Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-02
Nebraska
[ BRYAN HASTHEM PERPLEXED
Commoner's Conference Troubling
Hitchcock Shallenberger Merger.
GRUENTHER AND REED INTO 1T
Indications that william j. IL Put
ting screws to Force Cow
ernOr TO support County
Option.
(From a staff correspondent

LINCOLN, June l. Especially Around
the executive office there are indications
that the Hitchcock Shallenberger combina-
ton Is getting just the least bit uneasy
The recent conference OF Chris Gruenther
and c. w. Bryan and the conference yes
terday or MIR. Bryan and Willis Reed Of
Madison, coupled with the report that Mr..
Bryan Is screwng down the bolts on the
governor and Insisting that he come out
for county option in the democratic plat
form and do it now" indicates there
might be reason for considerable uneasi-
ness. Lee Herdman came down yesterday
and visited with the governor. Herdman
is one Of the governors chief advisers. To
add to the general mixup William 3. Price
has his so in his inside pocket and unless
he changes his mind he may file within a
day or two.
Mr. Bryan Sovertures to Gruenther has
thrown the SCARE into the Omaha-Alma al
lance because the Platte county man has
proven TO the satisfaction Of the governor
that he is a good organizer, and If he con-
sents to help Bryan line up the party for
county option the governor realizes that it
will be no chlld's play to prevent that
plank going into. the platform. SO If the
governor finally decides to stand against
MIR. Bryan ana dTueulltI lllltS ny AOA aiAAAi
the executive will lose the support of the
man who made him, and the governor does
not want to do that.
Friends OF Willis Reed believe that he
will be able to cause the defeat of Hitch
Geek, even II he himself is not nominated
and when he files, as he probably will,
those on the ground predict that his action
will pave the way for Bryan to get into
the race In such a race Hitchcock and
Reed would stand against county option;
Bryan would be for it, and Price, keeping
his promise, would get out of the way and
support Bryan. That's the talk here and
callers at the Commoner office believe it
means Bryan sure.
stock Yards Hearing ON.
The hearing on the Application Of the
Union Stock yards for permission to in
crease, certain of it's rates is now before
the state railway commission. This ses-
sion this afternoon was devoted to an eX-
hibition of blue prints of the stock yards
showing the railroad tracks and buildings
The blue prints were gone over by the
commission and were explained by the en-
gineer of the company.
The valuation on this property Is re-
portey by the stock yards and as reported
by T. G. Hurd, engineer for the commits
sion differ almost 100000 and the two
reports will be the basis from which
both the commission and the company will
work. The application Is being resisted by
the railroad companies, who insist they
will to absorb the increase If 1t is ordered.
County Assessor Schriver and former
Assessor Ried, both testified the real estate
OF the company was worth $4,000 an acre.
Standard Course of study.
At it's next meeting Interstate Normal
board will probably pass a motion made
by State Treasurer Brian in regard to the
sacourse OF study for the normal schools
and the credits that entitle STUDENT TO
graduate. Mr.. Brian's motion was to the
effect that the principals of the four nor
NAL schools, acting with the committee OF
the board on course of study, get up a
course of study to be used in all the
schools and in addition that credits be
passed on by the four principals and the
state superintendent.
At the present time the credits are passed
on by the state examining board, which
Ahas adopted standard of its own. The
law requires that the standard OF the nor
NAL schools shall be the standard of the
private schools, but according to Mr.. Briar
It is impossible to tell just what is thu
standard of the normal school for the var
ious schools have different courses o
study and naturally each says its course
- the best and highest standard. TIT
resolution was introduced at the last meet
ing of the board and will be acted on a
tuv; next meeting.
To Keen Out of Jail.
James @. Emerson, arrested on a charg
Of forgery in Fremont, has applied to tn
supreme court for his release from jail b.
habeas corpus proceedings and the cour
II ms set the hearing for Monday Afternoon
y According to the petition filed by Elmer
son, he was arrested and bound over TO tn
district court under bond of $25, whic
he gave. Upon leaving the court roor
he was again arrested without warran
and lodged In jail His attorney institute
habeas corpus proceedings before Judg