Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-13
Nebraska
METCALFE'S STOCK GOES UP
Following Announcement Of Combi-
I nation Things Look Brighter.
LANCASTER WANTS METcALFE
Friends Figure that IL Would Inject
BRYAN Into the Campaign to
Ada Strength 20 the
q. k]H Ticket.
crrom a statf correspOndent.l

CFTOm q GlhIL SOAA cSRSAANA~N-
LINCOLN, Aug. special)-Folowins
.ho Iumn Of friends OF Governor Shallen-
berger into the Metcalfe band wagon
tbrouehout the state and the official an
nounoemeft from Arthur Mullen that ne Is
for Metcalfe, the stock of the associate
eA,tor OF the Commoner, has gone up con-
.,dsran,lv. Today 1t was told around town
that friends Of Mayor Dahlman also IN
tended to place the name OF MetcaAe gu
their slate in Lancaster county
Friends of both gubernatoria1 carolo@1eS
A. lancaster county desire Metcalfe nonh-
mated for the reason that his nonnnauoh
nil insure q vigorous campaign AT the
naDds Of Mr.. Bryan for the election OF the
s,ckat this fall. These same parties insist
.hat tha nomination of Mr.. Hitchcock viii
.~.oLa the ticket top heavy and that ne
-o,,ld add no strength to either snaieh-
h.rger or Dahlman or at least not as Huoh
~.rsngth as Metcalfe. So, for that reason
= majority OF the friends Of both canuioa.es
g. governor will vote for Metcalre IN TINS
.o,,ntv though willis Reed OF Manson VIM
nonna An for a share of the votes
n a expected that w. r. Jackson Oh ~
.rarsitv place will be included IN this eouli's
An the Shallenberger slate tor inc Ie'-9o
sbat Mr.. jackson attended the
narger- Metcalfe meeting aast hlsnI VIZ" ~.
the club was organized JACKSON sa.o ~. :,
nie ,,,ara very good out in his part OF
=. - 'o,,Dtv hut he believed that frienos
eas governor should be on hand primary
- =. 20 nreyent any of the county opuon
aemocrats from going astray.
,.TTu,,,oraitv Place is the hotbed OF county
.to0,sta" he said, "and we are sur
-s,,ndad With them. For that reason
.S,,,l this club should be on hand 10 sec "
:. ,hat they stay In our own party
NJ jackson has long been an aoVoc@.e
chanaa in the .Slocumb law ana IN
4 Irn,versity. Place he was elected CITY ueoe-
- ON the prohibition ticket. His preseh1e
I - shauenberger-M etcalfe meeting lho-
-. mai Governor Shallenberger is trying
- ~sav with the temperance people OF TINS
,,1,v ana. incidentally, Mr. jackson prop
sh,v secured a place on the shallenpersef
~,at~ nv his endorsement OF the ciuD VI
EsnAn@tiOn. o,o..,..
Nratcalfa. has sent to both Willis Reed ano
Mr. hitchcock, his competitors for inc nom
snation. letters of coincidence over their ue'
feat and soliciting their help IN the cam,
naign TO follow the primary he assuleu
both Of them that he appreciated "h~'
they did to help him get the nomination..
From
paign OF education win be carried on &c
preyent parties from voting in more than
one column on the ballot sheet The law
provides that no man need tell his party
aSolation. but that no voter may cast
his vote for candidates except on one party
ballot. In other words. II democrat votes
Cor n republican at the head OF the ticke'
he cannot vote for any democratic eandi'
date. II he does his ballot will be thrown
out and not counted.
This form of ballot is a sample OF the
work of tie late democratic legislature the
first one Nebraska ever elected.
Comparative Figures.
The open primaries put out OF business
all corresponding statistics OF the past on
set on file in the office Of the secretary o.
state showing a comparison Of the vot'
on Aldrich and Hinshaw in the FOURTH
congressional district in 1905 may be of in
terest: MI,