Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-07
Nebraska
MAY WOMAN FILE FOR JUDGE?
Miss Grace Ballard Raises Question
in Washington County
EDGERTON GIVES HIS OPINION
Several Supreme Court Opinions
Have Been Decided for women
and EdEerton Follows Them
I'm Ruling,
(From a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, Aug 6-CSpecial)-M
Washington county have a woman county
judge is a question which has been put
up to the attorney general. or rather may
a woman legally file for that office?
Miss Grace Ballard of Blair desires to
file for the office of county judge under
the non-partisan Judiciary act passed by
the past legislature The law provides
that she must sign statement and among
other things certify that she is "a legal
voter of the county" AS the woman suf-
frage proposition has not gotten that far
the clerk refuses to place her name on the
ballot and has asked the attorney gem
eral to rule.
As the attorney general submitted to
an operation Monday and is not in con-
dition to take the matter up. Assistant
Attorney General Edgerton renders a
personal" opinion in the matter in
which he cites a case from Nebraska
county in which a woman sought to hold
the office of county treasurer and an
other from a Michigan court. in which
in each instance It was decided that a
woman could hold the office.
Therefore Mr.. Edgerton gives 1t as his
personal opinion that Miss Ballard has a
right to subscribe to the affidavit that
she Is q legal voter and the clerk cannot
refuse to place her name on the ballot.
1t is understood that the county clerk
may refuse to do so and that Miss Ballard
will mandamus him.
RequiaitiOn for stOppes.
Governor Clarke of Iowa has asked for
papers from the governor of Nebraska
for the return to Des Moines of L. c.
Stops, wanted for the desertion of his
wife and two children He is being held
at Lexington.
Oils Busy with Campaign.
Senator ]. A. Oils arrived in the city
today, after short campaign tour OF
the state, and says he is we'll pleased with
the outlook regarding his candidacy for
the nomination for railway commissioner
on the democratic ticket. The senator is
president of the Live Stock association
of the state, and has been identified with
the State Board of Agriculture for many
years, and believes his large acquaint-
anceship with the people of the state
ought to count for something.
Auto Men o. Deck.
seventeen automobile dealers and manu-
facturers have so far secured places for
the exhibition of their machines at the
state fair, and fifty manufacturers have
also secured space, so that there is little
doubt but there will be plenty of exhibits
along these lines Most of the manu-
facturers will exhibit line of agricul-
tural implements, and whatever falling off
there may be because of the failure OF
the big fellows to exhibit will be made
up by the little fellows, who, in former
years, have been crowded out.
Roper Would Withdraw.
r. c. Roper of David City has notified
the secretary Of state that he would like
to withdraw his filing as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for the
state. senate from the Twelfth district.
As the time has passed for Withdrawals
and the secretary has already certified
Mr. Roper's name on the ballot, the with
drawal cannot be made. r. L. Piller of
Milierton is also a candidate for the
same nomination on the democratic
ticket.