Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-10
no MONOPOLY ON THE NAMES
Secretary Of State Porter Rules on the Ballot
Protest Cases.
ALLOWS ALL PARTIES TO GO ON TICKET
Arguments Presented on Both sides
Result I'm n Decision that Lets
the whole Aggregation
Before the Voters.

-,,'' ~ % N'PNe'a', i". "''''Ne
vi 'he Dailot protest cases before tne secre-
tary OF state occupied the entire day. The
protest against the use of the title Silver
republican ocnunied tho forenoon and the
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s,, '''"''" '"e uv"ioO'"',.
ia'''ons ias'eu All 'he AFTERNOON Luflhs all
that time there were large number OF spec
tatOrs Of all political faiths who listened
carefully TO the arguments and s,ecula.ad 40
% ,h, r-ot,,1o s,s,.ta -. 49,, I 10
Dee,''O" W '"e seCie'aiS'
me morning session was opened by Joseph
X. Webster, who had signed the protest
against the silver republicans He called
attention in narticutar % tho pos, bis,ory .,
a. ro,,,,,iiaa,, - s.S., -,
e ''puO''0"u P"i's' "nu saiu 'hat Ill tue
iast election u was acknowledged 10 nave
cast at least the second largest vote In the
state He conceded the right OF a dissatis-
fed element Of any party TO 90 out and form
new party. hut he did NOT concede to them
the right to uee the old marty name. Those
who do not support the platform or candi-
oates OF the republican party are not re-
pubiicans at all. The men who now claim
10 be silver republicans were stumping the
country TOT Bryan last year. They did not
put up ticket or platform last year, but
s,inpiy endorsed the opposition party. For
ahat reason they hau no claim on the word
rebuDilcan. Mr. webster also read from
the century dictionary the definition OF the
Word any TO snow that when the statute
says no new party snail appropriate any OF
lhe names OF the old parties 1t means that
no part OF the names shall be appropriated.
George w. HlDner OF Lincoln spoke In
iaVor OF the silver republicans. He con
tended that the voters would not be con
iouhued by the use OF the title silver repub-
Icah' There was no pretense that they
We're republicans. They had adopted plat
Iorin OF thelr own, ana had adopted new
name ne agreed mat tAe voters had the
right TO nave ballot printed so that they
might cast their vote without being confused
py Compllcauons put IN this case there
cou!d pe no cohtuslcn. Inc emblems were
all Inherent aud the intelligent voter would
Know that the silver republican party was
separate and distinct organization. The
party had complied with the law relative to
the formation of new parties and was en-
titled to place. The statute did not pro-
hlbit the use of part of the old party name.
The distinction In the names was as strong
as the distinction between Sam Jones and
John Jones.
NOT REPUBLICANS AT ALL.
G. NJ Iambar,sop said tbot tho ronrb,io.,
Marty had haid its conyar,ic o,nntoI IT,
ticlfs, and eiaa tto oortiaoa,as nS th,ro
had bsen ro n.otast =, ,,os o,n,,,o5e,oS
to ba .tbo rer,,hiia, ""n 80 ~ 81
IN he evc,nsi~n ,,sa % ,ho aru rba s,is,nr
rop,,hItnars soot, ~ ,e. a. A. 80, 90 ~
i5ao ,ht r. w ~, ,t, ~ oire ,n
s az ssi,i tiI W., anu 1iiat
tre sro,t ron,,hiina', in,I T'si d T.; adai
a. - = -, - - 'll ll,s - " -,
nv, w NV'I iot t,e - &c eo'unse VI eitVel.
, in, Mou'u ps ueCep'loI' me uolilllal, ~
~ Pilnoipies VI the lepuolcnh M party are souhu
,noie! anu p'o.ec.'oil' rue SILVER lepuo-
Ilcaus are out oi JOINT Oh ail tneHe questIous,
lhsleau vi belhs IN l"c' fepuDiic~iS 'nev
conuemn the republican admih'stration' en-,
oorse an the neresles Oh the popuiist ana
bryan uemocratlc parties, ana yet seek TO
uraw votes Dy iilchlng the Sooa maine Oh the
republicans 1t was intended to deceive the
Vo,ers.
Mr.. Lambertson reviewed the actions OF the
silver republicans last year. They had voted
Tor w. j. Bryan, "a democrat or populist or
Whatever you may call him, and after nav
Ing been defeated last year were trying to
catch votes for the opposition by styling
themselves silver republicans They had
made no pretense OF nominating republicans
Ihey mad nominated for supreme Judge Mr..
sulISah, ipelohs eolu uemocta', anu ye'
,a ronubIioa Us >, nn ,ta ,a. n,,ostio, a.
bonestp nf Tho r.nnh,icans ubo bCiinyod IN
frnn siivor Tbar had ri,ht 20 haIia,,a as
tbev n,oo.ad If tha ranSIiicans nod on ~
dnrsad srao ao,,ono u. .h iost atIonai a1an
t;on tba ,neai,as So,,r,5 30 n,o,,ia bnro
aoni,o5 b, bin,to,s A 49, hns r,aht 10 6o
n ha rlo,sas brt h % has a. -, ' -, 70 oonSrso