Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-30
CHALLENGERS WATCH THIRD
Picked Men Declare Registration
Was Without Irregularity.
DEMOCRATS INSIST ALL SQUARE
Registration over the City Unusu-
ally Heavy, and Especially So
In the Third aud Twelfth
wards.

The Third ward, that mallgned baili-
wick. that lngloriously Inundated district,
branded with ignominy and fiayed by the
pen, rose Saturday to the dignity OF a
sacred precinct, and demonstrated that
it's interests are those OF the entire com
munity.
Saturday was the last day for reslstra-
ton, and everyone who was able 70 be
out qualified as a voter for the next
twelve months. This held true in prac-
ticaly every precinct In town.
The center of interest, though, was in
the Third ward, where everyone was
watched with hawk-hke eyes. In every
precinct OF this ward there was a system
OF doubie-cataiogue checkers, or chal-
lengers, and statements from them are to
tho effect that everything passed off in
ship-shape order
Challengers, for the most part. were
selected from the ranks of Creighton
dental and pharmaceutical students, who
are personal chums Of the nominees OF
the democratic ticket. which Is monopo-
liked by graduates OF that institution.
They were selected because they are not
entitled to votes and are supposed to be
dislnterested.
COnIey Says All straight.
Challenger Conley. in the First pre-
clnct OF the Third ward, said: II have
been on only as a relief, but no irregu-
larlties have been reported to me. SO,
say II they want to holler' let them
do so, for they have not produced any
thing yet. Personally. / have not seen
q thing wrong today"
A nuNtaaa, ~ CraInhfou nantaI rnIL
lege was the only challenger on duty in
the Second precinct Of the Third when the
investigation was made. Every man has
been checked off by me as he, came in. 4"
said Cutlery. and / would go on the
stand and swear that everything that
transpired here today was regular and
according to law. We have been treated
properly and every sincere and honest
man, who came IN here was given. the
same treatment"
In the Third precinct OF the Third ward
| w. w. Hoy, another Creighton boy. pre-
sided for the democrats, Everything
has been on the square" said he. There
has not been any Jugglery and every
man who came In here was duly sworn"
70 Investigate Transfers.
J. II. Lobb. Creighton pharmacy
student. selected by the democrats, said
that everything was absolutely o. X.
There are several transfers that will be
investigated" he said, but believe that
everything has been straight"
] C. c. Cailett, pharmaceutical student
also. presided for the democrats in the
Fifth precinct OF the THIRD ward. There
Is absolutely no justification for the as
saults that have been made by the News
and tho world-Heraid against this pre-
olnet. have been here practically every
minute and | would go on the stand and
swear that everything has been regu-
| lar" Harry Claiborne on the republican
"p2llenge staff bore out these statements.
] Try man has hlsp properly sworn in
! Got a man has Conie In here who has
not satisfied the law in every respect"
/ Registration In an OF the wards was
heavy. In the Third, fer instance. more
than COO qualified, while II was not ex-
pected that there would be more than
| 500 al the outside. In the Twelfth the
registration win run beyond 1000. In the
/ Fourth precinct alone the figures stood
/ 81, with leo republicans. seventy demo-
Gratis twenty-four no choice and three
socialists, with no gain in the latter
ranks.