Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-07-22
PRESS CAMPAIGN IS ON
Partisans Of Sedgwiok and Reese Are
Busy Lining Up County Papers,
FIGHT FOR REVENUE OFFICE
Chairman w. n. Rose and Ross Ham.
mOnd Are Bringing Pressure TO
Bear on United states
Senators.
frrnm a stan CorrespondentO

| on the republican side OF the state cam
paign, although the partisans Of Judge
! Sedgwick and Judge Reese, who are to be
the opponents for the nomination for SUI
preme Judge have been plugging away
| steadily for their respective candidates
For the present the work on both sides is
being directed toward the organization Of
press bureau batteries and working strings
to line, up on one side or the other all the
! country weeklies OF republican persuasion
! throughout the state. II is safe to say that
political paragraphs are being written
right here in Lincoln for half the repuh-
lican papers In Nebraska Ross Hammonds
Fremont Tribune is authority for the as
sertion that during the past two weeks
approximately fifty Nebraska newspapers
have volunteered their support to Judge
Reese, and doubtless many more will de-
clare for him this week" Just how many
newspapers have been annexed in behalf OF
| Judge Sedgwick has not been given out,
but they number at least more than
score.
Rose Versus Hammond.
| While this press bureau prelude to the
coming state primary is being carried out,
another play seems to be on within the
reform" part Of the press in the nature
OF a canvass as between State Chairman
w. B. Rose and Editor Ross Hammond
for endorsements and appeals to the two
United States senators to forthwith sub
stitute one or the other OF these asprants
in place of United States Collector of In
ternal Revenue Elmer b. Stephenson. Ac-
cordng to inside information, Hammond
not long ago, sent out bunch of letters
to friendly quill-drivers, asking them to
give him a boost for the place, with
view specially toward putting a little pres
sure on Senator Norris Brown The inocu-
lation took quite freely and whole bou-
quet of posies came In FULL Of sweet
scented fragrance for the Fremont editor
As soon as Roses friends discovered what
was doing, they, too got busy, with the re-
suit that they likewise brought down a
fair killing Of newspaper recommendations
for the state chairman. A few papers Of
press bureau fame who found 1t difficult
to choose between the two candidates, con-
tented themselves with calling upon the
two senator's to fire Stephenson forthwith,
II not sooner, without waiting for cold
weather, and give the job, with the sal
ary attached, either to Rose or to Ham
mond, they didn't care which.
Supreme Court CIerIxship Involved.
How these two competitors for the in
ternal revenue collectorship should be
hitched up in double harness, pulling the
Reese wagon has seemed inexpicable but
some illusions in the press bureau circuit
to alleged reasons why Chairman Rose is
dead set against the denomination Of Judge
Sedgwick may be a hint to a possible ex-
PLANTATION. 1t appears that Rose was one
among many applicants for appointment
as clerk of the supreme court when Lee
Herdman was pried loose from what was
known as the best-paying place in the
state. The award was made by Judges
Barnes and Sedgwick, Judge Holcomb be-
ing a silent partner, and while Barnes
voted for N. D. jackson and SedgwiclS for
: Victor Seymour, they finally compromised
on Harry c. Lindsay, who made Seymour
his chied deputy, and Jackson was later
, taken care OF by appointment as supreme
court commissioner. What determined
Lindsay's success at that time was the
practically unanimous endorsement OF the
, republican press. The suggestion is now
made that Rose has not given mp his
2 hopes OF landing the supreme court clerk
) ship and has two strings to his bow. II
Judge Sedgwck should be displaced, a
, new clerk OF the court might be within
! range, and II this situation could be
brought about, It might solve the problem
! by satisfying Roses ambition and at the
same time clearing the track for Ham
t mond to land the federal plum without
| further obstacle.
couple of state house politicians were
discussing this phase of the campaign yes
terday, and one of them declared: IF this
D judgeship contest is really a fight for the
r clerkship Of the court, It's too bad Lind
E say and Rose can't come out in the oper
4 and settle It between them. ] wish we
E could add a space on the primary ballot
r for clerk of the court, and let each OF
{ them file their names, under agreement
= that the one polling the highest vote
A should have the place. That might give u'
3 a chance, then, to choose supreme Judgt
I strictly on the merits OF the candidates
, Democrats in Dense DesDOnd.
The meeting Of the democratic state com
mittee last Tuesday accomplished only one
! thing and that was to prove that the
democrats and populists are still at sea al
. to candidates, and that their only purpose
in going through the forms at this years
primaries is to hold the organization In
Z tact and preserve fusion for next year
when a presidential ticket, with Mr.. BryaI
at the head, may possibly inspire then
' with some enthusiasm and a ray of hope
' The names mentioned as supreme judgeshiI
possibilities were ex-Judge Sullivan o.
! Columbus Judge Loomis of Fremont ant
Judge Albert of Columbus. 1t was stated
: for Judge Sullivan that he would not, unde
any conditions. accept the nomination. Th
most likely democratic nominee is Judg,
] Albert who is a populist. He claims Z
be able 10 hold the populists in line, and 4
: the popullsts insist on having the candi
date, II is certain to be theirs for tn,
asking. The democrats would like to throw
them will-o'-the-wisp this year, when
fusion nomination is nothing more than al
a empty honor so as 20 be able next yea
a TO corral all the good places for democrats
p, in case there is better prospect OF cash
ing in a certificate OF election. accidental,
or otherwise.