Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-17

this miserable behavior on the part
of our city's chief executive and po-
lice commissioner. 1t was unfair
unfortunate and inexcusaDle.
81 do not care to express my
opinion as to the motive which
prompted Mayor Smith and Com
missioner Ringer to this rank dis
elimination.
Mr.. Black, as a member of the
committe which waited on Mayor
Smith and Commissioner Ringer
last year recalled Mayor Smiths re-
mark when he told the governors Of
the Ak-Sar-Ben that they were no
better than Third ward gamblers.
Unfair and Unjust.
~ do not hesitate to add my de-
nunciation," declared Randall K.
Brown of the Coal Hill Coal COM
pany. II think it was unfair and un-
just in the extreme. In the first place
there was no harm in the games We
proposed, which we have been using
in connection with our annual car
nival for years. 1t was decidedly
wrong to deny us right which was
accorded these shows of the road"
ut was the dirtiest of all dirty
deals" said John d. Weaver, secre-
tary of Ak-Sar- ITO my certain
knowledge Mayor Smith and Com
missioner Ringer Deliberately and by
design rendered themselves as OBJ
noxious as possible to the Ak-Sar-
Ben. Their unfair actions cost the
organization $4,000
Il know Mayor Smith and Com
missioner Ringer knew September
they were going to close down
our games. I did not contract for
the concessions until September 10
and the first intimation we had of
the contemplated actions of the city
officials was September Is, the day
our carnival opened. They were
not even considerate enough to let
US know in advance of their unfair
and unreasonable plans.
when our committee waited on
the city officials to plead to be al
lowed to run as we had been going
since the organization. of Ak, Sar-
Ben, the mayor was not even courte-
Gus. He was absolutely rough and
abusive.
Blame at City Hall.
IT will withhold my opinion as
to the motive which actuated police
protection for the Patterson shows.
The Patterson shows are clean, the
management is clean and I do not
think they should be blamed one
bit. The blame lies at the city
hall"
Discrimination Wrong.
"There should be no discrimina-
ton" said w. D. Hosford. IF the
devices at the circus grounds were
the same as the Ak-Sar-Ben we're
not permitted to operate, then they
should not have been permitted.
"The money that the Ak-Sar-Ben
would have taken in would have re-
manned in Omaha; the money the
circus takes in is taken away from
Omaha" was the comment of Gould
Dietz. II don't care to discuss the
matter any further. Just forget me
and ask the other governors about
it."
Maybe they won't know that the
Ak Sar-Ben is in town this fall and
will let us run paddle wheels A. P.
Guiou commented. II notice in The
Bee that Mr.. Ringer said he did not
know there was a circus in town.
But I don't want to- say anything to
antagonize that crowd. I'd rather
just sit tight"
Attitude Inconsistent.
"The attitude taken by the police
authorities and Police Commissioner
Ringer is inconsistent" said
Charles L. Kennedy.
Although the Nebraska statute
is a dead letter, it has not been
changed and the Patterson shows
have no more legal right to operate
freely gambling devices than the Ak
Sar-Ben had in 1918.
1T seems to me that with 10 to
IS men On the ground daily, / would