Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
STUFF TIE JACKPOT
Trio of Democratic Councilmen Put
Down a. Tightwads.
BRIDGES, JACKSON AND EIsAsSER
Refusa TO Pay Their share
Of Campaign Expenses May
cause split IN the Jim
Club,

Three OF the present members Of the
democratic council-Bridaes. Jackson and
Elsasser-failed TO contribute TO the politi-
cal jackpot in the primary campaign and
this lapse on their part may be the cause
Of a serious split in the Jimocrat clue.
other councilmen are ~denouncinE the three
slothful members and some DO not hesitate
10 say that they will not vote for anyone
who won't hold up his end.
The eleven democrats on the council In
the campaign before the primary election
banded themselves together and decided to
rise or fall as one man. They issued a slate
containing their names only, without the
name OF a single other democratic candi-
date. This was on one side Of the card.
On the other was a short resume OF their
record OF the last three years over the
whole was printed in large type this mo-
tice and injunction: These are the men.
They are deserving Of your vote. Vote for
them"
When the slate was issued other dena0-
cratic candidates felt agsrieved and SAID
they were as good as those now on the
council. Hard things were said against
the combine, but it was supposed that
within the combine everything was lovely.
Now It transpires thai this IL not the case.
bNCu 10 ray IWGnNysEI
Each democratic councilman aspiring for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT they all had such as
pirs tions-was required to chip in IS to
carry on the campaign. while the corpora
lions put up the rest. Eight OF the eleven
came across But three failed to put up
the hard cash, even in a smaller amount.
These three are Lee Bridges OF the Second
ward, Alma jackson OF the Seventh ward
and Pete Elsssser OF the Tenth ward.
Councilman Bridges felt quite sure Of the
denomination and his associates on the
council thought he was safe, but the other
two had hard fights on their hands. c. j.
Canaan, running against Jackson wac
counted out three years ago, and Elsasser
lost his home ward this year, many demo-
Gratis betting that John Killian would wrest
the nomination from the Tenth ward ooun-
Gilman. But the three were renominated
without the expenditure Of the S6 per.
Bridges does nothing but second mo-
tons put by Harry Zimman, the republican
member; Elsasser is not wanted in his
own ward; and Jackson, well 1 won't say
anything about him. said DIR. job c.
Davis, democratic councilman from the
Eighth ward, when he noticed that Bridges
turned in a certified expense account OF
but s12 as against $49. 70 spent by the doctor.
Can't stand for Piker.
when I go hunting with a man who
won't wade out In the pond when II comes
his turn TO get the ducks. ] am through
with him. continued the councilman from
the Eighth ward.
II had no opposition in my ward, but 1
contributed my SIS assessment just the
same" said l.. 3. johnson, member from
the Fourth. II thought it was right that
1 should help the entire ticket. But while
l could have been nominated without the
expenditure of one penny, Bridges, Jack
son and Eisasser had hard competition,
very hard for two OF them, but they let
us pull them through. / understand that
Elsasser prides himself on the fact that he
did not even have a card printed"
The democratic nominees held another
meeting Wednesday in the mayors office,
but the formulation OF campaign :ttees
was postponed until Saturday.