Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
SAYS AERCER MAN LED HIN
Explanation Of Charles Gautier, Arrested
for Illegal Registration.
PLACES BLAME ON CAMPAIGN WORKER
First Arrest Growing out of Regis
radOn This Yesr-others who
Make Declaration Too
Late TO vote.

WI AAANhai LIBERALIZATION.
Gautier took out his first naturalization
papers last Friday and registered the same
day.sH has been In the United States
for5 Ten OF eight years and this was the
hrs4 he said. that he had ever
thc4s4t OF taking out papers and register
ing an only did so at the earnest request
of. A3Mssterman. a Mercer worker. He
said Nasterman made several trips to his
house before he finally convinced him that
It wac not unlawful for him to register.
"Masterman came TO my house several
days before registration day" said Gautier.
and begged me to register. told him
that I had not taken out my papers and did
not want to register, for I thought 1t was
not lawful. ] told him that | had been a
workingman and did not care or did not
Know anything about voting and did not
want to get mixed up with politics. After
hastaeThan bad begged me a long time he
left 9nd l told. MY wife that would
hav s~nothing to do with the election.
Mag imam came again and begged mo
and Aally said IL was al right to take out
the3 papers and register. He finally per-
sua9ed me that 1t was not against the law.
] tqfd him would register. The next day
he cape for me and was with me when
I took out my nrst papers. He then took
me over and registered"
go - 0hKAAgNA az GUEG EdTOdm
street and was at work there when ofhcer
Baldwin arrested him. He had been in
formed that a warrant was out for his
arrest, but made no ettempt to evade the
ofieer. He seems greatly worried about
his arrest and places, all the blame for his
act upon Mastermani. who, he said. per-
suaded him that he was not violating the
/. Under the auspices of the Douglas
County Democracy a meeting at which a
.pumber Of the democratic candidates will
display theirs oratorical powers will be
held at sehlitz' roof garden Friday night.
Count John A.. Creighton will be the
honorary chairman and there will be a
number OF features unusual to a political
gathering. Aside from music. by a brass
bandg thefe win be songs and other
stunts" by Clever entertainers.
Republicans WIN rally at the schlitz
roof garden Saturday ( night, when the
principal speaker will be W. r. Gurley.
This probably will be the last big meeting
Of the campaign and an effort is to be
made toget out a big crowd.
"Mercer's bid for the votes Of the or
ganised workingmen fall upon deaf ears" -
bdlu a mempeT OF the MUSICIANS union.
There are 176smembers of the Musicians
union and out Of that number Mercer may
T&pt Ave votes. We have canvassed the
-nntter and know whereof we speak. We
have not forgotten the. efforts made by Mr.
Mercer to secure the Twenty-second Regi-
ment band. when Colonel Miller refused TO
let II go 1on a. tTipeto Deadwood last sum
mer. aud nwsMpHhnpe4geStc S mens Whose
mainten2hce Is certain the work which
should have gone,to men who depend upon
their profession for their living.
Mercer claims 10 have the interest Of
1.-The laboring men at heart, but I never
heard Of him taking any stand upon the
question Of letting military and naval bands
compete with the regular musicians. I
have seen no evidence In Omaha of his
love for the workingman. The plans for
his new house gave employment to an
architect, perhaps. but has never given en-
ploymeut to a Nebraska workman outside
OF the aSchiteet's, ONCE. He can show no
material evidence of. his interest in labor.
. and we can show positive evidence of his
opposition to II, and that no later than
upon his return from the east on this trip.
His friends have pleaded that he was led
into that action unwittingly, which makes
Il all the worse for him. All musical
unions close to regimental posts OF the
OnlIeQ OLdtt6 army nave I COu1ptLe 10 q
greater or less extent with the military
bands Of the United States. The soldiers
in the bands are clothed and fed by the
government, so that they can furnish music
for less money per man than the regular
musicians can. The unions succeeded In
getting a ruling from the government pro-
hibiting MEMBERS OF the military bands
from playing for less than the recognized
wage scale In the locality where they may
be stationed. but we have proof that the
Twenty-second Regiment band played for
little more than half OF the scale when
Mr.. Mercer had succeeded In overriding
the decision of the colonel"
A democratic rally will be held at Palm
tags hall, 1885 Vinton street, Thursday
night. @. NJ. Hitchcock. James p. Eng
lish and Ed p Smith will be the speakers.
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The sample ballots to be used in the
coming election are in the hands OF the
county clerk. This year the names Of all
candidates for all Offices are printed in
one column. The length OF the ballot is
such in the country precincts that no paper
has been found in the city long enough to
carry all OF the names, and no job press
large, enough to print them should the
paper he secured. In the case Of the coun-
try precincts the tickets will be printed
in two parts and pasted together before
they leave the hands OF the printer. The
work this year Is being done by the omaha
Printing company and $4,000 tickets have
been ordered for Douglas county, one and
one-hait ticket for each registered voter
on the books.
The Swedish-American Independent elul
held it's last meeting Of the campaign a