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r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 1800 , IAW AND ORDER IN OMAHA , Unimpeachable Witnesses TesUfj to the Qulot Order of Elcotlcn Day , EVIDENCE OF HON , EDWARD ROSEWATER , Dm. Uutyca nnd Ilnralin and Bishop " \Vortti Inu tern Hold Repudiate tbo lAca Bent Abroad by Pro hibition Spies. A largely increased attendance was a no * tlcdnblo feature of the second day of Uio elec tion con test In tlioNcw tfork Llfo building , The tbrco squads of notarta , stenographers , nttornoys nnd reporters got down to business In their respective corners shortly otter 10 o'clock , nnd the curious crowd of spectators circulated back nnd forth between them. Hon. Edward Kosowntcr was the principal witness of the afternoon In the general con test , nnd was also subpamtcd to appear before - fore Notary 1'homas In the gubernatorial con test today. Ho said ho had lived lnOmaha , ' twenty-seven years and know of the Bankers' and lliislncss Men's association , of the ex ecutive ) committee of which ho was chairman. The duties of UiacxccuUvocomtnlttcQ\vcroto employ organizers and carry on the campaign. The association was mnclo up of republicans and democrats , but no prohibitionists. The president , treasurer mid ehlof organizer wcro republicans , and in fact , republicans predom inated , Thera was an arrangement between the witness and the clerk of the district court by which naturalization papers wcro to bo Issued and charged to Mr. Kosowatcr. Tnero was no distinction mauo as to the politics of the parties to whom tlioy wcro to bo issued. Never saw any of the parties to whom papers wcro Issued. They wcro issued at the re quest of the Danish society , personal rights leacuo , Ilohumlan society and other organi zations. There were fifteen or twenty men doing nothing but looking up parties for whom pnpcrs conld bo secured. The parties ROI nn order. went to the clerk nnd filed their application and later cano back and got their papers. Between twenty-sawn and twenty-eight hun dred papers wcro Issued and loft wltb the witness from time to tlmo. Sometimes parties crowded la upon the clerk Into In the day , and ho swore them nnd sent their papers later. They wcro kept in the vault until they were called for nnd wcro to hodistrlbutcd to the parties when they wanted to bo rcRlstcred. They wcro all issued thirty days before election , but were not all distributed until late In October. The witness was cam paigning in the middle of October , and was not homo ono day in a week. Ho presumed that , the clerk of the court was paid by the treasurer of the association , but cUd not know about It. Ho understood that the association had raised about $42,000 or $413,000 , but had no personal knowledge of the actual amount raised , nnd had never seen the subscription papers. Was not present at any meeting' ol , the finance committee. Supposed that the whole amount had been disbursed , but ho did { not know ; understood that between ? bOO and $1,001 had been disbursed In this city for carriage hire and for men who were making a special Work of looking up foreigners , celling out papers for them , and having them registered. The association planned to spend tbo tnonoj all outsltlo of the city , as it was known that Omaha was almost uollcl against prohibition , The men worked hero for two months before the election , having foreigners hauled to the court house nnd attending to their registra tion. Ho named John RoMcky , W. Stcnbcrg ; Julius Meyer , James W. Cnrr , Henry Bolln , Joe Schiller and John Mnthlcson amen ? others who were interested In the defeat ol prohibition , and were given orders to the clerk of the court for papers. Mr. Stonbcrf was one of the organizers of the ussociatlor nnd traveled through the state to organizi the Swedes against prohibition. A letterhead of the Busiii'sss Men's ossoeia. tion was offered in testimony and admittcc by witness as having the names of ofllccn nnd committees. In addition to those wit ness testified that thcro wcro vlco president ) In nearly all the largo towns nnd seine of th ( small ones of the stato. Mr. Kosowntcr was requested to state what wore the primary objects of the association "I will have to state that In my own way , ' was the reply. ' "Very well ; state It as concisely as you can. " "Something Hker a year ago a number o : arsons wore Imported Into this state who , 01 understood it , wcro hired to agitate in iavo : of the prohibitory amendment. Those per sons cnuia from various states in the unlot and operated together with auxiliary associn tlons ht dlTorent ( parts of the state , the Wo men's Christian Temperance union , the Goo < Templars nnd others , and tbo organlzatloi Which those panics wore perfectinpr In thi state compelled a counter organization. The : not only had an organization In the state , bu tbcro was n national prohibitory organizatloi wblch Hcemed to devote its special attctitloi to Nebraska , and had proclaimed that the' would carry prohibition in this stato' by nl the moans within their power. Appeals wer made to the people all over the United State who wcro favorable to the prohibitory Ida to co n tribute money , and largo sum were collected in all parts of th union to mnko up a fund for th carrying on of the campaign for the prohlbl tory amendment in this stato. It bc'carrio nr parent to these of us who were opposed t the amendment that some organization bad t bo gotten up to counteract the prohlblUir organizations. Early last winter an offer was inado by a few citizens hero , as I undoi stand it , to got up such an organization. Bu the matter dragged along and nothing doll nito was dona until some time last aprlug when , ut the instance of some of th leading ; jobbers and busluess me : of this town , the secretary of Dun i Company's ngency , Mr. MofTut , sent out a cli cular calling upon tbo business men an bankers to meet together with the view t making a decided stand against prohibition A mooting of something llko forty to lift merchants did take place , I think In th month of April. At that meeting ; the sltui tion was discussed , and 11 n ally the prelim nary organization was perfected. That orgai Izatlon called upon qulto a nuinbt of these business men and bankoi nnd reported to them a general outlin of tbo plan of campaign. I was chose chairman of tbo committee that bad * thl matter in hand. It was our plan from tli start to exclude outsiders from intorforin With the work in Nebraska , and wo allowe no parties to come hero and agitato'ngalns prohibition , but carried on the campalg with citizens of this state. It was my Ide that the headquarters should bo at Lincoln und that wo ought to have a man from Lie coin who was familiar with the political si uatlon und the loaders of alt partic as nn organizer , nnd to that on I recommended Mr. Kogtron , who wn finally chosen and a contract was made wit him by the business men's association to IK from that tlmo on until tbo election ns get oral organizer. Headquarters wcro estnl lished nt Lincoln , nnd Mr. Uoggon then pri coodod to organize auxiliary sociotlos i various parts of tho.stnto. After ho hnd hi auxiliary societies organized ho came bad nnd Mr. Moffat having died , ho was placed i his position and the headquarters placed i Omaha In the place of Lincoln. "lhat is the outline. The men engage in that association were non-partisan ; the wcro men of all parties , nnd candidates woi never discussed. Ono of the conditions ( the contract with Mr. Rocgcn Was that if i any tiuio ho should cspouso the cause 01 an particular candidate wo could dismiss hi > upon very brief notice I think fifteen day ! " \vo were simply organized to protect th city und the state nt largo against proulb tion , ns wo believed it to bo dcti mental to the commercial Interests < this city and tbo material growl of the stuto. Tbcro was no political colorli : to the organization. During the campaign very frequently heard complaints and chargi mauo by democrats that wo were all orirai uod for Ulchards , nnd then again ropu licnns would turn around and charge us wit being organized for Hovel. But , ns n inatt < of fact , wo wens orcraimod for nobody , nti Whatever political Intercourse wo had wit political mirtlca and wo bad some into course with all of them , except prohlbltloi Ists was entirely non-partisan. " "How do you * account for the fact thi Doyd's vote and the vote on prohibition ko ] pretty oven pace in this cltyl' ' "I deny that It kept pretty oven pace ; tt vote on prohibition In this city stood soin thin ? llko twcnty-ono thousand against pro hibition , and about fifteen to eighteen bun' ' dred for It. M r. Boyd only had n majority of 11,000 In this county , while prohibition was dcfcatoAby twlco 11.000. " "Brutl's'voto wu largely In excess of Mo Shnno'i two years ago , was It not ! " "It was. " "And how much in excess ! " "Tho wnolo vote was larger In Douglas county , considerably heavier than it was two years ago ; I think the vote n as something llko six or seven thousand larger than Mo Jhano's. " "What was the republican vote for ROT- irnor two years ngo In Iho city of Omaha ! " "If I rcmembor correctly , It xvas something n the neighborhood of between eight nnd ilno thousand. There has not been a great 'ailing off In the ropu bllcnn vote of Douglas county 03 compared with the presidential ilcctlen nnd the eovernor. " "Thcro h a difference ) of something llko vo or six thousand between KIchardV vote in 18UO and Governor Thaycr's vote In 18S81" "Yes , sir , nnd I can explain that very readily. " 11 Well , you may explain It. " "Alter the nomination of Mr. lUcharda ho ivas asked by n great many people of this itnto to dcllno his position on prohibition nnd Mr. Hichai'ds declined to do so. Ho went nwny to Boston , and after ho returned , ho itlll declined to defend himself In regard to , hat ono proposition. Now , our dtlzons , voro more Interested upon the question of itatutory prohibition than they were upon ; ho amendment ; they wanted to know .vhotlior Mr. Richards would favor a statu- ory bill. In case that prohibition was de puted , nnd I urged him to make a clear itutcment upon that point in his speech do- ivorcd hero nt the opera house , at which I also spoke with him. But Mr. Kirliards decided not to do so. Ou top of all : hat came n few blunders of the re- multcan leaders. la the first place , t wns agreed upon between myself nnd Mr. Watson that the Business Men's association ivould pay Mr. Watson or rather , not Mr. Watson , but to the republican state central committee JOOO for printing or causing to bo arlnted tiio republican tickets , one-half of them to bo for prohibition and the other halt against prohibition , so that every volcr should have tha chance to vote cither ono way or the other. That agreement wns made between myself and Mr. Wat-son , and was , as 1 understood It , satisfactory to the secretary of the committee , but after the money hail been 'paid over. Mr. Ulchards' friends knocKcd it over and had the sample tickets sent out differently from what the original ngrecmcnt was. liut they kept our mouoy all the satao and they never returned it. All of these matters leaked out somewhat amongst the politicians hero und hud a great tendency to create a sentiment against Mr. Hlchards because it was a very dishonorable- thing , to say the least , to keep our money after the agreement was not fulfilled. Tbo only request wo made was that one-half of the tickets bo printed for and the other half against prohl- tion. Now , then , Mr. Klclmrds had also muda another mlstako : Ho hnd a lot of bis friouas threaten the republicans of this city with prohibition , nnd threatening dispatches wcro sent hero from other parts of the state stating that so many ono of them I remem ber particularly came from York nnd said that 031 republicans who had designed to vote against prohibition had agreed to hold back their votes until the afternoon of elec tion day , and that If a telegram was sent out from this city by Brad Slaughter saying that Omaha was not supporting KIcbnrds , then thosolWl would support the amendment. When 1 received this I sent for Mr. Ulch ards. and ho came up to my office with Sena tor Maudcrson. 1 had suppressed the dis patch , and General Manderson agreed with mo that its publication would luivo cost Mr. Kiehards thousands of votes , but Mr. Richards - ards himself claimed that bo was norry It happened , and the arrangements made bo twccn myself and him was that ho was to be intoruiowed ou this-mntter nnd disclaim his connection with it in TIIK BKB , and it was so dona : I asked him to do another thing , and that was to state in that interview that In cnso prohibition wns defeated hy the people ho would not sign a bill for n statutory law. but Mr. Kiohnrds ' had himself Interviewed and omitted that. The consequence was that the general impression that ho wns in favor of prohibition , and the threats that had come hero had more or loss of n tendency to lesson the number of his votes. " "You do not pretend to sny that these dis patches of intimidation were sent out with Mr. Hlchardi" icno wledgo and consent ! " "I do not think so , but I think the trouble was caused by his foolish friends. " "You were a member of the republican state convention that nominated Mr. Rich- ardsl" "I was. " 'And you were on the committee on reso lutions } " "Yes , sir. " "You were chairman of that committee , were you not ? " "No , I was not chairman , but I was ono ol the members of 111" "You drew lip'a large portion of the plat form' " "I arcw tno most of it ? " "The question of the attitude of the repub lican party on the amendment was before thai committee , was It not ! " "Thcro was not much said in the committee about It ; the only proposition that was made in tno committee was that wo would pledge the governor to enforce the prohibitorj amendment if it wns carried , nnd I raised this point , that It was something remarkable thai a republican governor should bo com' polled to pledge himself to enforce the law ; that I supposed that overj governor , no matter who he was , would be expected to enforce the laws and if pranlbi tion became part of our constitution th ( governor would have to ooforco It , and if nc law was enacted ho could'not enforce it , and so wo left thnt part out , and on the othoi proposition well , there were two or three nroaibitiouUts on the committee , and thoj did not urge their part of it and I did nol urge mine. " ' "So the platform as reported and adoptee said nothing absolutely on tno subject of pro hibition11 ? "It remained silent. " ' "Therefore , It was not ono of the issue ; presented by the republican party nt this campaign ] " "It was not one of the Issues , and yet th ( republican party had submitted thlsquestloi nnd bad suffered a great deal in consequence of it. " "Had not the republican party dlsclnlmec yourself among otner leading , republicans- the Idea that the republican party was at tacbod to or responsible for the supper of the amendment at the polls ; that is that whoa it had submitted the nmondmen to the people that Its responsibility for 1 coasodl" "Well , that was of course our nndeavor t Impress upon tuo coplo that these who won opposed to prohibition could remain ropubll cans nnd still oppose prohibition , but a groa many wcro very muuh dlssatisliod with th > submission of prohibition oven , nnd that hat a great deal to do with losing us thousands o votes. Mr. Council fell behind 5,000 or 0,001 votes In this city , although ho lives here Ho was not unpopular ana had don nothing to raise any popular prejudice , am Mr. Connull'8 vote In Omaha shows thnt thi land-slide was general , and spared noitho the ono nor the other. Connell wns Very 1m portnnt for Omaha in congress , und wns dc sired by the most of our citizens , but in th melco everything wont , nnd Council won under just the same as the rest. " It now being 5 o'clock , the hearing wns nd journod until U o'clock this morning. QUIET AM ) UUDISitLiY Testimony or DM. Duryen nnd Ilnr flhn null IMsliop Worthlncton. Kov. John Williams was the first 'witness called for the contested hi the Powora-Boy cnso , but when it was learned that ho wa not In the city on election day ho was cj cuscd and nnothcr drawing niada from th number of ministers who were ou hand. Dr. J. T. Duryoa , sworn Am pastor of th First Congregational church of this cltj Voted at the last general election about th middle of the forcnoou. Was about the pol Ing place for half an hour and visited auothc polling place on Sixteenth street. 1 ala went over the city , having n curiosity to so what wus going on at the polling places Everything was entirely quiet. I had n difnculty in approaching the polls. I h qutrod bow it hud boon durlnir the day an was told that it had bocu quiet. Lcavit Dunihom wns ono of the parties who gnv mo such In formation. I saw no oostructlo offered and would certainly have soon it ha there been any. Saw at least ono oftlccr r each wiling placo. Visited tha Third ware knowing that what Is known as the burr district is located thoro. und thought ttir trouble would bo mot with thcro if it was t bo tound anywhere. I did not find It as expected. I anticipated trouble nt tb pollb because I was present when the goi tlcnum who managed the prohibition cam paign rntulo three asscrtlona. The first was that tha registry wna false. Tbo second was that ticket ) hod boon prepared with either of tha sots of candidate * , but nftalnst the llconso amendment , I asked if thcso tickets were not Illegal , but was told that lawyers had bcon consulted and had pronounced them legal. The third itatomcnt was thai arrangements bad boon nuulc to challenge every voter , and tnat was why I anticipated irritation when the people tindor- stood the plan agreed upon by the prohl * bltioulsta. Ono 01 these tickets was loft nt my door in na envelope with nothing to show wnora it came from. It wns generally under stood that the Independent party tutd resolved ngalnst the amendment nnd nlsotho oilier parties , sd that these tickets were contrary to the expressed principles of these parties , Have penornlly exorcised the right of fran chise since I became of ago In Boston. Brooklyn nnd Omaha , nnd the last gonornl election I witnessed In. this city was fully na quiet as any I ever saw. The good order and sobriety of the city on that dny wna fully equal to what I ever saw on any similar occa sion. I hnvo corresponded for the New York Trlbunonnd Independentaud for other papers , und 1 made n very full investigation for tha purpose of. sending a correct report to these papers , knowing tint n concerted effort wiw being made to break'down the goodnamoof the city. Understood ttiat the Woman's Christum Temperance union wns ono of the organlxn- tloas.ttmt was trying to Injure the name of the city. I attondod'a largo meeting in the Inter ests of tha amendment and board the expres sions ngalnst the city , Intimating thnt If this city was out of the way the amendment would carry , and denouncing the city in un measured terms. The efiect ot rumors of this Datura wns to nrrouso the prldo of the law- abiding citizens of Omnha , and I wns told that n special efTort wonld bo made by , the business men to show the people how unjust , vero the charges that Onmlm would witness scene of violunco ou election dny. Cross-examination Don't know how many iiolling places theronro In the city. I wrote , o the papers relorrod to In order to correct _ 'also statements thnt appeared in the Now York Voice srntlng that ministers of the gospel were seized , dragged from the polls ind slugged , und other false statements of a jlmilnr nature. If sworn statements wcro made to the effect that disturbances oc curred In thirty of the forty-ouo precincts I would maintain tliat all disturbances wcro sporadic and not the result of organization , and I should still assert that it was a quiet election. 1 deny any general disturbance , although thcro may hnvo been individual in stances. There was no mob in the city uud nothing of a riotous nature. I only know that the burnt district hns a bad reputation nnd that the worst elements of the city tire gathered thcro. I voted the democratic ticket and for Boyd ; voted ngalnst both amend ments. I do not sny that any of my fellow ministers , oven Mr. Holt , intended to mis- Jead , out there was danger that parties would bo misled by the tickets circulated by the prohibitionists. Charges were made that Omnha was licensing prostitution and rum- selling , and I was led by statements of their speakers to bollovo that the Women's Christian "Vjmperanco union was making n concerted effort to injure the namooftho city. I noticed particularly to see If the saloons were closed aud found thnt they wero. I am near-sighted when I am reading , but I can sea n mile when I am not. Ucdlrcct Examination The most exasper ating stories wcro published In the Bumble Bcc , and nlso in the Lincoln Call. The effect of the circulation of these uapers was to nrouso the people , nnd such men ns Dr. Miller , Mr. Boyd nnd Mr. Ilosewnter , with whom I talked , announced their determina tion to sco thnt a fair election was held. Cross-Examinnllon 1 understood that pa pers were held at the pnatoftlco because they contained n lottery advertisement. . Did not know that tbo common carriers of the city refused to deliver the Call , or that its carrier boys were assaulted on the streets by grown men. men.Dr. . Harsha sworn Ampastorof thoTirst Presbyterian church. Have resided hero fourteen years and a half. Voted at the last general election in the Fourth ward. Voted in the morning and was about the polls about three-quarters of an hour. Saw nothing but perfect order. Saw per sons peddling tickets , but kon't know what tickets they wero. Kodo by another polling plnco on Sixteenth street and went by the polling place on Walnut Hill. Stopped nt cacli place and saw no disturbance of any kind , although thcro wcro some debates , Everybody scorned to have an opportunity to voto. Uecognizcd a number of faces of the moro respectable class of our citizens. Thera was no Intoxication aud it compared very favorably with elections I had witnessed in former years. The city was porfectlyordeny and quiet. I heard the bettor class of ouc citizens talking about anticipated trouble nnd saying that the good naaio of the city must bo preserved. Kov. Mr. Holt told mo before the election that these opposed to the amend ment would mnka trouble and said that the prohibitionists proposed to wntch the polla and f co that nil of their men were allowed tc voto. Ho said thnt they would send a coin- mlttco to each polling placo. I think JNlr. Holt llvod hero about two years. Mr. Morrlll about a year and a half and Mr. Shlnn less than a yoar. Messrs. Holt and Merrill are prohibitionists - ists , but I don't know about Mr. Shinu. Cross-examination Have always boon a republican. All I Iniow-of the election la wnat I saw. Saw no disturbance. A number Of the better citizens said before the election that it wns the duty ot the citizens of Omnha to sco that all trouble was averted and no dis turbances allowed at the polls. The fear was that the prohibitionists would attempt tc prevent a fair election. Did not understand that it would bo by violence , but it afterward developed that it was by moans of illegally- printed ballots. I thlntc the tickets wort printed with tbo intent to deceive people mtc voting ngalnst tholr sentiments on that quos tion. Don't think any tendency to dlsordei was caused by the metropolitan papers of the city , but by some of the prohibition papers notably the Voice. Don't think tlu papers of the city would incite tc violence. Slighting remarks were made by Mr. Johnson ' nnd Mr. Holt , I made some addresses on the temperance quos tion. Ko other witnesses were called during thi forenoon , as It was then 11:30 : , nt which houi the session of the real estate exchange opened and the contest cases were adjourned until af tornoon. AFTUJINOON St'.SSIOM. ' Lewis M. Bennett , police commissioner testified I visited several of the votlni plnces on election day. Wont for the pur posoof ncmmlntlng mysolt with thacoudl tion of tbiugs as a member of the Are aud po lice commission. Found everything quio and orderly no disturbance of any descrlp tion at any of them. I learned this from pet sonal observation and by inquiry. Th board called a mooting prior to the clectloi and increased the force and made other prc cautionary arrangements for the purpose o preventing trouble on election day. I am republican. Cross-examined I voted for Mr. Richard and agnlnst the amendment. Refuse t < answer the question whether our bank con trlbutcd anything , to the bankers' nnd busl 110 = 3 man's fund. Bishop Worthlngton testified Have bcci bishop of the diocese of Nebraska live- year ngo February. Voted on Eleventh street near Pierce , election dny. Voted about 1 o'clock. Wns tlioro but a few mitutes. . Don' remember of seeing anyone about the polls Don't think I have , over soon Omaha as qulo nnd respectable as it was on that dny , Shoul Judge from the public prints that tlioro was i great deal of Interest in the election before 1 "took placo. Cross-examined : I am a democrat am have bcon for years , Am not willing to nn swor for whom I voted. I now refuse t stuto how I voted on the amendment. M ; residence b probably a block from the pollln placo. On November 4 I think Omaha wa ns quiet , or moro quiet , than I had ever know It , so far as I could observe. Dan Gardner testified : lama clcrgyma of the Episcopal church. Wns In Omaha o election day. I voted at the corner of Dodg aud Sixteenth , about 2 o'clock. Was ther about 11 vo Ininutes : was back and forth pas tnat corner several times that day. It wa very much llko a funeral at the polls when votod. There was no disturbance c any kind or any disorder. Notice it was much moro quiet , calm and peaccabl than usual at our city primaries. Was nc obstructed at all in getting to the pollln plnces. Drove some about the city that daj The city seemed to bo as orderly as upon an election day that I can remember of , hero c elsewhere. I know there was a good deal c excitement prior to the election rcgnrdln the proposed amendment , Know this f roi conversation with different gentlemen. Tb disposition scorned to bo to got out a full voti Cross-examined There were tlxty c seventy people about the polls when I wcr to vote. I didn't vote the prohibition tide I voted the republican ticket with the oxcc ] tion of the governor I voted for Mr. Boyc I nlso voted against tbo amendment. I sn QtfV that it was llko a ( atioral about the polls when I was thoro.Ola D P. W. Blrkhnusor | U tlflod .I voted on No vember 4. AVas atj&he polls all dny. Saw no trouble or .Uistitrbnnco. Heard ono Henderson at" the polls on Farnnm street , nemj Twenty-eighth , do some loud talking , and. [ tlmfn all I observed out of the usual. They wcro only discussing matters nnd things nV Is usual nt polling' plnces on election day. Heard no ono threat ened , snw no blows struck , no eggs thrown , no shooting or anything cho out of ; thu way. The election was thotltio'st orderly and most harmonious ono I over attended ; oven these in small country towns where I have voted. Snw independent workers nt the polls. They were not Interfered with. They were workIng - Ing for Powers. Prohibitionists hnd nil kinds of tickets with the amendment tacked on. Cross-examined I voted for lioyd nnd ngnlnsb the prohibitory amendment. Am chairman of tbo board of public works. I contributed to the business men's fund ; that Is , I subscribed to tbat fund , hut have not been called upon for the subscription. .T. W. Harris tcstlflod-I voted on election day. Was at several voting places that day ; In fuel , nearly all ol them.Vcnt out of cu- rloilty. 1 found everything quiet nnd or derly , und Inquiry conllrmod .what I saw. Heard that thcro had been nllttlo disturb ance In the Eighth u aril , but it didn't amount. to nny'hlug. The crowds nt the polls wcro made up of nil classes of citizens. The ono Idea wns to get out n full voto. Saw nil kinds of tickets at the polls saw no iiitcrferonca with anybody. Thcro wcro policemen nt nil the polls. Tno election was quieter than other elections I hnvo attended hero. Cross examined Am n republican. Voted for Richards. Voted agnlnst the prohibitory amendment. Wasn't naked to subscribe to the bankers'and business men's fund , nor was our bank , I saw no disturbance of any kind. J. O. Corby testified Llvod hero twenty- four years. Voted on November 4 nt the polls on Twenty-fourth , between Binnoy nnd Locust streets. 1 also-visited a polling place In the Fifth ward , also ono in the Fourth on Sixteenth street. Wus nt each place some time. Wns at the precinct the Uev. Mr. Morrlll was. The election was very orderly , Indeed. Saw Mr. Morrlll there. Ho nnd his worker , Elmer E. Thomas , occupied n very prominent place near the polls. Thomas hud a prohibition badge on. I told him wo had no objection to anyone ono voting his choice , but that the tickets he had were calculated to deceive. That Was nil I said. Tiioro was no rcasoA for Merrill or any ono else to have any fo.ir of personal danger on account of the ticket they wcro working for. Saw no ono nnuoycd in any way , 110 tickets taken away from nny one , no pushing or disorderly conduct. Saw Charles Ogborn peddling Powers tickets. Ho was not Interfered wltb. Snw a largo number of well known citizens thcro. Never saw such a quiet nnd orderly election in my life. C. S. Whilnoy testified : Was present nt the polls whrre Rev , Meirlll claimed to have suffered Indignities. I challenged Mr Mer rill's statement , nnd said ho was biased by his feelings. Thcro was n good deal of hilarity rlfo at the polls , but no disorder. As to eggs , Jack Galllgau passed with a basket of eggs , nnd ho and a number of friends nipped a few nnd made a pretense to throw them nt the flro chief. These were the only eggs that llgured In the election at that poll ing placo. Everything passed off with un usual good order. Major Donnls testified to the cxceptlflnnl quietness at the polls ho visited ; in fact , It was ns orderly nud harmonious an election as ho had over attcnded-tmywhero. .There was no disonler that ho observed anywhere. ' VOTED HIS OWN TICKKT. II. D. Cnrbco Compelled to Admit that lie Wns Not Bulldozed. The hearing of the ease of Powers vs Boyd was resumed yesterday morning : H. D. Carbeo testilled.Wns . a voter In First ward. Third district ; 'AVnsattho polls elec tion day , all day , at tha Sixth district of the First ward. I pcddletl ticket , all kinds , with the prohibitory amendment. My tickets were taken awny from me twlco. They ordered me to leave the polls. ? My tickets were then Jerked away from pionnd torn up. The crowd was boisterous , Some wore the per sonal rights badge-out ; don't think any were the Doyd badge. Th'oy fnyorcd Boyd. At noon a wngfinload of men drove up , and ono of them said , " .Now.you . cot. " Then a man ran up and struck mo wlto bis fist and throw ahaudful of eggs In my face. This was fol lowed up with shouts of "Iclll him , " "givo mo that club , " and they struck : mo a dozen times with clubs , aud plastered ma all over with egs. I backed into Mr. Gordon's resi dence , and two or three ladles ran out into the crowd. Snw Mrs. Gordon with a club 1 n her band staudlngln the crowd. A policeman then came up nnd quelled tiio row. Thoroworo two special policeman there at the time , but they did not interfere. It was a regular policeman who stopped the fuss. Ho said ho was there to protect mo nnd would do it. Don't think the special policemen were in sympathy with the crowdbut that they were afraid to discharge their duties. They also told "Walter Boll they didn't want his tickets tnoro. Ho had the straight republican tlckots. Saw no challengers thcro. It wouldn't have bcon safe to buvo challenged a Boyd voto. Did not go' back that night. Not because I had any fours of pfi-sonal violence. I didn't think it necessary to watch the count because I knew 'just how It stood , as every body clso did. Sanr liquor given away there that day. Ono of the judges drank some of lu . Ho wns drunk , but not too drunk to dis charge his duties as a jadgo. The judges favored Boyd. It wns not a free election. Cross-examined Have lived nero four years. Have always been a democrat up to within two years. I wns not prevented from voting my choice. Saw no ono prevented Iroin voting their choice nt the Sixth district of the First ward. Saw no ono prevented from voting their choice , enl wncn wo went forward with our tickets they would elbow us awny. I was there to sco that the amendment carried. These that came there with their tickets In their vest pickets wore allowed to vote them without Interference. Tno fight In thttt district was for Doyd , because ho was against prohibition. Wasn't nf raid of any personal violcnco up to 12 o'clock. Then ono of the special policemen came up to mo and told ino 1 had hotter go homo , I know there was a good deal of foul ing prior to election over the prohibition papers' attack on the Omaha census. Saw no ouo actually prevented from voting hia choice. Tbo ruau who took my tlckoU from mo was intoxicated. I had democratic , re publican aud alliance tickets in my hands , They tore p an equal number of tickets with Boyd's , Richards' and Powers' namoa on. No special tickets were torn up , I had no straight prohibition tickets , but all I hnd had the amendment ou them. The same mac toro my tickets twlco. Both times ho toro u [ Boyd tickets , the same as ho did tbo others , I went und got tlckots a third tlmo , but wus not molested ngaln. I wns molested slmplj because I wns a prohibitionist and not be cause I was working for , any of the candi dates for governor , . Ihad , no fears , I dou'l know whnt fear la. At every election I ovci attempted to vote the/prohibition ticket , ex cepting this last thiKywhoh I voted unmo lestcd. At every election I have had trouble a scrap or two. \vent.thcro to stand mj ground , and I gave th'ef 'crowd ' to undcrsUuu it. When a mnu < strikes mo ho hiu a guarantee that ho'll get It back Didn't see a vote challenged the whole day of any kind. I wouldrt'f have been afraid t < have chnlleageda vote that I considered 11 lojml. r , Hcdlroct The reglstrntlon in our prcclucl was held In Zimmerman's saloon tuollrs day ; niter tbat In nn adjoining room. Cross ExamInatlon- men who. register cd the first dny were All taotllicd toco mo bncl nud ro-roglstor. I Uuowt that some ro-rogls tcrod , but canH say .tlfjit all did. I undei stood , however , that tnoy all did. AYTKUSOCABK89ION. . At the opening of 7no''afternoon session litho the corner of tbo contestant in the guborna tlnrial c-aso Air , Strlckler stated that Mi Charles Coo , treasurer of the Bankers am Business Men's association , bad been callo In the morning and was not present , and hoi been called again in the afternoon anil coul not bo found. Ho said that Mr. Coo ha boon subpccntnd and ills foes paid , and h wanted the record to show that. Mr. Whartoi replied that Mr. Coo was waiting during th greater part of the forenoon and was no\ absent during tbo noon Intermission. Th notaries held that another witness should Jj called und the objection was overruled , L. A. Koed , sworn Was an elector 1 Omaha at the tlmu of tfio last election. Hnv resided hero nlno years nnd a half. Am carpenter. Went to the polling place la Sc < end , district of the Sixth ward on eloutio night In the interest of the Independent part to witness the couit. ) There were thlrt straight independent tlckots , twenty-eigti scratched tickets and ton scattering , male In a total ol sixty-eight Powers' ballots. I lol nt 11.tO o'clock before the count was com pleted , I understand that the official returns show only fifty-sovon i'owois' votes In that precinct. Cross-Examined The Judges nnd clerks were not Intoxicated and wcro discharging Ihelr duties. VfM sick nnd wanted to go homo , aud as I couldn't stay later than 11,80 Mr. Nelson , ono of the judges , told me how many Independent votes wcro cost , Wna talking with him last Sunday and ho § ald there was only between fl fty-Uvo nnd fifty- seven Independent votes cast , although my record showed sixty-eight , u ho gnvo It tome mo on the night of election. In giving mo thnt count ho might hnvo counted some of the tickets twlco. It is not probable thnt the jrdgcs would make false returns unless they ( lid so wilfully. My sickness might hnvo boon caused by drunkenness. He-direct examination Am not a drlnnlng man. It. L. Bnlloy sworn llosidcdntIM02 Frank- lln street mid wna an elector In this city at time of the last general election. Am a car penter. U'ho Judges of the Third district of the Fifth ward did not open the ballot boxes at the window In my slglit before the voting commenced. Noticed no persons wearing lloyd or personal rights budges. Bottles of liquor were flaunted in my face. There wns ono drunk man peddling tickets for the ro pu bllcan party. I wns told my tickets were fraudulent and had no business thcro. They kept coining to mo und getting my tlckots and I found that 1 would soon bo left without any , so I refused to givp thoiu nway unless parties would vote them. Ono man toro o It the bottoms which hud the amendment , and aid that they wcro then legal tickets. Ono man went up to vote ono of the rcpubll- can tickets 1 had given him nnd was told thnt It wns bogus , butho voted it. The policeman on duty .there came up nnd prevented nny trouble. I want to give the officer credit for doing bis duty. Cross-examined Was nt the polls nil day , nnd only loft twice for lunch. Don't know whether the ballot boxes wcro examined or not. The crowd became boisterous along toward noon. They shook whisky bottles in my face , but aside from the tempta tion everything was lovely until noon. Was allowed to cast my vote without nny In terference. Did not scowhisky given out more freely than on other election days. Did not know that the citizens of Omaha were excited because the census xvni attacked. Knew that the people wow mnd witn the prohibitionists. Head the Call , Voice nnd Bumble Dec. Head tbo calls for money to carry on the prohibition campaign. Uou't care to sny how much I bellovetl of what I road in TUB Bun and World-Herald. I wns asked to stop peddling fraudulent tickets. Was not threatened with arrest. Powers tickets wcro torn in my hand. The name of Powers wns not torn off. The amendment was all that was torn on * . Hlchards nnd Boyd tickets were nlso muti lated. I had moro of the Powers lionets. .Tlioy were after the amendment Instead of Powers. Know of no ono who wns prevented from voting for his choice , Got my tlckots from the brethren. Did not got , the republi can or democratic tickets from the republican or democratic committee. Was told that the tlckots were fraudulent , but I persisted In peddling tlicm. Prank E. Moorcs sworn : Am clerk of the Istrlct court of this county. Have resided roro eighteen years. Mr. Mooros told the snuiftstory of his con- mot with the prohibition committee that ho md previously told In the general contest : ase , and n copy of the contract was Intro- luced in evidence , Mr. Mooros retaining pos- esslon of the original. Tbo contract pro- . 'Ided that all foreigners provided with their first papers at the install co of Messrs. Holin , Johnson or Burkland of the prohibition com mittee , should no paid for : it the rate of 00 : onts each. Mr. Hcllu paid for forty-threo 'npers which were delivered to him. issued papers to other foreigners nt the in- , tanco of EUwnrd Rosewater. I contributed .o the fund of the Hankers' nnd Business VTon's association. Mr. Uosowator told mo , o honor any orders sent to mo , nnd these > rders wcro sinned by htm Individually and ivithout any oQlcial title or capacity. I igncd about twenty-eight hundred papers Jor him. I was pnid by Mr. Charles K Coo. The check cumo to mo by mail. Vly conversation with Mr. Kosowator , ook place on or hoforo August 33. ' heard one evening that 1 was to bo enjoined jy the prohibitionists , and I stayed up until 5 o'clock in the morning to sign papers and , jot them out of my hands before tlioy could do any inoukoy business with us. My fonrs ivcro unfounded. Mr. Hosownter paid for ihoso papers because ho had nn interest in iho slate of Nebraska. It was supposed thnt : hey were lor nntl-prohlbitlon voters , and the returns show they wcro voted. The Bank ers' and Business Men's association 'avorod nny man'whowasagainstDrohibitioii. Suward Uoscwatev was working for the in- xjrests of the state with the BanUers' nnd Business Men's association. There was no politics in it aud ho told mo so. Cross-examined Tnis contract with the prohibition committee was entered into in behalf of the prohibition party. Mr. Helln sent us slx'or eight people before the agree- mt-nt was made. The prohibition committee - mitteo made the same agreement as the committees of the other parties. Papers were dolivcrod nnd paid for in the latnewny. There were forty-throo papers .ssucd ou prohibition orders. The necessary oath was taken by all parties for whom papers wcro issued. Joselian D. Hlco was the last witness sworn during the afternoon and his examination was not concluded when nn adjournment was taken until this morning. THERE WAS NO MOB. A.nd Everybody Deposited Ills Vote According to Uls Conscience. The contest of state officers was reopened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning , in room 1 , Now York lifo buiding , before notaries Mnc- Lcod and Johnson. . Henry A. Emerson , a prohibition ticket peddler , was the llrst witness examined. He stated that ho was peddling tickets in the Fifth dlstrict'of the Fourth ward , whore he was annoyed nnd offered violence. Some one in the crowd took him by the coat tails and dragged him through the crowd for thcli amusement. A policeman took him by th ( arm and told him that they could not pro ted him further , and told him ho would have tc move away that the polls might bo peaceable , Ho wont over to Haruey street , followed hj the crowd , and thence aown to Thirteen ! ) ) street nnd Jumped upon a car going south , followed by part of the crowd In wagons. Hemet mot a car going north , Jumped oft the sou In bound car nnd got Into the ouo going north , The crowd followed him Into the car , pulled him out. struck him on the forehead and egged him. The eggs wcro good but covered his iuco and overcoat. Ho thou ran to his boarding place , washed himself und when Mr. Smith , with whom .he lived cnim homo , ho requested him to hitch up and take him to his own polling plaeo. the Fifth pro- clnct of the First ward. When they arrived at the polling place and ho was about to placi his ticket through the window tin crowd recognized him and aftei ho had voted drove him to nil buggy nnd egged both Mr. Smith nnd him self. They hit the borso and drove througl the crowd , The crowd followed them and h < became alarmed and went to Preacher Phil lips'house , who lives In the basement oft Methodist church , and told him what hai ! happened , and wns lockrd In. Cross-Kxamlnntlon Ho got his tlckots n amendment headquarters. Officer Cox wai nt the polls and stood bostdo him for a lon | tlmo and told tbo crowd that the ; must not molest him. It was ai Gratitude but the grateful g a rare virtue ; people , that S. S. S. has cured , after physicians had dcolatcd them Ineirra- In the thousands. bio , number way up Osoar Wiles of Iluntlnglmrg , Ky. , says : "For years I ww allllctod with battled the uklll a blood taint , tint of the best bestPHYSICIANS. . The dlsoafo affected my ojO until I was almost blind. I am thankful to say tint a few bottles of S. H. S. , cur ed mo entire'y. Wy eyesight Is com- plotiy n stored , nnd my general health Is bettor than U has been for yoiw. : " Book on IVood and akin dlsoasonfreo. The Swift bpeclflo Co. , Atlanta. Ga. angry and excited crowd. Sotno ono tn tbo crorrd put \vblsky bottles In hut pocket but took thorn out. The crowd took tickets nvriiy from him and toro tliom up , nome of tlio tlck ots were twisted In Ills hnnd but were fit to bo voted. Hcrotod thontrulght prohibition ticket and was working for It. Mo ouo WAS prevented from Voting1. The trouble vtt on account of tbo prohibitory amend ment and nut on account of nny candidate. Colonel Frank E. Moorcs , clerk of the dis trict court , was ndxt sworn , llc-foro Novmn- bsr 4 there were over twonty-elghr , hundred foroipn-born citizens who took out tholr llrst naturalization pnpcrs. Some of tlicso cnrao singly nnd some in gttngs. Knows John Hosclsky , who Is sometimes n republican , at others n democrat or nn ltidei > ciulcnt. Ho sent a number of men to tbo clerk's oftlco , Julius Meyer nlso ncnt inoti to him to bo nnturnlltoa. Mr. Moorcs stated that a committee hnd come to him and ha hud tnndo arrangements with It to hnvo cltbcni naturalized. Mr. Mwircs did not lilco to stnlo who tlio committee was , but counsel for the tirolillHUoillsts Insisted upon his ilolncso , nnd fie sprung n bombshell by stating that it was n prohibition contract sfciied by .T. F. Ilollti Anthony Johnson ami Alf. BurltltinJ. They paid for forty-threo naturalization impcra. Thera wns no eon tract with the Blinkers' and business mon'8 assodatlou , but ho Isiued papers on their order under a verbal agreement. Thu names of the various sub-committees were named upon whoso order the puuurs were Issued. These who Rot tbo t > ; iK.'ra | did not pny for thorn them selves , thov wen1 pnld for by the commit- 1003 , both prohibition and otherwise. The pnpcrs wcro procured by the political parties In the Interest of tbo voter. Neither the H. & M. iiorno ono representing tt pild ; for nny pnpors. You win spot n prohibition ist from n democrat every tlmo tboy nre built differently. Every ward In. the city was represented in Retting out papers. About two thousand diht hundred of the impors were delivered at Mr. Koscwatcr's olllco. The other forty-threo were delivered to Mr. Hcllu , Hnd n conversation with Mr. Hosownter to the effect Ihnt Uio papers were to bo Issued aud the bill sent to him. There have been about eighty papers Issued since November to date. Mr. Moorcs wus requested to muko a statement showing the munc.i nnd date of all those naturalized whoso papers wore paid for by tbo Bankers nnd business men's asso ciation. The Investigation thou adjourned until S o'clock. Nothing Else equals Aycr's Pills for ttlmiilatlnR n torpid liver , strengthening digestion , nnd regu lating the action o ( the bowels. They con tain no calomel , nor any other Injurious drug , but are composed ol the active princi ples of the best vegetable cathartics. " I was a snUererJor years from dyspepsia and Ihcr troubles , anil found ID permanent relief until I commenced tiklng Aycr's IMlls. They have effected a complete cure. " George Mooncy , Valla Walla , W. T. "Whenever I am troubled llh constipa tion , or suffer from loss of appetite , Ayei's Tills set me right again. " A. J. Klscr , Jr. , Jtock House , Va. "For the cure of headache , Aycr's Ca thartic Tills aic the most effective medicine I ever used. " II. K. James , Dorchester , Mass. 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