Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-14
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The Bee ] notice n The Bee a report
Of the meeting OF Falls citY women who
adopted resolutions condcmnlng George
Johnson. Warden M. n. Fenton. Henry
Gerdes and myself for using our influ
ence in putting Falls CITY IN the license
column for the sale Of liqUor.
seldom pay attention - unwarranted
vicious resolutions. bot coming al this
does from town where have lived for
twenty.ons years IN county that has
been my home for thiriy.one Year,. am
having never voted 0ufaido " Fails cts
for that length II time. ! feel that o
short reply ~ this il due tho people o.
70 my activities 81 the recent election
IN Falls CITY
waa IN Falls city the dry 81 election
and voted. was IN the vicinity Of Falls
city for several days, ~ most o. my
Interests are IN Hiehardgon county ana
Falls CITY, and nay something Ike
81 10 per year VI taxes. The time WAS ~
the county was given 70 my farms and
10 stock sale IN Kansas and not for
political purposes and In not single
instance dld ! solicit vote for o.
against the wet and dry proposition. J
never solicited single vote for Or
against single candidate. which eoDld
be easily verified n these people who
are qtiick 10 paHs resolutions. would make
inquiry. I did reserve The right 70 vote,
privilege ! hope ! may have As long
~ I've.
Mr. Gerdes, . man have known for
thirty.ons years. nov . member ~ The
Board ~ Control, has lived In Richard.
son county for nfty-three years, has
voted thlrty-sight years and never voted
IN any other place He IA heavy tax
payer ana a man whose truth and vere
ncity has never been questioned That I
have heard. And ha tells ne that he never
solicited q vote for any candidate Or upon
the vet ard dry proposition. ne II sd
plnisirator for several estates, and all
his property interesta are there am he
has adopted the plan of voting and Of
tending 10 hiA other bnMness matters M
the sans time. privilege he has n law
FOL right 10 exsrciss
Warden W. r. Fenton WAS born and
rsised IN Hichafdson county and has
voted there oil his life. lie has voted sey-
eral times IN Falls city and before that
time 81 Dawson.
Mr.. Johnson has been In the state roy
sral years and hoA always voted ~
Fails CITY
Unfortunately the people who read the
resolution could NOT know the real facts
IN ills and might be misled by cunning,
ehrnwd politicians The lady who pre-
sided ~ the meeting. MRS r. !. Gfst, and
who IL . sister Of Congressman Hehyis.
r. accredited with being one Of the
sbrsWdest politicians n the state of Ne
bfaska Her husband. who WAS n condi-
date for moyor NJ thu recent election, and
who u. by The WAY, n high class gen.
tieinsn. was defeated W i5 yotes. which
was much more Of disappointment 70
Mrs. 0ist than 10 her husband. She II
playing tho game quite strong ~ her
brother has always done for the quarter
N century Of my acquaintance. being
wet TO the vet man md dry 70 the dry
man. Che went far enough 70 try and
implicats John Mcguire, who theg think
may be a candidate against her brother
Of the coming election.
Those who are In possession Of the
facts and would be fair, viii credit the
change Of conditions IN Falls CITY from
q dry 10 n wet town. 10 the unfair, IN.
tolefeni methods Of few men and
women. I met men who have been dry
nj their lifetime, who refused 10 be in
suited or to have a few Of these kind of
people dictate 10 them and run the town.
one man IN particular, nm old soldier.
remained until after tho votes we're
counted, he has always voted dry, and
stayed during the entire day to fight
against this class Of voters
This is not the first attack When they
cannot use tho wet and dry proposition,
they resort 10 the UNCONVENTIONAL ques-
lion, as they did at the last state election,
tactics which no one would practice ex-
cept thu lowest type OF citizenship. They
never practice II IN the open. but get
men 10 do Il who are not above the
average type Of criminal; they reap the
benefits, while the poor mbeciie who
does their bidding, gets the condemna-
tion.
ovstd at the last city election Of
Falls city and will be on hand Apfii IS
TO vote in the primary and shall continue
10 vote when and whore and as my iudg
ment dictates Il TO the best interests Of
the country. the community and the fam
ny 1 represent JOHN II, MoRTHEAD,