Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-22
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Necessary for City to Select New officers
Of Election.
TOO MANY FALL BY The WAYSlDE
While Not All, Several of Those
Chosen for Tuesday Became
Tneapacitnted Before Day
Was over.
TOO MANY FALL BY The WAYslDE


It win be necessary FOR the mayor and
council to revise the entire list Of regis
tration and election ofncers. The work OF
Tuesday showed conclusively that many
OF those who did serve were incompetent,
others became worthless on account of in
duleinE in too much liquor, while others
did not report for duty at all.
Within q short time the matter viii be
given thorough consideration and the list
revised so, as to obtain responsible men
to conduct the coming three days OF regis
tretIon and the election of November T.
When. the list Of judges, and clerks Of
election is made out there will be another
school OF instruction for election officers.
g. G. Hamilton, representative of the
United States Standard Voting Machine
company, left last night for Chicago. Be
fore going he notified City Clerk GIlin
that he would be gone about ten days. By
the time he returns he hopes to have an
other list of election, officials appointed
80 that he can instruct the new appointees
IN the use Of the machines.
In looking over the list Of those who
were appointed and instructed in the use
OF the voting machines and carried away
Certificates showing that they were quail
fed It is found that only about half OF
the thirty-six registrars reported for duty
on Tuesday last. The places Of the abb
sentees had to be hlled by the mayor, and
this caused a delay OF all the way from
one 10. three hours In the opening OF the
voting places.
sCounciln1en are now casting abodt for a
new list of men that, will serve on the
three coming registration days and on
election day. The next registration days
will be on october 10 and q and Novem-
No News from Bond Buyers.
Since the histories OF the Twenty fourth
street paving bonds we're sent TO the pur-
chasers, w. ]. Hayes G. Sons Of Cleveland,
no news has been received here. Every day
the city officials are looking for a letter
h from these bankers intimating whether
the bonds viii be accepted or not. 1t be-
gins to look now as II nothing will be heard
until the attorneys have completed the
examination of the histories and give an
opinion either accepting or declining the
bonds.
It is Understood that Parks, Johnson s
Parks will not start to work on the paw
ing until notice has been received to the
effect, that the, issue Is legal. Attorneys
for bond buyers do not like to be hurried
. about such, matters and It may be thai
word Wal not be received before october
i
proposed, paving that much farther back
as 1t will not be long before cold weather
will come and concrete cannot be laid sue
cessfully when the temperature Is mucf
below freezing. The contractors who viii
DO the paving are in touch with materia
e dealers and assert that there will, be LITTLE
II any delay in getting material on the
ground when once the money for the bond
lis available. ,s.i.. "'. .. ...-a
.f vPresByteFInns GettihE Ready.
. Next week the annual synodcal meeting
of the Wombns Missionary society OF th'
Presbyterian synod of Nebraska will b.
held in South Omaha. The convention
"opens on September q and" will eohtinu'
until the 18th. All meetings will be heiC
at the First Presbyterian church, Twenty
NTH and ] streets. ....
MRS George T11den OF Omaha. synodica
president, is directing arrangements anC
appointing committees. 1t is expected tina
fully sixty delegates. will be present from
the various presbyteries in the state.
number Of persons prominent in Presby
terian missionary work will attend thi
y convention and either read papers or de
liver addresses. Local committees are be
ing named and everything possible will b
done by the South Omaha people to en-
tertain the visiting delegates.
should Lower Catch Basin.
A petition has been presented to tn
council by property owners on NJ stree
between Twenty-hfth and Twenty-sixt
! streets complaining about the condition O
the street 1t is asserted that the cate
u basin at the northwest corner of Twenty
Anfth and NJ streets is too high and tina