Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-22
BROATCH MEN PLEAD IN VAIN
City Hall EmplOye Unable to Pull Repre-
sentative Barnes from Hennings.
E. BURsAa, DEMOCRAT, FOR cITYATToRNEY
Elmer Thomas warns Broatch Gang
IL Cannot Turn city Into Gam
bling Resort Even 10 sue
ce.sfuI at Polls.

In a long harangue Wednesday morning /
ALI Bugh. superintendent of the city hau,
failed to convince State Representative |
Barnes that he ought to support w, j. |
Broatch for mayor The conversation took |
place in the superintendent room, where |
the representative had tarried for few
minutes. Bugh Immediately undertook to
convert him to Broatch. 1t required only
a few minutes for Mr.. Barnes to announce
where he stood and he did in a loud
voice with a total disregard for conse-
quences, real or imaginary.
ut might as well be understood now as
any other time that l am for Hennings
for mayor" asserted the venerable leg!s-
lator of the Fourth ward. Il deny the
right of Mayor Moores or any other man
to control my politics and will not go
over to the Broatch crowd in this cam
paign. For nine years and more Broatch
has done everything in his power to down
the mayor and the men who were asso-
ciated with him politically. of whom / was
one. When / was a candidate for the
legislature the Broatch outfit tried to de-
feat me. ! fail to see any reason why l
should truckle to them now and l do not
propose to do So | am going to do all I
can to nominate Hennings for mayor.
have no sympathy with or inclination
| towards Broatch and time trying to get
me to come over to him is wasted"
The Civic Federation will neither place
any municipal ticket in the field nor en-
dorse candidates according to its attorney,
| Elmer L. Thomas.
I'VE believe. no matter who is elected
mayor and to the other. city Offices. the
laws are going to be enforced in Omaha
| haN.a ftaVf lln ANa ha 60 our ~ In
sions upon the obvious sentiment of the
community. In the light of the last year
or two and the exclusion of gambling and
the midnight and Sunday closing of saloons
il is believed this sentiment of the ma
jority of our people has been fully demon
strated. Personally / am rather astonished
that Dennison, Chucovich and the other
gamblers should back the Broatch cam
| paign as they seem to be doing, for even
though they make Broateh mayor 1t will
not do them any particular good. The
laws are going to be enforced just the
| same, and these men will not be per-
rritted to carry on gambling. ! am told
the gamblers have decided TO make a raid
on Omaha and put it in the open town
column. like they did Denver
in Denver. 1t is said, Chucovich was
one of the managers of Mayor speers
successful campaign and he Is credited
with spending something like $4,000 of a
campaign fund raised in Specrs' behalf
II these people think Omaha can be turned
over to them for their exploitation they
are much mistaken. If Broatch is elected
mayor and an attempt of the kind is made
they will meet with resistance that will
prove very disastrous to them in the end
They may be relying upon a change In
public sentiment. but / think this hope IL
a forlorn one.
''of course, while the federation will not
participate in the municipal campaign the
Individual members are In no way re-
strained from participating in any way
they see At. But the Organization has fol
it's object the preservation OF morals ant
good order and the enforcement of th'
laws, and not the election or any candidat,
or set of candidates"
1t is in accord with the eternal fitness o
things that Candidate Broatch should hay,
located his campaign headquarters in
former gambling resort
New primary filings Within the las
! twenty-four hours:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Charles G. Dy
ball. Seventh ward c. II. Barker. Eight
ward; William II. Hatteroth, Eleventh
Henry s. Payne, Ninth; p. c. Schroeder
Eighth. City attorney: Jacob Fawcett
committeeman: John kowalewski. Firs
district Second ward; George L. Crow
J Third district Third ward.
Observation-Disclosures: w. S. Sheldon
Sixth ward John c. Davis, Eighth. r. Il
Norris. Ninth; Emil Cernlak, Tenth: NJ. +
Funkhouser, Eleventh; JEFF w Bedford
Twelfth. Committeeman: John Keane
Fifth district Second ward; A. ii. Nipple
Fourth district of Ninth; John S. Little
Third district of Fourth; K. ]. Damon
First district sixth; Harold Overbeck
Fourth district Sixth; Louis Fries. FRS
district Ninth.
socialist-Councilmsn Charles Harms
Seventh ward.
Harry T.. Burnam has filed as a candi