Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-23
Nebraska
OFFIlE GOES TO GUENTHER
He Refuses to Come to it and They
Take it to Him.
LINCOLN OFF DEMOCRATIC MAP
Affairs of Party VIII BE Directed
from Columbus what viii
Tom Allen and @. w,
Bryan sRyf
LINCOLN OFF DEMOCRATIC MAP
From a Staff Correspondent.)

LINCOLN, Aug. %. - (Special)-Chris
Gruenther refused to come 10 the chair at
the head Of the democratic state commit
tee, consequently the COMMITTEES very kindly
picked up It's belongings and went to Chris.
And so the headquarters ~ the commit
tee for this campaign will be located at
Columbus instead of Lincoln. What Tom
Allen Will say to this when he gets home
and what c. w. Bryan will say. when he
returns, OF course, cannot be stated, but
the Bryan family will very likely be some
what put out. In the last campaign Tom
Allen and Arthur Mullen devoted their
time exclusively to the campaign of Mr..
Bryan. Gruenther spent all Of his time
in the interest of shallenberger and had
nothing to do with the Bryan campaign
and cared less how 1t terminated In Ne
braska. But at the conclusion OF the cam
paign Tom Allen and Arthur Mullen took
charge OF Shallenberger and druenther was
left with the sack to hold, to say nothing
Of the unredeemed promises he had made
to workers over the state.
While the governor thus forgot the man
who made him, democratic workers did
not and when the state convention met
Gruenther was Offered the job, but re-
fused II. Then DR.. p. L. Hall, the wisest
VI AHEll all III ubOA NV NV AAoo
been carried out. He had his committee
select Senator Byrne for chairman and
Gruenther for vice chairman. Then he
moved the headquarters to Columbus. 1t
is the hops Of the committee that when the
excitement OF the chase is on Gruenther
will lend his assistance and endeavo to
build up again the machine which Mullen
and Allen have disrupted.
Election Boards Denounced.
Thu people Of Lancaster county are Just
now ~expending considerable energy In de-
nounclng the poor work Of their election
boards. Inasmuch as proper returns have
not yet been made to the county, the can
vass of the vote had to be stopped and,
though the city is being searched thor
oughly, several missing tally books W.
not yet been located and neither has the
man said to be responsible for them. II
is not likely that the missing books will
cut any figure in the final result OF the
election In this county, but incompetent
election clerks and Judges have been 90
frequent here that the voters have finally
got tired Of 1t.
The election to vote high school bonds
fell by the wayside because OF the incOm-
petent work Of the election board, and the
NOltIH ndu just dbOuN lcCONOiNn rum llclI
Indignation over hat when along comes
another election and more incompetent
work.
All Of which does not mean tina all the
election boards are composed Of ineompe-
tentsA but that enough Of the boards are
incompetent to delay the canvass Of the
vote.
Just how all OF this is to be remedIed
49,. not han fIUtVraA o,af hat a. A. proh-
able the officials will call upon more re-
liable men TO act In the capacity Of eleA-
lion judges and clerks and then force hen
to act under the law. As It is now the
election boards are made. up regardless
Of qualifications. Though some of this
clerks and judges have been serving for 5
generation. no Improvement has beer
noticed In their work.
Outing for Children.
The children inmate Of the Home for
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