Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-20
WEEMAN TRUE TO HIS NAME
Declines 10 Be q Candidate on the Ian
caster County Ticket
BRYAN AND METcALFE TO CONVENTION
Socialist Petition to Compel Placing
of Their Candidates on Douglas
County Ballot Taken UP
in Supreme Court.
CFrom a Stan correspondentJ

brom stan CorrespondentJ
LINCOLN, Sept. 19-(Special THE demo-
Gratis OF Lancaster county this afternoon
held a county convention and by nomi-
mating some men who we're not present
succeeded in naming a county ticket and
selecting delegates TO the state convention
tomorrow Both w. J. Bryan and r. L.
Metcalfe are on this delegation. John Wise
man, who was proposed for register OF
deeds declined the honor with emphasis,
because, as he said. he had been a candi-
date for years on a democratic ticket, had
never been elected and was tired Of It.
In their resolutions the democrats con-
graduated the republicans on their plat
form and then went further and asked the
legal department Of the state to proceed
against the issuance of street car passes.
which the resolutions claim is contrary to a
law enacted by fusion legislature.
The populists held no county convention,
but got together in a mass convention to-
night.
The resolutions adopted by the democrats
are as follows:
We. the democrats Of Lancaster county,
in convention assembled, congratulate the
republicans of this state upon their late
conversion as expressed by their condem-
nation OF the free pass system In their last
state convention. This doctrine of equal
opportunities TO ali and special privileges
TO none is smon-pure democracy We call
upon the republican party Of this state to
prove its sincerity by using the judicial
machinery Of the state to enforce the CAT
issuance of passes for political purposes, a
law enacted by fusion legislature. We
beg further to call their attention to the
enactment 70 be found page H5 of
Wheelers statutes. prohibiting the issu-
ance Of passes over street lines and
providing penalty therefore
Resolved, That we reaffirm the princi-
pies Of the democratic party as expressed
in the last state platform.
RaEnlVah- WI "a q n M n
ocratic doctrine of retrenchment and be-
neve that the state government can be
run with equal efficiency for two-thirds
the amount now expended
Resolved, That we favor retrenchment
IN the several county ofilces s, to the effect
be cut off and their unearned salaries be
kept in the pockets OF the people.
Resolved. That we deplore the death of
our time-honored citizen and veteran dem
ocrat. Captain A. s. Godfrey. whose death
occurred In this city last week. And be 1t
Resolved. That we tender our sympathy
TO his bereaved family in their hour Of af-
Fiction,
Socialists Get Into Court.
The supreme court this afternoon granted
an alternative writ Of rnandamus against
County Clerk Drexel of Douglas county,
20 compel him to place on the ballot the
names OF Clark w. Adair and other nom
inees of the socialist party in Douglas
county. The writ is made returnable Oct
ober g. The socialist party nominated it's
ticket by convention instead of by primary
election. as provided for in the Dodge pri-
mary election law, enacted by the last elec-
tion, which applies only to Douglas county.
The decision in the suit will settle the
question OF the constitutlonality of the
J. -sAary election law.
Incidentally the issuance of this writ to-
day will come as a surprise to some people
uyln Ipaa rim hal bad
weeks ago. County Attorney Slabaugh of
Douglas county being among the number
laborng under this impression. AS mat
ter OF fact, however, the court. had no
knowledge OF the suit being filed until to-
day. During vacation Attorney George
Magney filed his petition for-the mandamus
without first getting permission of the
court, which is necessary when an original
suit is filed in the supreme court. County
Attorney Slabaugh then Immediately filed
a demurrer TO the writ which he imagined
had been issued. Both sides then calmly
sat back and began to speculate upon
what the court would do. When slabaugh
reached Lincoln this morning he discov-
cred he had filed a demurrer against some
thing which did not exist insofar as the
court knew The court, however, very
good naturedy took up the petition which
had been fled granted TIE alternative writ
and set the date of the hearing October g.
Answer in wOOdmen Case.
County Clerk Drexel of Douglas county
fed his answer to the petition OF Attorney
General Brown for a mandamus to compel
the clerk to spread the assessment OF the
reserve fund of the Woodmen OF the World
over his records. The court granted the
clerk ten days to file briefs. In his answer
Mr. Drexel sets up that the law has been
Al. Ill A.
the order was included in the assessment
OF S3S, $40 fixed by County Assessor Reed.
The answer, alleging that the reserve
fund had been assessed came as a distinct
surprise to the legal department OF the
state, as II has been considered there was
no question but what the County Board OF
Equalization had absolutely refused to con-
slider the reserve fund.
Detective Bentley Weda.
w. A Bentley. former city detective, who
broke into the limelight August % because
Mrs Bentley took a dose OF chloroform and
ended her life, was married last week to
Miss Ethel Scott of this city. The wedding
occurred in Colorado.
students FIOckinR In.
Today was the first day of registration al
the university and the town is being rapidly
Allied with students. Committees are meet
ing all trains to assist new students in find
ing rooms and board.
Governors Busy Week.
Governor Mickey, during the next few
days, will oficiate at the laying OF the cor
nerstone of a court house the unveillng o
q monument and a witness in the rail
road tax suit. The monument to be un
veiled is to the memory OF the NebraskS
soldiers who we're killed during the Span
ish-American war. and the ceremonies viii
occur in Omaha, September p. 1t is upoI
this same date that Governor Mickey hal
been summoned to testify In the railroad
tax case. subpOenas In this case have sls'
been issued for George b. Follmer, Georg
Marsh. members OF the Board Of Assess