Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-11
Nebraska
MATTER OF TEN DOLLARS
Fee Governor shallenberger Accepted
at Kearney.
EXECUTIVE NOT INVESTIGATING
Little Likelihood ne whine Disposed
70 Look Deeply Into salary
of secretary Of Normal
Board.
From a staff correspondence

LAEN1OLNs JAM AW-AopttldisJ- hoheA
Governor Shallenberger announced that he
intended to look into the matter of the
normal school paying a yearly salary to
Luther p. Ludden as secretary Of the
board with the that he might
remove Mr.. Ludden from membership on
the board. the safe bet is the matter will
rest right there,
As secretary OF the board Mr.. Ludden
is drawing a salary with the advice and
consent Of Former Attorney General Norris
Brown. Previous to the time that opinion
was verbally given. Auditor Weston held
up a voucher filed by Superintendent Fow-
Ter for services as secretary and that
bill was paid upon the advice of then
Attorney General Prout.
But there are other reasons why It is
believed the governor will not remove any
members Of that normal board. In the
first place a hearing either through the
courts or before the governor would have
to be given the members which the COVER
nor would like to remove from the board.
Should such a hearing start, then the
board members could get back at his ex-
lcellency by demanding of him by what
right he accepted $40 for delivering a lee
ture to the students Of the Kearney Normal
school, the amount being advanced by
superintendent n. W AAOlndS dhu lOBoiu
to him by the board. This amount was
supposed to be for expenses, when as a
matter OF fact according to a member Of
the board, the normal school furnished
an to bring the governor to
the school from a neighboring town.
Talk OF probable action on the part Of
the governor was revived by a statement
made to the board at Ainsworth. This man
said O'Nelll would not endorse Alnsworth
because some of the citizens of the Holt
county town said the governor expects to
remove the present board and Neil
would get the school, regardless of the
action Of the board.
The governor is still out of the city
and is not expected to return until Thurs
day.
Fight over office.
Dakota county furnishes the second case
of an officer holding over while the party
claiming to be elected resorts to mandamus
to get possession of the records and the
office. wifred Il. Voss has filed a petition
in the supreme court asking for a writ
of mandamus to compel Mary V. Quinn
to turn over to him the office and the
records OF the office of county superintend-
ent. The petition sets out that Mary ".
Quinn was the county superintendent and
lndl sic dlu HN pHo 2 OPROoAho
in the late election. voss alleges that he
received 77 votes and Mary ". Quinn re-
celved only $50 votes. Voss has the certifi-
, cate of election. but Mary V. Quinn holds
onto the office and refuses TO give It to
him. The other case is from Cherry county
where a woman seeks to Dust a man from
the office of county treasurer.
License Case Appealed.
The attorneys for j. NJ. Leidy, who seeks
to prevent the Metz Brewing company of
Omaha from securing a license to sell
liquor, have appealed from the decision OF
Judge Estelle to the supreme court. They
aileEe that the court erred in holding thai
the Gibson act and the Slocumb law are
separate and distinct acts.
Governor Gets Ihvite.
Governor Shallenberger, who is being
doomed by a Pennsylvania paper for presi
dent of the United States, and by his
friends for governor and for senator from
Nebraska. has received an invitation t.
deliver a speech. at the meeting of demo
Gratis in Washington on April 10. Congress
man Sulzer of New York has the meeting
In charge and the governor is left to select
his own subject.
Well Paid for Trip.
AS a result of a visit to Washington by
Adjutant General Hartigan in the interest
OF the National guard appropriations FOL
the state, the department will soon ISSUE
An order to change the basis of the appro
priatlon for the several states. ~
BY reason OF the fadt that General Hartl
gan reported a less number OF enlisted
men in the guard than had his predeces
sors. the government appropriation To-
Nebraska was cut down. To the depart
ment the adjutant general insisted tina
the appropriation should be made upoi
the men the inspectors find in the guar
and not on the basSo OF a padded enlistmen
roll,
Yrhe department has announced that 1
viii adopt the suggestion and hereafte
the money given to the states will b
based upon the men who are actually 4
the guard and not merely on paped. tn
adJutant general argued that the gres
portion OF the loss by the guard OF govern
ment property is due to the dead timbe
that Is carried ON the company rolls. ]
frequently happened. said the adjutant
that a person joins the guard, gets tn
equipment and that is the last heard G
him. Il is probable that Nebraska ma
get get the money which had been de