Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
Adoption of Platform and Selection
of Delegates All the B~usinenn.

OF All the Business.
Not having any nomination contests to
dispose of the democratic county conven-
Ion. which was held Saturday in the
north court room of the county court house,
devoted its time principally to roasting
the republican party in general and the
republican county officials in particular.
Attorney John 2. Organ acted as chair
man in the absence of Attorney Emmett
Trinley, who had been called out of the
city on business. Mr.. Organ occupied one
hour with his address. the drift of which
was re-echoed in the following platform.
II such 1t can be called, which was adopted
by the convention:
The Democratic PARTY for Pottawat+om mi
county, In convention assembled, invite the
attention of the electors of the county 10
ne corrupt practices existing in the county
offices Of this county, which have been
recently brought to light. And the peces-
,lty or such action as will speedily term
mate the same.
We charge the following TO he we'll estab-
lished facts:
The clerk of the district court has been
charged with malfeasance in office
office.
The county attorney was publicly ac-
eySea ny the attorney general of the state
ned with removal II he should not mend
lis ways. ~
= nv guilty ltCOIueT VISA SHOWN To h1 Vn
adopted and followed a practice of iIIeg-
ally eXacting fees for the recording of in
struments and accounting to the county
only for che lawful amount.
The county treasurer's office made H.
legal charges against the county for the
collection of certain taxes, and returned
the same only after suit for that purpose
had been commenced by a private citizen
OF all these offenders the Board of sun
ervisors has sought to eject but one who
was unfortunate to incur the enmity of
that body by charging irreguiarities
against some of its members No expert
accountant was placed upon the books OF
any other officer, and the extent Of ali
the crookedness in county affairs NAV
never be exposed. '
That such condition is the Legitimate
itical bosses who have controlled the re-.
publican party in this county for the past
lost control is best shown by the renomi4e
ton OF a number of these men and nv
piacing at the head of their ticket off
an opponent of the two cent fare law and
the law against watering corporation
stocks; and who can not as said by his
competitor for the nomination, Serve two
masters" the railroads, and the peonIe
In the interest Of good government, VIC
pledge the nominees on our ticket, in the
event or their election:
That our candidates for the state legis-
lature shall take no backward steps, but
exercise their best efforts in the interest
Of the entire people of the state alonr
the lines OF progressive legislation.
And further, believing that Common
honesty demands that the fruits OF taxa.
uon OF real property shall be distributed
to those places where the same is perman.
entity located, we favor the taxation OF
railway terminals for the benefit of the
we pledge our candidates to support a jusi
law for that purpose.
That our candidates for county offices
shall be honest, efficient and obliRinR IN
the performance of their duties, and thai
there Will be proper investigation of the
SammsnS Of tb tne county; And we heartily
this county as capable and Trustworthy
citizens.
While the election of our candidates NAV
result in some personal advantages to ths
Individual, yet bearing in mind the present
condition OF the county as disclosed by the
reform by the party in power have beer
repeatedly broker Hnd conditions became
worse instead of better, we urge the cleo,
ton OF our candidates as the only course
change.
We therefore appeal to every voter ir
his country as paramount TO the success,
or his party, to unite with us in the sup.
port our our local ticket that we may a
least restore common honesty in the con.
duct OF our public affairs.
The following delegates to the democratic
state convention, to be held at Sioux CITY
next Thursday, and to the democratic con.
~vention of the Fifteenth judicial district
were elected;
To the State Convention-Thomas Mack.
land, j. J.. Hughes, Emmett FINLEY, ]. r
Lapwirth, James p. Mulqueen, w Brook,
Reed, A. A. Lenocker. George Thomas
John P. Organ, William Currie, L. Lauge
sen. 8, 3; Wadswerth; O. p wiekham
Schilling, Gus Dietrich, tr., Dr. DonaIt
Macrae, Charles Warner, P. Gunnoude. w
II. Schurz, Henry B~arnholdt.
To Judicial District Convention-Rosco,
Barton, John p. Organ. F. w. Miller, JohI
Crow, RileH Clark, Emmett FINLEY, w. II
Schurz. Ira Stett.
At a meeting of the newly elected count,
central committee, held just prior to tn,
convention, Al A. Lenooker of Oakland
was elected chairman to succeed A. w
Cassidy OF this city. w. H. Schurz of thii
city was elected vice chairman Of the com
mittee for Council Bluffs. Mr.. LAnockei
in his new capacity as county chairman
called the convention to order.
In addition TO adopting the set of resolu
tons and naming delegates to the twS
conventions, the convention selected Johr
Maassen OF Knox township as the candi
date for county supervisor for the tern
beginning January ]. 1905. while +. II
Hopping of Hazel Dell township anC
Unah Mclean Of Nicola township wer.
made candidates for the term beginning