Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
GOSSIP OF The POLITICIANS
No Candidate Can File or Withdraw His
Name After Saturday,
DEMOCRATS WANT CITY ATTORNEY TIMBER
business Man TELLS How BroRtch
Prostituted His once 49, Police
Commissioner to Brow
bent the Brewers.

The opportunity Tor candidates to get on
the municipal primary ballots will end at
noon Saturday. The Dodge law requires
al filings to be made at least thirty days
before the primaries, which this year will
be held April 3. City Clerk Elbourn, 10
whom the applications are made. announces
lac will close his office at noon as usual
and as provided by the ordinance. No
great rush of aspirants Is anticipated on
the last day or in the interim, except to
complete tickets for committee places. 1t
is thought that practically all the entries
fc the big Offices are in with not to ex-
coed dozen possible new filings.
city Clerk Elbourn gives out that candi-
dates who have filed for places on the pri-
mary ballot will not be allowed to with
draw after the filings close Saturday. Up
to that time any one who wants to may
pun out he says. but after Saturday he
will permit nothing of the kind. He holds
that in the absence of provision I'm the law
FOR withdraw walls I'm good faith any cOnces-
sions he may make in the matter are purely
gratuitous and under his control. Assist
ant City Attorney Hctdman takes precisely
the opposite view. He says any candidate
can withdraw up 90 the time the ballots
are printed, any ruling by the clerk not
withstarding
with the question still open as to whether
not a man needs be registered last fall
to pa {. pate IN the municipal primaries
stil oL,n, q nav complication has arisen
with reference to the Dodge primary law.
This time the veNation concerns the APP
pointment of judges and clerks for the
primary election. 1t has been generally
accepted that the boards, composed of
three judges and Two clerks for every pre-
cinct would be named by the council about
the middle of March, but lawyers wh)
have been studying the supreme court de.
cision on the law say this is decidedly IN
doubt. The Dodge law provided that the
supervisors Of registration act as judges
and clerks at the primary election, which
the law said would be held simultaneously
with the first of four registration days.
The supreme court knocked out the
authority for the registrars constituting
the primary election board, so it is con-
tended. On the other hand the court con-
tended that the primary was an election
and Just as much so in a legal way as
the general election for placing candidates
i'm office Following this reasoning the
question is asked whether the general
election boards named last fall are not
the proper boards to have charge and
control of the spring primaries. The Ia "
says these boards shall serve for yea
after appointment and otficate at all cleo
tions. general and special held within that
time II this view shall be accepted il
means the election boards of last November
q will run the April primaries. Prominent
lawyers have both the question of the
necessity for registration and the personnel
of the primary election, boards under con-
sdcration.
If is probable there will be at least one
uore democratic filing for the city attor-
nevship and one for the clerkship. With
regard 20 Harry +. Burnam, who has filed
for the first named place, astute demo
cratic politicians do not believe he has
the strength to stand even fighting
chance against a republican nominee. These
same leaders contend that Albert Sjoberg
is not able, physically, to make cam
paign for city clerk, and that his presence
ON the ticket would mean only so much
dead weight. The democrats have had a
great deal OF trouble getting candidates
To come out for every office, and the re
suit will he very mild and unexcitinR
primaries so far as the party is con.
cerned Jim Dahlman will have no oppo
sition for the mayoralty nomination. G.
Charles Withheld none for building in
spector. Probable contests for city CLERK
and attorney have been outlined In tn,
wards slate fixed up by democratic lead
. ers will have everything its own way and
no contests i'm some places.
An interesting sidelsht on the persona
and political characteristics of w. J
Broatch has been revealed by a converse
tion a city empoye had with one of thu
representatives, Of large iron firm tb
other day. Broatch up to a few week
ago, was engaged in the iron and heav!
hardware business. an occupation he ha,
followed for years. The other house re
ferred to has been a leading competitor
According to the statement of the cit.
employe. the representative stated in sub
stance;
Our house formerly did a considerable
business with the Omaha breweries il
selling them what is known as hoop iron
that is, material for the hoops that &
around beer kegs. Just soon a
Broatch appointed a member of tn
fire and police commission we lost thi
business and Broatch got it. We kno,
he charged the brewers much more tina
we could ask and for a certainty W
know one carload OF material was shippe
i'm here which the Broatch firm sold I
the breweries for $1,000 more than on
prices-and we would have made $500 b
are still una hIa Z