Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-03
WOULD STEAL THE ELECTION
This is the Charge Made by Dahl.
man Against Citizens Union.
GREAT DISORDER LOOKED FOR
Dahimar says He Held the List Of
Judges and Clerk. Until the
Last Minute for Names
from the other Side.


Mayor Dahlman. in a signed statement.
charges the Citizens union with attempt
ing to steal the election from the plain
people by delaying the voting on the
morning of May until wcrkingmen have
gone TO their days work. This is what
will result, he says. II an attempt is
made to elect judges and clerks at the
polls on election day, as the Citizens
union desires and for which purpose they
prevailed upon the council to reject
Mayor Dshlman's appointments,
Further Mayor Dshlman declares there
will be red riots" on election day II
this plan is carried out and all the dig
order will be induced by the Citizens
union in an attempt to discredit the
seven opposition candidates.
The attempt Of the Citizens union
candidates and executive committee" the
statement begins, to have rejected by
the city council the list OF judges and
clerks submitted by me, absolutely in
tieular, is nothing mora or less than an
attempt upon the part az the Citizens
union managers TO steal this ele.tion
from the plain people Of tho city OF
Omaha.
Trickery Planned.
Il was informed several weeks ago by
an active member OF the Citizens union,
who is a good friend OF mine. that the
organization intended to present to me
list of judges and clerks that It wanted
to have appointed for the primary with
the hope that would reject the list and
give them campaign capital. For that
reason l held back sending my list to
the city council until p. m. Of the very
last day. waiting for them to come In
and then, intending TO surprise the Citl-
Gems union managers by appointing part
Of their number.
But instead Of carrying out their orig
inal plans they evidently feared that
would do something OF the kind. so
waited this time until my list had been
sent TO the city council and was out Of
my hands, knowing full well that |. as
any man Of principle would do, would
refuse to change my appointments when
made. And serve notice now that | will
make no change unless they show better
reason than they have in the past.
brand Officials Crooks.
Did they come 10 me saying that this
man was not voter of the precinct, or
that any other man was incompetent.
or, In fact, make specific charges
against any mang No. sir. The Citizens
union managers, and by that mean the
sacred little bunch which runs tina union,
and not the hundreds OF honest citizens
who have been misled into affiliating
with the organization. has deliberately
branded $50 judges and clerks of election
Of the city Of Omaha as crooks and not
to be trusted, without giving word Of
proof against one OF them. II the Citi-
Gems union is trying to get friendly with
judges and clerks by any such tactics
way make friends.
AS have said before this rejection Of
regularly and legally constituted election
boards is nothing more than a deliberate
attempt to steal the election from the
people; TO give our city a bad name by
inducing disorder and riot at the polls
Tuesday morning next In the organlza.
ton OF election boards on the spot. and
to so delay matters that our friends. the
men who earn their living by the sweat
OF their brow. will have been forced 10
go to their work before voting, while tho
Iii "a hA In
automobiles TO vote any time In the day
will do the big voting on election day"
The Citizens Union says Mayor Dahl.
man Is wholly responsible for the serious
complication brought about. In state
ment the publicity committee makes the
assertions:
Mayor Dahlman Is wholly responsible
for the fact that no election officials have
been appointed for the city election next
Tuesday. Solely because the mayor ana
his allies undertook to secure the appoint.
ment of list OF men. some of whom are
not Trustworthy. and because he refused
to include In his list any names suggested
by the Citizens Union candidates, who
have a right to representation, Mayor
Dahlman has brought about a serious
The Citizens Union has forced the
hand Of the mayor and he stands before
the people today in the position OF under
taking 10 dominate the entire election
insofar as he can use. TO his own ad-
vantage, untrustworthy election officials.
Where is the mayors self-heraided
square deal and fair play poliey7 He
10 neither square with the people. nor
fair to his opponents. and yet he 10 the
mayor Of this city running for q third
election
In his statement, Mayor Dahlman says
he held the list Of judges aGd clerks un-
I'll p. m. Of the last day. expecting q
OF Citizens Union men to come
when he wanted to surprise them by
showing them the names Of several OF
their number in the list. He says II Is
evident they changed their tactics for
1ne Of the Citizens Union active mem
bers" had told him they would present
aim with a list for which he was waiting.