Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-19
Nebraska
RUSHING IN THE CANDIDATES
Democratic Managers Hustling to
Get Their Lists Complete.
MERLE ELEcToR IN SEWARD
Robert Ross of Lexington Make,
Personal Filing at state House
for President-other Can
didates Come In,
tFrOm a staff Correspondent


Wrom a Staff CORRESPONDENT
LINCOLN, March lS-(Special l-Secre-
tary Of State Wait was the busiest man
IN the state house today and there is
every prospect he viii continue 10 be
thoroughly occupied until after i. m.
tomorrow when the time expires for fiji
ing for places on the primary balloe.
Up to the present the democrats are
short candidate for elector in the sec
ond district and Secretary Leo Matthews
OF the state committee was working
overtime crying to get things fixed up.
1t had been arranged that Sophus Nehle
OF Omaha should I'll for the place, but
he has neglected to do so up to the
present Matthews said he thought the
filing would be here in time. but il it
was not, they would have someone else
ready at the last minute. -
The Taft and La Toilette delegates
have all made their filings and accept
ances OF the petitions, the last of them
being received this morning.
Ross Files Again.
Robert G. Doss. OF Lexington came in
this morning and made filing IN person
Of petitions 10 have his-name placed on
the preferential ballot as a candidate
for President. lie had two petitions.
one republican and the other democrat.
AS the petitions were all i'm regular
form Secretary Walt accepted them and
the name will go on the ballot Of both
parties. Ross made a filing some time
\ ago, but II was inyalidated by the with
drawal OF number OF the signatures.
Those who signed the republican petition
all reside in Lexington and are us fol-
lows: W. Z. Jennings. William Thomp-
\ son, +. E. Shiyers. NJ. +. Morganson.
Gust Fierlelber. f. W. Farr, Emmett f.
leek, \. Torrey, II. Z. Rank, ]. $. Baker.
]. NJ. Gilmore, +. h. Gehrlng. 7. J.
o'Conner. c. f. Hyde, c. T. o'Connor,
~ L. Hastings, l.. W. Ross, Albert
Briggs, c. Pardon, +, w. Parker. ]. ].
Seaman, y. L. Burns, A, Dobn, o. Il.
Nafzlger. T. NJ. Hosic. The democratic
petition Is signed by w. L. Rifle. w. w.
kohler, J. II. Shurtz, II. Berger. J. II.
Kinlow, c. vanclive, Lon Smith, J. T.
Corder. f. p. speck. W. d. Smith. Oscar
Martin, F. L. Tillotson, +. Lamis. Ira
courtier, w. L. Jacobson. +. II. Jacob
son, Leslie Burns Of Lexington: Ira Ber-
lyman, u. Harrison, Charles Bergman.
j.. L. Pedra, Troy Bergman. A. +.
Schnoringer, r. c. coc George Bailey,
Frank Bergman OF Cozad.
Other Filings.
Following are the other filings made
up to noon: L. Luther Heikes, Dakota
City. republican for representative from
the Thirteenth. district: Henry Gerdes.
Falls City, populist, senator First dis
triot, previously filed as democrat;
Woodruff Ball, Valentine, republican.
senator. Twenty-elght district; S. NJ.
Bailey, democrat elector Fourth district;
i. H. Piacek, democrat and populist,
senator Third district; George W. Chap
poll Enders Lake. republican, represen-
tative, Fifty-fifth district: Ferdinand
Koch. democrat. representative. Twenty
second district.
Win Maupin decided that his Joke an.
nouncement took 30 we'll that he filed
as a democratic aspirant for railway
commissioner. .... rH..
Charles p. whitesides entered as a dem.
ocrat and populist candidate for secre-
tary OF state and r. Whitehead OF Goth
enburg registered as a democrats as
prant for state superintendent
A populist petition for Woodrow vii.
son for president was received, headed
by C. d. Stoner of osceols. Arthur Null
Zen also got In with a democrat petition
for Champ Clark.
The popullsts filed a partial list OF
candidates for electors as follows: Frank
oTsth, Tekamah, at large; c. NJ. LemaA
wahoo, Fourth district; C. NJ. Bailey
iFairbury. Fourth district; ovando Cowles
Valley. Second. s.
Democratic candidates for delegates to
the national convention as follows en-
tered: John ]. Ledwlth. Lincoln, First
district; John Hartigan, Fourth district
j. J.. Dunn. delegate at large, Omaha
DR.. r. o. Weber, wahoo. Fourth dis,
trict.
c. R. oyler. socialist, Lincoln, filed fol
congress.
The following democrats added popuIis
petitions 10 democratic ones already or
file:
". G. STAN, railway commissioner
George E. Hall treasurer; Andrew ii
Morrissey. attorney general.
The following senatorial and representa-
tive filings were made: Charles krum
bach, democrat and popuist, Shelby, sen
ator. Eleventh; Jacob Klein, Beatrice
democrat. senator, Fourteenth; Benjamin
A. Brewster. chadron. democrat, senator
Twenty-eighth; Hugh a. Allen. Atkinson
republican. senate, Twenty-fourth: II. {
Williamson. Pleasant Dale republican
senate. Twelfth; Ben 7. Skeen. Brown.
vile. democrat. house. Third; J. J. Car
lin. Bassett. democrat house, Fffty-fifth
Charles H. Busch, Nebraska C~y. repub.
ncan. house. Sixty-ninth: VIII c. Israel
Benkelman. republican. house, Sixty
ninth
John ]. Ryan and Joseph Piyonka
south Omaha police commissioners, today
filed answer to the custer petitions ia
which they denied the allegations made
against them and in addition said thai
the petitions did not state things suffi.
cient to warrant their removal even II
proven.