Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-17
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NCOntlnueQ from FlIhl fbbels
is recorded as living at 1908 North Twenty
first street, a house in the Eighth ward
but as having voted in the Sixth ward.
Mr.. Spain is employed by the Lee-Glass-
ANDERSEN Hardware company. He did
not vote ct the last general election and
moved since that time. Before he moved
he lived in the Fifth ward. Seen by a
Bee reporter this morning he said:
There was a large number Of men at
this house who we're taken to the city hall
to register on the day Of the primaries by
men hired by ID. H. Mercer. Buggies were
here all the time and when l got time
went to the city hall. There they asked
me where l resided and l told them !
thought / lived in the Fifth ward, but was
not sure. They asked me where / lived
and l told them. In a few minutes they
handed me a certificate signed by the city
clerk and two freeholders, to the effect
that l was a legal resident Of the Sixth
ward, and / took the certificate to Twenty
fourth and Grant streets, where l voted.
/ never saw any one l knew at the city
hall who signed the certificate or affidavit
and when the officers gave me the certih-
cate 1 believed that l resided in the
Sixth ward"
The afidavit accompanying the certificate
issued to Mr.. Spain was signed by one
Gibson and H.. NJ. Mcdonald. Asked II he
knew these men, Mr.. Spain said:
lis Henry Mcdonald a brother Of Johnny
| Mcdonald. l know Johnny, but don't know
his brotf er-wouldn't know him IL l were
to see him. To my knowledge l never saw
Mr.. Gibson in my life and did not know
that either one OF them signed my afidavit."
Were AmdavIts Made In Blank.
J. F. Lynch, who resides at 241S Bur-
dette street, also an employe OF the Lee
Glass-Andreesen company, was present at
the conversation between Mr.. Spain and
the reporter. He said:
You know how the thing is done. /
know Henry Mcdonald, but my impression
Is that 1 never saw him at the city hall the
day OF the primaries. l certainly did not
ask him to sign an affidavit for me, al
though l voted on certificate. do not
know Mr.. Gibson at all, and IL l saw him l
do not know II. My impression Is, from the
way the thing was worked at the city hall
that day, that there was a large number
Of blank afhdavits signed by freeholders Of
the wards and left in the hands of some
political agent at the clerks office and that
these blank certificates were filled out as
the occasion required"
The afidavit accompanying the certificate
Of Mr.. Lynch is signed by Gibson and H.
s.. Mcdonald, and the reason assigned for
his name not appearing upon the books Is
that he was out of the city during the
registration days last fall, to which fact
the men who signed the affidavit swore,
without having seen the voter to his knowl-
edge at the time the afidavit was prepared.
Percy E.. Gwynne. who gave his residence
| az ami Seward atraef is recorded aa hav-
ing voted upon certificate in the Sixth ward,
while the address given is in the Eighth
ward.
other names of questionable residence APP
pear In this ward, but they have not been
investigated at this time.
In the Fourth Ward.
The Fourth ranked second to the Sixth
in the extent to which the law was disre-
garded. Here eight certificates were is
sued regardless ! of the terms Of the
statute. and here also did w. s. Esancy get
his vote sworn in. A list of those who
voted on defective certificates is as follows:
s. C. Barnes, 211 South Twenty-fourth
street: II registered and was Judge Of
election last fall. 1t must be a clerical
error" Signed by c. S. Elgutter and F. B.
Kennard.
II. ]. Schmidt, PIT North Twenty-Five
street: WAS prevented from registering by
working too late nights in a drug store"
Signed and sworn to by f. B. Kennard and
j. G. Carpenter.
william Buthorn. S16 South Sixteenth
street: THE clerk did not register my
politics." Signed and sworn to by G. An
derson and F. B.. Kennard.
P. A. Saxeman. 627 South Twentieth
street: Has registered. but name does not
appear on registration books" Signed and
sworn to by Dunn and N. p. Dodge, jr.
W. s. Hammill, 7O7 South Seventeenth
street: Not in city at last day of regis
t%ration." Signed and sworn to by Dunn
and N. P. Dodge, tr.
w. c. Brunke, 2O9 South Twentieth street:
did not know 1t was necessary" Signed
and sworn to by j. HoltArf and Adams.
Percy Babbitt, Twenty fourth and Far
nam streets: mo knowledge of the time
and didn't know it was necessary"
In the other wards the reasons were made
to conform more with the requirements OF
the statutes, the men in charge seeming to
desire an apparent conformation with the
law at least.
Game I'm other Wards.
n In the First ward Frank Ward was
granted a certificate because he found II
lmPOohlbAt - lNSiSttI Ou aNNouhl u bSAh6
delayed at work" This afidavit was signed
by o. C. Olson and Clyde Sundblad.
G. G. Hedberg Of 1714 South Fifth street
received a certificate on the statement thai
he did mot know of registration until II
was too late" on an afidavit signed by c
b. Schroth aud w. J. Robinson.
l. P. A. Brucehart of 261S South Twelfth
gave as an excuse that registers failed tC
Put down politics. but gave It as repub'
lican." This was signed and sworn to BY
p. N. Hanson and F, W. Koetter.
In the Second ward Charles George Of
1917 South Thirteenth street was granted
certificate on the showing that he was "toC
late to register" the afidavit being signed
by A. C. Harte and w. W. Bingham.
In the Fifth ward Jacob X. Lesser, on
showing that 81 have been Sick wal
; granted a certificate on the afidavit Of A. M
Lesser and M. F. Sears.
In the Seventh ward /. Power of 113.
Georgia avenue voted on a certificate which
showed never voted: lived in Seventh ware
two years." the sfhdavit being signed b.
J. o. Detweiler and c.. l.. Thomas.
! Out of approximately 100 persons WIT
gave sickness as their excuse for not beinl
: on the registration books but one certih
cate signed by a physician as required b!
law is on file with the committee.
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