Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-11-16
FLOOD OF OFFICESEEKERS
Governor-elect Shallenberger Having
ISerry Time OF 1t.
PROPOSES TO END IT QUICKLY
Governor sheldon is sim Undecided
whether or Not TO Call a Special
Session of the LeBisIa-
turc.
lErom a sad correspondentD

LINCOLN, Nov. 5.-tSpeclal)-Applica-
tions are pouring into Governor-elect Shal-
lenberger by the hundreds and each day
brings more and more. From rehao'e
sources It is learned that practically every
democratic patriot is an officeseeker Inc
new governor said the other day he IN
tended to make his appointments not OIL
the bat and not wait until he had taken
his own seat. so those who are hoping for
lightning to strike will have to get their
names in early or be forever barred. No
filing fee is charged.
Considerable objection has been made to
the suggestion that Mr.. Shallenberger limit
his appointments to members of the Bryan
volunteers Many of his own followers
were not of the volunteer brigade and for
that reason they fail to see why he should
shut them out of the running simply be-
cause they failed to contribute so to Mr.
Bryan's campaign fund. Some have sug-
gested that the better way would be to
appoint no volunteer because. with the ex"
ception OF one or two men, Chris Cru
enther principally. the volunteers marched
solely in the interest of Mr. Bryan.
sheldon sim In Doubt.
In the meantime Governor Sheldon is still
considering the calling of that extra session
January is coming on apace. The governor
is communicating with members of the
legislature and his action no doubt will be
guided largely by what the members shg-
gest The governor himself is not yet sure
what he intends to do, but he will make
the announcement in time TO get out OF the
way of the coming inauguration of the new
chief executive
Sore mt Lancaster.
| Numerous reports are being received in
Lincoln from out in the state TO the effect
that the republicans are sorely put out at
the way Lancaster county slaughtered the
republican state and national ticket in the
recent election. Had Lancaster county cast
its normal republican majority Judge Will
! liams would have been reelected by a
plurality OF 1900 or 800; the shallenberger
majority In the state would not have been
wiped out but the work which would have
brought out the normal majority for Shell
don would have saved the state for Taft
[ Sheldon Williams and Pollard easily. Gov
ernor Sheldon's majority in Lancaster
county was reduced some 1900 votes or
| Whereabouts
The organization, however, in Lancaster
county did all it could to save the county,
1
/ ters from which help should have come.
! The republican newspapers of Lincoln
preached Bryanism and nonpartisanism in
| practically every issue Two of them
showed how 10 scratch the ticket and took
! II upon themselves 10 designate the county
! tickets as county option ticket and saloon
/ ticket. After printing story about Mis-
! Informed persons lambasting Lincoln" one
OF the afternoon mud batteries had this
| TO say:
| The joke OF the matter is The way ram
! pant republicans threaten to punish Lin
! coin for going democratic. They say they
/ viii sit down on US in the legislature when
/ IL comes 10 appropriations for state insti.
l tutions located here. That sounds funny
/ when you stop TO think that the legislator
| Is democratic and Lincoln Is to be nenal.
! ized because II gave some OF the demo.
! cratic candidates the preference.
Move for Commission Plan.
City Attorney John NJ. Stewart has been
requested by the special committee which
is looking after city charter revision. "a