Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-14
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City officials Busy with Preparations fol
the Special Election.
RESULT EXPECTED TO Be KNOWN BY tlGH'
Rumor that OVEN Property VIII ne
the Only site OHered Monday to
the city for the Proposed
City Hall.

City Hall
The principal business about the city
hall yesterday concerned the affairs of the
special election; and it is the details of
this election that will occupy the atten-
ton of the officers until the close of the
week. The place OF c. b. Hendricks,
formerly the custodian of the voting ma
chimes of the city of South Omaha was
supplied by E e E Ridgeway, who be-
gan the work of delivering the machines
to the voting places In the afternoon. Five
| OF them were delivered to the wards The
| other seven will be sent out today. There
will be school of instruction for the
| Judges and the clerks of election at the
| council chamber, where the handling Of
the machines will be explained and the
details of conducting the voting rehearsed.
In the clerks office the proofs of the
| newly ordered poll books were examined
| and the revised copy sent to the printers.
Assignments were made to the various
police officers who will have charge of the
delivering Of the poll books and the books
J Of registration on election day were made.
/ also the necessary instructions of the police
| officers were formulated Among them
| will be the advice regarding the closing
| of all saloons on Thursday is required
! by law. A list OF instructions was posted
! for the benefit of unregistered voters as
! follows:
We find that the law governing the
swearing in of votes has been thoroughly
gone into, in the case of Unit against
! Miller. and also in the case OF Croker
against Dewal, and hence. after careful
analysis of these cases we think the cor
rect rule as laid down therein is as fol-
/. The voter desiring to swear in his
vote on election day being unregistered,
must appear before the city clerk and be
:. His affidavit must also be signed and
sworn to by two freeholders, residing in
the precinct in which he desires to vote.
who have known the applicant for one
year The fact that they are residents OF
the ward in which he desires to vote is
not sufficient, They must be residents of
the same voting precinct
! 3: The affidavit made by the voter in
order to entitle him to vote need not be
confined to sickness" absence from the
city but may include, at work and did
II any of these reasons shall be assigned
thoy will be deemed sufficient. and the
Is. A. D., 1905. will be given a certificate
showing his qualification 10 vote on that
K careful observance of these rules will
cerned.
The time during which the polling places
will be open will be between the hours of
a. m. and p. IN. A blank report has
|
vote will be sent to the Office of the city
clerk. This is the unofficial report and is
TO be made to the city clerk soon as
possible after the canvass is completed.
With the voting machines II is believed
that the unofficial report will be in before
p. m. Thursday night.
The clerks, under the auspices OF the
Sewer Bond Promotion bureau, were given
access to the registration lists from which
they addressed letters containing the in
formation which the bureau wishes each
voter in the city to possess before the
polls open for a vote on the proposition.
The personnel of this bureau is largely the
members of the Commercial club of South
Omaha r.~
Speculation on City Hall site.
There is considerable speculation regard
ing the propositions for the new city hall
site, which bids are to be opened next
Monday night at the regular meeting of
the city council. 1t is rumored that there
will be only one bid before the board
and that the O'Neil property on the corner
of Twenty-fourth and streets. II is
stated that the vacant corner OF Twenty
fifth and NJ streets will not be offered
tho Ugh this had been long thought to be
the principal rival property for the site.
CURLING and Gutter Specifications.
The city engineer has perfected the speci-
fications for the curbing and guttering of
Twenty-third street, and access may be
had to them at any time. Bids are adver-
tised for the construction of the same, to
be closed at p. m Monday, February 10.
The maximum of the estimates Is % cents
per lneal foot The improvements extend
from Missouri avenue north to the city
limits North of + street Twenty-third
| vii 10 "A Of no I'd at,atar
There will be nearly 10000 lineal feet of
curbing and guttering to be done on this
thoroughfare, including the intersections.
The intersections paid by the city,
} while special taxes will be levied for the
streets
German Democratic Club Organizes.
The German-American democratic club
had meeting yesterday evening for the
purpose of electing officers for the ensuing
year. II was further ordered that the
democratic candidates who desired the en-
; dorsement of the club should present their
names and requests to the secretary of the
organization. Regular weekly meetings
will be held until the close of the campaign.
The following is the result of the election:
DR.. f. w. Faux, president; G.. Rahm. vice
president; Z. Wetzel, treasurer; And. Haw-
ernich. secretary: f. Ester, assistant sec
rotary; d. Weber, Waterman.
Executive committee-M. Yost lily Keller,
Ferd Janescheit, Hy Geest, George Louder
haupt, II, Bochman, Joseph spir J. II.
, Loechner.
Republican Club Matters.
The Lithuanian societies of South Omaha
0 organized n republican club last Sunday
r afternoon at their meeting at the New
Settlers hall at Thirty-siXth and streets
d Hereafter the club will meet at Joe Kar-
walls hall, 56l South Thirty fourth street
The membership will be large one. b
Maslowsk was chosen president Joe DIAL
tow, vice president Stanley Nutowsc, sec
Rotary; Vincent Uvdwinicz, treasurer. Ex-
: ecutive committee, w. AchremowicE W
! Jaqubka and s. s. Nutowsc. The mex
4 meeting of the club will be Sunday after
! noon at O'Clock. Last Sunday "A resolu.
I ton was passed In favor of the bond issue
p IL was ascertained that all the members
y had been registered Saturday. President
r Urbanski of the Kosciusko Republican cluI
| estimates he Of h. D,lg