Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-27
IN The ARENA OF POLITICS
Good Government League, so-ollled, Gives
Out It's Ticket
LIST OF NAMES PRINTED BEFOREHAND
Name of Register of Deeds IL Not
on Ballot, Explanation Being
Made Filings Were
Too Late.

After a secret session of the canvassing
board counting ballots supposed to have
teen returned by mail from members Of
the Good Government league, the following
list has been given out as representing the
candida es entitled to the endorsement Of
that organization:
County Clerk. .,.John Z. DreNel
County Treasurer William Fleming
County Judge ........',...:. charles Lesll,
Sheriff ...........,........John w. Mcdonald
Coroner .'.'...'''.'.'..'...'....'E f. Bralley
sup't Public instruction. j. Bodwell
County commemorative district, e.
Just Justice S q the Peace-Georse G coekrei
w. A. Foster. 7. @. Kellogg, Eben X. Long.
Constable-C. w. Church, A. r. Hensel,
Fred McGinnis, Paul Stein. ,.,-
Board Of Education-W. II. CHRISTIE
David Cole, ]. o. Detweiler, A. c. Kennedy,
George d. Rice; short term, Charles HARD
| 1t is to be noted that the register of deeds
is not included. the explanation being that
no filings for this office had been made at
the time the leagues ballots were made up.
The certificate is signed by the executive
committeeman who testify to having
counted the ballots, but are careful not to
say how many votes were cast or whether
any votes were counted for anyone not on
the slate. Incidentally the list OF candi-
dates was in printed slips.
The Mckinley club has planned for a big
political meeting on the night of Tuesday
October 81. in Washington hall. This will
be one of the few large downtown meetings
Of the campaign and unusual efforts are
being made by the club committees to
make the gathering successful both in the
point of attendance and in the quality of
! htp NJ the evening
will be Congressman j. T. Lacey OF Oska-
loosa, Ia He wired his acceptance to State
| Representative n. z. Dodge, jr., Wednes-
day and thus quieted doubts that he could
not be secured. Congressman Lacey is
known as one of the most eloquent and con-
vincing republicans of the Hawkeye state.
He is a veteran in the party ranks and
councils and the mere mention of his per-
sonality should fill Washington hall. Con-
gresham Walter l. Smith of Council Bluffs
was instrumental in getting Congressman
Lacey for the services Of the Mckinley
club. The Council BLUFFS statesman cannot
be present owing to pressing litigation ir
the Doyle-Burns mining case, in which hi
is interested in a professional way. Tho
club will invite all the candidates on tbs
republican ticket to make addresses
Whether or not Judge Letton, republican
nominee for the supreme court, can b,
present has not been ascertained.
Il want to urge every republican whC
t cares a straw for the interests of his part!
: to attend this meeting and make it
. rousing success said Representative
Dodge. Personally think the ticket ma!
be in some danger from apathy Thi
should be shaken off and every member o
Il the party should do his duty"
County Clerk Drexel Thursday mornini
was brought face to face with an entirel,
new kink in the prelminaries leading Vi
> to the making of the official ballot. A
" the recent primary election Attorney Franl
d Agnew of South Omaha was a candidat
: for justice of the peace. He was de
J. feated. Arthur c. Pancoast winning tn
e nomination. Now comes Mr.. Agnew wit
81 petition in due form of law with tn
l. necessary signatures and asks that til
u county clerk place his name on the ballo
ID as a candidate for justice of the peace
l. but Mr.. Drexel has refused.
e Mr.. Pancoast and his friends resiste
n this attempt of Agnew. They based thei
81 opposition on the paper known as the "Can
didates certificate of application" whic
10 every candidate had to file with the count
70 clerk. This paper bears the words at tn
bottom, And I pledge myself to abid
3 by the result Of said primary election"
> Mr.. Drexel at once constituted himse
u a court for the hearing of the argumen
d advised by Assistant County Attorney Eos
e ter. and listened to the arguments of tn
y contending parties. At the conclusion h
u decided that, as Agnew had taken advar
9 tage OF the provisions of the primary la,
and submitted himself to the judgment c
the voters he can not now go on by pt
, tition or in any other way.
e. At a meeting of the Fifth Ward Republ
~ can club held last evening at Young's hal
90 Sixteenth and Corby streets, Judge Be
Is Baker, the principal speaker. TIL
Is judge spoke for an hour and touched o
% various phases of the political economy
Is the government
% II sincerely believe the primary law
20 good thing and urge. now that the peop
q have expressed themselves at the pr
10 maries, that we republicans support II
entire ticket" said the speaker "A ma
is not dishonest just because he be a demo
crat or republican. and there will be MOI
~ or less corruption, whether the party
n power he republican or democrat. Tt
Of democrats. are making a great hue an
o. cry about trusts and corruption withol
an reason. Partisans should meet one an
lg other and reason together and every pa
IN tisan should know why he afhliates wit
b. any particular party"
It's OF the tarift the Judge said he believ,
". the tariff should be revised only whel
absolutely necessary and that domest
= labor should be protected OF the nations
, currency he said the United States has Il
a finest currency in the world. He de- vote
some time to the trusts and monopolie
and said the people can be trusted and
is the sentiment of the American Peep
to be fair.
THE present cutlery against the corpori
tons has much foundation of fact. "
must use caution in handling the issI