Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Trom q stair Correspondent

G7rom O staff Correspond
LINCOLN March Especial 1-''he
g,nEte committee appointed TO investigate
election conditions In Onuhs win probably
report MONDAY or TucsdB, and VIII submit
tive REPORTS. The majority consistiug Of
Kemp Of Merrpck. Lee of Boyd and HuaE-
land 81 Lincoln BE- eruphaticRuy opposed to
subscribing 90 the white wash report Of
the house coumittes and viii report a rnuch
NOR, vigorous and independent opinion.
senator Albert Of Platte chairman o. the
cUlnmittee. has not decided whether he viii
juir The majority OF three or viii 80 with
srnHtur Tibbvtts Of Adams VINO b. the re-
dictionary member uf the committee aud
determined 10 stand 10y the house style Of
repurt The committee met FRIDAY and dc-
cidod that the DELAY Of several weeks was
becoming unneCc ssBriiy LONG Tibbstts Hnd
the three radicals could not get together
En6 Albert Couldn OF make up his mind.
he WAS given the notes and memorials Of
ths opinions Of the three and on Monday
N1iu declare himself one way or the other
The majority Of the committee thinl1E
there is no possibility all Of gettinE
T.hbettF 20 concur without making such
concessions THAI their own principles would
bt contrRdiCted and although they would
IN efer unanimous report. they have given
uI hope FOR H. If Albert Joins them. how
e,er, their report viii be almost as strune
as unanimous expression Of opiniuu
would be
I Senator Tibbetts then win probably re
I I'Ort tu endorse the house report and the
other -four will enter . report which viii
Fmbody subEtRnusly the following opln-
ions;
There were gross Irregularities in this
last and TrecadinE elections In Omaha The
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muny and upon hearsRy reports which al.
though not admissible as strict evidence
tond 10 show condition The COMMITTEES
i is inclined 90 be conservative and not rad
icRl in its declarations concerning these
4 evi conditions and viii probably not nom-
init itself 70 the opinion than Omaha ~
worse than other large nities.
The evils are hlamsd upon conditions Of
population, tending 10 the congestion OF
( ignorant foreigners. etc. and partly TO get
i ting the wrong class Of men for judges
and clerks OF election. There are evidences
4 OF manipulation Of the voting machines
Rnd the committee is inclined TO recon-
mend that either q better machine or no
machine az all be used. The ignurEncs
and tendency TO fraud shown in the judges
and clerks o. election can be eliminated
by changing the method Of their appoint
ment-
Tor this purpose the COMMITTEES would
prefer TO suggest election commission
but is not Yet decided upon the Feasibility
Of the plan. The elsclion commission could
make men serve as Judges and clerks ~
men are compelled 10 serve on juries. with
out regard 10 the sacrifice Of personal biIEi-
nsEs interests. Professionals win be dis
carded. The hardest problem for the COM
mittee 10 decide has been whether or not
LEA.
system for choosing the members OF ii in
ease II should be decided upon The APP
pointment Of the members by the district
court seems 10 be the best way 80 far suE-
gested, but that ma be found uncunsifu-
rional
The changing OF registration lBVt 80 that
no man can register by affidavit is q re
form urged by some members Of the COM
mtttee The registration dHy-s are 10 be
very numerous and are 10 be managed bv
10 registration clerk Q permanent officer
VINO shall see that every man be given
opportunity 10 register In the formal way.
Then. after the last dsy Is CLOSED no one
can vote VINO has not registered.
The report Of the majority signed by
Kemp Lee and I5oagland Vtu bear upn-
Iions similar 10 these and VIII prubHblv
emb0dy suggestions for legislation which
Twin carry out Al some future Date the sur-
IgestiunE therein.
J Since the senate rsEppurtionment com
mittse is still well agreed upon reporting
. the PlBoek plan for Legislative rsdivisiun OF
the state IL seems probable that the senate
al least all begin active consideration uf
the Important reEppurtiuumsnt qeustion
d Monday OF Tuesday. The Plauek hill A.
wBE announced several DAYS ago, has bssn
the favored scheme for rediEtrictinr the
= % suit the democrats fairly well some Of
y its aerTymBnderiuE features are beginning
70 10 be evident.
For instance the IO0 representative are
disposed among the various counties of
the stale as nearly a. possible IN the pro-
portion Of one 10 t2.O80 inhabitants bat unr
democratic county with only d little more
than g.g00 people 10 given q member and
Two republican counties with several hun
dred inhEhitsutE mufe Eer 1uB s share Of
one member. Sherman county. democratic
] with population Of .Z15 gets q member
Nance county. however, which hHs sgs
people. $50 more, sets only q share Of
float representative between that county
snd Platte winch iE inclined 40 be- demo
cratic Platte county has 1895 people and
thai would under the proper ratio entitls Il
10 one member ana float. u Eets. how
ever one member, float with Nance
which shuts Nance ont almost Bl1oEether
hnd another float with Madison. Madison
gets one member besides the float.
IN the senatorial diHtTictiuE some similar
Hnd equally fiEEraut EerrEnsnderinE are no
bet seen. nj district no. D. F'HWuet county
IS put IN with Gage. FHWuef heretofore
mas iuferfered with the oemucratf iu its
connection with Richardson and EemaiIa
so Il is tackled onto Gage a. thHt county
b. republican Euyway. Then Richardson
ana NemshE- inclined 10 BE- Democratic
are given johnson republicans a. overcome
and since the democrats Of thuEa Two
counties are struuEer than the ieIlua. iul f..
iu johnson cuuuty the district ll uau1
safely democratic.
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