Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-17
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FUND
County Committee 0ertifes to Its Receipts
and Disbursements.
COUNTY OFFICE EMPLOYEES PAY RoUNDlY
Funds Provided by County Employees
Are Separately Reported Under
the Innocent Head of
Contributions.

w. w. McCombs, treasurer OF the dem
ocratic county central committee has filed
his statement OF the finances OF the commit
tee, showing the expenditure OF $l663.Oo'
There are two certificates, one relating TO
contributions to, and one relating TO assess
ments for, the fund. The assessments
amounted to 1915 and there was expended
from that fund sS7i The contributions
reached the sum OF s79250, and there was
expended from them s7s9O5. The report
leaves the sum OF S4.45 of the joint assess
ments and contributions accounted for, so
that the committee evidently quit business
with money on hand
The assessment list shows that the follow
ing sums were collected: Peter Hofeldt,
commissioner 500; G. F. Elsasser treas
urer $50; Frank Broadwell, clerk OF the
district court, s275; H. l.. Drake, superin-
tendent OF schools, $50; E. T. Youngfelt, sur
veyor, $25; John Power, sherin, S2oo; u n
Forbes. commissioner $40; Stanley B.
Ietoyesky. John zalandek Hobart Williams,
Thomas Harrington, Ralph Hall and Will
liam Broderick. for assessors, and Robert
King. A. r. Harvey and e. A. Shaw, for
justices OF the peace, s. each.
This fund was expended as follows: For
polling wards in the city, Kever Jellen, 50;
James Kinney $40; f. Bapka, IS; Joseph kus,
$40; j. P. Butler, s36; Patrick Desmond, sS6;
Michael Butler $24: Frank Murphy S44;
j. e. Donahue. s36; Hobart Williams $iz;
Joseph Nachtnabel, $40; William Herald
s12; Charles Hauba, $5
For salary Of w. II. Gunsolus, secretary OF
committee, $3.50, and that of William shieids'
clerk of committee. $50. For rent OF halls,
s21o.5O; rent of headquarters, s36; printing,
s123 25; posting bills, SO; carriage hire, Slt;
books, $2.S5; Joseph Bulla and e. Coniey,
registration in South Omaha, SIS; express,
$3.50.
The contributions came almost entlrely
from county officers and their subordinates,
as follows: George W. Shields, county at
torney, SIS; j. H. Grossman, deputy attorney,
S36; E. E. Thomas, deputy county attorney
s25; Lee Helsley deputy county attorney,
$40; Harry p. Deuel., county auditor, S4O.5o;
w. r. O'Shaughnessy, clerk for auditor, S27;
W. III. Olmstead, superintendent Of county
hospital, $780, C. l.. Rustin. engineer at
county hospital S3S; w. H. Gunsolus, mes
senger for county attorney, $27; Steve War
rem. George McArdle, B. Bierbach, d. F. Lee,
George Ohm and A. A. Gary, employees at
county hospital, S15 each; Ed. J. Dee, super
intendent of court house, $25; Philip Wag-
ner Henry Beal and Frank Hynek, janitors
at court house. SIS each; Thomas Hoctor,
county commissioner, $54; F. j. Wearne
county physician, SIS; ]. p. Connolly, county
commissioner, S54; state central committee
SIPS; county central committee, $26; E. E.
Howell, $40; ]. G. Megeath, So
OF this fund s42 was expended for postage,
$3.50 for books, rs cents for janitor, $22
for music $25 to Patrick Mostyn for detec-
tive work, $12050 to hustlers to get out the
voters to register, Sc for carriage hire, $40
for incidental Office expenses, S35 to w. w.
McCombs for expenses, amounts as follows
| for workers on election day at the respective
polls: First ward, $40; Second ward, 500;
| Third ward. $50; Fourth ward, 500; Fifth
ward. s35; Sixth ward, $35; Seventh ward,
$50; Eighth ward, $40; Ninth ward. $780,;
| South Omaha $40; Chicago precinct $40;
Clontarf, s5; Douglas. IS; East Omaha. Elk
| horn, Florence, Jefferson, Union and Platte
Valley, $40 each; Mllard and McArdle. $40
each, and West Omaha, $40.
other Certifcates Filed.
| c. C. Wright, judge of the district court,
| shows that he did not allow the central
| committee to tap him at all, but he spent
$40 for his picture in the Burtonian at Te-
kamah and s21.75 for railroad fare. hotel
| bills and printing.
| +.
which $50 was assessment by someone I'M
known, as the report of the democratic COM
mittee does not show it. He also went 50 so
| on the Royal Woodman, $40 on the Bur-
| tonian, $5 on postage and the rest went for
| carriage hire, car fare, printing and hotel
| bills.
The candidacy of e. G. McGilton for regent
of the university did not stand him in red
| cent.
| d. NJ. Haverly for county clerk liquidated
| to the extent of 1868, of which SITS went to
the campaign committee, $3.50 to the South
Omaha Sun, 81 to the Royal Woodman, SIC
| to the Western Laborer, S. each to the En-
terprise and Progress, $3.50 to the Excelsior
and the rest for printing and distribution OF
cards, postage and livery hire.
1t cost Thomas Harrington ss to run for
assessor, of which S. went to the central
committee, $3.50 to cards and time lost in
coming up to the court house to file this
statement, so cents" To make the race for
Justice OF the peace Louis " Guye squan.
dered $3.50, all for printing and distribu-
ton of cards Arthur E. Baldwin for the
same Office laid out $685. of which IS went
to the Royal Woodman. Adam Stengler
running for justice OF the peace, reported
81 have had no expense whatever In my
election" p. p. Mergen spent $775 fol
printing, Paul Sommer $40, OF which 81
was assessment, and II. Williams $10 o
which half was assessment, to run for as.
SCISSORS Henry Farmer, for the Board o.
Education, put $40 into his hustle, OF which
So went to getting voters to register. 81 tc
the Royal Woodman and the rest for cards
The following report expenditure OF moth
ing: Chris p. Soil and William Cohrs, over
seers, and John s. Kelly and ]. p. Boyer
constables, Jefferson precinct; Henry Seip
assessor; Henry Peters, assessor Chicag
precinct; C. b. Nichols, assessor Waterloo
Herman Tangeman, overseer Clontarf; Mar
Gus Roos, assessor Clontarf, and w. w
Wilde, justice Clontarf.
John ]. DAILY blew 81 into his contest TO
constable in South Omaha.
Ferdinand Haarmann's race for state sen
ator did not cost him a red.