Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-25
Effort to Spring Hybrid Electoral
Ticket Illegal,
PROTEST FILED AGAINST NAMES
Secretary Junkin Asked to Protect
Independent Voters.
CASE TO BE THOROUGHLY PUSHED
victor Rosewntcr and Others sign the
Protests and win Follow Them
Through Courts to stop
Fraud.

Tn secretary Junkln 5 deClSloH Hp" ue-
pends whether the populists of Nebraska
may have electors on the ticket this fall
and whether the democratic effort to mas
querade behind the name of populists will
be successful.
A protest has been filed against the al
lowance Of the candidates of the alleged
peoples Independent party for presidential
electors, going on the ticket, either as in
dependent candidates, or in fusion with the
democrats. The Nebraska statute provides
that in the state parties shall be governed
by the action OF their last national conven.
ton. At the last national convention Of tho
peoples Independent party, which was held
at St Louis, the Nebraska delegates
headed by Thomas II. Tibbles, bolted thI
convention, refusing to abide by the noml'
nation of Watson and Williams. on return
ing to Nebraska. Tibbles and his assoc
ciates issued a public proclamation, re.
| pudiating the action of the st. Louis con,
vention, and declaring specifically that
| they would not be bound by 1t. on thI
| proclamation is based the protest against
allowing the names of eight electors to go
on the ticket in Nebraska representing the
| popust party, but pledged OF vote for
| Bryan. The populist porty of Nebraska
under the law is either bound by the action
| of the st. Louis convention, or it has no
|
zation. The national candidates Of the
party are Watson and Williams, and not
! Bryan and Kern, and the democrats have
no right to masquerade behind the name
of the peoples Independent party and try
| to steal it's organization to secure votes
| for the nominees of the Denver convention.
Text of the Protest.
To prevent the furtherance Of this fraudu-
lent plan. Victor Rosewater a republic
can national Committeeman for Nebraska,
| II ed with Secretary Of State Junkn yes
terday afternoon the following protest
| against the proposed steal of the populist
organization by the democrats;
The undersigned duly qualified
electors of the State OF Nebraska
hereby enter protest to the nomina
tion petition and statement OF Doug
las shawvan OF Boone county as the
candidate for presidential eleotor OF
the peoples independent party from
the Third district, and object to the
insertion of the name of the said
Douglas Shawvan upon the official
primary ballot OF the peoples indie
pendent party for the primary election
to be held in the state OF Nebraska
on the first Tuesday in September,
1909, for the following reasonBI
/. Because said Douglas shawvan is
pies independent part.
2. Because the names signed to the
petition asking that the of the
said Douglas Shawvan be placed upon
the ballot of the peoples independent
party are not names OF electors, in
fact, affiliated with the peoplH indO-
pendent party.
g. Because said petition and nomina-
tion statement on behalf OF the said
Douglas Shawvan are not filed In good
faith, in the interest of the peoples
independent party, but, on the contrary,
are designed and calculated to per-
petuate fraud upon the electors OF
Nebraska, and under false pretensea
and by deception to divert votes for
the presidential and vice presidential
nominees of said peoples independent
party and to deliver such votes to the
presidential and vice presidential nom-
inees OF the democratic party.
Objection 10 also herewith made to
the use of the party designation nPeo-
Pies Independsntp party by said Doug
las Shawvan for the reason that he
does not recognize and support the
candidates OF said peoples inde-
pendent" party placed in nomination
at its last preceding national oonven-
tion, regularly called ana held In the
city OF st. Louis, in the month OF
April, 1903, but, on the contrary, ~
openly pledged to vote for the canal
dates of the democratic party.
wherefor your demonstrators re
, quest that the petition ana nomination
r statement OF the said Douglas Shaw
n van be for these reasons rejected.
Cameron Also Covered.
A similar protest was filed In the case
of A. d. Cameron of the sixth. The pro-
| eli ~ n
u electors of the congressional districts in
- which the nominations are made the
Third and Sixth Before leaving for Chi
cago last evening for further conference
with Chairman Hitchcock, Mr.. RosewateI
- said:
This matter will be pushed with all
vigoT 1t is to combat the proposed
d fraud on the voters Of Nebraska that I
have made the protest. l object to the
bare-faced attempt Of the democratic Or
ganization to capture the peoples lnde-
e pendent party lock, stock and barrel. in
>, Nebraska. The honest populist who
= wants to vote for Watson should be per-
y mitted to do so, but he will not have
n this privilege If the Tibbles crowd sue
n ceeds in its plan to turn the party or
.s ganization over to Bryan. The st. Louis
IA convention repudiated Bryan, and Tlbbies
~ and his associates bolted that convention
p, thereby resigning their connection with
the party. They publicly avowed their
desertion Of the party and Its nominee
q and now they have no right under the
. Nebraska law to do what they are at
tempting l will see that the case Is
l. fully p ushed in the courts II necessary
Friday was the last day on which pro-
tests against the filings Of shawvan and
Cameron could be protested. Other fiji.
n ing for the same purpose will be protest ted
s. for the same reason Secretary Junkir
f. has not yet fixed the date for hearing.
A. Cadets Confer with Wright.
~ WASHINGTON, July "a The eight CO.