The Red Cloud chief., 1912-10-10
oioNiNo OF STATEMENT AFTER
PRIMARIES IN DISPUTE.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
ltsms Of Interest Gathered from Re.
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Asked to Make Ruling.

The right or Candidates tor the leg
islature to sign statement No. under
the Oregon plan after the primaries
has been disputed and Secretary Of
State Wait has been asked to make u
ruling. He's inclined to the belief
that candidates can sign the state
ment any time before the official bal
lot Is prepared. Some contend that q
candidate IL not entitled to have 1t
appear on the ballot that he has
signed the statement unless he signed
prior to the primaries. Those who
sign the statement agree to vote for
tho candidate for United States sena.
tor who receives the largest number
Of votes at the general election this
fall. They contend that they are
morally bound by the statement
whether they sign 1t before or after
the primaries, and II matters little
whether their agreement to be bound
10 printed on the ballot or not.
Prison Population Decreases.
The population Of the state peniten.
tiary has decreased to 394. Liberia.
ton Of prisoners by parole and by
pardon and the discharge of prisoners
by reason of the expiration OF sen.
tence and the lack of commitment Of
prisoners by the courts during the
summer vacation are reasons given
for the decrease. During the past
year or two the number Of prisoners
has averaged about 450. September
there were 405 convicts In the peni.
tentiary, according to the report Of
Warden 8. nj. Melick filed with the
governor. During the month of Sep
tember seven were received, one ON
parole returned and one escaped pris.
oner was returned. eight were dis
charged, ten wee paroled. one was
sent to the soldiers home at Milford
On furlough, and one died In the
prison hospital, leaving Q total Of 394
prisoners at the close Of the month.
Before Board oS irrigation.
Two new filings In the Loup river
power case. now before the board Of
irrigation. have been made by the
Commonwealth Power company. The
new filings for . power site ON the
Loup cover much the same grounds
- the original ones. Fees amount
ing to $2.425 were paid to tho state
engineer to cover the costs Of the
nlinds. Arguments were taken up
before the board Of irrigation on the
Babcock.D Doherty contest under the
old draft. w. N. Morning. attorney
for the Public Service leagtie and the
Public Ownership league Of Lincoln.
was allowed fifteen minutes to pre-.
sent arguments against granting any
further power rights to private enter.
prises. He also obtained permission
OF r. B. Howell. president Of the
Omaha water board. TO nls printed
brief In the case. The board allowed
one hour to each side to present argu-
ments. Jesse Root Of Lincoln and
A. M. Post Of Columbus spoke for the
Babcock.Dohe interests. and ID. J.
Painter and G. c. F1ansburg Of Lin.
coin presented arguments in favor Of
cancsling the filings.
An Interesting Relic.
After lying carefully folded away In
. pasteboard spool box for nearly
thirty.eight years. . copy Of tho frst
daily paper printed in Fremont has
been. exhibited at the rooms Of the
state historical society. Secretary C.
8. Paine secured the much prised OF.
hibit from N. w. Snails while In Ere.
mont attending the unveiling cere.
monies Of the monument erected on
the overland trails. II II the first
COPY printed Of the first issue Of the
nrst daily paper in Fremont and was
presented to Mr.. Snsils by the editor
and publisher, r. d. Kelley. Mr..
Paine also secured the hles OF the
paper dating from this first Issue down
to the time when the paper was ~
ceived regularly by the society.
Vaccination Has Been Fatal.
Vaccination Of horses with q serum
used to safeguard cattle from black
let. in . blind attempt to protect the
horses from the strange and fatal
horse epidemic. has proved to be about
40 destructive and costly to farmers
In some OF the Nebraska localities 90
has the horse malady. In Webster
and Franklin counties. especially. has
the loss been heavy. and hundreds Of
horses are dead and are dying from
the vaccination. and nothing has been
found which will stop the deadly work
Of the vaccine.
Asylum Authorities Puzzled.
With more than 100 persons being
held ut various places over the state
for admission to the asylum at Lin
coin. and Attorney General Martin Of
the opinion that the state board OF
public lands and buildings has no
legal right to expend money TO open
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