Omaha daily bee., 1890-12-21
IT Is AN OLD STORY NOW.
The Election Contest Attracts no More At
tention in Lincoln.
SEVERAL WITNESSES SAY LITTLE,
They Indulge in n Great Many Words
"A Religious Maniac Breaks
Loose in York-Caught
in the Gutter.

LINCOLN, NED, Dec 2O.-lSpeclhl lcleBraH
10 THE BEE. The taking Of testimony in the
election contest fails TO attract any attention
IN Lincoln now. Today the session lasted
only two hours and was devoted exclusively
TO the gubcrnatorial contest The taking OF
testimony affecting the other state offices has
been post poned until Friday of next week.
The first witness examined today was A.
N. Wyckoff, chairman of the Lancaster
county committee of the third party. The
only thing Of interest to which he testified
was that the committee had spent 800 for
tickets in favor Of the amendment, also for
speakers and printing matter.
The next witness was John Stewart Of
Kcarney county and treasurer Of the state
non partisan league. He most unwillingly
testified as follows: There was altogether
si,051.2l raised for political purposes by the
league OF this 81 900 was spent for Drohibi-
tion literature, including the Lincoln Call
and New Republic. About Si0O went to the
secretary. The greater portion of the re-
naindcr was paid out to speakers and their
Aotel and other bills, and the printing Of
tickets favoring the amendment. An even
$500 was given to the Swedish conference to
work up prohibition sentiment through a
weekly publication. There are about eigh-
eeen thousand Swede voters in the state, and
Gwo-thirds Of them voted for prohibition.
In Kearney, Phelps, Saunders, Burt and
Valley counties the Swedish vote was the
strongest
J.. S. Ellsworth, deputy clerk of the DIS
trict court at Holdredge, Phelps county, was
called in behalf Of coDtestee. At the invita-
ton of Mr.. Harwood witness produced the
record of declarations of intention to become
citizens filed in Phelps county within thirty
days prior to the election. The list included
Just thirty names
Witness testified: ~ don't know as it was
exactly as to how they intended to vote;
had some conversation with most of them; at
least thirty of them said they were alliance
men, and of course | understood by that that
they intended to vote the alliance ticket"
''The alliance men generally out there
voted the alliance ticketl"
sit looked that way from the last election !,
yes, sir.n
John =. Nelson, county clerk of HOldrege
county, testified that there were three Peter
Johnscns who voted in Prairie township, al
though there are only two persons by that
name in the township.
James j. Rhea of Holdrege testified-C. A.
Larson who did not take out his declaratory
papers until October 27. Larson voted for
Powers. There was James A. johnson
No. 125. and James a. Johnson No.
297, appear on the poll list of Prairie town
ship who voted; l know of no such person in
the township. / think the fact is that one of
them is James p, Johnson and that the clerks
have got the given name wrong; he took out
his declaratory papers October 27. John A.
Nelson, No. 204 voted in Prairie township
he told me he voted the Independent
ticket and he has no papers, he Is a native OF
Sweden; at least can find no papers from
an examination of the records. He claimed
to me that he had taken out his first papers
before the county judge of Phelps county, but
there is norecord of the same in the clerk
office Of that county that can find. August
Bergstrom, number 237, told me he voted the
independent ticket; that he had no paperf,
and that he is native of Sweden. h. II.
Holm voted in Prairie township, number 2S3
he voted the Independent ticket
as l understand; he is not resi-
dent OF Phelps county. He came there Octo-
Der 13 and registered at the Arlin gton hotel,
and registered at the same hotel great
many days thereafter as f.. n. Holm, Hast
ing, Neb. One E. j. Page voted in Prairie
township, number 1924; he was a resident of
Prairie township up to about week before
the election, when he removed with his fam
lily to Garfield township; he was in Holdrege
on the day of election had conversation
with him and he said that he wanted to vote
the independent ticket, and told me the cir
cumstances as to his removal and asked me
If he could vote. / told him | thought not,
ana it must have been shortly after this con-
versation that he voted.
The witness then testified that u. T.. Mel
son, w. w. Johnson $. A. Swanson and
Lars Peterson, who took out their declara-
tory papers too late voted nevertheless in
Holdrege. A. r. Hiu who is only twenty
years old, also voted.
H. Il. George of Lincoln, sworn for con-
testee, was treasurer of the executive COM
mittee of the prohibition party; couldn't
state exactly how much money he had re-
ceived TO be used in carrying the amendment
somewhere near S22, 700. 1t came from diff
ferent organizations throughout the United
States and from individuals; received only
500 from the New York Voice directly. The
Nebraska prohibition executive committee
received somewhere near 5000, soma of il
went to the Woman's Christian Temperance
union. The executive committee received
somewhere near $24, 900 altogether and ex.
pended S29 900; couldn't say how much was
expended in the city of Omaha; supposed, in
oil ways, nearly 81 200
There was paid to the Lincoln Call 5000 for
papers sent to names furnished by the com.
mittee; put $3.50 into the Bundle Bee; took
1000 copies of the New Republic for abou,
four weeks; the New York Voice sent about
twenty Thousand copies regularly to the
state, which were paid for from specia
fund of from $4,000 to $4,000 raised by il
for the purpose
Adjournment was taken until Tuesday
A Religious Maniac
YORK, Ncb. Dec. 20.-lSpecia Telegram tc