Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-06
LITERARY OUTPUT IMMENSE
Wonderful Amount Of Campaign
Copy Daily Turned Out
TYPEWRITER BATTERIES BUSY
Condensation Of Portion of Day's
: Receipts by The Bee shows
Position Of the Main Par
Elephants.

and TO accord free space TO all Of then
would fiji whole pages Of the paper, From
Ralph Sunderland comes two compositions
one over his own signature and one undei
the non de plume Of Publicity COMMITTEES
q the cltizeHs' union and from Mayo
Jim" a signed announcement which per
hars deserves mention
The personal communication from Ralph
Sunderland enters abrupt denial to variou'
chargez: first. that he looks for any spe'
efal business advantage from the OUTCOME
Of the election: second. that he Is actuatec
by spite or malice third. that he has paid
more than SO into the Citizens unior
campaign fund: fourth. that the sunder'
land company has put any money into
the campaign, fifth. that he begged the
mayor not TO prosecute him for shori
weighing; sixth, that he expected to con
troll the Citizens union candidates when
elected. and. seventh that he is either a
candidate or an issue in the campaign
In his statement on behalf Of the
Citizens' union. Mr.. Sunderland disputes
TIE reasons advanced By the mayor foi
changing the election board roster and
goes in detail into speculation as to why
various specifled names were substituted
Inasmueh as The Bee had not published
the mayors exhibit on this score. the
counter exhibit 1. Irrelevant.
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Tha chs,ae,sr ~ mi, sunderland
as.,,,.,, MAJ n. vs,bsr.a from the con.
Guiding paragraphs:
:. In no instance where but ona change
WAS made in election boards does the
MAYOR give incompeteney as a reason for
his removal The Citizens union does
not believe the mayor can point out a
singh. instance where he proposed to
remove a single election official for In.
efficiency. inexperlence or for any other
rood reason.
.sTh. sanK keeps a very close watch
upon election officials 10 determine
xhe,her ar M, they are dependable
fran the standpolnt Of the gang. Here
,ofore election frauds in a few precincts
have been considered sufficient to de-
termine elections IN the interest Of the
gang. The present situation. however,
is desperate from the standpoint OF the
gang and this accounts for their at
tempt TO make election frauds possible
IN Az parts OF the city. thus adding
enough ballots at the final count 10 those
which are always east at their bidding
In certain precincts TO insure their cleo.
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gangs eohaiaA'es are ae'es.eo eoa-s
unless they can pun through ,he'r e'eo'
ton BY means OF election tranos'
Mayor Jim. pronum~iamentc.
Mayor Jim's signed statement calls at
tentIon 10 the decision Of Judge Leslie
as vindleatlon Of his action In appointing
b. election officers In accord with law and
Justice. lie goes on TO say In part:
But the moral effect OF this decision
will be OF tremendous benefit to my as
socIstes on the square ticket and myself.
because Il proves TO the voters OF Omaha
that | have been night, and that the
Citizens union has been wrong In this
controversy. So violent were the attacks
made upon me BY the Citizens union in this
matter, and 90 prollie IN NUMBER were
they, that l realize that many tar-
minded and Intelligent people who had
not the time and opportunity TO study
the merits OF the controversy were being
misled BY the Citizens union and were
half inclined 10 believe that the organtza'
ton was right But the court. after hear
Ing arguments on both sides fairly and
fully. with perhaps the greatest array OF
high-prieed legal talent ever associated
in d single case In Omaha trying 10 dis
tort Law and fact for the Citizens union.
has given me the clean BILL
Did ] not DO rishtf
The district court OF Douglas county
says that ! did.
Il have called special meeting Of the
city council for Monday at 10 a. m. At
which time my list will be again sub
mittcd to that body for its confirmation
or rejection. and In 80 doing ] believe
that ! am fully meeting what Is expected
OF me by Law and common sense 70 avert
S0rsins. and to CIV, VETO 70 the people Of