Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-25
Nebraska
CLEARING UP THE BALLOT
Effort Will Be Made to Get Some Of
Dead Wood Taken Off.
MUST BE VOLUNTARILY DONE
as Republican Candidate for At
toruey GeneraI-Reed Gives
State Figures ON Values.
lFrom a SAD Correspondent.l


LINCOLN, Jan. 2L-CSpec!al Telegram
An effort 10 get some of the dead wood
which now encumbers the primary ballot
and more which threatens to, come is to
be made. There is no way to do it in
some instances except to bring influences
TO bear TO have those who signed petit
tons thoughtIessly ask TO have their
names stricken off and thus leave them
without sufficient signers to validate
them.
The Ross filing for the presidency is
one of this class. The man himself prob
ably is sincere, but il is hard to conceive
how he could obtain the signatures OF
twenty-five men who really think he i-or
can be factor in the race, and such fill
ings as this, the flaming petition for the
vice presidency and the Bryan petition
filed without his consent tend to bring the
primary system into ridicule. 1t is an
nounced today that f. J. Clements of
Lincoln will enter the race as a repub-
that a petition in his favor is already
being circulated in the central part of the
state.
Berge stili Problem.
George w. Berge is Just now occupying
the position of the small boy on the
end OF the springboard. who will neither
jump into the swimming pool nor get
out OF the way that those lined up be-
hind can take a plunge. For some time
! 1t has been taken for granted that he
would enter either the gubernatorial or
senatorial race. Those who are out for
governor want hin to run for senator
and those who have an eye on the sena-
torship are telling him that 1t is the gov
ernorship that will just fit the Berge
ambition. m the meantime Berge Is
dangling his toes first in one pool and
then In the other on the opposite side OF
the springboard. but all the time holding
the point Of advantage on the end Of the
board. Some Of his friends are telling
him. however. the fractional fight over
the liquor question is not so acute in the
senatorial fold. and that, therefore. he
has better show there. Others are TAX
ing the same view as to the fight, but
I'll him that with the lines strongly drawn
on the other candidates for governor he
r. more apt to slip through and get
plurality Of votes.
Would Pull OFF Pool.
Another wheel within the democratic
machine is the effort 10 induce C. W. Pool
of Tecumseh TO withdraw from the con-
test for the gubernatorlal nomination and
permit Morehead and Metcalfe TO fight
n out. Up to Date. however. Mr.. Pool
has not been responsive to the suggestion
Some Of the republicans are wondering
Just why II is necessary TO bring a former
democratic politician down from. the
frozen north to address the La Toilette
gathering at Hastings. James Manahan
Is billed as the principal speaker on that
occasion.
T. r. Swanson. banker at Clay Cen
der, has sent\in his filing as democratic
candidate for delegate to the national con-
vention at Baltimore.
Fl Another Custer Candidate.
There is a well defined rumor afloat
that a petition will soon be filed asking
that tho name Of Jesse Candy. repre-
sentative I'm the legislature from Custer
county. will DO placed on the primary
ballot as a democratic candidate for
president OF the United States. The
fnmor credits w. ]. Taylor Of that county
as being the probable sponsor for the
filing. Candy distinguished himself In
two ways during the last session Of the
legislature-by his support Of woman suf-
frage and the persistency with which he
wore heavy fur coat during the ses-
slons, regardless of the temperature of
The room. a
Reed Gives Ills Values.
Before the railway commission today
4. W. Reed Of the engineering depart
hent of the commission was on the stand
in behalf Of the state In the hearing over
the Northwestern valuation. Mr.. Reeds
testimony as 10 valuations Of right-of- |
way is believed by the state to be Of the |
strongest character. lie testified how he |
had arrived at his conclusions by using
records Of transfers. assessment, the opin- |
ion Of realty experts and his own knowl- |
edge of values. combining the many eIe- |
ments TO get an average as basis. His |
valuations were considerably lower than |
contended for by the company.
Tuberculosis Hospital Open.
Land Commissioner Cowles has re-
turned from Kearney, where he went TO |
open formally the tuberculosis hospital. |