Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-24
JACK ORATORS HOLD
SCOLDING SESSION
Speakers Occupy Time of Open Meet
ing Of Club in Finding Fault
with Various Things.
GREEN AND GER1NG LEADERS

w. Il. Green. before the Jackson
ian club Saturday, made this
statement regarding the executive
committee OF the Commercial club;
This committee is not in line with
the people Of Omaha. They are not
n sympathy with the people and are
not competent to say what we should
- here"
A. Green had been speaking OF the
Auditorium and It's forthcoming municipal
management and then brsnohed off into
genera, attack on the Commercial club
executive committee. lie suggested that
the auditorium bc remodeled at an ex-
rense Of about $4,000 TO provide for au-
tomohne ard other shows In the base
mont, stage productions On the main
floor and banquets on the upper floor
Green Pleads FOR Jitney.
Touching on tho iitney question. Mr.
Green nearly Grew tears 10 the eyes OF
the Jaoksonites when he libened the jlt-
ncy operators TO the man who returned
home at eventidc with only n loaf Of
bread for his little ones whom he had
promised cake or doughnuts. He said
the trsction company could settle the
jtncy business by offering seven tickets
for a quarter.
President Weaver Of the club invited
J. W. AIetoalfe to sneak on the city char
ter. but Mr.. Metcalte excused himself.
Henry Gering Complains.
Henry Gering added TO the mefriment OF
the occasion by declaring that the Jack
sonian Tub. at the recent city election,
let a golden opportunity clip by because
the members did not bestir themselves as
they should have done.
Some ~ the remarks Of Mr. Gering
were Il saw twelve Iowa automobiles
hauling voters to the polls or election
day
y visited scycnty-five voting places and
saw only twenty-four business men work
ing for the interests OF the city
Let's GO around town and see how our
taxes arc being spent.
II have visited Riverview park five
times this spring and only saw twelve
people there.
why IL It necessary 20 pay $1,000 n
year for our city legal Department.
Called Down by Others.
Mr.. Gering criticised the work Of Man
aver Parrish Of the publicity bureau Of
the Commercial club. declaring that AIR.
Parrish Is not bringing enough conveu-
tons to Omaha. He admitted that ne
had discontinued his payments to the
publicity fund Of the Commercial club.
Frank OdeIl took Issue with Mr.. Ger
ing, saying that Omaha Ii the best adj
vertised city in the country. according
20 the money expended.
Mr. Green said he has Travelled fur and
wide for twenty years and not until the
last year or two has he heard Omaha
mentioned so often while he was away
from home
Mr.. Gering was further serevely CEN
sured for his attack on the Omaha news
papers. which he declared are not doing
their snare toward boosting Omaha.
BUREAU speaks for Itself.
when Mr.. Parrish's attention was
called to AR, Gering'H criticism, he said:
The work Of she bureau OF publicity
speaks for Itself. 1 welcome the criti-
cism of any man. no matter whether
OF not he does his constructive work for
the city with his mouth while he Keeps
his hand ON his pocketbock. Mr.. Ger
ing has not been a subscriber TO the
bureau since have been manager. al.
though he asa pay some subscriptions
which were In arrears"
W. f. Baxter defended the publicity
bureau and requested the members OF
the Jaclxsonian club to investigate the
bureau and the work of Mr.. Parrish be-
fore passing judgment on the allegations
made by Mr.. 0ering.