Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-14
JONES' MEMORY IS FAILING
Starts Out Sure He Was Democratic
Treasurer Eight Years Ago.
LATER HE IS NOT so CERTAIN
Tom Allen Files a Statement which
Says IL Bears JOnes' Signature,
but the signature
IL Missisng.
tFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, Oct. 13.-(Special.)-- 1T. S. Allen,
chairman of Mr.. Bryans state committee,
has affixed his notarial seal to a statement
filed in the office OF the county clerk show
ing the receipts and expenditures Of the
Lancaster county fusion committee during
the campaign of 1900, which the treasurer
of the committee did not sign.
In the body of the instrument it is set
out that c. s. Jones Is treasurer of the
Lancaster county committee, and it was to
his signature which does not appear, that
Mr.. Allen certified had been made in his
presence.
c. S. Jones this morning over the tele-
phone said he was treasurer of the demo-
cratic state committee in 1900, and that he
had filed a report as such officer In 1904
He was told that such report could not be
found, but that statement which set out
that he was treasurer of the county CONF
mittee was filed, though 1t did not bear his
signature.
Il did not file anything that did not
sign" said Mr. Jones.
Mr.. Jones agreed to go to the court house
in the afternoon and examine the instru-
ment and see II it was the one he had made
as treasurer of the state committee or one
that had been substituted.
In the afternoon Mr.. Jones "recoIlected"
that possibly he had not been the treasurer
of the 1900 state committee and might have
been treasurer OF the fusion county COM
mittee
Since talking to you this morning" Sc
said, Il believe 1 have faint recollection
that when l filed that statement the clerk
called me up and said II did not contain
my signature and promised to bring him
down one with my name attached"
"Wil you examine the statement filed
and see If II really is the one you intended
to file, or whether It is one that has been
substituted for the statement you nader"
NO. he replied, II haven't time to look
at 1t now"
If you were treasurer OF the state COM
mittee In 1900, why is It there is no report
on file showing the expenditures and re-
celpts OF the campaign Of 1902" he was
! asked
| Il don't know. May be 1 did not file one.
though I thought I did," was his reply.
III 1t isn't there guess I didn't file it,"
Memory Is Bad.
] Then Mr.. Jones recalled that possibly he
was not treasurer of the state committee
in 1900.
May be I was treasurer of the state
| committee IN lg2 instead OF 1900" he said
Both yesterday and this morning, how
ever, Mr.. Jones was positive he was treas
urer of the 1900 state committee.
Mr.. Jones was first asked about his con-
nection with the democratic state COM
mittee yesterday. and at that time he was
asked If II were possible he was treasurer
| of the county committee instead OF the
state committee, and he was positive he
| could not be mistaken. He was treasurer
Of the state committee in 1900.
When he was inquired for at his home
just before noon, 1t was announced thai
Mr.. Jones could be found, probably at the
/ Commoner office, as he had said he was
! going there Whether Mr.. Jones called al
| the Commoner office was not ascertalned
| but II wac after his supposed visit, anc
he was seen coming from that direction
that he was not sure he was the treasurer
OF the 1900 democratic state committee.
Reports are on file I'm Lancaster count,
for the 1900 campaign from A. H. Gleason
treasurer OF the silver republican commit
tee from ]. II. Edmusten. treasurer Of tn,
executive committee OF the national peo
ple's Independent party; from DR.. ]. T
Merryman, treasurer OF the prohibition
state committee- But there is no report OF
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