Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-11
Nebraska

Il shall stand for an honest, conservative,
business administrator"
JOHN r. WRIGHT
Briefly stated. these are the platforms
Of the three candidates for mayor. The
first two are candidates before the repub-
lican primary. at which It will be deter
mined which Of them shall be the preferred
republican candidate as between the two.
The third. MIR. Wright. did not choose to
60 into the primary, but has announced
his determin alton to be a candidate at the
election. His petition was secured at the
city clerks office this morning and was
at once PVT in circulation.
QUO warrantO suit Argued.
The quo warranto suit brought by the
state on the relation OF w. D.. Oldham
against ]. r. Dean was argued in supreme
court Saturday morning. The case Is one
In which the court must decide whether
the judges appointed by Ex-Governor Shell
don to the supreme bench under the con-
stitutlonal amendment charging the Judi
ciary will be allowed to retain their seats
or whether those appointed by Governor
Shallenberger will sit. Judges Root and
Fawcett were appointed by both governors
and will keep their places in any event.
Judges Rose and Dean we're appointed by
Governor Sheldon and in their places Gov
ernor shallenberger appointed Judges Old
ham and Sullivan. Judge Dear was the
only democrat appointed by the republican
governor, while Governor Sahallenberger
appointed two men from each party.
The argument Of the Shallenberger sup
porters lies along the line that the act Of
1877 is still in force, that all subsequent
amendatory acts are void and that in con-
sequence the power to canvass votes re-
mains with the legislature. In opposition
to this the attorneys who are supporting
the validity OF the Sheldon appointments
urge that the amendments we're carried
Immediately when the polls closed on No
vember 3, 1905, and that the power to APP
point judges was complete at any time
after that.
BIisb to Commercial Club.
The reasons for success and failure in
business and the advantages of 'sticktoit-
iveness'' were discussed by Frank NJ.
Blish Of Omaha before the Commercial
club at its noon meeting Saturday. Mr..
Blish Is an old resident of Nebraska, hav-
ing come to Lincoln twenty-five years ago,
and while discussing business principles, he
reviewed the development of Lincoln and
brought his applications home to those who
have lived here and have seen the city
grow.
The plans that have been launched either
to build a new Commercial club building or
to use the upper floor of the new Bankers
Life building, have been blocked tempor-
arily by the failure OF the members OF the
club to answer the questions in regard to
their choice of places, that have been sent
out at the request of the board Of d.
%rectors. The board will hold a meeting
Monday and decide what will be done in
the matter.
Death Of A. ID. Burr.
A. D.. Burr, deputy clerk of the district
court and one OF the Oldest residents of
the city, died at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
after an illness OF less than twenty-four
hours. His death was due to heart trouble
brought on by an attack of acute indiges-
ton. He was on duty at the district clerks
office Friday noon and the other clerks in
the office did not know he was seriously I'll
until a few hours before his death. He
was In great pain during the forenoon and
lost consciousness two hours before his
which came before his children could
be summoned to his bedside.
Mr.. Burr has been a resident of Lincoln
since 1869. He has been in the office of the
clerk of the district court for forty years.
He was appointed to fill out a fraction of
a term in that office in 1873. He and his
brothers. l.. c. and C. c. Burr, acquired a
large amount of Lincoln. real estate in
early days and later It became very val
liable. They were the builders OF the Sec
rotary Mutual building at Twelfth and o
streets, which is still better known by
their name of the Burr block. He has
three children, Mrs. Maude Atkinson of
Chicago, Harold Burr OF Norfolk and AMIR
shall d. Burr of sedalia, Mo.