Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-24


for Mr.. Porter to appear October 81.
IL the provisions OF the law are carried
out all nominations should be certified from
the secretary Of states office either today or |
tomorrow, and II is hardly probable that |
after October q any OF them could be with
drawn.
During the hearing of the Boyle case In
the secretary OF states office last week Mr.. |
Porter stated positively that he would re-
turn from Iowa today so that the law could
be carried out. Deputy Weesner said to-
day that MIR. Porter would not return from
his pleasure trip until tomorrow. He was
unable TO say what action the secretary oil
state would take concerning the nomination
OF Neville, but was inclined to think that
the Office would act according to the opinion
OF some reliable attorney. He said II Mr..
Porter failed to return tomorrow he would
go ahead with the work of certifying the
nominations and would act on the advice of
a lawyer concerning the nomination OF Ne
vile by the democratic party.
1t is the general opinion OF those friendly
to Neville that the order OF the county judge
does not restrict the secretary of state from
certifying the nomination because 1t simply
orders him to appear in county court and
show why It should be nominated.
1t was intmated in the secretary OF
states office this afternoon that IL the work
is delayed until after the hearing before
Judge Cochran the county clerks in the
Sixth district will find it difficult to print
the requisite number of ballots in time for
| use on election day.
Complicated Afair.
This is rather complicated state OF af-
fairs and a number OF interesting questions
are suggested in connection with its prob
able outcome. One is as to what the re-
suit would be IL the county clerks are un-
able to furnish ballots for all the voters on
election day. The printing presses used
in that section Of the state are not OF the
most improved pattern and in many places
1t requires over a week to print the re-
quired number of ballots and sample ballots
and in the present day OF republican pros
perity it is difficult for the owners of print
ing establishments to find assistance for
overtime work.
| Another interesting question which has
not been explained concerns Secretary OF
State Porter's failure to return to the city
in time to comply with the provisions of the
law. Last week 1t was contended that the
nominations had to be certified today. Now
1t is held that the word Immediately in the
election law means that they may be GER
titled within two days after the expiration OF
the provided time.
1t is ntimated by those who have care
fully watched the case that Secretary Por-
ter's absence Is significant of carefully
laid plan to defeat Boyle in his attempt tc
keep Nevile's name off the ticket as the
democratic nominee for congress
PopuIist Scheme Defeated.
; A clever attempt to deceive innocent votert
by an illegal arrangement of the ballot ha
been discovered and defeated. In pop
ulist county a large number of sample bal
r lots were printed and distributed among tn
,, country voters with an evident intention o
capturing republican votes for the fusiol
! ticket. The law provides that on the ballo
= the names of the political parties of whicl
4 the candidates are nominees must be place.
: in one column and the names of the candi
9 dates in another. The plan of the populis
n county clerk, which is thought to have EN-
= anated from the populist headquarters i
g this city, was to have the party names ar
e ranged so that the word republican wa
+ hidden in an inconspicuous place with tn
+ words ''free silver republican opposit
e the fusion nominees name within less tina
e a. quarter of an inch of the box placed o
o the margin for the voters cross. BY thi
l. arrangement it was sought to catch tn
: glance Of the voter by the word republica
# near the box but following the words fire
e silver" The name Of the republican part
% was in a column by itself and would NJ
Y have been seen unless by careful observs
II tion.
% Such an arrangement, OF course, Is clear
l. in defiance Of law and steps have been take
,, toward preventing the use of such ballo
~, on election day. The name OF the free silv'
III republican party following the name OF II
e., fusion nominee, a mark placed in the be
IS opposite it, would count as vote for Il
es fusion ticket.
C cs Bryan Home Again.
lr w ]. Bryan returned this afternoon FRO
n, his southern trip. He will speak at Strom
lie burg tomorrow morning, at Osceola al
lie Shelby in the afternoon and at David CT
u and Schuyler in the evening. During Wedne
Id day, Thursday and Friday he Will epei
o. at Falls City, Pawnee City, Humboldt, Sy
IT, acuse. Wymore Cortland and Beatrice
he An aggregation of members of the FIJI
ed regiment will reproduce their famous mi
o. o. stre performance at the oliver theater
n this city tomorrow night.
n Captain Williams OF the university 10
ball team has resigned and number
+. nlayers have left the team with him. h
valry between college fraternities has stirr
n IN trouble on the team and ili-feeling iowa
,le the coach These differences will be Sc
of fled however, and the Nebraska team W
lte close the season as strong as before.
An Base ball enthusiasts are soliciting su
an scriptions here for the proposed base p
in team to represent the city in the Weste