Tlir, Jtftft: UMAHA, MUADAl, .1 AMU Alt 1 1, UMO. Nebraska PLAN TO MODIFY PRIMARY SYSTEM Democrat and Republican Politi cians Discuss Method by Which it Might Be Done. STATE OFFICERS BY CONVENTION WHY SHE RAN AWAY FROM HOME Fourteen-year-old Emma Bollongino is back home in Chicago, having run away and accepted a position as a menial in a farm house because she loved the big outdoors. She consented not to run away again, only on the promise of all the flowers she wanted and permission to visit the country once a month. , .--v af 4 v V (From a Staff Corrpsp-inilpnt.) LINCOLN. Jan. 9-Sprrlnl. The iiofsI- Mlitles of the selection of CRndl.lstrs for office hy a small minority wan the sub ject of dlsrusslon RmnnK a number of democrat ami republicans at the ptate l.ouse one day Inst week. The opinion of nearly every one was the primary has heen to nay the least disnprolntiriK. "Take for Instance the present outlook In the reptihllcan party In this state," said ft republican. "Already we have five candidates for the republican nomination for governor and probably one or more. n.v yet et Into the flKht. They may all be pood men personally, but there Is a possibility that perhape one or two of them might not he Just the material needed at this time. Mind you I am call in no names, hut In the selection of a candidate It Is essential that the very best man be selected for the position. In the last election the republicans cast a little over 110,000 votes for governor. Suppose that at the primary th's year there are shout the same number of votes cast for say the five candidates already In the field and say for instance that they poll about the same number of votes each on an average. It means that possibly 20,oo or 22,000 voters may select the mndldato. "Our government was founded on the broad principle that the majority should rule, but In this caee we see a very small minority selecting the party candidate and it simply means that the fellow who can get his name before the people In the most attractive way is likely to be the candidate although his qualifications may not be nearly as good as any of the other candidates." Mo vr to Deal with rroblrm. "But how are you going to get around H?" answered another, who happened to te a democrat. "The people are so stuck on the primary that it would be next to Impossible to repeal it and the man who would come out with a platform to repeal the primary wouldn't get to first base, although I admit that it needs fixing up about the worst way." "I would not repeal the primary." an wered the first speaker. "I have been thinking over this matter a great deal the last year and If I were a member of the next legislature I would introduce a bill about like this: "I would repeal the state-wide primary no far as the selection of state officers Is concerned. I would still have the county primary, for generally the people In a county are pretty well acquainted with their own candidates and can vote pretty Intelligently on their qualifications to hold office. I would have the primary In the counties which selects the candi dates for county offices at the same time elect delegates to a state convention. I would have the delegates to which each county is entitled elected by commission 'lstrtC3 for instance. "Th4 Is suppose that Richardson county ntltled to seventen reputoll dn f Asmocratlc delegates. There are three eemmlssloner districts. I would have each of these districts elect its quota of delegates according to the num ber It was entitled to according to the same vote on which the number In the convention was determined, the fractional votes to be added pnd delegates at large 1o be elected by the whole county on tho number. "That 1p, if one district was entitled to four votes and a fraction, the next to five and a fraction and the third to six and a fraction, this would leave two dele gates to be selected by the county at large. fame From People. "These delegates would come directly from the people and by being sele.oted In the primary by districts would distribute them over the rounty and they would not all come from the towns. These dele gates could go to a rtate convention and rome In contact with the candidates and be In a position to vote more Intelligently on their qualifications than the average voter could who went into the booth knowing nothing about any, of them and compelled to cast a ballot, which to say the least would be anything but an In tellgent vote. "But this would give a chance for tie ups, Just the same aa we used to have," Mid another man. "I admit that," said the first speaker, "but that would not necessarily mean that a tie-up would mean a candidate .unqualified, would It T "If the people of a county had con fidence enough In you to send you down to the state convention as a delegate, they ought to have confidence enough In you to believe that yotf would bo for the best man for the office, even If a tl-up as you call It was necessary to land him. "I admit th In the old days those tie-ups were the result of packed con ventions, but you want to remember that when we Inaugurated the anti-pasa law we took the corporation out of politic and a convention today of dele gates would not be composed of men who bad ridden on railroad passes, but men who had come direct from t!ie people and paid their own wwy showing that they were,enougli Interested to do so. Ilea an Kxamplr. "I might call attention to a state plat form convention, which was held not so many years ago," he continued, "In which the sentiment was very strongly for two of the three candidates out at that time for governor. It was generally conceded after the convention was over that a certain one of those two would have been nominated, because ha would more closely fit into the place Just at that time. Yet a short time after when the primary was held the candidate, who would have stuod no show whatever In the convention was nominated and after wards defeated at the regular election. "Another thing I like about the con vention idea In that after a fight' has tefi hai In a convention In an open end honest manner, as U generally the case, the defeated candidates tlay. mount the platform and pVdgp thtli support to the winner. Kverybjdy ap pears to be satisfied and uu dun t e the back biting and douhls-cr anting thai jou see under the primary system. H a'da tha delegates from all over ttu atata get together, di.icusg the rituatiom ani get a clianre to tu't acq jain". -d r. n acquaint themselves with c jnilUinns I other parts of the state. It makes 'a party more of a fumKy affair, when L.ittiTS are ditcusscd at i'M dinner tble ar.d not ii'-e, wUcie tn-'.i ma.i OMAHANS HONORED IN POSTAL GUIDE New Fostoffice in Pennsylvania Named "Wharton," and Thou sands Rejoice. OTHERS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN gov- INDOOR GOLF MEET STARTS Sam Reynolds Is Medalist in Quali fying Round of Tournament, with Score of 62. MAKES RECORD FOR NINE HOLES dashes in to a lunch counter, seizes a sandwich, drinks a cup of coffee and hikes away. Favor Doable Plan. "I believe we could so back to the convention system for nominating state officers and still retain the primary for county officers and the nomination of nonpartizan state officials and for the selection of delegates to a stato con vention and get better results than we now da, where on a fair estimate, two thirds of the voters who enter the booth know absolutely nothing about the qual ifications of any candidate over the quali fications of another for the same office and he has to go it blind. That la not casting an Intelligent ballot. "This would not prohibit the candi dates from making the . same kind of a campaign through the public press that they do now, -but It would give the voter a better knoweldge of what he Is getting through his delegate, who acta as his agent at the convention and selects the candidate according to his ability." TECUMSEH WOMAN DIES AT CHICAGO TECUMSEH, Neb.. Jan. -(Special. Mrs. Alice Sherman, widow of the late -Ahram Sherman of this city, died at the home of a daughter, in Chicago, yester day. She had gone there the week before for a visit. Her age was about 70 years. The Sherman family lived In Tecumseh for nearly a half century and the de. ceased has relatives here. The body was brought home for burial. WELCOME ARCH AT LINCOLN East 0 Street Merchants Will Have . One Erected to Brighten the Way. Observe how a ftrateful crnnient rewards Its servants who have been conspicuously, lndefatl gably and magnlferously faithful. The Omaha poatofflce baa lots of such people. Postmaster Wharton's efforts have been continuous now for nearly four years, and each month's report seems to be better than the one before. Does the government forget hlni after merely paying him his trifling 500-a-ruonth honorarium? The government answers not In mere gnomic words and pleasing promises. No. It answers In deeds. In monuments. A new postofflre In Pennsylvania has Just been named "Wharton." Sing, Omaha. Rejoice, Nebraska. Make a loud noise, nation. Put stop. This Is not all. Not merely In one state Is the great name of John (.'. magnified. Kxamlnatlon of the many worded I'ntted States postal guide dis closes the fsct that no less than four other states have thus embalmed In the wrappings and sweet spices of memory the name of Omaha's foremost greeter. Others Honored. Nor are these honors heaped merely upon the postmaster. Assistant Post master James I. Woodard Is honored for forty-four years of continuous govern ment service. A postofflce In North Carolina Is named "Woodard." King once more, Omaha. Rejoice again, Nebraska. Kncore on the loud noise, nation. Krn Clerk Jim pugdale Is not for gotten. A postofflce In Minnesota H yclept "Pugdale." Jim's 1 years In the postoffice number twenty-four and His children Just half that many. Jim be lieves that race suicide Is one of the big problems of the world. It Is possible, quite possible. Indeed, that all these honors of nomenclature may be merely coincidental wlth the names of Wharton. Woodard, Dugdale et al. Still, why sprinkle vinegar and worm wood nn the honey of appreciation? We refuse to do It. The first Indoor golf tournament ever held In Omaha was started Snturdiy on the Indoor links conducted by Hill Cbrt, Field club professional, st lii Hodge jsireet. i ne qualifying round w.-n played orr rnr thirty-six ho'es. 8am Reynolds, former sln'e chnniplon was medalist. Itcym Ids turned In a sconj f (2 for the thirty-! Ix holes. Sum's score 1 was twenty-nine for the first eighteen ' nnd thirty-three for the second eighteen. The twenty-nine toutij f;r the first eighteen holes Is the lowest so far made nnd It Is believed Sam stands a good chnifoe to cop the prlte put tip by Clark I fcr the golfer who makes the lowest , score. Reynolds did not take more than two strokes for any of the boles. Ills score by holes was as follows: -322211122 I 2 2 I 2 1 2 I 2 Some of the low scores turned In for. enduring l,rc qualifying round are as follows: S. W. Reynold V ft? A. O. Ni-hols SV- " Karl Rork 4'1 M - ;R .Inck Miivhes 3't n 7H v. n? c-vim i - si K. W. Hale C. 41- M S. Iohertv 41 rt- sr M. T. Swnrti v 47 4f. - 17 Oscar l.lehen 47 4'" M o. n. Klpllnver 4"i M-W c w Cn'k'tv. pi Minn Frnnk .Russell ' 5r-h. The drawings for the qualify. ng round ire ns follows: T. W. Hale asnlnst S M T. Sw si ts against .l ick Hiivhcs anamst Knrl Hock against A. . W. Reynolds. H. 1 oherty. V. R. Oould. o. Nichols. Bellevuc Students Enjoy Daily Plunges In Swimming Pool Hellevue C liege students are dally dls rortlng themselves In the .new W,0un-gal-1 n sw lmm!n pool, which was opened hist week and which Is being attended dnllv by students and faculty members nllke. Roth M:iss Rernlce Miller, physical director for women, and Mr. Benjamin, director for men, have their hands full !n organliln and classifying the students who have reclstered for swimming. Miss Miller has seven classes atheduled and Renjamln tns six. r e- jam ii s ruling that no student would be allowed to use the pool who did not present a certificate of good health fr..l x physician caused elghty-flva students to flock to the gymnasium Friday morn ng to undergo an examination by Or. W. II. Rets. Not a single student was refused because of contagious disease, at'd but three were found to have weak henrts. ' President Raakervllle'i scheme of heating the water In the pool by Inject ing steam beneath the surface has proved n success. Rv n new arrangement the steam for Fontenelle and Clarse Halls and the gymnas um can be diverted to th pool, thus heating the water In a very hort time. Florence Social Items James Finney la visiting friends In De troit, Mich. I. lmle Meyers Is visiting friends at Te cumseh. Neb. Mr. and Mrs. It. It. Covert have moved to Cleveland, O. Chailes tvonergan pent Monday at Rlalr visiting friends. Mrs. V. H. Nichols was visiting Flor ence friends Tuesday. II. A. Rarnes Is visiting his daughter at at Watertown, 8: l Miss Mabel Williams la visiting friends and relatives In Reliance. Mrs. John Comstock has been very 111 with the grip the last week. Henry Andreson visited with friends and relatives at Blair Monday. Miss Iilti Mae Coe has returned to her studies at the State university. Miss Zerllna Prlshln has returned to her studies at Hrownell Hall. Mrs. W. H. Murray of .maha was visiting Florence friends Monday. Walter Peterson left Monday for Rlalr where he will visit with friends and rel atives. Paul Rlvett, returned Monday from Lin coln where he went to spend the holi days with his parents. U. C. Coleman of Scott's Flluff. Neb., was the guest of Mr. ond Mrs. W. B. Tarks Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Alva Hlnman of Uoa Angeles, Cal , arrived Sunday for a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C W. Clure. LICENSE GIVEN OMAHA COUPLE (From a Staff Correspondent.) t-INcoiiX, Jan. !. (Special.) Automo bile pilgrims passing throught t.lncoln on the Omaha-Mncoln-Ponvor highway next summer will pass under a magnificent eiectncai arrn to ne erected at sixteenth and O streets costing In the neighborhood of J2.50O. The arch will be presented to the cltv by East O street business men and will h about midway between the Rock Island station and the Burlington, Union Pac'fle, Missouri Pacific and Northwestern ata- ' tions and will he an addition to the j already brightly lighted main thorough- I fare of the capital city. Omaha Couple 4. el License first Notes from Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 8. (Special.) At a meeting of the Beatrice Poultry association Friday evening it was decided to organize girls' and boys' poultry clubs the coming year to work with the local association. A committee on memneranip consisting of Julius Naumann, P. S. Whlt- comb ond Robert Gale was appointed by the president. All of the 125 tickets to the Paddock banquet on January 17, which will mark the reopening of the Taddock hotel, have been sold, reservations for tickets being made hy persons living st Crete, Wyniore, Crab Orchard and Omaha. Mrs. Jacob If. McKeever, a pioneer of Vymore, died at her home at that place Friday, of pneumonia, aged "0 years. Fhe Is survived by her husband and five chil dren. Erastus Starlin, a merchant of Filley, Friday filed with the county clerk a peti tion to have his name placed on the re publican primary ballot for nomination as county clerk. J. C. Penrod. present Incumbent, will oppose him' In the race for the clerkHhlp. Mrs. Martha J. Wh te, mother or Pepu'y Sheriff A. P. White, died at her home In this city Friday. The body was tanen to Geneva for interment. -Phe located In Fillmore county. Nebraska, In 1S71. with her husband, who died a few years ago. . M h-w-v Pioneer la Head. TECTMPEH. Neb.. 3n. ?. (Special.) A. H. Sandusky, a pioneer settler of th'a county, die.) at bis home In Mayberry Thursday morning aged 7 years. Mr. Kanduskv was a native of Morgan county, Illino's, and was a veteran of the civil wnr. Shortly after the war he homestended west of Tecumseh, nnd he had l'ved in Johnson and Pawnee coun ties since. He Is survived by bis widow and eight children, Mrs. O. J. McDougal of Tecumseh being a daughter. H-mV (haniin at Mason City. MASOV CITY, Neb.. Jan. . (Spec al ) The Mason City Hanking company ha", made a change in officers. R. R. Walker, who has bud personal management of fe m. bank for fifteen years, has been promoted from cashier to president. P. H. Ma'ley .s the new vice pres dent and Cornell New man becomes cashier. J. A. Anisberiy succeeds K. B. Copley as one of tho directors. Debaters Appear In Preliminaries at Bellevue College Rellevue college debates on the question, "Resolved. TlrU the United States Shall Immediately nd Substantially Increase Its Armament," began last night when the annual prslimlnarlcs were held In the A.delphian room of Clarke hall be fore a large audience. Six speakers took the floor In constructive speech and re j buttal, three for the negative and three for the affirmative. Seymour Smith, Oar- wood Richardson and Bemlce Miller up- I Vt ..1 -J . V. n nr. !.... T" V. k I . T" 1 . ear of leap year has not . . r,iifi . Jensen ana Ham Jinnler derenneu tne ar. prolific of many matrimonial i (lm,.n.- w-t... ix kk beiauso of a recent Injury, did not con test, but In view of his two years of work In debate was granted a place. It Is probable that Webb Smith and Richardson will contest egalnet Cotner, st Cotner. and Jensen, Klnnler and Miller will debate Doane, at Rellevue, In the an nual triangular debate between the three schools on March 17. One team will also be heard in a dual debate with Midland college, Atchison, Kan., the date of which has not yet been set. The Judges were President W. P). Nlcholl, Prof. J. K. Krlckson and Li brarian L. M. Churchill. Prof. K. 1 Puis of the department of express! presided. The heen ventures The first Omaha counle to for a license to wed at the court house was In evidence yesterday. Robert S. Sic Cold, aged 22, and Miss Hulda F. Madson, aged 21, being the happy individuals. Dempster Company Has Annual Banquet BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. S.-i Speclal.) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Dempster Mill Manufacturing com pany was held Friday afternoon In the Commercial club rooms. According to the report of the treasurer, the total sales for the year were 1.142,271. a net gain for the year of 108 per cent. A dividend of S per cent 'was declared. The sum of I1!N5.1S7 was paid out at Real rice for labor. The directors re-elected were C. B., H. L. and I). 4'. Dempster. J. W. Burgess and F. W. Miller. In the evening the company held its annual banquet, covers being laid for ISO. Among those present were about fifty traveling salesmen and branch house managers from Omaha. Kansas Cltv. Sioux Falls, S. D. ; Minneapolis, Denver. Oklahoma City and Memphis, Tenn. J W Burgess acted aa toastmaster. and'rel sponses were made by A. II. Kldd H L ,JPm,PBt,''.r' R- " Har'r' C- Uompter; ; ?? '"",n. Uev- N. T. Pattemon. all of Beatrice; B. U. King of Omaha. A. It Dempster of Sioux Falls. B. W. Manvllle of Minneapolis and H. U Warner of Denver. ANNUAL BANQUET OF AGENTS GREAT WESTERN ACCIDENT The annual banquet of the agents of (he Great Western Accident Insurance company was held last evening at the Merchants hotel, when about fifty gath ered for a good time. H. O. Willielm, state manager, was toastmaster and oprned the talkfeat with a short resume of the wonderful strides ahead which the company had made during the last year. Other speakers were C. "r. Sears, at torney for the company; Frank Dewey, clerk, whose son is connected with the romnanv mil T 1i RhirMii aiIiia .9 ' the Twentieth Centvry Farmer. Pledges Announced By DeItaTheta Phi The following list of pledges to Delta Theta Phi. Crelghlons legal fraternity, will be given out this afternoon at the first meeting of the year by J. D. Cronln dan of the organization: i iV "w.Y- I B,'n, elHrshalltown la-1 John 11. Foley. K.m, citv, K i T D ! Fr ley. Omaha; Van W. Evans Marsh'. I-" VvnlV ,a : Jot Hmnns. Glenda" c2 vV V. Hopper. Omaha; Walter W "rJ; nn" la.. William W ...in- null, VJIHIH1 ISIHIKl. Nl, A hpense, Omaha: Thomas i-; A: . MrGrHth. Butte. Mont.; IOtV. M MMOIir Vail... . 7 ' i ii.u ... ; . ! m., mm- in iioii.rooK omaha; Harold Pohan Omaha; Frank O'Connor, Omaha; Will lam K Miloix. Council Rluffs. la H n Harry Omaha: Oeoige J. nearv, Kear ney. Neb.; U A. Kowaleski. Omaha? Ed win Barrett. Uiverton, Wyo.; U R Wm l.rs, ierin. Neb.; 'Karl V. Th hnor Omaha : J" Cr're: Joh Dean Cronln said h was especially pleased at the list of pled:,-ea secured this year, which, he said, would Insure the fraternity eep:ng up its splendid organi zation In Omaha. W Omaha Arthur "Cascarets" for Your Bowels if Headachy, Sick For biliousness, bad breath, " colds, indigestion and constipation. Enjoy life! Liven your liver and bowels tonight and feel fine. Your tongue la coated! Look inside your watch cover and see! That's bad business. What have you been eating? What wer you drinking? What kind of a lazy chair did you take exeiclse In? Now don't think It doesn't matter, because, It'a your bow Ms that talk now every time you open your mouth. That doesn't help your popu larity, nor your earning rapacity. He sides, a person with bad bowels Is In a bad way ami a coated tongue or a bad breath are sjre slgna of bad bowels and poor digestion o-t li'Mk Hot. When a Void hansa r.n, as often hap pens, or when you have hardly gotten I ever one cold before you contract another j I iok out, for you are Cable to contract j ome vi ry serious disease. Tula suiL-aioii of colds weakens the system and lower:- I tile vitality so that you are much more lis- . i le to contract chronic catarrh, pneumonia or consumption. Cure your cold whili you can. C'himbcrliln's Cough Remedy lias a treat reuuta'ljn. It Is relied upon Iiy thousands of people and never disip points them. Try it. It only custs a qu:tr tor. Ot ttimible ei ery where A.J e t.rt ! ment. Soccer Players to .Plan Game of Stars Cascarets at any drug store and give A general meeting of the Omaha and your "vr ""' tnlrty ,et of I"001" h district s-wcer leagues will be held In the city hall Mn1u even nt, Jan lary la at H o'clo k. s?k c P.ead The Lee a.H It p.'.; i ne i jrpose or the in.-etinir la to a team fi jin the s'ais of the Calidmhin r nil Hohcmian terms n!y a ;.il'ia' the Towusend team, cup winner of the l'Jli senaon. at Rturke park on Sjn luy, Ja-.u-ary, . The officers for lOlfl will be teK ted at this meeting. C oug! ji.a i -. Hr!l' Pln-.Tnr-llonry. a 2"c lnr;!e tou.iy: pp'n It for yo"r or cold. Ooort fur c'id"en. ail 1 gid. All Uru ,il3le. Advtril fiiui.t n'ceat. grntie't clianalng they ever tx- ' ferienced. Take one or two Cisi ir ts tonight and wake up feeling fine and fit. . A'l Headache, Dullness, HI'Iiumiichs, Hid .Hreath, stomach SouriuM. Cold and Con s' Ipation gone wake up with your head ' clear, tongue clean, stomach sweet, liver j and bowels ac'.lve, step elastic and com plexion rosy. Casourets work while you sleep never giioe or sicken. Csseareta act aa ueitly that you hardly realize you have taken a thorough cathartic. They don t bo'her you all next day like salts, p i s. (!l or calomel Cam a rets b Inj perfectly harm l"s In beat children's luxall .e. Advcr lijtnient . .a.Vii" "Your Health Account Is Overdrawn" ONSTIPATl()N has S become chronic with you hccuiise you've cither neglected it, or depended for relief upon laxatives and cathartics which have only Ictl you worse off'. "Constipation, or rather, the auto-intoxient.ion which con stipation causes, is responsible for your headaches, your bil iousness, and also for the nerv ousness and desjiondency which you complain of. The use of mineral oil is the re cognized treatment for consti pation, and the purest form of mineral oil is Nujol. I tacts as a simple mechanical lubricant. It won't relieve constipation over night don't expect it to Hut it will restore normal activity of the bowels in the course of a week or ten days under ordinary conditions." Nujol tsentirr lj free from the dangert which attend the use of hbit-formin laxative and cathartics. It does not act like a medicine a physic or pur e, but oils the walls of the intestines as a delicate machine Is oiled, and thua facilitates the passage of waste matter. Nujol is odorless, tasteless and colrff less. It can be Uken In any quantity without harm. Write for booklet, "The Rational Treatment of Constipation." 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