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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1974)
V -v- " -V yr i : noi l i (Btc? niui iucty, it?j.;iinur ou, i lincoln, nebraska vol. 98 no. 2 1 . i. - I. ... r r - ?jfm'o,vi.$' " jjf ,1 I J UN u li workout for handsh : By Harry Baumert If you're going to run for , public office, you'd better like sunny Sunday afternoons and crowds of people. Either that or stay . away from political rallies iK8 the one in Lincoln Sunday Women VoterSi , ' - More than , 40 candidates " camped out around the grassy area in front of Antelope Park . shell to meet the voters. Out of the 30 booths that lined the area -. came buttons, bumper stickers, and printed matter. Candidates wandered through the crowd of ,; an estimated 500 persons intro ducing themselves, shaking ' hands, and sometimes explain ing what they've done to make re-electing them worthwhile. Souvenir seals , Secretary of State Allen Beer marin, running for a second term . on the Republican ticket against Democrat Catherine Dahlquist , the rounds and passing out ', copies of the Nebraska State ' Seal. One voter met the. cam- 1 paigner with less than immedi ,.ata. acceptance; '. ' ' 'She wanted to know what my office does and just what I've arcomplished," he said. "So I tid her, and- she. was ..pleased,,. ,.' end she said she'd vote for me. " . Some of - the booths were carefully decorated with posters Republican Congressman Char lie Thone's, with a bigger-than-life sized picture of the candi date on the rear of the booth. For others, like Frank Marsh, candidate for State Treasurer, a card table served the purpose. Marsh offered an added attrac tion thougha pie eating con test. For prizes, he gave away pieces of agate he found in Western Nebraska. :';-'. "It helps bring the people to the candidates," Marsh said of the rally, "and it gives a chance for the kids to come out and run around." Political bantering The candidates were given a chance to speak from the band shell between rock, polka, and . folk music played by local groups. There was the usual political bantering between can didates, both on and off the dias, like when it came time for incumbent Sen. Roland Leudtke, of the 28th district to speak. He was followed by his opponent, Marge Schlitt. Sometimes ad dressing her directly, he noted his accomplishments during his terms in the Unicameral. Schlitt picked up by noting Luedtke wouldn't say anything about the issue of lobbying because "he was a lobbyist before he was a senator and after he's out of office, he'll probably be a lobbyist again." ; Lynn Nickel., chairman of the . event, said the league will try to hold the rally again the next election year. "It's a kind of old fashioned way for a candidate to meet the people," said Mrs. Nickol. "If he wants to kiss babies he can do it." akers, soa p boxes Us '' ' ' ' .iff1 1 1 I ' I A 1 An Exon-Whelan booster displays her support at the political rally Sunday. lyas, Thone, others debate at Sunday rally a M .'The politicians outnumbered their aud ience Sunday afternoon at the beginning of a political rally Jn Antelope Park sponsored by the Lincoln League of Women Voters. More than 42 aspirants spoke on started with fewer than 20 people, but by the cna or.ine anernoon reacned over 400. Hess Dyas, Democratic candidate for the ' seat held by House Rep. Charles Thone, said President Gerald Ford's pardon for Richard Nixon was wrong and attacked Thone for supporting the pardon. The pardon "Sets a double standard of justice," Dyas said. "It is clear that the Congress and Charles Thone do not trust the judicial system" of the country to determine Nixon's guilt or Innocence, he said. Das proposed a selective 5 ner cent federal budget cut to bring down the inflation rate. He said military spending is "full of waste that should be cut." The former Democratic chairman also urged reform of tax laws which favor the "wealthiest 20 per cent" of the people and which result in an annual loss of $55 billion to $65 billion, he said. Thone said, "We will be positive and affirmative in our campaign. Inflation is the most important issue facing voters, Thone said. Voters should not blame big business for inflation, he said. "The basic responsibility for the inexcus able high rate of inflation lies with Congress," he added. "It is the job of Congress to cut wreckless deficit spending," Thone said. State Sen. Ernest Chambers, independent gubernatorial candidate, said politicians "want to give a laundry list of issues that disquise whether or not the individual has integrity." Chambers said he is willing to spend what it takes to improve cc; ditions in the stats if he is elected. "It will cost more money than has ever been spent by this state to solve problems," he said. State Sen. Richard Marvel, Republican gubernatorial candidate, said Gov. J. James Exon "has insulted the League of Women Voters by not being here." Marvel said it was impossible to get Exon to defend his record because the governor would not face his challengers. Marvel accused Exon of accumulating the largest surplus of general fund tax dollars in history even though Exon says he is trying to keep down taxes, Marvel said. Ford rally faces possible opposition When President Gerald Ford speaks in Lincoln Oct. 10, he may encounter organized opposition. A group of Lincoln citizens met Sunday to discuss forming a pretest for the scheduled Ford rally. Another meeting has been calied for Oct. 3 to decide on the ad hoc coalition's policies against the Ford administration. According to a statement by Sam Zeleski, coalition organizer, the various groups at the meeting each will be allowed one vote. All groups Involved in the protest must adhere to the protest policies decided upon by the coalition. The coalition will put forth only those points of protest against Ford that are easily agreed upon and receive a large majority of votes, Zeleski said.
