Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Considerable Difference of Opinion Over
Compensation of Election Officers.
MATTER TO BE TAKEN UP BY COUNTY
Men Who Served Kicking for Full
Pay, Six Dollars, Instead
of just Half that
Amount.

Considerable difference OF opinion seems
to exist regarding the compensation of
those who acted as judges and clerks at
the primary election on September 10.
Claims have been filed by those who
acted as registrars for 50 each and also
for the same amount for serving as judges
and clerks of the primary, Some of the
election officers appointed by the mayor
ana council failed to qualify and OF course
no attention will be paid to such claims.
Section IT OF the primary act provides
that registrars are to be paid at the rate
OF 50 each, but that no extra compensati ton
is to be allowed for the registrars acting
as judges of primary election. This matter
OF compensation is to be taken up with
the county officials this week and straight
ened out In some way. 1t is thought that
possibly the county can be induced to pay
portion of the amount due the regis
! trars Those who served on the primary
board expected to be paid 50 each for
counting the primary votes and also 50 for
holding the registration. Whether the
primary act will be strictly adhered to in
the matter Of compensation is the question
that Is worrying the election officers
on election day there will be no diff
Guilty about the pay of the election board.
as the city viii pay IS each to the judges
ana clerks for counting the vote on the
sewer bond proposition, while the county
will be expected TO pay it's portion OF the
general election expenses. There is a great
deal OF dissatisfaction over the fact thar
the primary act does not permit of COM
pensation for keeping the tally on the
vote cast at the primaries. Those who
qualified and served are intending TO make
an efrort to secure Sc for the days work.
Paving and City Hall Bonds.
City Clerk Gillin and City Attorney Lam
bert each received letters from w. J. HAYES
a Son, the purchasers of the 1000 Twenty
fourth street paving bonds. yesterday.
These letters merely acknowledged the re-
eeipt of additional data asked for along
with the statement that the data had been
submitted to the attorneys for the bankers.
No intimation was given as to the probable
decision OF the attorneys as TO the legality
OF the issue. Hayes a Sons notified the
city officials that the twenty days limit In
tho contract had been stricken out by
them. as their attorneys could not possibly
pass on the legality Of the issue in that
time. The mayor and council then extended
the time ten days, so that a decision Is ex-
pected not later than October IS. However
Hayes a. Sons have not paid any attention
TO this extension OF time, merely resting on
their statement that the time limit In which
a decision should be given had been erased
from the contract they made with the city
Last Monday City Attorney Lambert
wrote Hayes q Sons regarding the city hail
bonds and giving the decision OF Judge
Sears A reply was expected Saturday, but
In the letters received no mention was made
OF the city hall or park bonds. This Is taken
as an indication that Heys & Sons do not
care TO have anything 10 do with either the
city hall or park bonds as long as the hti- |
CATION continues. Attorney Breen OF Omaha |
has made the statement that he is prepaT-