Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-14
FIDDLER DEMANDS HIS PAY
Liquor Interests Make Their Wants
, Known to New Governor.
AFTER THE GAME WARDEN JOB
Henry Gerdes, Veteran of Several
Sessions of the Legislature, is
Out After SpeaIxership
Plum.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) u


LINCOLN Nov. 1S.-(Specisl.) )--And now
tho fiddler must be paid. Governor-eect
'Shallenberger received the support of the
people financially interested in the liquor
business in Nebraska and now in the list
of those who have applied, for office there
is sprinkling OF saloon keepers or ex-
saloon Keepers. These have fixed their eye
on the office of game warden. G.. A. Mann,
formerly saloon keeper OF Hastings, but
now of Grand Island. has asked for the
job. He was prosecuted once by Game
Warden Carter for hunting without a IL
cense and once for shooting ducks or some
thing out of season. Then comes William
Schultz, formerly a saloon keeper of Fre-
mont He is after the same job. Just
how much each OF these men did to further
the interests of Mr.. Shallenberger IN the
campaign cannot be learned in Lincoln, but
the fact that three saloon keepers or for
mer saloon keepers have asked for the
same job would indicate that 1t will be a
saloon keeper will get the job. Thus an
other step in the elimination of candidates
has occurred If Mr.. Shallenberger limits the
applicants for this place to the booze
sellers.
Another Candidate for Speaker.
If the Hon. Mr.. Shoemaker of Omaha
or the Hon. Mr.. Bowman of Nuckolls
county or any of the other honorables
who have come out for speaker imagines
he is going to get the job by defeating
only those who have been mentioned he
is going to be badly mistaken. Another
Richmond appeared in the arena this
morning all armed for the fray. The
new knight is Sir Henry Gerdes of Rich
ardson county. Sir Henry has mad ex-
perience before and lots of 1t. He has
served in legislatures before this one
was thought of and he knows the politi-
cal game and he can play 1t. He wants
to be speaker and he is going after the
job. His friends say it will take a
mighty big combination to beat him out
OF II.
1t is understood that jeremiah Howard
is not to be considered a candidate for
speaker. He has been sidetracked by
being made the St. Patrick day orator.
That is considered enough honor for one
man.
Legislators Selecting Seats.
First come, first, served. In the selection
OF seats in the next legislature Is the plan
adopted by Secretary of State Junkin for
parceling out the easy chairs. So far ten
members Of the senate and eight members
Of the house have made their selections
Seat No. 9 in the senate, located on the
north side in the second row, will be occu.
pied by T. r. Besse OF Webster county
Adjoining him to the left will be E. L.
Myers OF Dawes in No. 10 and across the
aisle to the left will be George Wiltse IN
No. IL. In the third section from the north
and the second from the presidents chair
are seats Nos. IL, Is and l6. to be occupied
by t. ]. Majors OF Nemaha, ]. r. Cain OF
Richardson and John c. Gamill of Frontier
In No. II across the aisle will be A. G.
Warren of Phelps. In seats Nos. 81 and 8.
In the third section on the north from the
president will be Charles Randall of Madl-
son and Oscar Thompson of Cunning, while
Senator King Of Polk will be across the
aisle in No. 80,
In the house in seat No. IS on tn. inside
aisle, second row, north section. will be ]
G. O'Connell of johnson. In the second sec.
tion, third row from the speaker, Nos Il
and 46 will be occupied by f. c. Myers and
d. Smith OF Cass; in No. 4S, the other end
OF the same row, will be Dan Nettleton
while across the aisle to the south will be
John p. Thiessen OF Jefferson, Representa-,
tive Taylor and L. W. Baker OF York in
Nos. AZ, Al and i0 In No 63 in row four ir
the same section will be Representative
Broderock OF Clay.
So far neither Douglas nor Lancaster
county members have applied for seats, bul
from now on the rush is expected to be on
as choice seats are few and far between.
han on Insurance Company.
Insurance Deputy Pierce has received a
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