Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-22
HOUSE COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION
Live stock end CrasinE body Cuts Out
Physical Valuation aud FIXED
Rates from south omaha
Measure.


Fron : atf Correspondent
LINCOLN. Feb. 2t.-tSpecial) Henry
scheele was seated TODAY as m mb,r ot
the house OF representatives. h,..o vose e
/ a TO 4S ana The case OF charles Worunan
( the republican contestant. was denied
The house spent the whole 6aV ln.de.nts
uron this qus stion. After the three reports
were submitted in the morni1E tho 10 sion
of adopting The minority report declaring
the election a tie was first taken isp and
soon after the afternoon session began Il
was voted down by SO to p. Norton of
Polk then tried to get his own report &C
cepted. which was second minority op'n-
/ ion and suggested that the ballots in the
disputed townships be gone over by the
committee. This also was defeated BY the
same vote.
( Then a roll call was taken on thc aues-
] tion OF adopting the report OF the majority.
seating Scheele. and IN, result was a
straight party vote. with thee exceptions
An the democrats exaept.nv Norton o! POLK
I voted for the report TO scat the democrat
and all the republicans excepting Nu,Enan
OF Cass and Pt ince OF Hall voted egainsy it
Ballots In Hal shape.
I The arguments In tn afternoon went
/ over the same ground that had been
]
recommendation was up the member from
Polk insisted that just decision clu,d n3t
/ be made untn the ballots were counted.
This was answered by Grossmsn. Ledigh
an others as they had answered the arsu-
ments Of tho minority by the ass 'rtion
/ that the ballots we're in such condition
! that they might have been tampercd win
and therefore could not be considered eood
evidence.
! motion TO adopt the majority re-
! port was made when the debate opened In
! the morning and as a substitute Taylor
Of Merrick moved the adoption OF the
minority report. signed by the refubticaus.
! Ellis OF Dixon. Gnstats0n ~ saunders.
stebbens of ssiawson and himself He re-
/ viewed the evidence ard declared that the
case should be decided not upon party
Hines. but upon its merits.
! lie cited the testimony OF clerk VIM
said he had made an error and had given
Scheele five more votes than Wertman
in one township when they should have
had the same number.
Answer by Grossmnn.
rnis argument was answered by Gross-
man OF Douglas for tie majority. speak
ing for the wet democrats, who were Law
renee Of Dodge. I,edgh OF Otoe. Brecht Of
Richardson. Regan OF Platte. Grueber OF
} Thayer ana Himself. Grossman declared
! that the ballots were in such condition
that they could not be taken as evidence,
and therefore no further Investigation
could be made lie said that no testimons
! had suggested fraud and consequently the
record as Il stood could not be impeachca.
lie was still speaking when the house de
cidcd 10 take a recess 10 the afternoon
! session
Tcxt OF Majority Report.
Tho report OF the majority adopted was
as follows;
"Mr. Speaker: The undersigned member
Of your committee on privileges aud cleo
lions constituting majority Of said COM
mittee, TO whom was referred the contested
election case from Seward county Ne
braska, wherein Charles .wertman contests
the election OF Henry scheele to the office
Of representative from the Twenty-ninth
district OF Nebraska. beg leave TO submit
the following report:
''The contestant herein. Charles Wertman,
( was the duly nominated candidate OF the
republican party at the election held No
vember s. 1870 for the office OF representa-.
tive Tor the Twenty ninth district Of Ne
I brasEa, and on the face Of the returns re-
coived l.692 votes. the contestee herein
J Henry Scheele, was the duly nominated
candidate OF the democrat party at the
same election for the same office and on
the face Of the returns received 1851 votes
The said Charles Wertman in time and
manner required by law served the said
Henry Scheele with notice Of contest for
his seat as a representative for the Twen-
ty-ninth representative district Ia The
notice the contestant set forth various
grounds Of contest, but under the record
as made up. there has been presented to
.the COMMITTEES only The question of error
by ihe clerks Of election IN precinct C of
Seward county. In counNng the talies In
the poll books. In the poll book retained
by one OF the clerks Of election and not re-
/ turned to the county clerk or canyassing
board In The total column opposite die
tally line scheele is given 40 votes. while
in Ike manner, IN the same books Vert.
man IL credited with ii5 votes. but appear
ing IN Wertmans line there is an omission
OF five tally marks in about he middle OF
the tally line, while the other roll boot
contains i45 tallies in favor Of Henry
I seheele and 140 votes in favOr OF Charles
Z Wertmau, with no omission OF talles The
said poll book containing the if5 tallles Tor
4 Scheele Was sent under seal. by the cleo
Z tion board 70 the county clerk Of Seward
county. and when the canvassing hoard
opened the said last mentioned poll book
so returned 60 It under seal Il found that
there we're iB tallies for the contestee.
Henry scheele. but opposite the talHes the
canvassing board found the figures 'I40
] but upon recount Of said tallies the said
canvassing board found il5 tallies In favor
of the said Henry seheele and found 40 tai
I lies In favor Of said Charles wertman
| Upon this finding the eonnty clerk issued
70 the said Henry scheeie q ceriinoate of
election as representative for the Twenty
/ ninth representative district Of seward
county Nebraska.
No Fraud FoHud.
Your COMMITTEES further finds from the
evidence and arguments Of council fgr
i Wertmau that no fraud or d...r.ftr,, II