Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-29
POLL OF STATE BEING MADE
Republican Committee Sends Out the
Books to County ohsirmen.
EX-GOVERNOR POYNTtR FOR SHELDON
winfield Meyers while Drunk shoots
His Child wife and when sober
Denies All Knowledge
of II.
lrrom a stafr correspondentl

fFrOm n stan COrfesponuenNsl
LINCOLN. Sept. Spcclal.)-Omcials
OF the republican state committee have sent
out all of the poll books with the exception
of those counties from which they have
failed to get the names of the chairmcn.
These names are expected to be certified in
shortly and in the meantime Chairman
Rose desires to urge upon the county COM
mittees the sending I'm of the chairman's
name at once. as every days delay means
that much time lost from the campaign.
r. F. Rains. republican nominee for feat
representative from Webster and Adams
counties. called at the headquarters yes
terdayl and reported everything all right
in his district. Judge t. L. Norval of
Seward was also "a caller and reported
republicans in good shape In his COM
munity.
The Beveridgc meeting to be held in Lin
coin will be big affair. The county com
mittee has taken the matter in charge and
the local candidates and others will re-
lieve the state committee from paying the
expenses of the meeting. The entire county.
is expected to attend and help open up the
county campaign.
Poynter for sheldon.
Former Governor Poynter has announced
publicly that he is for George L. Sheldon
iOE SbNtluOit Nnib 10 ldhtn u litdh u
great majority Of all the populists in the
state will follow the example of their old
leader. Mr.. Poynter is out Of the city at
the present time. but to the local papers
he made the statement he intended to vote
for Sheldon and would not stand for Shall
lenberger.
"UncIe Jake" WoIfe's Record.
Calling a spade a spade the republican
haxr IN he
enthusiastic over the denomination of H.
NJ. Eaton for land commissioner. but even
his record will stand comparison with
that of his fusion opponent, J. v. Wolfe.
who also served as land commissioner.
The commissioner OF public lands and
buildings. is chairman of the State Board
of Public Lands and Buildings, which
board has control of the various state
| institutions and which let's all contracts
relating to these Institutions. For four
years Mr.. Wolfe acted in this capacity.
but failed to protect the state against
fraud and extravaganza.
Uncle Jake Wolfe was on the Board
of Public Lands and Buildings. when the
| fusion superintendent of the Hastings asy-
lum bought 5000 worth of clothing and
5000 worth OF butter from favored dealers
just before relinquishing his office to the
republicans.
He was on the board when the fusion
superintendent of Sthe Hastings asylum
allowed weeds in the park to grow twelve
feet high and then permitted Jack Frost
| TO cut them down. instead of having the
! job done when 1t should have been done. He
was on the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings when under the contract let
| for the construction of a tunnel at the
| Industrial School for Girls at Geneva. the
tunnel was not kricked propped In any
manner, but the fusion board allowed
the Favored contractors to plaster directly
against the earth. trs-r
Unckle Jake was on the board when
the Kearney Industrial School for Boys
was allowed TO run down to such an ex-
tent that his successors had to prop 1t up
to save it from a total collapse.
The things mentioned here are only
few incidents taken from the record of
the fusion nominee for land commissioner.
That he was a self-confessed pass holder
and passgrabber while in Office is not
denied That he and his associates left every
state institution in a disgraceful condi-
ton upon retiring from Office is a matter
of history and that during his two terms
OF office more scandals cropped out in the
state institution than since or before, is
matter of record.
shoots His Child Wife.
Winfield Meyers aged Ss, Is in jail await