Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-29
DEMOCRATS ARE
IN GREAT MIDDLE
Lack Of Harmony in Party is Crop
ping Out at Every Turn
in the Road.
BOARD OF CONTROL IN TROUBLE


/ LINCOLN. Neb. Nov. 2s.-tspeciall--
Thatthere In harmony in the democratic
party all democrats are willing IN swear,
but just where It Is to be found, they
are unable to point out A. this time.
Every week brings new complications
and chances for continued democratic
Job holding are growing beautifully less.
That disease is contagious would seem
20 be the reason Of the conditions which
exist Starting with the dissent'on in
the cabinet which resulted In the resigna-
ton Of Ar. Bryan. Nebraska democrats
as there were fow republicans In office
to find fault with htey began to pick
flaws IN their political brothers.
Everybody 10 familiar with the con-
ditions at the state house caused by the
refusal Of State Treasurer George Hall
70 pay warrants where no appropriation
had been made for their payment. Then
came the pronunviamato Of Mayor
Charles Bryan o. Lincoln as the mouth
piece OF his brother william. that no
democrat could have the Bryan sup
port unless he pledged himself for pro-
hibition. This was q direct shot at the
very democratic vltals and Il aroused
q storm Of protest.
ThRt ''URssen Power"
Then Mayor Charlie Bryan charged his
brother commissioners OF Lincoln that an
unseen power" and the special inter
ests we're running the city government
and more trouble came.
Last week Colonel John q. Msher made
the charge through the local demo-
cratic paper that Brother-in-lsw Tom
Allen ossted the bonding company that
put up the indemnity bond for the Ian
coin Gas company In its suit In federal
court IA brother-in-law tothe msyor
wno had been elected 20 office because
Of his fight on the gas company. and
also as United States District Attorney
this alleged "unholy thing on the part
Of Mr.. Allen was cons'deT by Colonel
haher as being undemocratic ana he
rushed into print with an inquiry" into
the matter.
Allen BECOMES Reused.
[ This aroused the ire OF Mr.. Allen and
he demanded through the game paper
some sort OF retraction ard the name OF
the writer of the article who had signed
himself an Interested Citizen" The
! paper iieged back Immediately and gave
the name OF the warlike Colonel AZ the
writer OF the article Now the Colonel
comes back and admits he wrote Il. but
made no specific charges that Mr.. Allen
had profited by the deal on the bond,
and he simply inquired IL Mr.. Allen
had hand In the commission pie.
This has stirred UP some more "har-
mony' and IL is intimated that Allen
may sue for danagee, while the Colonel
with tho usual fighting spirit which has
inarke his gets on many a bloodless
battlefield, simply says, Let em come. "
Now come runlors Of a recall Of tho
mayor and what 10 peculiar about Il IL
that the noise Is all made by democrats
who have formerly been the very strong
est supporters which the organs have
had in the past, just how far the thins
will go will depend very largely upon
future acts Of the mayor but the fire
has been builded, the political pot is be-
ginning TO simmer and II little more
Board of ControI MIDDLE.
pay has again switched 10 the etate
house. Charges are made by a tried and
true democrat in an Omaha democratic
papNr under a Lincoln date line this
morning that the state board OF control.
a majority of whom are democrats and
all appointees OF the governor, are not
wor..ins in harmony with the governor
and that he has been entirely ignored
when II comes 10 being consulted regard
Ing the running Of state institutions
II is charged that the success OF the
governors last campaign was due to the
fact that much stress was laid on the
successful management Of state institu-
J tions over which the governor had gen
erAl supervision and the board Of con
troll was supposed to manage.
Now II appears that the board IL
Ignoring the governor ana has refused
or neglected to discipline or remove met
AZ these institutions whom the cover,
nor belives inefficient. The charge Il
made that II Is well known around tn.
state house that two heads Of stat
Institutions are not doing their duty al
they should. hut the board is standing
Tor them, either through fear Of disturb
ing them because they ecquieee IN whsi
has been shown TO be unususl activities
at the institutions In charge of thasl
two men, Unquestionahls proof as to IN,
inoompetehcy % these two heads, from