Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-16
JUAN BOYLE FILES PROTEST
Makes Formal Objection to the Candidacy
of Judge Neville.
PORTER WILL GRANT EARLY HEARING
Full Text of the Document as Placed
ON File nt the state House
Reasons why Objections
Are Made.

LINCOLN, Oct. 15.-(Special )-Secretary
OF State Porter will probably grant an early
hearing on the protest filed with him late
last night by Juan Boyle of Kearney but
it is not generally believed that 1t will be
upheld. The state house crowd, of course,
is in sympathy with Neville and 1t is not
at all probable that the popocratic secretary
of state will allow himself to be convinced
that the populist nominee in the Sixth dis
trict did not receive the democratic nomina-
ton. Following is the protest OF Juan
Boyle in full:
To the Hon. William f. Porter, Secre-
tary of State: And now comes Juan Boyle,
resident of the city OF Kearney, in the
county OF Buffalo, and who has resided in
said city of Kearney Tor the past sixteen
years, and who is a duly qualified elector
and taxpayer in said county of Buffalo and
of the counties comprising the Sixth con
gressional district of Nebraska, and objects
to the certificate of nomination of William
Neville as a candidate for congress of the
Sixth congressional district of Nebraska,
made by p. II. McEvoy of North Platte,
purporting to be chairman of the congress
sional committee of said district and w.
B. Mcneil, secretary Of said congressional
committee, which certificate was filed in the
office of the secretary OF state on the 18th
day of October, 1899, and for the following
reasons:
"First-For the reason that the said p. H.
McEvoy was never chosen or nominated to
be chairman Of the democratic congressional
committee for the Sixth congressional dis
trict, either by said democratic congressional
convention, which was held on the 18th day
of August 1899, at Lexington, Dawson
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committee of said congressional district as
constituted by said convention.
"second-For the reason that neither on
the 9th day OF October, 1899, at North
Platte. nor at any other time was there any
quorum present of the members constitut-
ing the democratic congressional committee
of the Sixth congressional district
"Third-That the said William Neville
has never been nominated, appointed or
chosen by the democratic congressional
committee for the Sixth congressional dis
trict of Nebraska, as constituted by the con-
gressional convention, that met in said dis
trict at Lexington on the 18th day OF
August, 1899.
"Fourth-For the reason that said demo-
cratic congressional convention did not au-
thorize or empower the democratic congress
sional committee of said Sixth district, either
by resolution or otherwise to place in nom
ination any candidate for congress from said
congressional district, as will appear from
the minutes OF the said democratic conven-
tion now in the hands of Secretary w. B
, 1dcaS1li OF said dsa.olrasic AZ geaGfon asit
also secretary of said congressional commit
| tee.
"Fifth-That said William Neville was not
| nominated by said democratic congressional
| convention.
"Sixth-That said William Neville was moi
nominated or appointed or elected as can
| didate for congress from the Sixth congress
sional district, by q majority of the commit
teemen from said congressional committee
as made up and constituted by said demo
cratic congressional convention.
"Seventh-For the reason that said VIII
| liam Neville Is not the nominee Of the dem
ocratic party Of the Sixth congressional dis
! trict and has no right to have his name
| placed as a candidate for congress on the
democratic ticket for the counties composing
the said Sixth congressional district.
| "Eighth-Aud the said Juan Boyle fur
| ther objects to the honorable secretary O
! state making any certificate of the nomina
tion of said William Neville by the demo
( cratic congressional committee of the Sixth
congressional district to the several county
clerks of the counties composing said con
| gressional district, and for the reasons here
| tofore given.
Witness my hand this 14th day of DC.
| tober, 1899. JUAN BOYLE.
| "State of Nebraska, Lancaster county, S.
| Juan Boyle, being first duly sworn, say!
| that the matters and things above set fortt
| are true as he verify believes.
| JUAN BOYLE.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn tc
| before me this 14th day of October, 1899
My commission expires April II, 1901.
"NARCISSUS SMELL, Notary Public