The Washington herald., 1908-08-17
BIG HELP TO BRYAN
Primary Decision Will Make
Votes for NebraSkan.
ADMITTED BY REPUBLICANS
DeeisiOn Allowing the Peoples In
dependent Electors to Go on the
Ballot Means n Gain for Bryan Of
About $4,000 in the State-Decfded
by Republican Secretary

Lincoln. Nebr.. aug I5.-Openly scof1ng
at the claims Of Democratic leaders that
Nebraska would cast its Presidential vote
for Bryan. evsH the more sauguine' Re
pubIicans have come within the Ast week
20 acknowledge that the decisions OF q
Republican Secretary OF state regarding
primary filings add tremendously 10
Bryan-s strength in the State = : Allen,
chairman Of The Democratic state central
committee. insists that these decisions.
whereby the Peoples Independent cleo
tors. who sought 20 fuse with the Bryan
Democrats. are allowed 20 place their
names on the ballot mean a gain OF at
least 1900 FOR the Fairview leader
The decisions follow The despsrate ef-
forts Of Victor R0sewater Republican
national committeeruaa. % head Of the
vote Of Nebraska Populists fer Bryan
Defeated temporarily. he may carry rhe
questions TO the supreme Court Tor re-
view. but tfis Is deemed improbable
Pledged 40 Bryan.
The state conventions Of the Demo
cratic PARTY and the Peoples independent
Party were held n Omaha IN March and
at that time both parties proposed .denti-
Z al names for Presidential electors and
pledged them first. last. and all the time
I 90 tie support Of Bryan The People
independent Party has SO long thrown It's
strength with the Populists that tie fact
that il Is essentially a Nebraska party,
t and independent at that was lost sight
Of. The P L delegates went 10 the
E Pop-lis- convention at St Louis and were
admitted to the convention by courtesy.
as T. II Tibbles. the head % the party
/ states IT, The St Louis convention want
ed Watson. The Nebraska P Is did
not They proposed that the tail should
,xar the dog. but the dog would esciIIate.
land the p 7 delegates withdrew IN dis
gust and repudiated the work Of the con
T vention-
Mr. ROsewater's Hand
Enter Rosewater. national committee
man
With the p. 7 electors pledged brevoca-
bly, TO the support Of Bryan. Roscwate-
Insisted that the Watson POpuHsJs II
the State were being defrauded. inasmuch
as they would cast their vot-- for electors
who were pledged not 20 Watson. bUt q
Bryan. This protest excited the P !
headers. and when Rosewater argued n
behalf Of his protest and sought 20 have
the names OF seven OF the eight electors
excluded on a charge OF fraud. the office
Of Secretary OF State JUnk'n. who hear,
the arguments. was verbal battlefield
OF much loquacious slaughter IN decid-
fne the case. Nj Junkin took cognizanc'
Of these facts that Il there were an,
Watson PopuIists in the State. that they
we're rot sufficiently afraid Of being de
fr1uded 20 enter a protest on their &C.
count. that an electOr IS State officer
and that under the Sundean decision from
tbs. Nebraska Supreme Court parties could
fuse their forces
U-ndismayed by this defeat. Committee
man Rcse7ater then protested agains
the publication OF the name Of Sophu
Noble on the primary ballot as q P
elector. because his party had not pOlle'
L per cent of the vote cast at the las
general election IN the Second Congress
si9naI district. whence Noble came
FIRST Blood for Republicans.
Attorney General Thompson offered al
opinion that a political party must poll
per cent Of the entire vote. not only f.
the entire State. but IN the district o
county from which candidate comes. Il
order for the party 10 have the legal -igh
20 candidates. So far the battle was &
favor OF the Republican protestant
, But the manner Of computing the rea
strength Of the P L party in the Secont
district was open 20 a half-dozen inter
pretations. depending entirely on wha
Offices were considered in c0mpa-in
T Democratic and fusion strength Rose
! water used the vote cast for Sundea,
: and ATillard for university regents il
1857. and found that Suudeau's strength
! as q fusion candidate. was only 1I6- Thi
was much less than 1 per cent Of tn
: normal vote Of the district But Noble
I attorneys said such reasoning was faila
: cious. and cited the instance OF one coun
! " where the fusion candidate receive