Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-28
JOE BUTLER'S LAMP IS OUT
Arthur Mullen of o'Neill Says He is to
Have the Oil Job.
FACTS OF WHITE CONTRIBUTION
Sent to Committee Treasurer Last
Year After Report Had Been
Filed and Carried Forward
to Current Year.
(From a staff correspondent.l

LINCOLN, Nov. 2T.-(Special Teegram.)
Joe Butler and the other statesmen from
Omaha who are getting ready TO draw that
5000 a year paid to the deputy state oil
Inspector, had just well get back TO
work II the report which comes in from
Arthur Mullen of O'Neill is true. Mullen
Is quoted as saying to a friend at O'Neill:
'Out Of the seventy-four applicants for
the place Mr. schallenberger insists that
| accept the job. Because of his insistence
have about decided to sacrifice my law
practice and accede to the governor s
wishes"
Mullen was making an awful fight for
the place when he had the new governor
hogtied and down and our with a broken
leg last week, and the announcement that
he says he is going to get the job CONES
not as great surprise TO Lincoln. How
ever Mr.. Shallenberger has not yet made
the official announcement.
In the meantime w. +. Schwind ap-
pointed deputy oil inspector for the First
district, wrote to the new governor today
declining the job. Mr.. Schwind said he be-
lieved he could not afford to quit the prac-
tice of law for 500 a month. which the
office pays
"O" WhlAS
c. f. White superintendent of the School
for the Deaf. located at Omaha. appointed
by Governor Sheldon is a candidate for
reappointment az the hands of Governor
elect Shallenberger
For that reason Mr.. White objected seri.
ously with having been credited with con-
tributing to the republican state campaign
fund, and he furnished the World Herald
with the basis for a story published this
morning. This story was to the effect that
Mr.. White had not contributed TO the re-
publican campaign committee and that II
Treasurer Lindsay has used his name as a
contributor he had probably used other
names in order to hide where the money
really came from.
Several days ago when the name of this
man White appeared as a contributor, he
called up Treasurer Lindsay and said:
'I do not want my name to appear as
having contributed to the republican cam
paign fund. I am a candidate for reap
pointment at the hands of Governor-eiect
shallenberger and that thing may hurt me. ="
The records OF II. c. Lindsay. treasurer
Of the republican state committee. show
that Mr.. White contributed for the en-
I ployes OF the institution Sl75 December 10
| 1907. At the time the contribution was
made Mr.. Lindsay informed Mr.. White
| that his report had already been filed and
! that his contribution would appear I'm the
next report to be filed this fall. Mr. Lind
| says records show he filed a report last
! fall showing receipts and expenditures up
| 10 November %. 1907.
The report he recently filed was from
that time up TO and including November
! %. 1908. Mr. Lindsay was treasurer OF the
committee in 1907 and held over In 1908 and
to make a true report he had to include
| In this years report all the expenditures
and receipts from the time OF that report
to the time OF the 1903 report.
The records show that W. j. OBrien
made a contribution November 26, 1907,
Clayton Kellam, December. Q. 1907. c. b.
Hensel, February T. 1908. and George Coup
land. February IL. 1903, all contributions
to the campaign after the 1907 report had
been filed and their names appear in the
1903 report.
! Mr.. White was fully conveTsant with the
facts when he gave his story 20 the demo-
pop. sheet. lie was told when he sent down
the $40 that he would be given credit in
the 1908 report
Mr.. White objected to its publication at
this time because he feared II would preju-
dice him In the eyes OF the newly elected
democratic govrnor.
Mr.. White was appointed by Governor