Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-05
HEINER AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Opponents Unable to Agree AnOnE Them
selves in Tabitha Home Matter
TOO MANY ANXIOUS TO RUN INSTITUTION
State Treasurer Mortensen Advocates
PROSECUTING school Enumerators
who Have Padded Their
Lists.
lion a star correspondentl

AHIoln bNttIL OOfTeHpOnoenLl
lincoln, Nov. 4.--Cs-
OF the self-appointed committee organized
to compel Rev. Heiner to give over to their
management Tabiths home, an institution
valued at $4,000. which he has built up dur
ing the last seventeen years. are fighting
among themselves and the committee is
about to become shipwrecked upon the rock
OF distrust. This cropped out at a meeting
held by the committee last night at which
time the committee expected to put the
finish to the Rev. Heiner and take active
charge OF the home, or get in a position to
do so by securing a majority of the MEM
bers OF the board OF trustees
The fight came over the spoils which tho
committee expected to get after freezing
Rev Heiner out Of the home. The meeting
closed, however, with members OF the COM
mittee distressing each other and with Rev.
Heiner serene and patient holding the
winning hand with four members Of the
board to the three which he allowed the
committee TO name. The committee pro-
posed last night to put two more of their
flock on the board of trustees and thus Sc
cure a majority. when they could get the
scalp Of the Rev. Heiner. That developed
the Tight Miss Cora CARRIER, one Of the
chief agitators, wanted TO be on that board,
so did Miss Sarah Harris. another agitator.
Mrs Joseph Whitman and Mrs. H. NJ. Bush
nell were the other two recommended by
the committee for membership. From these
four the Heiner end OF the board is sup
posed TO select two members But it hap
pened that the Heiner contingent has four
members OF the board. a majority, and the
parties recommended will have to be passed
on by the board before they can become
trustees.
When the meeting was called to order
Miss Cora CARRIER. who, besides agitating
against the home, is also an employee of
the state. holding down a position in the
land commissioners office, demanded that
legal proceedings be resorted to get Heiner
out and at the same time investigate the
home To the surprise Of Miss CARRIER,
her old-time ally. another agitator, Rev.
Batten. objected to this and proposed the
committee select four names from which
Heiner and his board could select two to
serve on the board of trustees Miss Har-
rls favored this move The fight lasted
for almost three hours and the preacher
won, thus preventing Miss CARRIERS plan
for an onlcial investigation. The result OF
this meeting is that the status of the home
IS the same as It has been. Rev Heiner
IS in charge and he has been encouraged
by such men as Governor Mickey and
others almost as prominent. while the
committee is stin knocking without Offer
ing any relief. Discussing the meeting,
Miss CARRIER said:
REV. Mr.. Batten is being manipulated
by someone. He should have asked for
IN ohicial investigation. Instead OF that
he let DR.. Bailey. the president of the
State Board of Health, work him into let
ting Rev. Hener run things just as he
has been doing, Miss Harris also is now
for Dr. Bailey, when she used to be
against him. The whole thing is just
where It was two years ago. 1 think Rev.
Mr.. Batten is a good man, but he is just
being manipulated"
DIR. Bailey, president OF the State Board
of Health, has been a member of the
board of trustees for some years and is
also physician TO the home. The last re-
ports from the home were that the in
mates were getting along nicely and, not
withstanding the continual knocking on
the part OF dozen citizens Of Lincoln
Rev. Mr.. Heiner was getting much aid
from the people OF the state.
Deputy Postmaster Resigns.
T. f. A. Williams, deputy postmaster
Tor many years, has resigned his position
preparatory to entering again upon the
practice of law. 1t is said c. E. Hager,
another attorney, will be appointed to fill
Ehe vacancy.
Chairman Warner CONFIDENT.
All that remains for the republican and
democratic chairmen to do now is to give
90 the press their statements of the vote
that will be cast Tuesday. Then It will
be up to the people. Chairman Warner is
more than gratifed at the interest that
has been taken in the campaign by the
county and precinct chairmen and he sees
no reason for anything except the usual
republican majority. From all quarters of
the state he has received assurances that
q good vote will be polied, and during
the last few days he has done nothing ex-
cept to urge the chairmen not to be over
confident. That is what he has to fight
all during the campaign, because there
had been absolutely no apology to make
for candidates and no issue to discuss. II
has just been a question of whether the
republican candidates are not more fitted
for the Offices than the democrats and
whether the republican pledges made in
the past have not been carried out, while
the pledges made by the fusionists in the
past have been of no effect and only made
TO deceive.
Some time ago Chairman Warner started
in with the assistance OF the executive
committee to pay on the Indebtedness left
by Chairman Burgess When the smoke