Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-05
Nebraska
DEMOCRATS WILL
HOLD BIG DINNER
Plans Are Being Perfected for Feast
January IL Under Auspices
of Editors.
GOOD CHANCE TO COUNT NOSES
tFrom a staff Correspondent

(From n staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Nov. 4.--(Special)-A cam
didates for the democratic nominations
on legislative. state and congressional
tickets will be given a chance to stand
up and be counted at a dinner to be given
under the sponsorship and censorship OF
the Nebraska Editorial association TO be
held in Lincoln January II.
This is the conclusion reached by the
committee on arrangements, which met
at the Lindell hotei and talked the mat
ter over. Those present we're President
doc Tanner Of the Democratic Edi-
torial association. Il. A. Walrath, secre-
tary. Osceola; Edgar Howard, Columbus
w. NJ. Maupin, Omaha; William Cramb,
Falrbury, and c. w. Bryan. j. w. Cut
right. @. w. Foxworthy and Frank Eager
Of Lincoln.
The plan to have every candidate for
legislative, state and congressional nomi-
nations present and the intention to have
each one say something; also the fact
that Mr. Bryan was a member OF the
committee is an indication that this din
ner may be along the line of the biblical
injunction as promulgated by Mr.. Bryan
a week ago to come we out from among
them and be we separate"
Anti-Bryan members of the committee
may not be In favor OF committing each
candidate at that time on the prohibition
ISSUE but the fact that a majority Of
the committee Is composed of Bryan
sympathizers gives color to the opin on
that the two meetings may have very
close relationship
In any event the meeting will be one
"a fotth
can afford to stay away from. 1t will
be a democratic gathering pure and
simple and with the exception OF the
liquid refreshments. will bring Joy to
the democratic heart-perhaps.
Assessors Catch Spirit.
Letters received by State Auditor
Smith from Secretary Bernecker OF the
state Board of Assessment indicate that
the meetings which are being held In
different parts of the state in the in
terests Of a better and more equitable
method Of assessing property are being
attended by county assessors generally
and that the meetings are bringing about
the things which Mr.. Bernecker advo-
Gated when he divided the state into
eight districts and is holding meetings
in each one.
Meetings so far have been held in
Lincoln. North Platte. Hastings and
Grand Island and the others will be held
according to dates made at the start.
Indictments Issued.
The federal grand jury which just
completed its session in Lincoln brought
down indictments in two white slave
cases, one embeEzlement, two dope, one
misuse of malls and one for stealing gov
eminent property.
Douglas Marriages.
Marriage licenses were issued to the
following Douglas county parties, yester-
day at the Lancaster county court house:
Harry Stsworos, aged 20. Omaha, and
Ella ID. Anderson, aged 19, South Omaha.
Frances NJ. Case, aged %. South Omaha.
Hall ms Motor Expert.
According to Railway Commissioner
T. L. Hall, who has just returned from
a trip in his new eight-cylinder motor,
the roads in some portions of the south
part of the state are in very poor shape.
Mr.. Hall says that 1t appears to be the
| idea of some road workers that the dirt
should be piled in the center of the road
way and left in a ridge, thus compelling
automobiles to take one side or the other
\ of the ridge He would remedy the mat
/ ter by smoothing down the ridge and
/ leaving the clods, etc., at the sides of
the roads, thus compelling the automo-
biles to take the center OF the road and
! packing 1t down to a smooth surface.
/ He complains that where the machines
take the sides OF the roads, where the
grade is an incline. that when there has
been a rain automobiles are apt to skid
and thus endanger the lives Of the .occu.