Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-17
TAFT CANDIDATES ARE FILED
Acting Secretary Culver Presents
Petitions from Various Districts.
DoNoHUE FILES AS SOCIALIST
o'SeiIl Man Already Filled for Con-
gress as Fusionist and Inciades
other Party. which Already
Has Candidate.
fFrom a Staff Correspondent }


Culver. acting secretary OF the state Taft
league In the absence OF Frank currie,
has filed the petitions OF the Taft candi-
dates for delegates to the national con-
ventlon and also the petitions Of the
candidates for electors. There are 7.iss
names on the petitions OF the delegates
at-large and those for the district dele
gates are as follows: First. Iss; Second.
a.sli; Third. i.l63: Fourth, 62s; Fifth, 81.
sixth, l.2i1 Additional petitions are
being received In every mall and win be
filed as received up to the time limit.
which will be 9 .. m. Tuesday. March ~
Following are the candidates placed on
the republican ticket BY the action. OF
Mr.. culrer'in filing the petitions and ac-
ceptanees OF the same:
Delegatss-atrLarge-,J, l., Webster OF
Omaha, "A vi EieId of Mncein. y, Us
Perry 81 Cambridge. r. y, schnelder q
schappen OF pawnee City. =. NJ. currie
OF HrokeA Bow. c. X. Heutsinger "
Grand Island. the last four being candi-
da!ss ss., foF '..,,sa s,ssrRa'es E j ssc,as. ~ NJ.
hawka. Frank Reavis OF Falls City, y;
II, Howe OF Auburn, Charles Marshall
Of Nebraska City. the latter two being
altefnates. w
second District-J. c, Root Of Omaha.
Of Blair. the latter two being alternates.
Third District-0suSr Sampson OF OAK
land, Y. h. Gladfelter of Central City.
Burt Mapcs OF Norfolk, Kari Kramer o.
Columbus the last two being aitefnates.
Fourth Dlstrict-R ], Fitzpatrick OF
Beatrice, ]. II. Culver Of Milford. W. L.
Overstreet Of York. j. r. Thtessen OF
Jansen the last two being aliernates
Fifth. District, n Clarke of Hast
Andrews OF Holdrege. u B. McGrew Of
bloomington, the last two being alter
mates.
sixth pistrict--A. y, cady Of ", Paul.
Harris OF Lynch. w. A, Stewart of Lex
ington, the last two being alternates.
Donohue Files as Socialist.
James. A. Donohue Of oNelli has filed
a petition as socialist candidate for con-
gress In the sixth district. lie already
has a filing rs a democrat and populist.
What looks the most peculiar is the fact
the socialists already have a candidate
in the field, Fred J. Warren OF North
Platte, and as the party is not in the
habit Of having conflicting candidates
there is suspicion that the petition In
behalf OF the. Holt county man is not en-
tirely on the square.
c. o. Lobeck OF Omaha has presented
a populist petition as candidate for
congress in the Second district TO supple
ment his democrat filing.
w. II. Westover Of Rnshville has filed
a petition as candidate for delegate-at-
large to the democratic national conven-
tion.
James r. Dean. already on the ticket
as democratic candidate for elector. has
presented a populist filing for the same
office
Ernest Won Forrell Of scott's Bluff has
filed as q republican candidate for the
senate from the Twenty-seventh district.
A number Of Clay county men have
sent In a petition to have the name Of
Roosevelt placed on the primary ballot
as preferential candidate for president.
ii. E. Reische Of chsdron is a demo-
cratic ssplrant for the house from the
Seventy fourth district. Fred Lind Of
Polk county has filed as q republican
from the Eleventh senatorial district and
Ben f.. skeen as populist from the
Third senatorial district.
]. W. woodrough and c. ]. smyth Of
Omaha filed petitions as delegates to the
democratic national convention. They
are both supposed to be In the interests
Of Woodrow Wilson as q candidate for
the presidency.
John W. Outright q well-known news
pager man. filed today as democratic
candidate for eIector from the First dis
trict
The socialists filed number OF primary
nomination papers today. as follows:
Treasurer OF state, John w. Van Allen,
Fremont; representative. d. Blank
meyer, Pender: A. P. Anderson. F're-
mont: Chris Jensen. Ingiewcod; J. II.
Loper. Lincoln; senators. Garrison Bare.
Pender; James l. chrfstofferson. Elk
horn.
Z. L. King Of OsceoIa and @. W. Neil
OF York filed this afternoon as candidates
for delegates from the Fourth district
to the republican national convention.
Tom W. Smith OF York filed as candi-
date for delegate-at-Iarge TO the demo-
cratic national convention.
W J. Taylor Of Merna, Custer county.
filed the lists as democratic candidate
for>congress from the Sixth district.
C. w. Bsping Of Crawford wants to be
a member Of the house from the Seventy
fourth district. He is republican.