Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13
Nebraska
KTNKGTDER TO HOLD OFFICE
Question Of Residence Brought Up
in Case of Mr.. Pool.
CONFLICT WITH CONSTITUTION
Az VISUAL the Fundamental Law Of
the state IL quite Likely 60
Come out ON Top I'm Con-
test of Authority.
(From a staff Correspondent.

NfrOm a StAti correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb, Dec. 12-Cspocial) y
For the first time in the histoty OF Ne
braska Kinkaid homesteader will be
called OF fill one of the state offices
when the change takes place on the 7th
of next month. While this is a new
thing in the history of Nebraska, around
the proposition comes the query from
different sources as to how homesteader
can live upon his claim according TO law
and at the same time reside in Lincoln
as Is expressly set out In the constltu-
ton which reads:
The governor, secretary OF state. audi
tor of public accounts and treasurer shah
reside at the seat of government during
their term OF office. etc"
The controversy involves the holding of
office of Charles w. Pool, who has been
elected secretary of state and who has
clism recently drawn by him in the
government sale of land In western Ne
braska Some people have gone so far
as to say that Mr.. Pool must either give
up his office or his homestead but their
attention is called to a ruling by the
land department made severeal years
ago and which has not been set aside.
which provided that where a holder OF
a homestead is elected to a public Of
flee within the same territory OF which
his homestead Is a part he shall not be
required to live upon his homestead, but
may fill the office and reside In the
place where the location of the office Is
made by law. ..
However, Mr. Pools family has been
living on the homestead during the time
which has passed since he obtained Il
and improvements have been made.
while he has sold his property at Tecurn-
eh and has made his legal residence since
that time on his homestead.
II has been the custom Of state Off
GERS in the past whom the constitution
requires to live in Lincoln still to hold
their legal residence in the home town
from which they were elected for voting
purposes and that is being done in some
instances at the present time.
1t is not probable that the land de-
partment will change ruling which has
been in vogue fer many years especially
when 1t involves the loss OF a job to a
| tried and true democrat
Names His OFFICE Force.
Charles W. Pool who will on January
Ia be sworn in as secretary OF state has
made his appointments for the office
force, though he has made up his mind
! not to assign them until he discovers the
qualifications of each. In addition to
Hugh L. Cooper "a former newspaper
man of Johnson county. whom he APP
pointed some time ago as his deputy
the following are given out as the offic-
ial family in the offiee:
Kenneth A. McRae halls from Hall
county and has been filling the position
OF deputy recorder Of deeds for that
county. He is secretary of tho YOUNG
Mems Democrat club of Grand Island.
| Max Katleman OF Omaha Is connected
1 with the health department OF that city
B. r. Bays is from Saunders county and
has been cashier OF bank at small
town In that county. ~
Miss Cecil Snapp. who will probably be
tho stenographer I'm the office has filled
the position OF chief clerk and steno-
grapher in the office of Colonel Phil Ack.
erman, hotel commissioner.
The office of labor commissioner, which
Mr.. Pool holds, is in the same depart
ment and 1t was her general efficiency
and ability. which attracted the attention
of Mr. Pool and he persuaded Mr.. Ack-
erman that Miss Snapp was entitled to
promotion.
Miss Eta Safer lives In York county,
but for several years was employed at
the Commoner Office In Lincoln. Recently
she has been employed in the office of
+. M. Eager.