Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-26
Declares Pfssshi ksthsas IN This ei,y
Are Obsslsts
Desire ss Esssusivs 10 Take Local Mat.
isf fnto Hia Hands
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LINCOLN. Nsh ian y Especial Tele-
arsm me message from ths governor
sseiAFina ne present registration laws
ohaoists and asking me legislature 70 sivs
ths power ~ appoinnng boards u regis
tration into ths hands ~ chief executive
waa presented 10 ths house this morning
aNd ths senate this afternoon. The
move came a. was predicted yesterday
Nith an arfaiNnment % alleged conditions
~ fraud IN which the governor impllcates
Mayor Dahiman. city clerk Butler and
Attorney Bauman IN fraud and fraudulent /
manipulation ~ registration.
Governor Aidrich asserts that handfuls
~ registration certificates were issued at
ths city clerks office ~ the time Of eiec.
tion testified 10 by professional freehoiders
sna cent out "and IN this way many
fraudulent votes be- cast ~ we're desired
hy The EanE IN control and many thou
sands we're - cast" lie declares that II is
q matter ~ record that nearly three times
- many votes we're cast In the Third |
ward as the census shows there we're male
inhabitants IN ths ward and that men who |
had registered and failed 90 vote had their |
vote cast Tor them anyway
The g0vernOr dsoiares that the laws as
they stand are outErown and SAYS that In
Vulnerable frauds we're committed In
Omaha under cover of the obsolete law.
ssanesss that Governor Appoint.
Au n remedy he suggests that the COVER
nor b. Fiyen tho power 90 appoint all
registration boards on 10 per cent
petition and that this privilege be
extended 20 that be can appoint men
bs extended ~ that he can appoint men
from any ward "a serve In any other ward.
He wants also the power 10 appoint a
Fr.f
polling places. In this way" says the
gDternor. the incentive and motive 10
present fraudulent rttsistat certificates
would b. destroyed and men Of the high
est character and intelligence would become
judges and clerks Of election"
TEST "f Message.
The Eoyernors message which was re-
fefrfd n Tho committee on privileges and
eicciluna In each house was as follows:
- desire n call your attention To- the
fat that the registration laws as al
present existing m our ssute are wholly
Inadequate ~ prevent fraudulent voting
The aeriouanees of such n situation az
sili ~ hereinafter detailed. cannot be over
Estimated for u ia a fact that the character
a city uf state b. determined not only
~ ths quaiity of IL manhood but more
especially is d classified by law and law
enforcement The quality and wisdom Of
l iass must gartake ~ and become a part
n che people. hence She Importance Of
harina laws made by law abiding and
representative citizens instead of by a boss
~ sans ~ representative citizens make
iass then w. have government Of the
psnpis. for ne people. and by the people
n hoas ~ EanR makes the laws then We
navs e government that is % and for the
nsnent - the boss or of and for the
tensft a ths EanE
rhs great majority q voters of ali cities
afe composed % citizens % the better class
am through usEilsenee and through in
nffegsnrs theg often fsu o. exercise their
nfiasnfs and then It is that the city falls
anfisr the speu 8f "a corrupt sang who con-
tr4i hs affairs is ne finaHcial Ioss of the
taa raFer and besides business is crippled
tna ehestaI nad fafisrs 10 many WAYS
r. ta rrFveut tbis ftuattou from getting
favfhaid fn s.as cities and 90 destroy "a
ethsrs ttat uraa upon yousto give
.uHedists ar.rHtiou early iu the session
a. ere st.af.1n tbat rxists a he present
ans ~ sul uetfopoluan euy.
Hetsr- o. sgesr- n~ai.
ia awttsi'nr snd ne legitimate busi-
assa iatsrrfs rf sttd cltv are entitled 10
stsafs feai snd to protection from the
aafsffsas earsiars of undesirable citizens.
go aasaf saatraf sIeetions and law en-
tsfrrueat " 1eneesr Omaha OF anv other
-auraUed tv thfsr corrupt in-
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