Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-01
CANDIDATES FOR
OFFICES IN The
BIG CONVENTION
Revision of Constitution
Draws Out Many for Lead
erS of State ConCIave
Tuesday.

Lincoln, NOV. ~. - Especial y
Delegates to the constitutional con-
vention which will convene in rep
resentative hall at the state house
on Tuesday, are coming in slowly.
AT noon today not half of them had
put IN an appearance.
Among those arriving so far are
E. M. Pollard of Mehawka, A. 7.
Weaver of Falls City, George Jack
son of Nelson and John Heasty of
Fairbury. of the men mentioned for
the Craftsmanship of the convention.
Candidates for secretary on the
ground are Clyde Barnard of Table
Rock, Will Hitchcock of Sterling,
RI. A. Decker of Lincoln and F. A.
Walrath of Osceola. For sergeant
ut arms Crawford Kennedy of Lin
coin and J. O. Moore of Palmyra,
the former sergeant ,at arms of the
two special sessions of the senate
the past year and the latter sergeant
at arms of the house.
Divide Up Offices
While the session Is nonpartisan
and the members elected on a non
partisan ticket, it is being urged by
some that the offices should he
divided up, the claims of one can
didate being urged because it will be
necessary to recognize that party so
that they will be for the raticifcaton
of the amendments to the consti-
tuition. However, there appears to
be strong sentiment toward select
ing the officers without regard to |
their political affiliations and that it |
ought not be necessary to recognize
any party in order to get that party |
on the side of ratification.
Leading Candidates.
The two leading candidates for
chairman of the conventions appear
to be A. j. Weaver of Falls City
and George Jackson Of Nelson.
Neither of the men appear to be
making very strong fight for the
place, but their friends are urging
their claims strongly. Friends of
Weaver call attention to the fact
that while farmer, he has been a
good lawyer, and while he gave up
practice several years ago and has
been actually farming since, his
knowledge Of law will make him a
valuable man and at the same time
identified with farming, Nebras-
ka's leading industry. he would
make an ideal chairman Of the con-
vention.
On the other hand Iackson's
friends call attention to the fact
that Jackson is farmer also, al
though he left the farm some years
ago and i. now engaged in business
in Nelson. His experience as speak
or of the house for two sessions,
they claim ought to make him a
mighty good chairman.
No Sectional Lines.
So far the old sectional lines of
the Platte river have not been drawn
in the fight for control of the con-
yention. This may be because the
North Platte country has no candi-
dates, unless Crawford Kennedy,
who lived for many years in Boone
county. could be claimed to be a
North Platte man. If Douglas coun-
ty has a candidate for anything, he {
has not as yet made his wishes t
known. 1t was thought at one time {
that Senator Saunders of Omaha
might get into the scrap, but so far {
outside of being in the mentioned" t
list he appears not to have taken t
interest III the matter. S
The Coal Situation. a
The thing which appears to be !,
today is just what the q
will do in the face of ,
the coal situation. 1t is well \
known fact that in order to keep
Representative hall warm it is nee
cssary to crowd the boilers almost
night and day, but the board in {
charge of the building has found it {
necessary to begin tomorrow to con- c
serve on coal and Offices in the state s
house will open at $50 instead of s
in the morning and close at 4 instead
Of in the afternoon. a
Some are of the opinion that the t
best thing to do is to meet and or /
ganize, introduce the resolutions c
covering the charges in the consti- +
tuition and then take recess until
after the holidays. This will give I
the members plenty of opportunity !
to study the amendments and be in
shape to work upon them when the