Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-18
POPULISTS MUST PULL OUT
Brother-in-Law Tom DEGREES There
Must Be No Ticket in the Field.
BERGE TO LEAD THE RETREAT
Auditor searIe is EnjOined by Federal
Cont from IsffoFeaEhE RecIPE0osI 3
Insurance Law Against Cali
fOrnia Companies.
CFrom a Staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, Sept. 17.-(Special For the
democrats now comes the violation of sa-
cred oaths and the elimination of popuist
nominees to help Mr.. Bryan.
George w. Berge received the popuist
nomination for governor. He took the oath
when his name was filed to abide by the re-
suit of the primary and if elected to qualify
and serve. Expediency and Tom Allen will
cause Mr.. Berge to violate his oath and
throw in their faces the nomination which
faithful members Of the populist party gave
him. He will retire and support A. c.
Shallenberger. the man who defeated him
for the democratic nomination. Mr.. Bryan
must not have a split ticket
Edwin II. Luikart is No. 2. He received
the populist nomination for state auditor.
He swore to abide by the result of the
primary and qualify and serve If elected.
Expediency and Tom Allen will cause Mr..
Luillart to decline the nomination given
him by faithful populists and support w. B.
Price the democratic nominee
+. b. Quackenbush is No 3. Lawyer and
good legislator. Man Of principle. He re-
ceived the populst nomination for attorney
general. His oath that he would abide by
the result of the primary and qualify and
serve If elected counts for nothing in the
grand grab for office. He will retire and
throw in the faces of his constituents the
honor they gave him. He will get out of
the way for a man like Harry Fleharty Of
South Omaha, who secured the democratic
nomination.
These men filed their oaths with the sec
retary OF state to abide by the result OF
the primary and II elected TO qualify and
serve. Berge and Quackenbush evidently
tried to prepare for this oath breaking
when they filed. Each filed one oath only,
each swearing that he affiliated with the
democratic and peoples Independent par
ties and each swearing to abide by the
result of the primaries" There is no
doubt this was done to salve a conscience.
Under the oaths filed Mr. Berge should
run for governor on the popullst ticket.
Mr.. Quackenbush, II an oath counts for
anything, should run for attorney general
on the populist ticket Mr. Luikart gave
his solemn word to abide by the result OF
the primary If the secretary OF state would
put his name on the populist primary bal
lot for state auditor Neither OF the three
could have had his name on the primary
ballot had he not taken the oath to abide
by the result
There is no question but that each man
, will decline. There is little doubt that
Tom Allen will see to IT,
The candidates mentioned are all on the
state ticket. Congressman are i'm the same
boat. So are numerous senators and rep
resentatives. Mcguire received the demo-
cratic nomination for congress in the First
district and Fitzsimmons received the popu-
list nomination. II Is a lOO-to-1 shot FItz-
simmons will violate his oath and decline
TO run as a populist He will u the demo-
cratic committee has anything to say about
1t, SO will Berge, Luikart and Quacken-
bush The democratic committee working
for Mr. Bryan will force these men Ia
decline their nominations and Mr. Allen
Mr. Bryans brOther-in-iaw. viii do the
forcing in the interest OF Mr. Bryan. Mr
Bryan's lieutenants will not permit a popu-
list ticket in the field.
Auditor SeRrle EniOIned.
State Auditor f. NJ. searle is temporarily
enjoined from further Withholding a licens,
from the Pacific Mutual Life Insuranc,
company and the Firemen's Fund Insuranc,
| company both OF California. The tempo
rary injunction was Issued by Judge T. c
Munger OF the federal court
The insurance department OF the audi