Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
LINING Up FOR PRIMARY
Week Has Seen Large Number Of
States Put Up by Varied Interests.
LITTLE DOING IN STATE FIGHT
All Aspirants for Congress Busy and
Each Processes TO BE Satisfied
COmmissiOnership Fight
is Warm.

Although the state wide primary in
which candidates of all political parties
for all officers to be voted on this year
is scheduled for next Tuesday, the week
has closed with comparatively little local
excitement over the primary preliminaries.
On the republican side there seems to be
only two real fights, outside of the per-
sonal rivalries for other places on the
ticket. These fights center around the
, nomination for congress and the nomina-
ton for county commissioner.
The three candidates for the congress
sional nomination have been making each
a personal canvass of his friends. On
the surface the three candidates, Black
burn. Jefforis and Saunders, have been
serving as their own campaign managers.
Each of them has been spending some
time in the two outside counties and the
county precincts and each expresses un-
bounded condolences OF certain success.
The commissioner fight Is between W.
C. IRE and George d, Rice. Mr. Ure is
the present county commissioner for that
district and Mr. Rice is at present mem
Der Of the school board and formerly its
president. Both are making their cam
pagns or their records In these respective
offices Ure is sending out literature. lay
ing stress on improved condition OF the
countrys finances during his three years
Of office and his previous services as
member of the real estate eaxchange tax
committee In the fight for taxation OF the
franchised corporations and railroad ter
minals. He is urging that the opposition
to him is due to his fidelity to the tax
payers interests and asking an endorse
| ment in the form OF second term. Mr.
Rice, besides taking advantage OF his
record on the school board. is getting the
benefit OF some of the opposition devel-
oped by Ure by some his more or less
unpopular moves.
| Little Interest In state Ticket.
The republican state ticket has attracted
no particular attention beyond one or two
offices. Governor Sheldon would have been
accorded almost unanimous support even
| II he had competitor. For state auditor
| George Antilles seems to have the prefer
ence, because Of his local residence and
acquaintance and for railway commits
sioner the Swedish republicans have been
pushing c. L. Hedlund of Holdrege, al
though Myron d. Carr has been receiving
some support bocause he once lived here.
The legislative contest has focused down
! to comparatively few of the entries. There
are legislative states galore. gotten out by
! all sorts Of clubs and organizations and
nearly all of them contain the names of
! Adkins, MrGiton and Swanson for state
senator and of Daugherty, Koutzky, Shan
] nahan, Tuler, Leeder. Huntington and
| Wapplch. The Equal Rights recommenda-
| tions add Harvey and Barnes, while the
| Railway Employees association list takes In
Harvey and Hauck. Some Of the Fonte-
! nelles would prefer Crook to either OF these
| two. There are two colored republicans In
the entry list, with opposing followings
| among their own people one set being
! lined UP for Lewis and the other for
Plumber The Anti-saloon league has sent
| out circulars putting its trade mark on
| Berquist for senator and Harry Stone for
! representative on the republican side and
for Bennett and Montgomery for represen-
tRtives on the democratic side, while the
Personal Liberty league has o. KID every
body but these four avowed prohibitionists.
The county attorney contest among the
republicans appears to have narrowed down
to Holister and Kinsler. while for the va
cant coroner's place there are three con-
testants, Brewer, Crosby and Jackson
seemingly leading in the order named. The
coroner's competition has been played
| largely among the street railway men
Crosby being the son OF road officer anc
Hoffman, seeking the democratic nomina
tion. being the son-in-law of another street
railway man.
Democratic wild West show.
The democrats have been playing poll
tics as a wild west show here in Omaha
with Mayor Jim as the political Buffalo
Bill, occupying the center OF the arena
The legislative ticket has developed som,
contest and slate-msking. The corporation
slate. which started out with Reagan, Ran
som and Tanner on 1t for senate nomna
tions, has been amended TO substitute ES
Howell for Reagan. and runs all down thu
list. Fleharty Of South Omaha expects
large vote for attorney general In Dougla
county.
The Water board place belonging to TN
republicans is sought by the present In
cumbent I. z. Congdon, as against charie
! Unit, Billy Arnold and KID Briggs Tn
! place belonging TO the democrats seems Il