Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-07
WARNER FEELS CONFIDENT
Expects Strife Over County Tickets TO
Bring Out Fair Vote
NEW Jury LAW PUZZLES THE VOTERS
Authorities of Portland Exposition
Praise Nebraska for the Exhibit
~ Made Mt Lewis and
Clark Fair.
tFrom a stan Correspondents

VII "A 0lhI 1uNItHHbnuthA-l
LINCOLN. Nov. 6.-Cspecial )-"There is
nothing more to be said or DONE" said
Secretary Allen Of the republican state
committee at the close Of business tonight.
I'VE have received no word OF discomfort
or dissatisfaction from any part Of the
state and the republicans will go to the
polls tomorrow in one harmonious body.
A good vote should be polled, and the re-
publican ticket should be elected by a good
majority"
Governor Mickey, Treasurer Mortensen,
Auditor searle, Attorney General Brown
ard II. c. Lindsay. clerk Of the supreme
court, all left for their homes today to
vote tomorrow. number OF university
students who wished to go home were
able to do so for the reason the railroads
would not furnish reduced rates and the
committee could not expend the money for
the transportation.
While the campaign. insofar as the state
ticket is concerned, has been a quiet and
uninteresting one, the interest in the
county tickets is expected to bring out a
good vote. Chairman Warner still wants
20 impress on the voters not to be over
confident, but to get out and vote.
Puzzle for the Lawyers.
The legal department of the state has
been asked by the oficials Of Sioux and
Gosper counties for an Interpretation Of
the Judge Tucker law, enacted by the
legislature, providing for the selection Of
Jurors Under the terms Of the law neither
of these counties can figure just how they
can select a jury, and so far the legal de-
partment has not been able to solve the
puzzle, though it has not yet given up
In the meantime II was thought advisable
20 write Judge Tucker; but, as he has
troubles of his own. this plan has been
abandoned and the attorney general will
continue at work on the proposition,
though guesses from other attorneys will
be in order
The proposition TO be solved is as fol-
lows; Section 1874 of the supplement to
Cobbey's statutes provides:
How Names Selected From List.-That
upon the completion Of the canvass or
election elect 20 returns said board shall select at
Vided that the tally sheet contains that
many names; If the tally sheet does not
number OF names contained on said sheet,
in all counties having less than 800 in
sbs dIda tb ne nnSbeT of eIectoTs 10 Ss
selected by the number of the voting pre-
cincts and allot to each voting precinct the
quotient number thus obtained; then
the board shall divide the number of names
found upon each tally sheet of each voting
precinct by the qiotient or number allotted
to each voting precinct then shall count
from the top Of the tally sheet of the pre-
cinct the number of names Of this last
quotient,/ the last name OF which shall be
selected and put into receptacle as here
matter provided; then again count down
Corresponds 10 the number of this quotient.
until the full quota of names from said
precinct shall have been chosen, and thus
cinct, until the required number of names
shall nave been selected. and the names
so selected shall be furnished to the clerk
~ the district court of the county his
The county attorney of Sioux county re-
ports that his county cast 404 votes in 1901
In the county there are thirteen precincts
Tho vote was divided among the precincts
as follows L. a. II, IS. n, %, IS. 20, Is, %
80, 81. "a According TO the law enacted by
the last Legislature It would be necessary
90 divide the total vote = 4O4 i by the
number OF precincts - thirteen which
would give thirty-one and fraction. Ther
the vote In each precinct would have to b.
divided by the thirty-one. Take the pre-
cinct where only twelve votes were cas-
and find how the jury can be selected
under the law.
That Is the puzzle the attorney genera
IS trying to work out. and his helpers ar
not backward about saying they will TAX
suggestions from any quarter. The Law
works equally as bad In other counties. a
there will be fraction in most instances
Compliment for Nebraska,
Chairman w. p. Warner of the Nebrask
Portland exposition commission has re
ceived from Chairman II. w. Goose of tn
commission the following letter compliment
tary 10 the commission and 20 the Nebras
ka exhibit:
Permit me to convey to you an expires
sion OF the high esteem in which the mem
bers Of your commission are held by IN
directorate OF the Lewis and Clark Center
nial exposition. and to thank you for I'll
splendid manner in which your state pan
ticipated, making one OF the largest an