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Show iT ink f rv Tft fT fi f c tp ' pis JWED As Candidate in Nebraska Nebras-ka Primaries for President Lincoln, Nob., Dec. 21. A petition asking that the name of Theodore j Roosevelt bo placed on the primary ballot as a candldato for the Repub- Ilcan nomination for president of tho United StateB was received by Secro- 1 tary of State Wait shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. Tho petition 1 Is signed by Attorney John O. Yelser J of Omaha and twonty-flve other vot- I ers. I Omaha, Nob., Dec. 21. John O Yel- ser who filed the Roosevelt petition, at his home bero today declined to I sav whether ho was authorized by I Col Roosevelt to file a petition to have his name put on the official bal- n lot He admlttod that he had been I In correspondence with tho former ( president I "Under our state 'laws,' said Mr I Yelser, "the candidate Is not requiro'i I to accept the nomination, nor has ha I authority to withdraw his name onco 1 It is filed." The Nebrnska primary law makes It the duty of the delegates to tho . national convention to vote for tho (..wiuiuuiu rJULiYiiiy mc iii;ncsL popular pop-ular vote for president. This Is a povlslon, however like that under which tho people Instruct the stale legislature regarding senatorial elections, elec-tions, which could not bo enforced should the delegates see AC to disregard dis-regard it, according to the opislon of attorneys. taFollette's Manager Ta'ks. Lincoln. Neb , Dec. 21. Secretary Corrlck of the La Follettc State leaguo whel Informed of the action taken by John O. Yelser in putting Mr Roosevelt's Roose-velt's namo in nomination for the I presidency, made the following statement: state-ment: "While there are manv sincere ad-mlrorn ad-mlrorn of Col. Roosevelt In Nebraska, no genuine Progressive will bo found votlnt; for him for president Genuine Genu-ine Progressives will recognize everywhere every-where that a vote for Roosevelt Is a vote for Taft A vote cast for Roost'-olt Roost'-olt by a Progressive can have no other result than to advance tho Interests In-terests of President Taft for renom-inatlon renom-inatlon Sccretarv f'orrick addfl that ho did not think th" placing of Roosevelt In the flold will seriously handicap the La Folletto forces In Nebraska. |