Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-28
Nebraska
CAMPAIGN EXPENSE
Candidates Keep on Filing State
ments of the Cost.
BERGE PAID OUT OVER 5000
Candidate who RRn Against Cow
ernOr Morehead SeHds Account
from Pleasure Resort In
Colorado,
ORION a STAFF correspondentl

Nf rom a Cldll correspondents
LINCOLN, Aug. q. - tSpeclal)-Ju
what constitutes legitimate campaign eN-
penses has caused considerable discussion
around the state house because Of the
expense filing OF certain candidate for
! office who was known TO have been pre-
| pairing ammunition for the war several
! weeks before the campaign began and
| had one and part OF the time two expert
accountants working on the books in the
different departments OF the state house
! gathering statistics. which he fired at
the voter by the picture machine method
and in pamphlets and like manner.
Il is SAID that he had half a dozen auto
mbobiles out at one time distributing his
/ literature, but his campaign expense &C
( count shows no money expended. either
/ for gathering the figures, which took sew
eral weeks. or for automobiles for dis
I trhuting his literature, OF which 1t is said
100000 copies were printed.
Following are expense accounts filed
! this morning with the secretary o. state
r. a. shotwell candidate for lieutenant
/ governor s2765O
c. w. sears candidate for attorney gen
P. n. Whitehead, state superintendent,
! SSOS 70
George J. Hunt, nonpartisan, chief JUS
/. P. Albright, lieutenant governor.
Walter H. Rhodes, congress, Fourth dis
,saS Os l. N'''0''' S'"'e Supe' '"''"''"'
George coupland, regent. $40
John Ceplecka. governor, Sl25.
s1Si.75.
George w. Berge candidate for gov
ernor on the democratic ticket, sends IL
his expense account from a pleasure re
sort up in Colorado, though that does no
indicate that there was much pleasure N
the heart OF Mr.. Berge. He enclosed nj
letter of congratulation 10 Governor
Morehead Mr.. Berge itemizes his eN
penses as follows. each item coming on
to an even dollar every time, which show
that Mr.. Berge is a close figurer: Plat
matter and publishing same, $3.50; litho
graphs and putting up same and Stat
Journal $50; Atlas company, Boyd com
pany and Kuhl company, three printinI
firms, 500; stamps, 500; general items
S25 making a total OF S625.
Tornado Case Appeal.
The supreme court will have a chance t.
decide whether insurance carried agains
fire can be collected when the building N
sured has been demolished by a TORNADO
and then burns down. The case comes oil
an appeal to the supreme court from tn
Douglas county district court by the CT
rard Fire and Marine Insurance compan,
of Philadelphia. who object to a judgmen
= secured by Martin Wig of Omaha who's
house was blown dwon in the Omaha tor
nado two years ago and then caught fir
and burned. The lower court held for tn
plaintiff for the full amount of the insur
ance and assessed a Judgment of 1888 ?
against the company.
MOrehend Speaks.
8 Governor Morehead spoke at a picni
at Nemaha city today, Notwithstanding Il
is suffering from considerable hoarseness
the result Of a strenuous campaign.
Howard ships Hogs.
State Auditor w b. Howard returne
from his ranch in Lincoln county thi
, morning where he superintendent the ship
ment of a load OF hogs. These hog
brought $500 per hundred. The onl
trouble with the deal was that l had t
feed them 75-cent corn" said the auditor
{ Regulation for Berggren.
Governor Morehead has asked the gov
= ernor of Minnesota to return to this stat
3 John Berggren. who is wanted for wifi
and child desertion in Harlan county
e Berggren is being held in that state o
r advice of the authorities of Harla
g county.