Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-21
FIGHT OVER SPEAEEUSHlP
Brewers and Their Allies Are Lining
Up Against Holt.
BRYAN MAY HAVE TO SHOW HAND
Arthur Mullen, at Command of Cow
ernOr-EIect, stops Boosting Henry,
but His Friend Snyder ut
once Gets Busy.
tFrom a staff Correspondent.)

(From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec. 2O.-CSpecial)-The
fight over the speakership is becoming
so intense that it is very doubtful If MIR.
Bryan can get away from It without show
ing his hand. The leaders of the county
option fight rave given out the informa-
ton that they will have. sufficient legis-
lators to pass a county option bill. This
has lead the party organ and the leaders
of the brewery end of 1t to line up against
Henry of Holt county for speaker because
he is said to be for county option. 1t can
be said with authority that Henry has
the backing of the county option people
generally as well as a number of MEM
bers who oppose county option. But it
is by nc means certain that he can be
elected. For that reason It is very likely
Mr.. Bryan will be asked to give his en-
dorsement to Henry or to someone who
is opposed to the liquor interests.
During the last week or Whereabouts r.
4. Lee Herdman has consulted with Gov
ernor-elect Shallenberger, and shortly
thereafter it became public property hat
the governor was very much distressed
with the activity of Arthur Mullen. his
oil inspector. In fact. Mr.. Shallenberger
served notice on Mr.. Mullen to quit med
ding with the legislature, which nleant
to quit boosting Mr.. Henry.
But q feature OF the fight hat some dem
ocrats may be wondering about is that
the minute Mullen was called down Rep
resentaive Snyder of Alma started out
on the road to help line up the members,
and II is said he is working for this very
same Henry Of Holt county. Mr.. Shallen-
berger was also asked to make Snyder
keep his hands off the fight, but the Alma
representative is still busy, or was al the
last reports.
So some Of the democrats are wonder
ing just where the new governor stands
on the question of organization. He
chastised Mullen, but he failed to drag
off his next door neighbor, Mr.. Snyder.
AS yet the corporations are keeping
pretty close under cover and have given
very little indications of what their final
decision in the matter will be. At this
time it looks like Clark of Richardson is
their man. though Bob McGinnis of the
Northwestern is out in the west end of
the state sizing up things there, and
there may be a change to someone else.
Differences over Bank Deposit Law.
That bank deposit law which the demo-
cratic party promised the people of Ne
braska Is as short OF detail now as It was
when democratic orators talked about 1t
during the campaign. It is barely possible
that a lack of knowledge OF how the law
should be framed kept the ~spillbinders
from giving out any more Information dur
ing the campaign.
ITO compel the immediate payment of
losses from the reserve fund, would wipe
out the fund in no time" said one promi-
nent democrat, who expects to have a hand
in the affirs of the legislature this winter.
mot to have an immediate payment OF
losses will be n betrayal of the confidence
of the people, said another. who, believed
what the democratic orators said during
the last fight.
Mr.. Bryan insists on the immediate pay
ment of Losses to depositors in case of a
bank failure.
1t is because of these differences Of opin-
ion that the speakership fight is growing
more bitter every day. Wilson of Polk
country has already announced that he
wants tn be chairman OF the committee on
banking and he expects to trade the votes
of the Fourth congressional district to some
one for speaker In return for the chairman
ship-if he can. He called the representa-
tives of the district together this week
at the Lincoln to sound them out. He ia
vors q deferred payment In case of a bank
failure. In other words he wants a law
which will permit the payment of Is per
cent to depositors and then permit the
Issuance of receivers certificates for the
remained. these certificates to draw z per
cent interest and run one year or less.
Women VIII Sell Tags.
Tomorrow is Tag Day" In Lincoln and
a humber of the prominent women of the
city will stand on the street corners. and
sell tags for any amount. regardless of the
size OF the contribution The money is to
be used in the construction OF a detention
home. The women will endeavor to break
all previous records and get enough money
to make Lincoln the most talked of city of
its size in the world. The man who does
not contribute will be sorry he was ever
born. Every person who walks the streets
will be forced to give something.
TractiOnFig hit at HaveIOck.
The people OF Havelock are indignant at
the Lincoln Traction mpa for charging
10 cents for a measley little ride from Lin
coin to Havelock and threatens to do things
to the octopus. Havelock made a contract
with the Traction company to run ten years
providing for the use of the streets there
and the 10 cent fare was a part of II.
Now that contract has expired and Have
lock wants a reduction or its streets Some
Of its citizens say II the scent fare Is not
put into effect hen the tracks are liable
to be dug up by the roots.
The'case was tried out before the Railway
commission, but the commission only re-
duced the fare to 7 cents. When the Trac-
ton company objected to that order the
price was jumped back to 10 cents.