Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-15
Nebraska
DUCKING OFFICE HUNTERS
Governor MOrehead Slips Away to
Avoid Crush in His Office.
NUMBER OF JOBS NOT LARGE
applicants swarm aud Deu,, On
Republican Positions Are Likely
To Pick Entirely New stnffs
for Service,
Trom STAFF Corrcspondcr,,

IRON staff Correspondent
~ Ool-N' Nov. 1L-tSpeclal)-CTo,.-
e'nor Morehead has left the city and ne
consequence political seekers after nio
a. 'ne democratic cafe have been disan-
pointeu' To date there have been about
a uozn applicants per job and besides tho
sO'ernor 'tnflooence' Is wanted nv
nose VINO are seeking political preferment
rom the hands Of the new democrats
state officials. ''''
10 date State Superintendent A
u Thomas has not shown IN in Lincoln
II Is thought that mighty onsIauvht
VIII DE made on Mr.. Thomas when no or
rives by those . 10 are losing out q, o,tor
ollIces Tor a chance TO draw salaries
under his direction. Those IN tho ofs,co
uhuer the present superintendent ~
Ncourse, hope to hold over rrbus Co. ~
hoping Is good, but that is about az far
as it has gone. '''
Clean Sweep by Demos.
iuere are rumors that there will he =,
cream sweep in all of the Offices u,horo
democrats supersede republicans. There
WIN De no civil service proposition. To
inc Victors belong the spoils. the old war
Wy VIII DC the slogan used. Il has been
d 'ons time, a very long time, ever since
Neoraska has been a state, that the
ueIhocrats nave got a crack at the state
olilces below governor, and they fear
II may be as long again before they Get
uhother chance so they will make hav
while the sun shines.
charlie Pool was the first der,ocroy
10 De elected to anything in the way ~
S'ate preterment outside of governor. He
was elected speaker of the house of ron.
rosehtatiVes in 1909 against a field ~
ABOUT dozen candidates. among them
peihg Clark OF Richardson, Henry az
iolt' Taylor OF Custer, who now comes
pack to the coming legislature as n cam
uluate FOR speaker again; Stoecker ara
bowman OF Douglas, and Kelley OF Fur
mas, and II took sixteen ballots IN 90,
the caucus election. Now he breals q,
again among the number who have o,or-
come the charm. However, Cowgirl of
Phelps was a member of the railu,o,,
commission for a short time. until death
came, but outside of Pool and CouyuI
no democrats have ever been shls a.
land in an office of the kind. ,lp IN this
year. 'i''S
George Jackson OF Nelson has mad. q
known that he has decided 70 ento. ar
race Tor the speakership. He neld ore
ring 40 '''e
Election Expenses.
FILINGS OF campaign expenditures this
morning show that NJ. b. Reese. nom
partisan candidate for reelection as chief
justice spent S27l.55. Charles Pool, demo.
cratic candidate for secretary of state.
spent S361.1. H. L. Sackett, bullnoose
candidate for governor, got out OF II
better than did some of the candidates
Tor office below him on the same ticket,
spending less than half their amouuts
1t taking but 1925 for his campaign.
Peter Jensen, republican candidate for
state regent. spent the whole sum of
"a cents
Lincoln Asylum Crowded.
According to DR.. Williams, superin-
tendent of the Lincoln asylum for the in
sane, that institution is SO crowded that
no more dipsomaniacs can be received
He thinks that a good many counties
have sent "dypsos" to the state institu-
tion more as a punishment than for the
purpose Of curing them OF the booze
habit. He says that the financial condl-
ton Of the institution is good and that IL
nothing unforeseen turns up there will
be a surplus Of about $4,000 at the end of
the biennium. Admission during the
month of October were in excess OF pre-
vious months. fifty-two patients being
received, Forty-one patients left the
place during the month. In speaking Of
the surplus "dypsos." DR.. Williams said
that he thought tho first duty OF . e
state was to the . zane and therefore
the former must wait