 Omaha for trial and TO remove Leyds
az trustee. These are the matters 90 be
decided before judge Munger before the
usss is carried TO trial In tho regular way.
stsse Bids for the Rena..
The State Board Of Educational Lands
and FUNDS today MADE q bid for ths
Douglas county court house bonds. furmaIly
agreeing TO take them In block At par or
take them In such amounts ar Douglas
county commissioners may desire. with
sixty DAYS notice. It iE the understand
ing that Douglas county has an offer for
the entire H.O00.000 Of bunds in q block. hui.
the terms Of the bid today make 1t possible
for the county board TO sell the bonds. as
IL needs the money. The offer OF the board
will net the state Z per cent. Treasurer
Brian made a similar bio before, but this
is the authorized and formal action OF the
state board
Cannon sure 10 win.
After spending two weeks In washing
ton Congressman Pollard returned TO his
home in NehHwka Tuesday morning. where
he viii spend the holidays. He stopped In
Lincoln for a few hours Monday. He is
firmly convinced that Speaker Cannon win
hang 70 the jon and that the next election.
which viii come with thu special session
in March, will see the opposition line W
in dncile fashion for the ButocrHtie speaker.
Before election Congressman Pollard
would not state his position publicly. He
said to his friends that he did not wish
to jeopardze his committee positions by 60
ing against q sure thing or words 10 that
effect He said Immediately after election
that he cid not think mis- defeat was due
Cannon matter.
The congressman believed that President
Roosevelt was wrong in the st8nd ne had
taken that created such a turmoil regard
ing the use Of the secret service corps.
The First district congressman believed
that the special message was, in this par
ticular, founded on ignorance Of the truth
Of secret service affairs.
Rest Room for Women.
Wives Of farmers who come to Lincoln
to DO their trading win shortly be accom-
modated with a delightful resi- room fixed
up in the basement Of the city hall. Some
weeks ago the city fathers would not even
entertain such an idea. but last night when
q delegation Of women swouped down on
the council meeting the vote could not have
been more unanimous TO let the women
have the room
Job Looks Good 10
There has been a lot of talk about Horace
Bishop turning Gown the appointment as
toward at the insane hospital here and
holding on TO the city council job. At this
time Bishops refusal is about as likely as
a statement from Arthur Mullen that ne
VIII stay with his lucrative law practice
and turn down the oil inspectorship.
Greene Wants Ne ~hearin
r. J. Greene, the Lincoln lawyer who was
convicted in the lower court Of extortinE
money from a saloon keeper, but who came
clear in the supreme court because the
judges held the law unconstitutional, viii
not ask for a rehearing. When asked if
ne would ask the court for q reheartng
Ny. Greene replied:
Unless ! am forced 70 90 so. I guess ]
viii not ask for a rehearing."
Some OF Mr.. Greene's friends thought he
might ask for a vindication instead of
being satisfied 10 get off by q technicality.
MiIlers Fight fer bleaching order.
The South Platte MiIlers' association met
here this afternoon in annual convention
anu discussed the recent proclamation of
Secretary Wilson Of the Department Of
Agriculture TO the effect that to bleach
flour was TO adulterate II. The matter was
gone into thoroughly and It was decided
that the state assocfHtion appeal to the
national association for help in fighting the
order. The miIlers believe IT will prac-
ticaIly put them out Of business il the order
is permitted TO stand.
The following officers were elected. D.
NJ. Dean Of Lincoln, president; B. O.
Cooper of Humboldt. vice president; H. 3.
Smith Of University Place, secretary; Bur
dette BOyes Of Seward, treasurer.
The meeting closed tonight with q ban
quet al the LindeIl hotel.
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