Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-14
IN The ARENA OF POLITICS
J'hn o. Barnard IL ENDORSED fer Chief
CLERK Of the House
NJ q popsE saEs Ma a BOOST
Motive OF Lancaster Senator'S IN Pre-
tended Revolt UnderstOod In
Omaha-GaIIoway Pass
on E2hibitiOu. .'


John c. Barnard OF Table Rock has been
IN Omaha visiting among members Of the
coming legislature and making no secret
y the fact he g a candidate for chief clerk
oG the house this time. It became known
q, st the close OF last session he would be.
lie already has the unanimous support OF
The fifteen Old rnefnbers of the house ana
that OF many others, When asked II he
would be down at the legislature this time
he laughingly replied: 'If can get fifty
one votes I Will
Mr.. Barnard has ebseh a, clerk in the
house for several terms. For the last two
sessions he has BEEN irst assistant to
chief Clerk John Wall. Prior to that he
was second clerk. He has come out OF
each session with the Equation Of an ae-
commodating and ehicient clerk.
Il do not care to make much noise over
my candidacy" Mr., Barnard. ,'If hfty-one
members Of the 100 In the house will vote
for me ] VIII appreciate II and win en-
deaver TO render as faithful service as
know how. As TO opposition cannot say
there is none. know where there Is some
opposition TO my candidacy, but Of course
any other man has the same right to run
for the once as I have. can say have
had come pretty warm encoura cement from
sion and know me,
N. P. Dodge, jr., who was in the last
house and will be In the next one, threw in
this boost for Barnard:
'If Mr. BsInards election rested with
the 100 members OF thes1S0s house he would
get the place without a dissenting vote. I
think that ought to count for something
with the new members, who may not know
him as well as we who have served with
him. He knows no bounds TO, his industry,
patience and accommodation and is as ca
pable a man as ever undertook the work.
lie and John WALL his old chief made
Nteam that could not be improved on"
Other reelected members Of the Douglas
delegation speak in the same way Of Mr..
Barnard
yes, you may depend upon it, when two
Lincoln men assume the role Of helping
Omaha there Is a niger IN the woodpiie.' I"
remarked a prominent Omaha republican
and business man, referring to the anxiety
Of the two Lancaster county senators TO
have Omaha retain the United States SEN
atorship. Their pretenso at instigatlng
a revolt against Norris Brown ana dragging
Omaha and Douglas county In as supporters
OF the movement may be adroit, but It
cannot deceive every one. II Is simply
scheme 70 annihiiate Omaha, politically.
Realizing the shock to the political prestige
Of Omaha which the loss Of the United
States senatorship Is. they as The agents
Of a large number OF crafty politicians, now
propose to finish this oity's power by lead
ing it into a trap. I imagine the Lincoln
crowd (wbon they represenD will end
itself sorely disappointed"
The Galloway Burlington pass issued dur
ing the campaign for the purpose of get
ting the university student, Galloway. to
80 home and vote the democratic ticket
and whose genuineness the world-HeraId
labored so vainly to deny, IS now on ex-
hibition in one of the show windows of a
leading store at Lincoln, where Il may be
seen by anyone Wishing to satisfy himself
further as TO its authenticity. II Is under
stood the republican asrate committee will
ask that it be sent up TO Omaha as soon
as the exhibition. at Lincoln is over and
exhibited In a window here, where the
readers Of the World-Herald may compare
it with the helabored' article they saw in
that paper. Some wit has suggested that
the World-Herald be asked to allow its
window far the purpose Of the display.
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Charles G.. Mcdonald, treasurer of the
republican congressional committee, filed
his report Of receipts and disbursements
with the county clerk Tuesday. The re-
port shows the, committee handled $40,
contributed as follows: John L. Kennedy.
$3.50; Joseph Clark, SO; George f. Thum-
nell, SIS; @, r, Butxin, SIS, F. w. Shot
well. $40. The entire sum was dlsbursed,
a detailed statement being attached, show
ing each item Of expense. The expendi-
lures were for hall rent. printing. music,