Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-13
Oanard Circulated Claims Equal Rights
Club for Broatcb Gang.
ORIGIN OF FAKE NOT MADE PUBLIC
FOntaneIles Continue 60 Go After
westberE-ButIer Clique for De-
sorting Benson and sup
porting Broatch.

gotten out on the face of it, to aid in the
Broatch campaign. II seeks to give the
impression that Broateh is the preferred
mayoralty candidate of the Equal Rights
! club. and in a "P S." remarks:
Don't throw your votes away on Hen
nings as there is some question about his
eligibility, owing to his now holding city
/ office"
This statement as well as others on the
printed document, is. Of course, false.
Besides Broatch an entire city ticket, with
the exception of comptroller and city
! attorney, is listed under large head
lines, which read: Attention, Repub-
licansl II in Favor of a More Liberal
| Administration and a Square Deal Vote
the Equal Rights Ticket" BY way Of
valedictory the assertion is made that
every interest is represented on this ticket,
For further information call at headquRr-
tiers, room 10. Patterson block, or tele-
phone John Lewis at Douglas 1888"
The address Of the Equal Rights club
| is given correctly, as Is the telephone num-
Der, but John Lewis emphatically denies
| that the circular was sent out by the club
/ or has its sanction In any way. Concern
/ ing the statement that every interest Is
represented on the ticket" there is also
considerable truth. AS Simon Trostler, one
of the councilmanic candidates named.
| said, "It is a curious conglomeration."
For instance, such antitheses as Ike Has
call and Harry Zimman are favored.
| Broatch begins the list and Robert Hough-
ton ends It, Every name has the prefix
honorable and occupation attached. Com
pletd. It reads like this For mayor, w. j.
Broateh, police commissioner; city clerk,
w. e. Stockham, sidewalk inspector; build
To-
contractor; councimen, First ward, Isaac
Hascall, pioneer Citizen Second ward,
Edward Richie, assistant street commits
sioner; Third ward, II. b. Zimman, coun-
Gilman; Fourth ward, Charles NJ Bach
Manu. collector; Fifth ward, j. P. Redman,
sidewalk contractor; Sixth ward. Matt
Muxen cigar dealer; Seventh ward, Charles
| G. Dyball, councilman; Eighth ward, T. -
Bruner, driver; Ninth ward, Simon Trost-
Ter, cigar maker; Tenth ward Samuel
Scott, license inspector; Eleventh ward
| William +. Gerke, market master; Twelfth
| ward, Robert Houghton, brick mason
Bachmann, Redman, Dyball and Gerke are
the only endorses of the Equal Rights
club. so far as that organization admits
Zimman, Stockham, Redman, Dyball
| Trostler and Gerke, who we're asked IL
they knew anything about the circular
absolutely repudiated it and declared that
| they had never seen or heard of it be-
fore. They said their names were used
without authority. In Trostlers case the
slatemaker got his Information mixed and
put him in the Ninth ward, whereas he is
a candidate from the Eleyenth,hrarrI ~
1t developed Monday that great quanti-
ties of the fake circular had been sent
out. They were received, it seemed. by
every registered republican voter. Politi-
cal candidates got them as we'll as others.
A number Of the candidates appearing on
the ticket expressed anger over the mat
ter that was too intense to be bogus. The
Equal Rights club during the day set an
investigation under way in hopes of dis
covering the author of the forgery.
A Fontanelle club man was pleading with
a Swedish voter the other day to vote Tot
Benson.
mot me" replied the swede. Benson
heads slate in which the name Of
John II. Butler holds a prominent place
We have not forgotten how Butler bolted
the republican ticket three years ago and
by doing so defeated wahlstrom, the regu-
lar republican nominee, for building in
spector. wahlstrom is of our nationality
and we do not forget such things as that
You can't get any Benson votes among
the swedes this trip"
At the request of the officers OF the
republican and democratic city committee
City Clerk Elbourn has agreed to place
the names of candidates for city treas
urer and tax commissioner on the primary
ballots, though these ofices are extinct.
according to the charter. The plea is
made that the supreme court may set
aside the law on the subject and that IL
the names go on the ballots Il will prevent
special election, in that contingency. Both
committees filed written applications in
the matter. Chairman Robert CowelI and
Secretary c. c. Valentine of the republican
committee said
The undersigned respectfully request that
you place upon the Official ballot to be
} voted for at the primaries April g. 1906 the
names Of all persons filed for the Offices OF
city treasurer and tax commissioner. We
ask this IN view of the prospect OF an
early decision in the matter of the con-
tention over these offices. Should the de-
eision be In favor OF the consolidation no
harm will have been done, but should II
be adverse then ard In that event you will
have avoided the possible necessity Of a
special election.
Chairman w c. Bullard ana Secretary
A. G. Ellick Of the democratic city central
J committee voice its request as follows:
} In view OF the prospects OF the supreme
I court klNluB at early ana favorable de-
cision in the matter OF the contention over
the Offices of city treasurer and tax com
3 missioner, we, the chairman and secretary
OF the democratic city central COMMITTEES
respectfully request that you place Inc
names filed for these Offices on the ofaeial
ballot to be voted for at the primaries
April 3, 1906.
Apoiogists for W. ]. Broatch are oharg,
ing that w. II. Hoffman. who made a plea
for Tom Dennison and Broatch I'm the
Twelfth ward Friday. was induced TO dc
so by opposing interests. The fact re.
mains. however, that Bob Houghton AND
other Broatch lieutenants heard Holman
make his speech for Broatch and for the
widest kind Of a wide-open town. without
so much as Q remonstrance. HoIman'l
remarks seemed to be approved and hi,
references aDplauded.
The Douglas County Republican club viii
meet Tuesday night in the Swedish Ii
brary hall at ia South Fifteenth street
II Is expected that a municipal ticket
headed by City Treasurer Hennings will b,
Endorsed.
/ Ren,,blicans of the sacond ,,,,s I'm 4, ~