Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-27
RenSOns for ResIsnatfons.

The letter of resignation reads TINS.
10 the trustees OF the Nebraska Anti
Saloon league. Gentlemen: we. the under
signed, hereby tender our resignation from,
membership in the headquarters committee
and Board of Trustees respectively OF the
Nebraska Anti-Saloon. league The reason
for our action lies in the following state
ment Of facts
"At the state convention Of all the
temperance associations of this state held
at York, Neb., July and 9, 1909. II was
unanimously decided to make the enact
ment of county option bill the issue for
the present campaign A state central
committee was elected and instructed to
organize Immediately the state by counties
and precincts to secure the filing nomI-
nation and election of legislative candidates
favorable to county option.
The officers of the Nebraska Anti
Saloon league stated that they were In
shape to do the work outlined and promised
to do so If given the field.
Believing that this promise would ha
carried out we became members Of +ha
Nebraska Anti-Saloon league for the sole
purpose of assisting in this program. Ar
one Of the earliest meetings OF the head
quarters committee OF tho league a motion
was put and carried that the league at
once proceed to perfect the county and
precinct organiza lions charged with the
duty or selecting and electing legislative
candidates pledged to county option.
POulsOn's Promises Unredeemed.
"The superintendent promised to do
this at once, AT each subsequent meeting
of the headquarters committee the super
intendent renewed this promise, but In
each instance 1t developed that no work
had been done along these lines At the
meeting of February 4, 1870 the matter
came TO a direct issue in the adoption bv
the headquarters committee Of the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That the plan Of campaign to
be followed in the county option fight made
by this league In Nebraska in the year Of
1910 shall be 10 organize the temperance
workers IN each county into local COM
mittees. These committees shall be COM
posed OF active temperance workers
whether in or out OF the church. 1t shall
be the duty of the county committees to
secure the nomination and election to the
legislature OF men pledged to county op-
tion.
In spite of these positive instructions
and his promise to carry them out the
superintendent, as soon as the committee
adjourned, Ignored its actions and con-
tnued as before
His plan consisted in the collection Of
money from church meetings and securing
the appointment by the pastor OF each
church so visited of three men, who, when
the proper time came were to receive their
instructions from the superintendent. These
instructions were in no event to have any
thing to do with securing the nomination
of suitable candidates. The headquarters
committee deemed 1t essential to secure
the nomination OF suitable men and de-
manded organization with that end in view.
The superintendent continually promised
compliance with the instructions OF the
commmittee when the committee was In
session and Immediately broke his promise
when the committee adjourned.
second Agreement Ignored.
| On March TO- 1910, the trustees met in
the morning. Adjournment was taken until
| / O'Clock to receive the report OF the head
quarters committee Between ~ and
O'Clock the superintendent and the head
quarters committee were in conference tho
result Of which was the distinct and I'M
equlvocal promise OF the superintendent TO
carry out the policy outlined by the head
quarters committee. When the trustees
reconvened they were advised that the
differences between the superintendent and
commlttee had been adjusted and a state
ment to that effect was given 70 the press