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THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
(By The Lowell Service)
Lincoln—Aroused by the re-en
actment of an obsolete statute by
the 1937 unicameral, in an alleged
«*fort to seceretly hamstring the
Nebraska primary act, editors in
the First congressional district ex
pressed opposition to ‘‘party boss
let* naming candidates in smoke
felled back rooms.”
A. W. Ballenger, Havelock pub
lisher, suggested that the news
papers of the district insert nom
inating ballots in their columns.
Then a committee of editors could
■take tabulations and file the lead
ing candidates in each party by pe
tition for the short term and in the
regular primary for the long term.
Hditor Ballenger filed a proton
with Governor Cochran against the
plait to vote for the short term and
regular term candidates on the
same day. This might result, he
said, in loss of seniority to the con
gressman elected for the long term
because many voters might not
feel disposed to vote twice for the
same man on the same day. The
governor said he was following the
opinion of the attorney general;
tfce latter averred the attorney gen
eral's office had nothing to do with
cfeeesing the date for the election.
Attorneys prepared to file law
suit* to test the legality of the
party committee nominations.
Under the caption ‘‘Fair-Haired
Moya,” Editor J. E. Lawrence ex
pressed disapproval in the Lincoln
•Star. In discussing the personal
ity of the candidate, he said: ‘‘Why
sfcuuld the public needlessly exert
itself, all for the purpose of wast
ing its energies? Shortly, next
Saturday, in fact, there will be con
ventions, with members of the
state committees of the two politi
cal parties participating, and out
of these conventions will emerge
two candidates, each one annointed
with the approval and seal of those
who mix the medicine.But
those who believe in the primary
system should be on guard. At the
last two sessions of the legislature,
there was strong support within
the state committees for substitut
ing the nominating convention sys
tem for the primary.”
I'Ve inside story of the secret as
kault on the primary act was told
in this column soon after Governor
Cochran signed the act on May 4
1937. In fact, the writer suggested
a veto, but was ignored.
Senator Harry Gantz introduced
LB 166 on February 6, 1937. The
meeasure was supposed to “provide
that candidates for the several of
fices in cities of the second class
and members of boards of educa
tion may be nominated by caucus
or convention held before the fifth
Wednesday preceding the munici
pal election in April.” It was re
ferred to the committee on govern
ment, consisting of Cady, chair
man; E. A. Adams, Ashmore,
knickrehm, Miller, Murphy, Nor
ton, J. B. Petersen, and Voon Seg
gem.
The party chieftains were in Lin
coln, seeking the repeal of the pri
mary act. They got nowhere—in
the open.
Governor Cochran’s acknowledg
ed spokesman was Senator Dafoe.
The executive, Dafoe, and Secre
tary of State Swanson moved in
unison; so much so that Swanson
Mas importuned Editor J. E. Lawr
ence to support Dafoe for Congress.
No one suspected any designs on
the primary act in the first unicam
eral, redolent with the benediction
•f Senator Norris.
All the open and above-board
acts aimed at the primary law in
1937 were defeated. L. B. 166 has a
luzy record in the caverns of leg
islation. It came up for third
reading April 27, 1937. Senatoi
Nuernberger, evidently detecting
a subtle odor, tried to have the bill
rt corojnittcd to the general fi’.e,
“to insert stricken matter in Sec
tion 1, Line 42." He was voted
down.
The bill was passed Ly a vote
of 29 to 10, 4 not voting. Voters in
». the affirmative: Adams E. A., Ad
" ams J. jr., Armstrong, Brady,
) Brandt, Brodecky, Cady, Carpen
- ter. Carsten, Comstock, Dafoe,
j Dunn, Frost, Gantz, Haycock, How
j ard, Johnson, W. R., Knickrehm,
f McMahon, Murphy, Norton, Peter
son J. B., Pizer, Regan, Slepicka,
Tvidrick, Von Seggern, Wells,
e Worthing—29. Voting in the neg
t attive: Hall, Miller, Neubauer,
j Nuernberger, Peterson C. H., Rey
, nolds, Schultz, Strong, Thomas,
. Warner—10. Not voting: Ash
more, Carlson, Diers, Johnson
I R. W —4.
J
The stinger in LB 165 is in the
second printed line, as it appears on
Page 269, Session Laws, 1927. It
reads:
"82-1133. All nominations for
candidates of any political party to
be filled at a special election, or any
other office to be filled by the elect
ors, excepted from the provisions
of this article, shall be nominated
by a convention or committee of
their political party.
Cut out the words a special,
and substitute “any", and the en
tire primary act is unquestionably
repealed. As it stands at present,
the Nebraska primary act is befog
ged by doubt as to its legality.
The present primary act was
passed in 1907. Sections 1133 and
1134, according to the records of
the 1907 legislative session, were
repealed as affecting partisan of
fices, when the primary act was
passed. Certain portions, relating
to school and city officers, still re
mained in force. Clamor went up
from the office of the secretary of
state in 1937 for “clarification.’
This was the excuse for the Gantz
bill.
In passing the curative act, the
enemies of the direct primary evi
dently imagined they could re-en
act the original sections without
arousing suspicion. Attorney Gen
eral Johnson was a member of the
1937 session and voted for the bill.
Governor Cochran signed it. There
was no delay in interpreting the
measure to apply to nominations to
fill the Heinke vacancy.
Lawyers may apply two legal
rt medies to protect the people. One
is an attack on the constitutionality
of L. B. 105, which purports to
amend Sections 1133 and 1134 of
the Statutes. Attorneys claim the
title is defective because repealed
sections cannot be amended.
Others assert that the procedure
I of filing nominations was not auth
| orized by the state conventions l.e
| cause possible vacancies could not
I be anticipated.
Publishers of city dailies regis
! tered anger when the truth was dis
covered. Several editors were
| “panned'’ by the brass bats,
“It is not our fault," raid a Lin
coln editor. “Since the consolida
| tion, reporters have been recruited
from the state university. These
men are too inexperienced to cov
er legislative sessions.”
Senator A. L. Miller has filed for
the republican nomination for the
governorship. Dr. Miller stresser
his study of good government, ir
rigation, opposition to new taxes,
collective bargaining without co
eercion, “fewer social workers, less
red tape in relief,” and legislation
to promote the growth of sound in
surance companies.
C. E. Alter annouced from Hast
ings that he would also seek the
republican nomination, making
five contenders, the others being
C. J. Warner of Waverly, Dwight
Griswold of Gordon, and Ed Bau
I mann of West Point.
Bitter criticism poured into Lin
coln over the retention of the lien
law for relief clients. The legis
lature voted to repeal it, but Gov
ernor Cochran threatened to veto
the bill. The governor had also
tied the call for the special session
Up in abundant red tape.
Douglas county made a valiant
effort to tax the burial costs of
pauper assistance clients up
against the state at large, but the
senators made a successful stand
against the lobby in this one iso
lated instance and passed the bur
ial bills on to the counties.
Senator Lambert almost—per
haps has—pulled the roof in on the
state administration. He sponsored
a resolution urging Uncle Sam to
establish the Stamp act for distrib
uting surplus commodities over the
entire state. Warming up to his
subject, he described the present
system as "wasteful, inefficient,
| costly, bunglesome, and, in some
cases, unsanitary.” A telephone
call came from Washington. Mr. j
Lambert was told he would get j
nothing, if that was the way he
felt about it. Several busy young
men appeared and fiegan investi
gating assistance expenditures. The
Lambert resolution was hastily re
considered.
While the hydro magnates un
1 derwent panning in Washington,
some progress was made in boost
ing irrigation in Nebraska. J. M.
Carmody went before a committee
in the national capital and did
much to patch up the holes shot
through public power projects by
his Hastings speech.
Attorney Birginal and the Sar
gent irrigation boosters made pro
gress in getting water lights set
tled. A hundred delegates met at
Grand Island and formed the Neb
raska Pump Irrigation association.
At Fremont, about 400 farmers
plowed through snow to boost irri
gation in the Lower Platte valley.
The Ak-Sar-Ben Public Power and
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I Irrigation district completed plans
for the development of the Platte
river between Vallsy and Platts
rnouth.
Advocates of a license tax for
chain stores are preparing to cir
culate petitions to put this law or
the statute books by initiative. Pal
mer McGrew, Lincoln attorney, is
in charge of the movement. He
stated that 5,000 petitions would be
distributed within the next ten
days. He must secure 34,786 signa
tures. The schedule of proposed
taxes, as submitted to the secretary
of state, provides for $10 per store
or filling station per year for oper.
ating from two to ten units; for
conceeras owning 500 or more
stores or filling stations the tax is
$550 per unit. McGrew said he was
initiating the law because of “the
• high pressure put on legislators by
i the chain store lobby.”
_
Average Lancaster county old
age assistance payments in Janu
ary were $18.66, which is the high
est payment as yet made. Distribu
tion will not begin until after Janu
ary 25.**‘Funeral services for the
Right Reverend John Henry Tihen,
the second bishop of the Lincoln
Catholic diocese, were held Tues
day in St. Mary’s Cathedral in
Wichita; on Thursday, the body
was taken to Denver, where fur
ther services and Dunai were held.
Bishop Tihen was in Lincoln for six
years, from 1911 lb 1917. ***The of
fice of the late Congressman George
H. Heinke will remain open in
Washington until his sucessor ha
been sworn into office. The election
of a successor is scheduled for
April 9.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Divine service at the Episcopal
church Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
R. W. Fricke, Pastor.
Chambers.
A letter from home, The Frontier.
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BIBLESS OVERALLS—Just 15 of
these in large sizes from 40 to 46.
Our regular 98c value . W
MEN’S DRESS SHIRTS—First quality dress
shirts made of vat dyed fast color shirting.
Full cut all newA f A 4 AA
nr-: si”i‘Z for 91.00
BOY’S SHEEPSKINS—Only 4 of these sizes
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Sheeplined coats. A $2.98 \
MEN’S SHIRTS AND SHORTS—Irregular
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Men’s Suits ■
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BOY’S DRESS SHIRTS—Fast Color printed
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and in patterns of unusual excel
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MEN’S UNIONS—Short sleeve, ankle length,
medium weight Unions in ecru
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Value .
MEN’S DRESS PANTS—Only 7 pair in this
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BOY’S 3-PIECE SUIT—Only 1 to go at this
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Value $6.85 Brown check. jjgflj
Dress Sale I
Fine quality percales in smart colorful 1
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BABY OXFORDS—Size 1 to 5 in
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LADIES HOUSE SHOES—Not all sizes in
this lot but a size for most every
one. Values to $1.98. Now going
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MEN’S LACE BOOTS—Only 3 pair. Values to
$fi 95. Size 8-9 ■/*-10. All going ▲ A A Jk
at one low price, drab your ^ 4} /I/■
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LADIES HATS—Our entire stock of Ladies
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BUTTONS—One lot of hundreds of
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TEA TOWELS—Jumbo size, snowy
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You’ll want several.
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PEQUOT SHEETS—Large 81x99 bleached
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you’ll pay in days to come. %1 | B
81x108 $1.23 tyJLtJL^
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tion. Everything on this table 1 •
Yt price. Lots of useful I«w|' fl/* A
things cheap ...— - 2 A 1 lV/V
Men’s Work Shirts ^
Irregulars of our better B
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KICKERNICK COUNTER—See our closeouts
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Price. Slips, Panties, Gowns. 2 A 1 I.V'C
GIRL’S WINTER COATS—Only 18 of these
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At .
Chenille Spreads h
Full bed size. Pastel grands with plenty
of extra Chenille work, m m ago
In Rose, Blue, Grecn,C*P A[r7 |g
Gold and Dusty Kosc^^aH / jjgi
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WOMEN S UNION SUITS—Sizes to 48. Short
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36-IN. OUTING—Dark or light. 36-inch
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