Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-31
Barton Absent and Board Stands Tie
on Plan Of Procedure
DAHLMAN FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT
suEAests Few Precincts BE Gone
over In Douglas Before Next
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Back
TO Omaha.
lFrom a SIX correspondentO

mary In Douglas county, without any
hoidbaek straps on It. Pending the re-
ceipt OF the new abstract the board took
a recess until $3.50 Thursday morning and
no votes were canvassed at the meeting
today.
The rider on the Douglas county alb
stract said the returns on the democratic
candidates for governor and a portion of
the democratic legislative ticket were sub
ject to any changes which might be made
by reason of a recount asked for and
granted. The rider was typewriter on a
small sheet of paper. unsigned and was
pasted on the abstract.
That was probably put on there at the
suggestion of the governors attorney"
said Mayor Dahlman, when Treasurer
Brian said:
"If were sure that rider on the Douglas
colunty absthact made on difference L
would be in favor of canvassing the vote
as II has been returned and issue the GER
tiflcates OF nomination"
But because of that rider and protests
from Governor shallenberger and Attorney
General Thompson against canvassing the
vote until the recount from Douglas county
had been received, the board finally agreed
to wait untilerhursday morning before TAX
ing any action.
No Session In Morning.
Treasurer Brian and Secretary of State
Junkin worked all morning trying to induce
Governor .Shallenberger and Attorney Cen
eral Thompson to attend a meeting of the
canvassing board, which under the law
was scheduled to meet at 10 o'clock but
they were unsuccessful Mr.. Thompson left
the state house and went to his home
shortly before 10 O'Clock and refused to
come back while Governor Shallenberger
came to bis office shortly before IL and
remained there refusing to attend the
meeting for the reason he sent word, that
he did not care to attend the meeting
unless the full membership was present.
Mr.. Thompson's excuse was that he was
busy packing his household effects pre-
paratory to renting his home. Mr.. Barton,
the fifth member of the board, was at
Valentine.
Mr. Brian and Mr. Junkin finally secured
the promise of the governor and attorney
general to attend a meeting during the
afternoon after threatening to canvass the
vote without quorom being present.
At the afternoon meeting two hours or
more was devoted to a wrangle over the
rights of the board and of Governor Shall
leaberger, Attorney John Rine for Mayor
Dahhnan, insisted that the law provided
for no recount on state officers at the
count had been provided for the proper
place to have filed the affldavits would
have been With the, state board He in
sisted that Governor Shallenberger could
not have known whether he was nomi-
mated ~ not when he sent out his affi-
davits to the various county canvassing
boards and he could not have known
whether the changes that might have beer
pade In one county would have changed
the reFult of the election. Therefore II re-
count was permissible. the proper placs
to secure relief was the state board. He
insisted that it was the duty OF the can
wasting board to canvass the abstracts OF
the votes as sent in by the canvassns
board and issue the certificate of nomina
ton to the candidate receiving the high
est vote.
Quotes Attorney General.
Arthur Mullen speaking for Governor
shallenberger, insisted that the governor
had acted legally when he appealed to the
county boards. In support of his conten
ton he quoted the attorney general whC
had held that the county board had a righ
TO recount the votes.
Mr. Thompson was called upon to stat'
his position and he said that when tht
question had been first put to him, he CAV,
his decision without having looked into thu
rights of the state and county boards. HI
admitted that the law was ubject to
different construction from that which HI
put upon It,
There were several passages at arms be
tween Brian and Junkln on the one sid
and Shailenberger and Thompson on tn
other, while Mayor Dahlman and Governo
Shsllenberger gave evidence that there ha
grown up between them some little feel
Ing. rer.t
Govrnor Shallenberger insisted that tn
board should take no action until the re
count from Douglas county had been re
ceived and In that position he was uphel
by the attorney general. while Brian an
Junkln insisted that the board could no
adjourn over five days. The governor in
sisted that Douglas county could not max
its recount in five days
DahIman's Suggestion.
Then Mayor Dahlman was called on t
speak.
III the board oonnot legally adjourn 70
moro than five days, then let the governo
pick out as many pAcincts in Dougla
county as can be recounted In five day
and turn them into the board. Then
these dozen or so precincts show that ther
Is going to be any material changes, IN
board can take such action as it desire,
Dounglas county will show so man
changes he should know what precinct
fraud was committed in. He had his ow
election boards and lie had his challenger
and his men at every voting precinct
Douglas county. The counting of the vot
VISA made publicly and not single objes
ton was made. IL seems strange to N
that three days later he suddenly discover
fraud, Why didn't his men discover it whe
the vac was being counted. But am will
ing TO stand for recount in any precinc
ward or any number Of them where he b,
leves there has been fraud. dozen or
should tell whether there will be an
change in the results
The governor would not stand for ths
proceeding.
Il do not know where the mistakes haN
occurred and have no way OF knowing.
do ont charge any fraud either as n
mayor Interpreted my statement j beliA
that more votes were counted for N
mayer than he really received and for tn,
reason ! want recount l cannot tell
what wards those mistakes occurred. Dow
here eyeything went along all right b,
suddenly one precinct showed that tweni
" Nites were counted for me that l was n,
shtitltd to-"