Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-04
POLITICAL POT IS
AGAIN ON THE BOIL
Corey Understood to Have Am =
bi<ions for Congressional
or Rate Board Post.
CLARKE's NAME IS SPOKEN

tFrom Staff Correspondent
Lincoln. Dec. 5.-(Special. Poll
tics is beginning to simmer again
notwithstanding that the last cleo
ton is hardly thing Of the past, and
the latest is the connecting Of the
name of Merton L. Corey with polit'
ical ambitions.
The political dope gives it out that
Mr. Corey will move to Hastings and
when the proper time comes will
come out as candidate for congress
on the democratic ticket. There is
only one thing standing in the way
OF the perfection OF the plan and that
is the present congressman, Mr.. Shal.
lenberger.
However il is said that the Alma
Congressman has never quite given
up hankering that he would like
to be United States senator, and it
will be up to the interested ones to
cultivate that "hankering" until it de-
velops into a well rounded out deter
mination to get into the fight.
Corey's Other Ambitions.
Then again it is said that Corey
would like to go on the Interstate
Commerce commission provided the
commission membership is enlarged
as proposed 1t has always been un-
derstood that il the commission was
enlarged that there was another we'll
known Nebraskan who has won his
spurs in many a fight who would
stand mighty good show OF landing
a place on the commission, and he is
Henry T. Clarke OF the Nebraska
State Railway commission. Mr..
Clarke is recognized all over the
country as one of the really strong
men connected with affairs associated
with the work which the commission
has to do and for some time his name
has been mentioned whenever a place
on the commission has been talked
of. Members OF the national COM
mission are acquainted with Mr.,
Clarke and have more than once ties.
tifed to his ability and so when it
comes to a place on the commission,
unless politics will be the standard
for membership, Mr.. Clarke can real
" be considered as having the inside
track.
But to return to Mr.. Corey and the
United States senatorship, and its
connection with other political things.
Will the interested friends OF Mr..
Corey be able to convince Mr.. Shall
lenberger that he ought to run for
the senate and after doing so will the
way be clear for him?
Other Barkises.
1t is known that there are other
democrats besides Mr.. Shallenberger
who are making eyes at the senator
ship. Governor Morehead would not
throw the nomination away il Il
should come to him, and It Is sus-
pected that he would not dodge to
keep from getting hit if II should be
thrown in his direction. Then again
there is Attorney General Reed. The
attorney general has gone to Wash.
ington this week, and il Is suspected
will make an investigation Of the chair
now held by Senator Norris to see
just how it will ft him. There Is
only one thing, apparently, against
Mr.. Reed, and that Is that he comes
from the North Platte country. How
ever, that Is not likely to discourage
the attorney general. When he looks
over the last election results and sees
the majorities he received in some OF
the South Platte counties, he simply
smiles and shows no signs Of worry.
With Governor Morehead, Attor-
ney General Reed and Congressman
Shellenberger in the fight for the
democratic nomination. there will be
interest enough all along the line Of
democratic trenches to keep prog.
nosticatorsi busy for some time to
come.