Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-25
RIGHT TO THE PARTY NAME
Old Question Of Designation Comes to the
Front Once More.
"FRst SILVER" REPUBLICANS FORCE IT
Filing of Their Certificate of Nomina-
uon Brings Up the Matter for
Discussion aud n Protest
VIII lie Filed.

LINCOLN, Sept. 24--(speciai) The GER
tifcate Of nomination OF the candidates Sc
iected by the silver republicans was filed
with the secretary OF state today. 1t is
signed by A. j. Weaver, chairman, and p.
ii. Hines, secretary, and certifes that John
j. sullivan of Columbus was nominated for
one Of the judges Of the supreme court
and George f. Remover OF Wsner and Il.
Won Forell OF Kearney as regents Of the
state university the certificate also states
that the party adopted a party emblem,
to-wit: THE efiigy or likeness of the Lib
erty Ben, with the word Liberty appearing
thereon. 1t says that the distinctive prin-
ciple adopted by said convention was and is
the free coinage OF silver"
1t is believed by prominent republicans
chat the title "Silver Republican" over the
fusion ticket is an encroarhment on the
real republican tltie under the new ballot
law, and that 1t is also calculated to de-
ceive the voters. The republican state COM
mlttCe has made arrangements to immedi-
ately file a protest against the using of the
deceptive title on the official ballot. The
result OF this protest is problematica as
there is some division OF opinion among the
state house people as to the intent and
scope of the ballot law relating to titles OF
parties. There Is an expressed inten A1n on
the part of some of the fusionists to protest
against the using of the title National
Democrat" on the ballot and they concede
that the silver republicans and the national
democrats are standing on the same ground
as to encroachment on party names. A. Il.
Sheldon, clerk of the State Printing board
and who stands very close to the board in
matters of this kind says there is much
doubt as to how the board will construe
the law. AS an individual he says it makes
no difference 20 hin how many tickets there
are on the ballot or by what names they are
called yet he acknowledges that many voters
might be confused by the titles and that a
strict construction of the law might shut
out both the silver republicans and national
democrats. Benton Marct private secretary
OF the governor, said some days ago that
In his opinion the using OF different names
by the fusion element was all foolshness
die believed that they all represented the
same principle, were in effect one party
and should get together under one name
He thought it must inevitably come to this
In the next year or two.
TOO MANY DITCHES DUG.
Secretary Wilson of the State Board of
Irrigation has just returned from Dawes and
Sioux counties, where he has been investi-
eating the condition of the irrigation bitches
and claims along White river and Hat creek.
Where tho land has had water he finds that
the crops are fOurishing but in a general
way the irrigation Of that part Of the state
Is In deplorable condition. He finds that
use ten times more water than there h; in
the streams. In many cases men have loca-
fed bitches where thew ranpot nossihIv got
a drop of water. This is especially true of
the country along White river in both Dawes
and Sioux counties The secretary and his
assistants inspected the so-called river in
many places below crawford and found 1t to
De stream Oh water varying from three to
zen leet III "ldth. IN mat LOCALITY the
s.rohsest M he1sui etheht ohly shoWed now
.. tweiNe Cuplc iee' OF wafer per second
M oh the es.'nla'e that II taxes one CUBIC loot
p pet sscon1 % ~ Ma'Il seNenty acres there is
.ioI ei,oush ma.er on IN the river ut that point
80, So 50 i,ooV aIies' c peoPte taere
n Iaua ~ ~ IAp,ve a una' @ ven les Inat niucA
aonordin,,, Inn h on atu ilave Hleu claims
,,.iS,' ~ ~. - ~. ~ Tleeh couhtty the
oun ,ooI, a. "a tiotis ] putttl, as the nllhgs
tborn ara eo,;nr sr";. VI 'S,e Ss teaii's mieIe
beIioyes tbot rnat nn, is w w. ''spii st
nortbwest mart og tbo -. p.Ur,o ~. III i ttie
tdea ~ irrigatinr an5 ,,,,, ,'t1. s'o up tne
whn,lv to stoct,raitna - t nc, - n.'et''.o'i r
main there O. - 'io' 'Npee' " 'e
The hearing in tho coso brouoh. h, II 7,
ThbIes aeaiSst tbn ra;Iroo, Isl. an,, py !, n:
the state in which tho nmastio af n'sa,,' VI
tnat rates is m he eyaminad ioto " - eNE, TI VI.
adjourned to Octoher 10 The h,aring u,.s
TO have come off on the o7th of tbis oortb
and IL is stated nv the sncretnrins 81 ~
Board of TRANSFORMATION that the delay is
made because an ooinion ia expected from rho