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VOL. XL -NO. 17J.
ILLINOIS SENATE
TAKES UT ,--E
TT f' L t 1 , Tk
Calling for Committee to Inve
pate Charge of Bribery.
MOTION TO EXPZL MR. HOLTSLAW
Pemberton Asks to Be Excused from i
Present Deliberations.
AD KINS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
Views Differ from Ihos? of Governor
on Waterways.
DENEEU URGES LEGISLATION
Klrratlvr Want Itallrnad l.ralala tlon
K,neeei Vtblrk Will .U Itall
roait and Uirrkoiar Commls
loa (Jesrrat Contr!.
SPRINGFIELD. III., .In. 4.-?-rator
Iiaiby of peorla tods? offered In ht sen
ate a resolution calling for the appointment
of a comm(ttee "to Investigate the charges
of bribery and corruption made Against
centaln mfmbrti of the senate who have
been Indicted for, or ronfessrd to the crime
of bribery; to consider the focta relating
thereto, and rnort So the senate Ha find
ings and. conclusions an to whether such
senators or either of them should b un
seated or expelled from the senate.'.'
Tha resolution was adopted..
Senator Helme offered a resolution that
tha seat of Senator Holstlaw be declared
vacant.
Mr. Pemberton asked that he be excused
from further deliberations of the senate
until the committee appointed In the Dalley
resolution makes Its report. Ills request
was granted.
tfenatur Holstlaw was not present.
Henator Btanton C." Pemberton. who Is
undnr Indictment on charges of conspiracy
and Senator John C. Broderlck under In
dictment on a chars of bribery occupied
their aeata.
Resolution wer Introduced In the sen
ate railing for the Investigation by five
senators of the garment workers' strike In
Chicago.
The general assembly wa formally con
vened In both houses at noon. Tha house
was-called to order hy Secretary of State
Jnwi A. Rose. Lieutenant Governor Oglea
by called the senate to order.
Charles Adklns was elected speaker of
the hous representatives. It Is generally
understood that Adlelns' views on the
wa'erway matters do not coincide with
thus of Governor Deneen, but In th main
they are united en the other Important
questions that will coma before this ses
sion. Oeneen Asks for I.eglalatlaa.
Numerous recommendations are made by
Governor Deneen In his message to the
assembly today. ,
Tha governor urged that railroad legisla
tion b enacted which will give the rail
v mad and' warehouse commission control of
,wh, r4 , r.d . tn-vwa. of ,-exnrea eom
irfie. rkfiflSkH'TBnnectlon,' Inlerurban
railroads. Joint tarough rates facilities at
stations tod street railway companies.' In
cidentally h Urges that each railroad com
pany be placed under th jurisdiction of th
commission.
Concerning public utilities the message
saya:
"It la too well known to need the support
of argument that the standards of politics
In our ow n it at and municipalities have
. often been lowered and their legislative
bodlea debauched through tha efforts of
'public' utility companies striving on the
on hand I Siclir Improper privileges and
franchises through the enactment of laws
and ordinances, and upon th other to
prevent passage of (destructive legislation
Intended only for blackmail purposes."
Th governor believes the railroad and
warehouse commission or a commission
should ba created with power, to -require
service adequate tor the public needs and
to tlx rate which' will b fair to the
public. Th subject of corporal 'control,
he' believes, would' thua be removed to a
greater M tent than at present from - the
field of politics. ....
Kberhart ni(nli Heforaia.
ST. PACLi, Jan. 4. Both houses of' th
Minnesota, legislature met In Joint aes ,
ton In th bolts chamber today to witness
th . Inauguration ot Governor Adolph O.
Kberhart and hear his message. Chief
Justice Start administered the oath to the
governor.
A . this was Governor Eberhart's first
message, behaving succeeded to th of
fice on the death of tha lata Governor
Johnson, there Was much Interest In what
he had to say.
' Inasmuch ae Governor Kberhart haa a
avmpalheUc legislature from a political
standpoint to work with it Is expected that
hi suggestions will receive consideration.
Governor Adolph O. Eberhart In his mes
sage recommended material changes in
th administrative body. Ha declared there
wer too many boards and commissions
of too many members for tha same ob
jects; he attacked the fee system of salary,
suggested a new assessment schema and
specified changes In administrative ays-
terns involving nearly every branch of the
slat government, Including a recommenda
tion that th else of the state legislature
be reduced.
U then declared there bad been a vast
amount r Inefficient and unsystematic
legislation In Mthit and aaid there
should be jnor atu.tlon paid to securing
perfect . co operation and to deflnlt fix
ing of responsibility.
"There la no possibla defense for the
xlstenc of the fee office today," he con
llnurd. "Keea do not belong to th offi
cer, but to the state, which should pay
Mm . a sufficient compensation for hi
labor, with necessary expenses, and no
nmM." '
The, public domain cam In for much at
tendon, - hla- recommendations covering a
new stat land department, a geological
survej-, a public waterways department,
tin.
lie recommended abolishing capital pun
ishment and urged Indeterminate sentence
la, and provision for paroling convict,
(interior Hark Helaaaaaraled.
BISMARCK. N. IV, Jan. 4. A Joint ses
sion wf the leglnlatuie met today to wit
ness the third Inauguration ot John Burke
e rernor.
Af'.er taking the oath Governor Hurk
read hi message. at th conclusion of
which the legislature adjourned for one
k.
Atl opposition to the re-election of I'm ted
tiiates Senator t. J. McCumber and the
election ot Congressman A. J. Gronna as
senators from this stat has disappeared
a il their selection January 17 Ktmi prac-
IKiilly atauied.
Fhe Omaha Daily
SPEAKER NEBRASKA HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
,l .
Y
7
JOHN KUIIU
Thirty Banks Robbed
in Kansas Within the
Last Three Months
Hundred Thousand Dollars Taken
from Institutions in Small Towns
and No Arrests Made.
TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. 4. Bank Commis
sioner J. N. Dolley reported today that
during the Inst three months thirty banki
have been robbed In Kansas, ono every
third day. and that the safe crackers have
secured DOO.OoO. During this time not one
robber has 'been captured.
Commissioner Dolley says there are 'two
organized gantr. one on the northern and
one on the southern border of the state,
and that their system of protection Is so
perfect ae to place bank robbing among
tha less haaardous occupations. Attention
Is called to the fact that while the robber
have their headquarters In Nebraska and
Oklahoma their operations are confined to
amall town In Kansas.
WICHITA, Kan.,' Jan. 4. Chiefs of po
lice and marshals from fifty of the larger
cities and towns of Kansas will meet In
Wichita tomorrow In the first convention.
of peace officers ever held In Kansas. The
prevention of bank and postofflos robberies
and the . best method of .o; Muring, robbers
who' tsontinv io- operate wv4 oe the-great
.ueaMon the hte.f will 'discuss. .. A otoeer
organisation ot the Kansas peace officers
and closer affiliation with . th Kansas
antl-Horaethlef asaoo'latloh will be' a pur
pose of th meeting.
..I ... i
California Smaller
Cities Are Growing
Five Thousand Class Increases from
Nineteen to Thirty-One Dur- .
ing Decade.
WASHINGTON, Jan. . 4. California's
cities and towns having a population in
excess of -5,000, , showed a remarkable
growth during th ilast ten years, accord
ing to figures announced by the census
bureau today. Their number increased from
nineteen In 1H00 to thirty-one In 1810. Not
a single loss In population In these places
waa recorded. .,.,'..,..',.'.
Of California's total Increaa S9S.496 In
habitant more than 83 per rent was con
tributed by these municipalities, leaving
leas, than 7 per cent of the Increase given
the state by rural districts.
Population statistics of California citle
mad public today, by . the census bureau
are:
Place.
Baker afield -
Kureka
Fresno ...........
1H10.
..V...U727
n.mi
10.444
15.212
12.77!)
.....ll.tifut
11. 14
23, 2 'J
lUW
1!09
4.8.W
7X'7
12.470
4.7S7
7.H7S
S.15D
S..W
5,53
17. nidi
7.W5
Red lands
Riverside
San Bernardino
Santa Harbaia .
Santa t'tux
Stockton
Valtejo
Attorney. Templeton
Given Term in Prison
Prominent Man at Tyrone, Pa., Pleads
Guilty to Charges of Forgery .
and Embezzlement.
HOI.L.IDATSBl'RG. Pa., Jan. 4 Cham
bera O. Templeton of Tyrone, fa., former
state senator and a prominent attorney,
pleaded guilty In the Blair county court
toil ay to cjiarges ot forgery and embes
xlement of 175.000 belonging to his clients.
Judge Ualdrtrige sentenced Templeton to
I ay a fine of loo and to tie Imprisoned In
the penitent ary In Pittsburg for an inde
terminate period of not less than three
years nor more then twelve years.
Ashes of Hoxsey
With Earth
PASADENA. Cal.. Jan. S.-Wlihtn th
shadow of th mountain height which h
had blithely scaled on th wings ot th
wind, th last words were aaid today over
th body of Aroa Hoxsey, who fell to his
deatb at th IJomlnguea aviation field last
Satuiday. N
Hundreds of people attended th funeral
and took a last look at hi fac before
Hoxsey' body was consigned to th fur
nace of a crematory. Th ashe war de
posited In a copper urn tonight and placed
In th custody of th dead aviator's
mother, Mr. Minnie C, Jloxsey, who will
tak them, to Atkinson. Neb., and thai
mix them with the earth of th grav
that covers her husband. It was suggested
that th ashea b taken to the crest of
Ucunt Wilson and from thr scattered to
OMAHA. TIHIJSDAV
MARK CO AD SHOT j
BY MEXICAN HAND
I
Quarrel Over Wages Results in the
Death of Pioneer Rancher and
Stockman.
OF PROMINENT OMAHA FAMILY
Freighting Line Between Omaha and j
Denver Founded Fortune. J
EXTENSIVE NEBRASKA INTERESTS ;
Had Wide Reputation as an Indian
Fighter Formerly.
KILLED ON HIS OWN RANCH
Michael Ford, Laborer, Vara tinn with
Fatal Effect Deresie Man Wa
Elfchtr-Foar Yrar f
A r.
C1IETKNNE, Wyo.. Jan. 4. Mark M.
Cond, aged M. a wealthy pioneer rancher
and stockman, was shot and killed today
by Michael Ford, a Mexican ranch hand, i
In a quarrel over wages.
Coad came wept in WT nd laid the
foundtlon of his fortune by conducting a
freighting line between Omaha and Den
ver." In the pioneer days Coad gained a wide
reputation as an Indian fighter. He had
extensive Interests along Horse creek, Vv"y
omlng, and at Fremont, Neb.
Mark M. Coad'a relatives In Omaha, re- ;
eclved a brief . telegram last evening tell
ing -of the death and In response eMssrs
Mark J. hnd William J. Coad, nephewa,
left Immediately for Wyoming. Mr. Mark
J. Coad was to go to Cheyenne and take
charge of his late .cle'e bod. Mr. Wil
liam Coad was to g. part of the way and
attend to other affalra of the dead stock
man In Wyoming.
The late Mr. Coad Is survived by no Im
mediate family outside ot a Bister and
many nephews and nieces . who live In
Omaha and Fremont. He was the brother
of John F. Coad, the aged . banker of
Omaha, who died three months ago. Mrs.
Mary Kelly", the sole surviving . sister,
Ives in Wyoming. .s .
Nellie McMahon Goes
Free by Court Order
Judge Holds Expert's Testimony
Wrong and Allows Woman
Her Liherty.
BTTTRGlS. 8. D., Jan. 4. (Bpecial Tele
gram.l Nellie McMahon; who killed "David
p. .Thomas here ,!ast summer ami later waa
imnittMl en arfrsnds of lnsaniey, " -was
taken before Judge .MoGec at Hpd
yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus, th
Insanity board of Meade county having
declared her Insane, basing their finding
upon evidence given at the trial for mur
der. ' ..
On a hearing before Judge McQee vt
dence taken at a former trial was ex.
eluded. Many prominent people testified
ss to her moral and mental condition. An
expert from Washington, D. C., testified
that he had examined her and found her
suffering from paranoia, the disease from
which Harry Thaw Is alleged to be suffer
Ing. ,''
Judge McGee refused to accept tha con
clusion of the expert and discharged her.
Mrs. McMahon immediately upon her dls
haige started for Chicago, where she will
recuperate after her long confinement.
Farmer Killed by
Train at Prague
Wagon in Which V. J. Fujan is Driv
ing is Struck by Engine of Pas
senger Train.
" i
I'RAGl'E. Neb., Jan. 4 (Special Tele
gram.) V. J. Fujan. a farmer living south
of town, was killed here last night while
orosslng th track in a wagon at th south
end of th yard by the Incoming pasengr
train. , He waa evidently watching the
freight train, which waa awitching in the
yards, and did not see the other train until
too late. The wagon waa smashed, but the
horses escaped unhurt.
Postal Savings Banks
Well Patronized
Reports to Postmaster General Indi
cate Opening of Hundreds of
Accounts.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Gratlflcat!on Is
expressed by offlclala of the Postofflce
department today over th success of the
first bank operation of the postal savings
benk system. Telegrams received by
Postmaster1 General Hitchcock Indicated
that hundreds of people In the forty-eight
cities where the public depositories were
opened availed themselves of th oppor
tunity to deposit surplus cash.
to be Mixed
of Father's Grave
th winds, but Mr. Hoxsey decided other
wise. Th funeral service wer conducted
In a little chapel on a foothill, overlooked
by th peak of Mount Wilson, which Hox
sey surmounted when h attempted to beat
his own altitude record of 11.474 feet.
While th service proper was attended
J by only a few friends, thousands stood
about outsid.
It required more than aa hour for th
crowd to file by th cajtkat.
Walter Brooklns. who was Hoxsey'
coach In aviation; Hubert Latham, th
French aviator, and Charles F. Wlllard of
the Curtis team wer among th pall
bearer. Th other three wer young
Pasadena friends of Hoxsey.
Ir. John Willis Uaer. president of Occi
dental college, delivered the funeral sermon.
MOKNINC. JANUAItY .", inil
1
Off
W7W
EACH
t rum the 8t. "Louis Globe-Democrat.
IRRIGATION mm EXHIBIT
How to Water Crops Part of Colo
rado'a Display. .
EXPERT IGINijariSAXES PLAN
Morrison of Desr 'lotilsTch
a leal thses of Mlalatare. Plant
- to Be Installed at tbe
Auditorium.
Irrigation problems and their solutions
will be presented at the Omaha land show
by a striking scenic exhibit. Plans for the
construction of the exhibit were taken up
yesterday by H. U Morrison, hydraulic
engineer and Irrigation expert, associated
with Field, Fellows & Hlndeilelder, consult
ing engineers at Denver. Mr. Morrison
came to Omaha to consult with the land
show management at the instance of Al
fred Patek, aecretary of th Colorado State
Board of Immigration. Mr. Patek is in
charge of the exhibit to be made at the
show by Colorado. The Irrigation exhibit
will form an Important part or the Colo
rado display.
The Irrigation "picture," aa Gus Renze,
th constructing expert of the show,, has
designed it, wlir occupy a space of 60x16
feet. It 1 proposed to show within this
space the principle applied In th reclama
tion of arid and semi arid lands by various
Irrigation projects of the west. Both the
gravity and "lift" systems are to be illus
trated by a series of miniature plants In
actual operation.
Real water will flow out on real soli.
Tiny turbines will whirl with the power
from gurgling little cataracts. Power so
developed will pump water up to higher
levels, where It will be distributed over
th checkerboard of fields. Methods of
aupplylng water In requisite quantity to
the various crops grown on Irrigated landa
will be demonstrated befor th land show
visitors.
A lecturer will explain th workings of
th Irrigation ystms typified in th dis
play. Yalaable Edacatloaal Fratnro.
Plana" In hand will make the Irrigation
display one of the predominant feature of
th educational side ot the land show. It
1 . being o designed as to glv the ob
server a comprehensive Idea of what irri
gation la and what it will do.
"Th exhibit which the land show will
Install," aid Mr. Morrison, "is caiucuiaiea
to give an even more satisfactory Idea of
Irrigation project and the general sub
ject thon observation at first hand. When
on goes over an Irrigated district the
distances are so great and the subdivisions
ot th system so far apart that the impres
sion of the plant aa a unit is lost. Here
(Continued on Third Page.)
It is a good piece
of business to ad
vertise your vacant
rooms now.
People want them.
Call Tyler 1000, and tell tbe
ad taker what you have. She
will prepare the ad and place
it for you.
And now is the time to do
it.
Don't wait.
Don't hesitate.
Tyler 1000 is the number.
- TWKLVF. PA (IKS.
Economics at Home and Abroad
(Ity ) !rinorritlr M-c Nrnntor.)
YOU WAHTA HDrt$$?
, TuT Turir2ARt ITS
A Cr?7r To SPJHJ Atoncr
ron 7iwri ychj -
7HeEllL To 30 AWAr
tfX MOiTAXiC$ FOR
STATJC SZrtATOR
Two Men Killed in
Rear-End Collision
at State Center, la.
Freight Stops to Cool Hot Box and An-
-other Runs Into .It Third -''
Man is Missing; - l' -
MAIISHAI.LTOWN, ia.. Jan. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Two men were killed and one
trainman is yet unaccounted for aa th re
sult of a end collision with west-bound fast
freight on the Northwestern, half a mile
west of State Center, at 11 o'clock this
morning.- The dead are:
, ltl'lB JOHNSON, brakeman, Clinton, la.
FRANK K. SMITH. Tipton Iowa.
Smith was In charge of an' emigrant car j
consigned from Tipton, la., to Arthur, ia.
Another brakeman la yet unaccounted for.
The bodies are buried under the wreckage,
which caught fit and Is still burning, being
fanned by a high wind. The train ahead
had stopped to cool a hot box, and, while
doing so, the second train ran to It while
going at high speed.
Milwaukee Alleges
Rate Discrimination
Cream City 'Charges that Duluth and
Superior Are Favored by Tariffs. .
on Wheat.
WASHINGTON.' Jan. 4. Among forty
complaint filed today with the Interstate
Commerce commission was one of general
interest, involving principles of law.
On behalf of Milwaukee, a a grain dis
tributing center, the Chamber of Commerca
of that city instituted a proceeding against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road and other northwestern carriers, de
claring that combinations wer being
practiced against Milwaukee In the matter
of freight rates on grain from points In
Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. Sub
stantially more favorable rate from th
point of origin are given by the railroads
to Duluth and Superior than to Milwaukee.
All three of these ylacea trans-ship the
grain to eastern destination by water.
The petition of the Chamber of Commerce
urges that, under the law, that city I
entitled to as low rate a on gra n from
the points named as Duluth and Superior
and the commission Is requested to read
Just the grain ratea on a bails of equality.
LOCOMOTIVE THR0WS TIRE
Maa ktaaalna oa Statloa Platform at
Prince-ton Junrtloa Hart la
I I Acrldeat.
PHILADELPHIA. .Jan. 4. An unusual
accident happened to the New York train
on the Pennsylvania, which left here at
8:30 a. m. today. At Princeton Junction
the tire of one of th big locomotive drlv
Ing wheel flew off. striking and seriously
injuring a man on th station platform.
i it- -ts-sjr
Reading and Lehigh Roads
Fined Forty Thousand Each
PHII-ADELI'HIA. Jan. 4-Judge Holland
in th United Htatea district court Inflicted
fines of 140.000 each on tho Philadelphia &
Reading railway, tho LvhigU Valley Rail
road company and th Bethlehem Steel
oun pany. charged with unlawful rebating.
The government waa the prosecutor, the
J charge being that the railroads remitted
j damage charges on freight cars used by
j the steel company. The defendants sy
, they will appeal.
Th defendant compaitiea were tried on
... .., u.i
a large number of indictments cl,arglns
uffeWMui against th interstata commei c
Bee
siMiiiK
OUT AFTER M'BRIEN'S SCALP
Senator Tibbets of Adams Aiming
Against Office He Holds.
HOT FIGHT COMING THIS SESSION
Her lain Hoar TVot. Aaralnst I'nlverslty
I Kstesslos, bat Agcalast Dlreotor
ship MoBrtea "ays Spite
work br Member.
(From a 8taff Correspondent.)
IJNCOLN. Jan 4. (Special.) Senator
Tibbets of Adams county haa a rod In
pickle for his friend, the Honorable J.
I McBrlen, former state superintendent
of public Instruction and now director of
the university extension work. Penator
Tibbets Is not impressed with the Import
ance to . the state of the office Mr. Mc
Brlen holds, nor the character of service
he renders, though he Is perfectly willing
to concede the value of th office to the
personal fortunes of the Incumbent.
Therefore the Hastings statesman pro
poses to abollxh Mie office by curtailing
the appropriation therefor and he is going
to have some stout allies in his undertak
ing, too, for there are many In both
houses who feel as he does about thla
situation.
The off! wa created for Mr. McBrien,
at least- that Is the general belief. And
this belief Is helped uut by the' fact that
McBrlen was active in the movement that
culminated In the creation of the office
and Jumped Into the aeat tho minute It
was made possible. It pay him an annual
salary of $2,000. The appropriation carry
ing th expense for the office comes out
of the general appropriation fund and
when the. time comes for action on that
fund, Senator Tibbeta and his friends will
gently withdraw their rod from the pickle
and go aftec Brother McBrien.
"And we will come near getting him,"
the senator wg heard to remark.
Fight Brgaa Two Year Abo.
Senator Tibbeta recently opposed th crea
tion of this place for McBrlen two year
ago, when he was a member of the senate.
He fought It to th last ditch, but lost,
and now he believes he has reinforced hla
argument aumciently to win. And his
argument 1 going to consist, chiefly, of
the record McBrlen haa mads In th office
and the Inspirited displeasure that rcord
ha engendered. It ia contended that Mc
Brlen haa made excellent us of th office
In furthering his own political ambiltlons
and no better proof of thla will be asked
than the simple fact that the board of re
genta of the university, under whom he
works, had occasion during th last elec
tion campaign to request McBrlen not to
Invite so many political speeches made
In behalf of th office; that he cleverly
arranged with a number of campaigner
to say something favorable of the office
and the way In which It waa being ad
ministered. This met with emphatic disap-
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
law and had the maximum penalty been
Imposed th Hethelehem fcteel company
would have been obliged to pay a flna vf
13,300,000, tha Lehigh Valley Railroad com
pany $2,600,000 and the Reading railroad
$1,740,000. Th Jury in rendering It verdict,
however, mad a recommendation of len
iency. In their defense the companies claimed
that b.rause of congestion at the works
of the Lethlehem Bteol company, where ini-
provemwnis wer being made, they were
i - - auu inai no
cilm had been committed when demurrage
I cliaifces had been remitted.
f . ;
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fur Nebraska - Fair iiid colder.
For lwg - Fair ami roldrr.
Tor weather report sert pftpc 2
copy two n-:NTs.
KU1IL SIDESTEPS
ON MQKTEN SEN
Announces Republican Candidate for
Railway Commissioner Merely Got
Highest Number of Votes.
DEMOCRATS WOULD HOLD OFFICE
Effort to Canvass All .Votes Save foi
Him Falls Through.
MANDAMUS SUIT WILL FOLLOW
Former Treasurer Considering Advisa
bility of Filing One.
PIE COUNTER ATTRACTING MANY
amber ot Kmplp) e Already Hrlrs1
Iloaalaa ( onnty M.-i W ill Meet
Here Friday to I'lck Tboe
from Mere,
(From a f'-taff Correspondent.) .
LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 4 (Special Tele
gram.) An effort '. to prevent Peter Mur
tensen from making a claim- for tho of
fice of state railway commissioner, for
which he was the only candidate, waa Pi
stituted by the democrats In the Joint pen
sion of the legislature thla ftflernoon, w hen
both houses conferred together upoit the
canvass of votes for state offices and
congress.
Debate and parliamentary Jockeying look
up considerable time before anything coiilrl
be done and a motion was presented by
Senator Tibbets providing for a ' canvass
of the votes of all offices with the ex
ception of railway commissioner.
This was a scheme by which the demo
crats hoped to keep Mortensen's case out
of discussion entirely. Furse, the present
Incumbent, waa appointed by Governor
Shallcnbergcr on the death of Commis
sioner C.'owglll, twenty-five days befoto
election, and Mortenstn was the only
candidate to file for tbe place. He . re
ceived 79.0K8 votes and no other randldatu
received any.
Furse holds on to the office, however, as
an appointee and the republicans want to
oust liini.
Mortensen'a vote was finally read by
Speaker Kuhl when he read the votes of
the other candidates. But he specified thai
Mortensen had merely received the high
est number of vote and was not for tnut
reason elected. Mortensen Is considering
a mandamus against the speaker and win
probably file it to compel th legislature
10 declare htm elected.
Democrat Cking Tactics,
The controversy was begun at the first
Instant of Joint session, when Quacken
buah tried to lore through a motion to
have can vat sing of ovtes oh secretary ot
state put Into th hands ot a committee.
This motion and tha- following one by Tib
bets were both withdrawn y th demo
crats, after a recess, during which they
decided to abandon the effort, as he re
publicans seemod, to be fully awar of
the situation and prepared to fight. '-"' '
W. A. Prince led the fight for too repub
lican and was responsible tor tho luinte
dial halt that Was called on tile attempt
to put Montertsen completely out of the
running for railroad commissioner and
make a recount poetlbl on secretary n
state. The canvass of vote on Walt and
Pool for thla office resulted tn confirming
the, election of Walt with a margin of
nlnety-tw6 over his democratic bpponent
In the morning meeting of tho house the
rules of the IDOtt tension wer adopted with
the power to appoint stkndlng committees.
Congressman-elect C. O. LobeeR ot Omaha
waa on hand to keep a Sharp ye on (he
canvassing of th vote which elected hint.
He puid the hous a soft and noiseless
visit and refused to admit that he had any
reason for coming. .
Senate Kinoloyrs. ,
The following list of nenat employe Is
agreed on, but mora ar 'to eme:
C. B. Walton, custodian: Margaret Kora,
clerk; Russ Moobery.' clerk Jim ltdmun.
doorkeeper; Lem . Phillips', watchman;
Hairv Stoetsel, page; L. Urlffln, mail ear
ner; James Britten, copyist; W.B. Beaum,
coryiHt; J, W. Hodges, assistant sergeant-at-ainifc;
Jessie Fox, copyist; Dick McMur
lin, cuntodian; Miss Johnson, copyist; Mar
tin Warner, iilgltt watchman John H. Fei
bers. custodian ; Jo Lemar, clrk; Harry
Brady, extru Janitor; A. J. Ilonato, clerk;
C IJ Coop, proof render; Walter 8chafei
bill clerk; John Branlgan, bill clerk;
Orovet- liobb, page; W. D, Keaoox, clerk;
E. 8. Jones, clerk; Vincent Htahl, clerk;
H L. Rosslter, custodian Walter Wees,'
clerk; John Ie, ; U. W. Price, cus-i
torllan.
Kmployes-at-large: Mr. France Victor,
copyist; Bess B. Marks, stenographer;
t'hoebe Mullen, etenogiapuer; miss
I Lula- Hex, stenographers
Douglas county statesmen art having a
strenuous tlm deciding oh their ple-blter.
Senator Rsagan and Representative Mc-
Ardle, to whom the tack ot naming the
favored one has been assigned, tvill meet
In Omaha Friday and confor with the ap
plicants and party leader before taking
action. The only appointments thus rar
made are Lawrenc Fay Of Florence as
chief house bill clerk: aDn Oellus, Omaha,
house bookkeeper; J. M. Fowler, Soutn
Omaha, day watchman tn th hous. .
ALBERT AD HIB SMALL KKK
Leading- Member of fleaat Come lata
I liurllskt Now.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 4 (Ppeoial.) Judge I.. L.
Albert of Columbus, now a leading mem
ber of the senate, Is having a good deal a.
quiet fun at the expanse of "th other fel
low," as a conoequenc of th federal
supreme court's action In holding th bank
guaranty valid.
The Judne whs the principal factor in
drawing the bill that became th law In
this case and be akd for a fee of but
'X)0. H was irudn the butt of a good
many Jokes by "city" men and especially
"city lawyers," who had much to say
about hiring a "cheap country lawyer" t.i
do the woi !. Tlie didn't seem to dir
their shufts at Alherl'a legal attainment
so much as at the mallness tf his fee,
but this wau considered sur evidence of
th Inability of the measure h authorized
and certain prcn.l.e of th law' ultln.al
f'.efeat by the courts.
It will le renumbered that William I.
Dryan. who oi tiered th 19it democratic
legislature to nuct such a. law-, was al
ftrxt Invited to draw the bill, but charac
teristically side stepped by having tuni
ness out of tha stat about that time, (if
course he wss a great lawyer, but lmlir
spent the last thirteen year running for
president, Mas cut of practice as a lnwyir
and old no co to undertake this grave
' tusk
Albert, then. wia cured in and d.. t,i..
! work up br...n. of course. Mr. lii .vau it
not one of llio'v who twitted abuut a rum.
