Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-29
A Doctors Prescription.

cheaper gas is had at once. This can be
done easily by granting a franchise to
another company. If this gas company
thought for a. minute another company
would get into Omaha the rates would be
lowered at once. Mr.. Benson and the
council can and will see that the people
of Omaha get lower gas"
Election officers have been instructed in
certain duties with respect to the voting
machines in circulars sent to each by City
Attorney Breen one of the points made
clear is that before the voting begins the
machines must be examined in the presence
of such party watchers as may be there
to ascertain that all counters are set at
zero. After quoting sections of the voting
machine law the circular reads:
You win thus observe that before the
polls are open It is made the duty of the
election officers having the keys of the
machine TO open the machine so as, to ex-
pose the counters on the back of the ma
chine and to carefully scrutinize each
counter in the presence of whatever party
watchers may be present, and to ascertain
and to certify Jon the return sheet that
each and every counter was registered
zero before the polls opened and before
in front. and If any counter when thus
examined by you is not found to be regis
os az z9E % beoT be pSs afs
opened and to enter the actual registra-
tion on the return sheet, and thus show
at what number the machine was started
on any particular counter
Special policemen are needed by the city
for service at the May election and Mayor
Zimman has asked the newspapers to help
him out by publishing the fact. There
are places open to twenty-five or thirty
ableboded men who may want a days
work Of from twelve to fourteen hours at
| 25 cents an hour. Applicants should apply
I to Mayor zimman at 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
/ The Good Government league ticket,
claimed TO have been made up by ballot
| referendum vote of the league, is out on
/ postal cards The entire republican ticket
! il endorsed with the exceptions of the
candidates for building Inspector and coun-
Gilman from the Sixth ward. c. II. With
nell and w S, Sheldon, democratic, are en-
dorsed for the two places respectively. The
pronunciamento is signed by e, e. Elliott
w. ]. McEachron, DR.. H. Clifford e. F,
Magaret A. A. Lamoreaux, George T. Nor
ton and John d. Ware, executive commit
tee.
+. X. Buckminster, manager OF the Met
ropolitan Detective agency of Chicago ant
well known In Omaha as the detective who
worked up the evidence In the Board OF
Education scandals I'm 1899 and 1900 is agar
I'm Omaha to watch the election. He is reg
istered at the Merchants hotel. Mr., Buck
minister declines TO say who has hired hi
agency TO work here, but says
Il have enough meR-here to watch ever!
suspected precinct and my instructions L
cause the arrest and prosecution of ever,
. man attempting 10 cast an illegal vote WI
be carried out to the letter.
"our agency makes something OF a spe
cislty OF inquiries into political campaigns
was personally on tie ground in Nov
I York at the last city election, cur mel
preventing a great denl az illegal voting
More recently / Eas through the Mil
waukee campaign with a large furce O
operatives. II resulted in The election q
! Becker, the good government candidate.
! think We will find plenty to occupy us unit
after the election IN Omaha"
l. No effort was made by Mr. Buckminste
, TO keep his presence in The city secret
: A republican looking for amusement, VIII
; happened 10 stray into the krug theate
! meeting Of the democrats Friday nigh
says;
! Gilbert NJ Hitchcock surprised evvryon
! by talking about local issues aud D,
r strayinE on In the national pasture an
expoundins the need for a scheme MOI
2 equally 20 distribute wealth lie made
great hit by telling his auditors they ha