Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-17
WOKE Up THE SECOND WARD
Citizens Reform Club Holds a Rousing
Campaign Meeting,
CAUSES AND CANDIDATES COMPARED
Condition of the. city ana the Means
for Relief Discussed ut KessIcr's
Hall Before a Large crowd
OF People.

Kessler's hall was we'll filled last evening
with TENDERS OF the Second Ward Citizens
Reform club. President Max Adler presided
and made the opening speech. He said that
during the two weeks that mad interviewed
since the club had last met nominations had
been made for city and county Offices by the
Citizens league, and that these nominations
had been endorsed by the democratic conven-
ton. These nominations were Of good bust
ness men. Never in the history Of Douglas
county has such a set OF competent and capa-
bic men been placed before the voters" said
the speaker. II am sure you are all satisfied
with this excellent ticket, and / am sure
the public generally is well satisfied. There
is a class that this ticket Is not acceptable 10.
But this class might as well BE- satisfs d with
the nominations made, for they will have to
be content with them, l think, after the 9Th
of November. Let us put our shoulders to
the wheel, let us labor together honestly,
fearlessly and earnestly for the good cause,
and we shall be abundantly rewarded by see
ing the government of the city and county
in honest hands"
George f.. Bertrand was then called for
and responded with an enthusiastic address
on the issues Of the campaign. at is not for
me to say that the conduct of affairs in the
municipal and county government has been
for four years most deplorable.' he said.
You taxpayers are already well aware of
that fact. This Is the reason why thousands
of the best citizens of douglas county have
banded together and subscribed to this cit
liens reform movement. And there Is no
one within the sound Of my voice who will
gainsay the fact that 1t was high time for
the bone and sinew Of this community to take
some action to check these dishonest officers
In their wild career"
DISCUSSED THE CANDIDATES.
Mr.. Bertrand then took up the various can
didates for the most important Offices and ex-
amined their records. In speaking of the re-
publican nominee for city treasurer, he said:
They have nominated a man for this office
who has shown himself incapable OF handling
public moneys, a man who has done his level
best to cover up the defalcations committed
in the treasurer's office, a man who protected
Bolln and Coulter to the best of his ability
and did not back down until he was forced
to the wall by the mayor"
Mr.. Bertrand then paid his respects to the
republican nominee for city comptroller.
He said: They ask us to promote a man
from the office Of deputy comptroller who has
failed TO give the slightest aid In the exposure
OF the embezzlement of funds he was en-
pioyed to watch. I do not say these men are
dishonest, but | do say that they are incapa-
bic to serve this city as public officers.
who Is this man Scott they would again
place on the bench? He is the man who four
years ago made promises concerning the in
tegrity with which he would discharge his
Judicial duties, not a one of which he has
pretended to keep. He cannot change his
spots. Let a barrister appear before him
who does not conform to his every within, and
this man, this sky rocket, this judicial cy-
clone, II you will. e~xplodes his volley Of wrath
upon him. l say this man Is a disgrace to
the bench. A man who is now grovelling
about in the flthiest politics, when he should
De at his post OF duty, is not fit for the office
OF Judge"
The speaker concluded his vigorous talk
with brief sketches Of Messrs. Brown, Drexel.
Coe and Doane, all of whom he predicted
would be elected by the voters in favor of
good government on November 6.
Thomas Flynn made a short but stirring
address, in which he said that he could not
endorse the men who placed an American
flag on the top Of every school house, and
then took away the very foundation of the
school by stealing the funds that were to
support 1t.
TROUBLE WITH THE TREASURY.
After the chairman had appointed a COM
mittee OF two for each precinct of the ward
to superintend the registration of voters in
terested in the work Of municipal reform
Thomas Swobe was called for and came for
ward. He told of his experience In searching
out the wrongs OF the treasurer's office, He
said that at the beginning the present comp
trcller had assured him that after a thor
ough investigation he firmly believed that
Treasurer Bolln was an honest man, and that
he was satisfied his accounts were correct.
An examination was then made, and the fact
revealed that no count Of the cash drawer had
ever been made: the shortage was found
there. The officers had borrowed different
sums OF money, and had left in place OF the
cash slips and personal checks. Investigation
showed thai these populations had been in
progress ever since the first month of the
present administration Mr.. Swobe said that,
should he be elected he should make some
big changes in the methods Of the treasurer's
office, and he was equally positive that Guy
Il. Doane would institute reform !. the Office
of comptroller.