Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

$S,efS.54; outstanding and unpaid school
warrants issued since the present board
went into once. $40. 7s5. 10. II will there
fore be seen that the present board has
expended $3.50, s7s.1t, and the expenses for
the second half OF the present school year
must yet be met.
The number Of pupils enrolled In our
city schools is about 1000. Statistics
taken from eighteen cities which are near
est In population to the city Of South
Omaha disclose that In an average at
tendance of 4.1s6 pupils the average costs
in maintaining the public schools for the
year IL t7s, $50. The letters and reports
from these various cities from which these
figures are taken are now on Gle with the
secretary Of this league.
This very striking comparison In figures
speaks with greater force than words and
Is sufhcient In itself TO arouse our citizens
and taxpayers against such blamable, II not
criminal, management Of our public
schools.
M above facts. taken from the records
Of the board, would not have come to pub
lie light had not this league, at its own
cost and expense, employed an attorney at
law TO make an examination Of the books
and records Of the board. We desire 10
call the attention Of the citizens and tax
payers Of South Omaha to the wisdom and
necessity of greater publicity In the af-
fairs Of the Board Of Education and to
secure that end the league most urgently
recommends that the school board publish
an annual report. setting forth the amount
Of money received from all sources and a
full Itemized statement OF all money paid
out, to whom and for what purpose"
Republicans Prepare for Canpaisn.
/ n--..- - w-- A.. Ia. 49, 49,
pairing for an active campaign and the city
central committee Is holding frequent meet
ings for the purpose Of rerfecting the or
ganization and arranging all Of the details
Of the coming campaign. With six wards
In the city there will be Eve delegates to
the city convention from. each ward, making
q total OF thirty delegates. The primaries
will be held on Marcn Z at the following
places:
First ward-collIns' Music store, Tween
ty-fO1rth and X streets.
Twenty-fourth street.
Third neutrality-suspicious. and Y
Fourth ward-si2 North Twenty-nfth
street.
Fifth ward-Boyster building. Thirty
Sixth ward-Twenty-fourth and @
streets.
The onhcials to take charge Of the pri-
maries will be announced within the next
few days. Yesterday the work of making
copies OF the registration books for use a.
the primaries was completed and al those
who registered as republicans at the last
election will be permitted to vote at the
primaries on March Z.
One member Of the city central committee
said that the greatest Of care was being
taken with all of the arrangements in order
| that fhora uniOhk he M Io0al Aaw In 4hn
proceedings. Every effort Ia to be made
by the republicans, so members Of tho
committee say, to elect the ticket nomi-
mated at the convention, which will be held
at woodman hail on March 8.
Committee Meets Kenyon
The special committee appointed by Mayor
Kelly Monday night 10 confer with onicers
Of the Stock Yards company met Mr.. Ken
yon yesterday. When they returned from
their trip across the tracks they said that
they had nothing to report, as MIR. Kenyon
was noneommittai. The idea of the visit
was to ascertain II possible the location
of the eastern terminus Of the proposed
viaduct. Judging from street talk the fight
between the proposed locations IL on just
the same, and the result Of the COMMITTEES
meeting with the yards people Is snxiousiy
awaited. An Omaha sheet says there 10
ZONE disposition on the part Of the corpora
tions to deliberate on this matter. In THE
connection q baslness man on N street Paid
last night that the corporations had done
nothing but deliberate on the question for
the last seven years.
COuncilmen only Laugh.
At the last session Of the council 9 COM
munication was read by the clerk from q
Mr.. Carl Dorm Of Chicago asking what the
show is for securing a telephone franchise
In South Omaha. The communication was
only a short one, Consisting Of only four
lines. and as no stamp for q reply was
enclosed it is hardly probable that any
attention will be paid to the communication
Members Of the council consider the matter
q joke, as anyone with business ideas would
doubtless have written details or sent an
agent. This Is only one Of the many sam.
pies of communication which are received
by the city clerk each week and to which
the council pays no attention.
Change of Date.
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