Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-07-29
CAMPAIGN IN The STATE
Batteries at Present Turned on the
Candidates for Supreme Judge.
YORK COUNTY PAPERS ON ISSUE
Grand Island Independent Sets out
the Reasons for the Candidacy
of judge Reese for the
Position.
tFrom a Stan Correspondent

didates who want to head the republican
state ticket at the coming primaries is
going merrily along the lines already in
dicated The opposing press bureaus are
keeping busy running up their preferred
candidate and running down the opponent.
although the Reese advocates seeem to
be doing most of the mud-singing while
the Sedgwick boosters are contenting them
selves with exploiting the claims Of the
outgoing judge to reelection.
Neither side seems to be particularly
pleased with what The Bee has printed
with respect to the underground circuits
behind the batteries and the wire pulling
under the surface for the 1880 United
States internal revenue collectorshp and
the fat job of clerk OF the supreme court.
The facts previously disclosed are verified,
however by statement made by T. e.
Sedgwick, brother OF the judge. in his
York Times, telling the simple truth
about the situation" for the benefit of
the public The story as told reads as
follows:
Explanation of Roses Opposition.
w. Il. Rose. deputy attorney general who
has since been made chairman of the re-
publican state central committee, was a
candidate for the position of clerk of the
nents and earnest supporters. Moreover,
he was considered a competent man for
the position and the judges looked upon
him as an available man. But Hon. II. q.
Lindsay was proposed, he had been chair
man Of the republican state committee for
four years and devoted his time and for
tune to the work of building up the repub-
lican party in the state and bring It to its
present position. He Is a lawyer of large
experience, a hard worker and an agree
ahle man to meet and Is in every way an
ideal man for the position. He belonged
to no faction of the party but 81 seeded
in winning four republican victC. les by
uniting the party discountenancing factions
ana making every republican feel that he
was needed and was welcome The de-
the rank and file of the party was ire
sistible and he was appointed to the po-
sition coveted by Mr.. Rose. Since that
time the latter has been trying to under
mine Judge Sedgwick and has repeatedly
said he would show him how II feels to be
debated. of course It was necessary first
made to several eminent lawyers all Of
whom declined to be candidate against
Judge sedgwick. Finally Judge Reese was
Sedgwck, or at least told those who ap-
preached him he was in favor OF the pres
ent incumbent. However, he was finally
persuaded to allow his name to be used
and the campaign was launched. A batch
OF matter was prepared, entirely regard
less of facts and cunningly calculated to
deceive the unsophlstcated, and was pub
lished I. in a county paper in the North
Platte. The press bureau papers" were
enlisted and took II up and dozen or
wishes of a small coterie OF office-holders
In Lincoln. have lent themselves to the
assistance OF Mr.. Rose in his efforts TO
defeat Judge Sedgwick
Situation in York Comnty.
Another interesting sidelight Is thrown by
the York Republican. which has always
been known as an arch reform paper, run
by w e. Dayton. and constantly fighting
the York Times, run by Judge Sedswicks
brother. Editor Dayton, under the caption,
I'm the Name of Justice" declines to fall
In with the other members OF the old press
bureau, and not only declares for Judge
Sedgwick but resents the accusations OF
subserviency made against him
by friends Of Judge Reese, as follows:
York county republicans will be for Judge
Sedgwick, because he has done practically
all the work of his life hero. and because
when he was a lawyer among us he was
recognized as a conscientious and able
practitioner-one of the big figures at the
bar OF the state, and an attorney in whose
that as attorney for the whole public on
the supreme bench, he has not discar rded
any OF the traits of character that m ade
him reliable as private attorney. They
know that during his whole practice year
here he never appeared as the attorney for
any railroad corporation. All who re-
mated to the district bench the. corporation
political machine was opposed to him. All
know that when he was nominated 10 the
supreme bench the entire corporation ma
chine did all In It's power to nominate an
other candidate. These things are truths
and the people of the state ought in Justice
led to think that York county republicans
have forgotten them.
... Claims Made for Reese.
On the other side. special boom edition
for Judge Reese has been gotten out this
week by the Grand Island Independent.
quoting largely from other papers and
embellished with large new portrait OF
the aged ex-judge
The demand for Judge Reese for the
supreme bench and its origin is thus ex-
planned by the Independent:
Some months ago several republican
newspapers in Nebraska, pleased with the
success of the party At the last state con-
vention and the subsequent election. in
wrestling the AFFAIRS OF the state from the
hands OF a machine far too friendly 10 the
corporations and far too greatly under
heir control, and pleased, further, with the
manner in which the legislature kept faith
with the people OF Nebraska, felt II obIIga- |
tory nevertheless. to call attention 10 the |
TACT that It was yet important that the !
iS" laws De construed Dy fair court 4
by independent judges, by a supreme state
tribunal that would provide handed
Justice.
Many republicans Of all avocations real |
re the importance OF having a fair court
instead OF an lnimical one and II is there |
lore not surprising that the republican
newspapers Of various parts Of the state |
'ehect this realization and opinion. The
Independent today reproduces the editorial
comment OF scores OF republican news /
papers upon this question and urges the 1
voter who would be informed on the issues
It stake in the present campaign carefully |
% read them.
"A careful reading OF the voice OF the
press reproduced in these pages will also
reveal a fixed conviction in the minds of
many that Judge sedgwtck is prejudiced
against some OF the new measures enacted
nto law by the recent legislature, and
especially the anti-pass law II is not I
necessary. however, to go into this matter ,
'urther at this time.
THE voters Of Nebraska demand, unless |
Ne misunderstood their convictions, a man
who will neither curry the favor Of the |
nor give ear for a moment to |
anything that panders II envy. or ill-will. /
lr hatred, or the baser disposition 70 tear
iown and 10 destroy instead OF building /
Ip or repairing. And such a man the