Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-02
CHAIRMAN COSS IS CONTRARY
Says He will Not Accept Filings Of
Congressional Delegations.
HIS PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION OF ORDERS
Makes Fine Distinction by which He
Accepts Judicial Filings, but RE-
iects Those of Congregational
Delegation Tickets.

Chairman Goss Of the republican county
committee, in issuing his amended call for
the primary election Of September 10, has
omitted from the filings to be made with
the county committee the candidates for
delegates to the congressional convention.
The amended call says:
The names Of all candidates for delegates
20 the county and judicial conventions to
be placed on the official primary ballot must
with a fee OF 81 for each candidate not
later than IL o'clock, Tuesday, September
When asked why he had not included the
congressional convention in this clause Of
the amended call, Chairman Goss said that
the action taken by the county committee
last Saturday did not require him to change
the arrangement for filing congressional
delegations already agreed upon by the sub
committee of FIVE and the congressional
committee. &
II have nothing to do with the filing of
congregational delegations" said the chair
man. They must be filed with the con-
gressional committee In accordance with
the call issued by that committee"
Suppose that anyone offers to file con-
sressional delegations with you as chair
man Of the county committee, will you ao-
cept the lists?"
mo-" replied Mr.. Goss. 1.-THE proper
place to file the congressional delegations
is with the congressional committee, and
we will only accept them on the certificate
of the chairman Of that committee. II any
one offers to file congressional delegations
with me his money won't be good"
How, then. are the congressional tickets
to get on the official ballot for the county
primaries7"
81 suppose the tickets will be certified to
the county committee by the congressional
committee, which will accept the filings"
"Did you not understand the resolution
adopted by the county committee last Sat-
urday to mean that the county committee
would supervise the election Of delegates
to the congressional convention the same
as It would those to the judicial conven-
tion7'
IT understand that the resolution pro-
vides for the election of the congressional
delegates at the same primaries, but there
is nothing In the resolution to require the
county committee to take the filings OF con-
gressional delegations from any other
source than the congressional committee"
Despite Mr.. Goss' peculiar construction
Of the meaning Of the resolution adopted by
the county committee last Saturday he will
~ 1AS W - Aa1 " HkOhAA I"
sionar delegations in the usual way, and IL
he refuses to do so some means will be
adopted to compel his compliance with the
plain instructions OF the committee. The
resolutions adopted by the committee Sat
urday In reference to the judicial and con-
gressional conventions say:
Resolved, BY the republ: can county CEN
trial committee of Douglas county that the
be held In said Douglas county on Friday,
September 10, 1902, provide for the election
OF forty;,seven delegates to the said judicial
Resolved. That at the republican county
previous session. sa : for Iy i Frida S9m septemb e1 1 10
1902, there be elected at said primaries by
The republican voters 9f this county ~
congressional convention.
Mr., Goas makes a very fine distinction In
constituting the meaning of these two Teso-
buttons, for in the case of the judicial
convention he proposes to accept the filings
Of delegations, whereas in the case Of the
congressional convention he proposes to re-
ject them.
In other words. he holds that it is proper
for the county committee to accept the
filings OF judicial delegations, but that con-
gressional delegations must be filed with
the congressional committee.
Tue county committee is to meet again
on September 16 for the purpose OF prepar-
ing the form of the official ballots for the
primaries, but in the meanwhile 1t is not
at all probable that three of the four con-
gressional candidates will file their dele
cations with Mr.. MERGERS campaign man
ager, to be scrutinized by him and no one
else and to be accompanied by a $50 con-
tribution to the Mercer campaign fund.
1.-THE >oficIaI primary ballots will be
printed the way we want them or we will
break. away from the county COMMITTEES
and hold our own congressional primary
in our own way" exclaimed w. f. Cur
ley while he was stu suffering from the
excitement of Saturdays meeting Of the
county committee.
"i"The ballots will be prepared by the
county COMMITTEES in compliance with the
requirements Of the law" calmly remarked
z. J. Cornish, TO whom Mr.. Gurley had
directed his exclamation.
The threat Of the Mercerites to noch
by themselves and hold a primary cleo
tion all of their own and in their owl
peculiar way does not disturb anv OF the