Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-07
KUGEL AFFAIR IS EXPLAINED
Denies Having Made 0vertures to
Citizens Union for Trade.
DID NOT MENTION DENNIsoN
claring that support of Lynch
and DennIson is Offered
in Barter.

Both sides of A.. C. Kugers desire TO
have been endorsed by the Citizens union
as a candidate for commissioner at the
primaries have now been told. kusel'
replying to assertions made that he had
made a proposition" to the union to be
exchanged for endorsement, declares that
he had not made any overtures for a
trade. nor delegated any Of his friends to
do so.
The Citizens union makes reply to
Kugel's denial in a public statement. as
serting that a man whose veracity Is not
questioned proposed to divert the support
Of Tom Dennison and John Lynch in ex-
change for endorsement Of kugel and
Anton Gross.
KugeIs reply to the attack made by the
News is as follows:
kugeI Explains offer.
The palpable unfairnes Of your attack
on me. quoting people whose names you
do not give as authority for an aiieseu
proposition" put up TO the Cltizens
union on my behalf will, believe, lead
you to give me space to enter denial, 50
far as l am concerned.
Neither / nor any one with any rlght
to speak for me appeared before me
executive committee of the Citizens union
with any such proposal. w. +. Baxter
OF Fitzpatrick & Co. called me IN some
time ago and told me the Citizens union
was considering me for ENDORSEMENT anu
wanted to know what l would 40 !
was Endorsed by the Citizens union and
the Labor league, both as to working for
the other candidates.
\ told him | wanted TO be elected, ana
would get out and work for kugel and
not against any one else. some refer
ence, l believe, was made TO tommy
Lynch, and told Mr.. Baxter that Lynch
had learned his trade as plumber unaer
me and would, / thought, 10 anything
he could for me.
There was no mention OF Dennison by
| either Of us. or OF the delivery Oh any
votes In a block TO the Citizens union
ticket or any reference to the control OF
the fire and police department.
l called on Mr.. Baxter again TO-DAY. ano
he verified my recollection OF the CONVEX
sation but under pretense OF an inlune-
| ton of secrecy, declined to tell VINO. II
anybody, made any such pretended prop
osition' for me as you describe.
l talked last night with Bert lam,
member of the Citizens union executive
committee, and he told me that at no
meeting he had attended was any such
proposition nut up, but after calling up
Attorney Burnett on the phone, declined
to make any statement to that effect.
From all this, / am convinced That
your story is either a pure fake, or some
one who is no friend Of mine. undertook
TO put up a job on me for you to use II
in this way afterwards. Yours truly,
A. z. KUGEL.
In its statement issued yesterday the
Citizens union explains the situation, as
follows:
Mans Name IL Withheld.
! In view Of the statements recently pub
/ lished I'm the Omaha Daily News, relative
| TO an attempt TO have the name OF A,
| c. Kugel placed upon the ticket OF ;he
| Citizens Union as one OF its candidates
for commissioner. the executive commit
tee OF the Citizens union deems i neces-
/ sary TO state exactly what took place
/ AT the regular meeting Of the exseu'
| tive committee held on March u, a mem.
i Der OF the committee stated that he had
been requested to present TO the execu-
I've committee, certain proposition,
provided the COMMITTEES would consent
before hearing the proposition that II
| should be considered confidential whether
accepted or rejected. This was agreed q
The member of the committee then
stated that man, for whose .veracitj
he could vouch had come to him, stat
/ ing that he had been sent by COUNTY
Commissioner John Lynch, with q com
n.unication for the Citizens union. Tn,
proposition he made was that II tn,
| Citizens union would endorse A. q.
Kugel and Anton Gross and place thes,
names upoh their ticket along with any
other five men the union might select
the ticket thus made up would receive
the support Of John Lynch and Tom Den.
nlson. No reference was made to the
department 10 which either kugel OF
Gross should be assigned II elected.
The proposition thus presented was I'm
Nal eNaA ttEF Nil kIsNta
| OF the executive committee and the
| names Of Kugel and Gross permanently
eliminated from further consideration.
THE CITIZENS UNION.