THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THUBSDAYprDEOEMBER 18 , 1890-TWELVE PAGES.
TRUTH RISES AGAIN.
After Having Been Onuhod to Earth by
Omaha's Defamon.
E , HOSEWATER ON THE STATE ELECTION ,
* _ _
Eon , Church Howe Antagonized the Repub
licans of Douglas County.
THE BANKERS' ' AND BUSINESS MEN'S ASS'N
It Performed its Work Without Aid from
the Whisky Trust.
NO POLITICS WITH NATURALIZATION.
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Election Dajr AVns Bo Orderly That
tlio Witness Itotlrcd at 4 O'clock
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p. m. nnil Slept Until
After Dnrlc.
Tho" three-cornered contest over the guber
natorial nnd state ticket which has been In
progress In the city for several days was re
sumed In the real cstatn exchange yesterday
morning and continued throughout the day.
The number of people in attendance was con
fined , In the main , to these whoworo actively
engaged in the work of the contest or who
had been subpoanccd an witnesses. As soon
as one of tbo latter had detailed before ono
branch his experience on election day , ho was
hustled to a second , and finally t * a third
board to detail in different terms the story
which he bad first recited.
As on preceding days , the contestants
sought In every way to malco it ap
pear that Omaha on election day was at
the mercy of a bloodthirsty mob. Their
efforts , however , wore not rewarded , because
It was made apparent through the testimony
ot business men , professional gentlemen and
divines , known throughout the country as
well us throughout the state , that Omaha nnd
no other city of its size , \\Mc1i has over voted
on so Important a subject ns this city bad on
November 1 last , had over witnessed so quiet
and orderly an election. It was so quiet in
deed that , at 4 o'clock in the afternoon , Mr.
E. Kosewatcr ot THE BEE was encouraged to
do what he had never done before on election
day go home , go to bed and sleep until after
0 o'clock In the evening.
The testimony in the several branches of
the contest will bo found below , with the ex
ception of that of Mr. Hosownter given before
fore the contestant's notary , which will ap
pear In tomorrow's BEK.
Mr. Uosownter's testimony in the general
ticket contest is ns follows :
'I think Tuesday night wo were on thosub-
jcct of what occurred in the republican state
convention , " said Mr. Allen. "Omaha , or
Douglas county , had a representation in that
convention of some sixty-nine dclecatcs. "
Q. You may state if it is not true that the
nomination of Mr. Richards occasioned \ cry
Brcat ulasatlsfactloa upon the part of the
ougliiH county delegation and very bitter
expressions of denunciations !
A. The method by which Mr. Richards
was nominated , and particularly the foisting
upon the convention of Church Howe as
chairman , brought on a great deal of bad feel
ing in our delegation : we understood that
Mr. Richards insisted on making Church
Howe the chairman of that convention , and
Church Howe's rulings were very offensive.
The nomination itself was not regarded in
that light ; as a matter of fact , after some
llttlo time the delegation voted to make the
nomination unanimous ; I think thcro were
but two or thrco of our delegation that
Q. Is It not true that in that convention
very bitter speeches nnd remarks were made
by members of the delegation from Douglas
county I
A. Yes. there wore some bitter speeches ,
but they nit tended to ono point , and that was
Church Howe's method of handling the con
vention.
Q1 Did not these speeches ( to to the ex
tent of threatening' the candidate that was
nominated for governor ?
- - - - iAThere was no reference made in the
speeches to the candidates.
Q. Wore they not denunciatory In char
acter , and wore not tbo threats of the Omaha
delegation that they would bo heard from
horcaftorl A. No ; thero'woro two or three
men Christ Spccht and Chnrllo Wohrcr and
perhaps two others , 1 don't Just remember
which , thcro wore sixty-nine of us and all
present , that refused to make Richards' nom
ination unanimous. They regarded Richards
as favorable to prohibition , and the fact ol
Church liowo being made chairman , anO
Church Howa having forced through the pro
hibition resolutions in the convention twc
yean previous , was the cause ot all the
racket that wo had there.
O. Were there not speeches denunciator ;
to Mr. Richards made by Mr. Mercer anc
Gurloy , both before and after the nomiha
tionl A. I think Mr. Mercer worked foi
Richards secretly , and helped to nomlnato-
Q. I am speaking of what occurred in the
convention ? A. They made no attack oc
Mr. Richards , but they did make attacks or
Church Howe.
Q. Isn't It also true that the dclccratlor
from your county in that convention practl
cally monopolized the conventionoccupied th <
attention of the chairman and , olllccrs of th <
convention 1
A. I was out of the convention the grcatci
part of tha tlino with the committee on rcso
lutlons and do not know wbat occurred dur
ing-that time.
Q. Isn't that true , Mr. Rosewater , aftoi
you returned from tbo committee , nnd fron
tha time you returned from the committei
nnd made your report until the convcntloi
finally adjourned !
A. The report of the committee brough
on soi.io llttlo discussion because there wen
two or three separate propositions that wen
submitted , ana I myself occupied a part o
the convention In urging the adoption of thi
minority report. For instance , on the rose
-Hullon on revenue I wa in favor of puttlni
lumber , salt nnd coal on the free list , ant
this part of the platform stood sovoi
to eight , eight against and sovei
for , ana I mudo & report for tha minority
that occupied quite a little time , and ittai
finally disposed of. Then they proceeded tc
the nominations and there was considerable
wrangling , but I think that the others , 01
well as the Douclas county dclcgatlon-
nnturally they probably had moro talking
material with them than tbo other delegates
Q. Isn't It true that the only manifests
Uous of feeling of hostility in that convcn
tion was upon the part of the Douglas count ;
delegation }
A. I think there were some others ,
could name some ; there was a good deal a
feeling In the Hitchcock county delegation
Mr. Webster was lint proposed as th
temporary chairman of the convention , am
Mr. Richards paid no attention to him , or a
least tried to rule him out ot the fight an
there was a Rood deal of feeling by VYobste
and bis delegation about that.
Q. So far as the speech-making Is cor
cernod , or glvlinr expression to any feollnt
Isn't it true that it was confined almost wholl ,
to Douglas county' A. There was a grea
deal of Douglas county : I think Schmlnko oc
cuplcd some little time for Otoo county.
Q. Before that convention did you hav
any Intimation that Boyd was a candidate o
probably Hould bo a candidate for governor
A. I had a general Intimation that h
might bo a candidate , but nothing that you-
Q. Hadn't It been the general talk , of th
city of Omaha that ho would in all probabl
ity bo the democratic candidate forpovoruot
A. Thcro was a general Idea that lie migl
become a candidate and then four or nv
other men were mentioned.
Q. Isn't it true also that a large portion c
the Douglas county delegation in the ropul
Hcan convention that nominated Richard
supported Boyd at the polls i
A. I don't know anything about that , b (
causa 1 bad no dealings with them after tbai
Q. Your business nnd contact wit
thosa gentlemen would , afford vo
an opportunity to know , would it not
A. res , sir , it would afford mo some o |
portunlty , but I wo * really out ot town tb
greater part of the time before election , an
lor at least two or three days prior to tb
election my Utno was occupied In orgaunln
matters all over the state ; getting lost reports
ports in nnd looking after
Q. Do you know of any portion of that
delegation supporting Boyd !
A. I don't Know of nny particular Indi
vidual.
Q. Do you know In a general way of their
lending moral support or aiding Boyd's can
vass !
A. 1 think some of thorn were dissatisfied
with Mr. Richards in not expressing himself
fully. I kiioxv that some ot the men , for In
stance , that actually refused to ratify his
nomination at Lincoln worked for him hero
this man Spccht , for Instance , turned in
nnd worked hard for Richards.
Q.Isn't It true that Boyd was a pro
nounced candidate for the democratic nomi
nation before tbo republican state convention
Was held !
A. Not very pronounced ; the republican
state convention was held several weeks be
fore the democratic state convention nnd so
far as I could learn Boyd'a candidacy de
pended very much upon whether Van Wyclt
was nominated by tbo alliance people
ple or whether they nominated some other
man. I remember that after the alliance or
Independent people had nominated Powers ,
then Boyd talk became moro loud in Omaha ,
nnd ho felt confident , or his friends for him
1 have talked moro with his brother than I
have with Mr. Boyd himself ; his brother Is
manager of the theater and sometimes
I would talk to him about the
general outlook of things , and all I could
gather of the Idea that Boyd had was that
tbo nomination of Powers would glvo a very
good chance for the democrats to carry the
state.
Q. You know Boyd's friends intended to
make a candidate of him !
A. Yes , sir.
Q. And you know Boyd was favorable to
that movement himself !
A. No , I did not know , hut I think prob
ably if bo hail not been ho would bavo not
been a candidate.
Q. Dld you bavo any talk with Mr. Boyd
himself before the republican stuto conven
tion I.
A. I think perhaps I have talked with him.
Q. On the subject of bis probable candi
dacy for governor ?
A. No ; talking with him on general prin
ciples , on the situation , probably.
Q. Isn't ' It true that long before the re
publican state convention it was the general
belief In this city that it was essential that
Boyd , or some man of like popularity , should
bo the nominee of tbo democratic-ticket to
carrv the full nutt-prohibillon strength ot the
state !
A. I don't ' belle vo that the people hero
gave the remotest attention to that question
at that lime ; they expected naturally that
the republicans would carry the state as they
always have heretofore. .
Q. Was Boyd a member of this State
Bankers' nnd Business Men's association 1
A. Ho was not.
Q. Was ho a contributor to that organlza-
tlonl
t A. I don't bcllevo ho wns , but I don't
know , as I never saw the list.
Q. You never saw the list of contribu
tors ?
A. No , sir.
Q. You would not bo able to state as a mat
ter of fact whether ho was or not !
A. No , I never talked with him about It.
R. Wbat organization In this city or elso-
whcrolu this state did that State Bankers'
and Business Men's association contribute
money ?
A. There was one organization that I
know of only , and that was the Personal
rights league. The arrangement with the
Personal lights league , ns I understood It ,
was that they wore not to collect nny money
in the city of Omaha from our business men
nnd property owners , but we were to
have tnls Held entirely -for the
Business men's association , and in consid
eration therefore , wo were to pay their ex
penses of printing nnd traveling men. They
had four or live and maybe six men in the
field , and they managed them all by them
selves and simply brought in their
hills ot expenses nnd .theso bills were
paid. I would hay , of course , if you call a
party an association that Is , a political party
an association thcro was another party that
we paid money to , if that is what you wont
to know.
Q. The Personal rights league or the
Personal Liberty league , wnlcb Is It ?
A. They called it the Personal rights
league.
Q. That was the association that the
Bankers' and Business men's association
aided financially i
A. They co-operated with them because
they were enframed in the snrno work com
batting prohibition.
Q. Isn't It true that the State Bankers'
and Business Men's association furnished all
the means that was used by the Personal
rights league or association , whatever you
call it ?
A. I don't believe they did , because I think
afterwards wo discovered they had collected
money from certain parties notwithstanding
the original argument.
Q. Can you tell in round numbers what
sum was furnished the Personal rights league
by ttio Bankers' nnd Business Men's associa
tion ?
A. Between four and five thousand dollars ,
perhaps a llttlo over $4,000.
Q. This was used In making a canvass of
the state , sending out speakers and paying
the expenses and other incidental expenses ol
the canvas ? A. It was used princi
pally in printing letter beads and
documents and circulars of all
kinds , and translating speeches of foreigners ;
also for the travelers or organizers of the per
sonal rights league , who went about tbo stato.
It was also an understanding between us tbat
no political snoechos were to bo made , and no
partisanship was to bo allowed.
Q. Isn't it true that the personal rights
pleague or society either ratified the nomina-
'tlouof Mr. Boyd for governor or nominated
him themselves for the oftlco of governor )
A. It is not true that they nominated Boyd
for governor , because the democratic party
nominated him. I don't know what they did
because I am not a member of their society.
Q. Do you know whether they ratified his
nomination or not ? A. I do not.
Q. Is It not true tbat Boyd was supported
by the members of the personal rights league :
A. I am not a member ; I cannot toll you I
Q. Do you know from conversation with
the president or any officer or loaders of thill
organization ( A. I baa qulto a controversy
with the president of that association ovci
that very matter. I denounced their inter
fering in politics or making a nomination as e
blunder ; wo were for nntl-prohlbltlon and
did not want them to take sides on othoi
questions. '
Q.-But they did take sides ! A. Tbej
were disposed to take sides , but I bavo m
knowledge
Q. From what ho sold or members of thai
organization said , you know they did take
sides ? [ Several objections were hero Inter
posed , finally it was said. ]
Q. Now. you may glvo the names of th <
officers of the personal rights league , if you
have them. A. Louis Hoirarod , ! think , vim
president of the league , bat I was not osso
elated with the other oQlccrs in any waj
to familiarize myself as to who the officer !
woro. I know who the agents wore In. semi
cases , the traveling
Q What partdld they take in the election It
this city on November 4 lost ! That Is , wbai
partdld this association take ) A. Icoulc
only toll what I. saw. I can't tell what thoj
arranged privately. I saw some of tbo mom
bore with badges on on election day staudhi ;
at the polls iiud peddling tickets.
Q. Isn't It trun thatas a society generally
they supported the democratic state tlcke1
and opposed the amendment ? A. I thml
that the democratic members of the Icagui
supported the straight democratic ticket , niu
I think the republican members scratchoi
their ticuets a good d' > al and voted for souu
republicans , because I know they seemed U
vote for Bcuton and for others on the ropub
llcau ticket ,
. Q. Isn't It true that as a whole they sup
ported the straight democratic ticket ? A. 1
could not tell you.
Q. What is your Judgment of that matter
based upon wbat you nnw and your know !
edge of the society ? A. I saw a number o
the tlcUets that they had and th'at is the enl ;
knowledge I havo. I saw they were scratchei
and. that they had a variety of names on.
Q. What other moneys were expended bj
tha State Hunkers' and Business Men's assc
elation , aside from what you have olrcail
enumerated ! A. "Wo paid ( GOO to the stat
committee ot the people's Independent ticko
under an arrangement made by myself will
its chairman.
Q. By Darnell : Glvo the name of thi
chairman I A. Mr. Blako.
Q.-CJeorgo W. Blake ! A. Yes , sir ; Mi
Blake called oa inn at the ofllco horoli
Omalia and agreed with mo that ho wouli
causa half of tbo tickets of the alllanco to b
printed against the amendment and half for
that was all wo askoJ , and if or that coasldoi
atlon I agreed wo would pay him $000. I hav
not seen the money aid ! and I don't know o
my own knowledge at it was paid , but I be
llovo it was paid.
Q. tfou made that on behalf of this assc
elation ! A. T did malco it on behalf of the
Bankers' and Business Men's association.
Q Was no arrangement of that kind mnda
with tbo democrats ? A. 1 did not make that
arrangement , but I understood somebody
else I am not certain about that , Mr. Pax *
ton or somebody arranged with tha chairman
of the committee to pay them $ t00. ! I am not
certain that that is BO.
Q. Asldo from any money paid for the
procuring of naturalization papers , , and paid
to the respective parties for the printing of
tickets , nnd the Jo.OOO or Jfl.OOO paid the per
sonal A. Between ? IUOO and $5,000.
Q. Whatever It may hnvo been that wns
paid the personal rights league , In what
other manner was this money expended the
? ! 'JOIK ) or fl.1,000 ! A. Mr. RoKpcn received
a salary of MOO a month and hw traveling
cxnonsos when ho was out of the city ; ho
had been employed from May to November ,
and our organizers , wo had something like
eight or ton of thorn
Q. You may rfvothelrnamcsrightlioro , if
you will ? A. I have their names hero and
probaoly I might as well submit them ; I had
them written out : A. S. Campbell of Hast
ings , n democrat ; F. M. Plckett , Jr. . of Ash
land , a republican ; T. S. Clarkson of Omaha ,
a republican : Capt , Wilcox of Omahn , a
democrat ; J. H. Erion.South Omaba , repub
lican ; S. U. Bohrens , Franklin county , a re
publican ; Mr. Lcpsa ot Wahoo , a republican
and Bohemian organizer ; Mr. John Matthics-
sen of Omaha , a republican , was the Danish
organizer ; K. II. Stcubnrg of Omaha , n re
publican , was the Swedish organizer ;
H. M. Wells of Crete , a republican ,
was ono of the organizers ; Stanley
Thompson of Kearney , a democrat , was
another ; Charles MncPherson of Ampahoo , a
democrat , was another ; T. H. Cooke of Lin
coln , a republican , was another : Amos Jen
nings of Falls City was another , n ropu b-
llcan ; Carlo Wltto of Nlobrarn , a republican ,
was another. These men received all the
way from t50 ! to WOO every month nnd tbolr
expenses , and they were employed during
the campaign , some of them a month or two
and some of them longer , and It required a
largo amount of money to pay them.
Q. What number of those persons be
longed to the personal liberty leaguol A.
I don't think any of thorn.
Q. Mr. Matbicscn , I understood you to say
yesterday was a member of the leapuol A.
I think not ; ho was a member of the Danish
society : I think ho was ono of their ofllcers.
Q. How about Stonborg ? A. Mr. Sten-
berg , I don't think was a member ; ho Is a
prominent Swedish citizen and consul of
Sweden hero ; ho is n real estate dealer.
Q. Is Captain Wilcox a member of the
personal rights league ! A. No , sir.
Q. Major Clarkson ? A. Certainly not ;
ho is postmaster hero.
Q. You don't pretend to know who the
members were ! A. I do not know ; that
you will'havo to ascertain. I am not a mem
ber of the league myself.
Q. Mr. Erion of South Omaha was not a
member ? A. Hois an American ; no , I think
not.
not.Q. . Aside from what you have already enu
merated , what money wosoxpcndcd ? That Is ,
I would like to bavo you go on and give the
expcddlturcs of this cntlro Banker's nnd
Business Men's association that was expen
ded , nnd when and when and whore and to
whom. A. I told you in the first place that I
novcr saw the contribution list and financial
books and so I can not tell a thing about it
except in a general way.
Q. Was there any money received in this
city in the months of June , July and August
this last year from what is Irnown as the
whisky trust ? A. There was , never nny
money received in this city from the whisky
trust.
Q. By nobody ? A.Bv no member of the
Bankers and Business Men's association.
Q. Were no contributions made cither to
that society or nny other organization of In
dividuals ? A. I am not a member of the
whlskv trust and cannot tell you ; Iknow
they did not give us nny monoy.
Q. Do you know of a $15,000 draft being
sent hero in Juno lost ? A. There was uo
$15,000 draft sent hero.
Q. There was none ? A. Nor a $1COO
draft , nor a 115 draft.
O. Was there a draft sent hero by them in
July ? A.-Nosir.
Q. Nor In August ? A. Nor at any time.
Q Was there no contribution to ton fund
of the State Business Men's and Bankers'
association from any outside parties ] A.
That I don't know , as I told you I had noth
ing to do with the finances , but I know about
the whisky trust because it was under con
siderable discussion.
Q. Do you know whether any effort was
made to procure money from the whisky
trust ? A. I do remember of talking with
some members of our association that they
bad expected money from thorn , and some ol
them were trying to see whether they would
contribute.
Q. Do you understand whether any was
received or notl A. There was no money
received , so far as I can learn , by our assochv
tion from the whisky trust. There was , ]
think , $3,000 tendered and rejected.
Q. Tendered by whom ? A. Tendered bj
some of the whisky trust pcoplo ; I tnink ,
perhaps , it was through Her. I advised oui
people to reject It , and it was rejected.
Q. Do you know whotner any money was
contributed cither directly or indirectly bj
parties outsldo ot the state to assist in thU
campaign against tUo prohibitory amend
mentl A. I cannotr tell you , because I hav <
nothing to do with the finances , only as t <
the whisky trust , and that mattcrl hanpcncc
to know about because it was under discus
sion ,
Q. Where was that subject under discus
sion ? A. Of course , charges had been rnnJi
in the papers continually in fact , charge ;
had boon made that I was getting $100XX (
and $50,000"and the fact is wo never bad a
any tlmo moro than $8,000 or $10,000 togothoi
and were always skirmishing lor man
monoy.
Q. I don't care anything- about thcs <
charges , what I want to know is whether thU
matter was brought up and discussed in thi
society or not ? A. It was discussed raerelj
to the extent of talking over the hoggtshnesi
of the whisky trust in offering-us $ J,000 ; w <
thought If they were going to do anything
hero as they were indirectly interested in thi
amendment , but I came to the conclusioi
that they wanted prohibition because tholi
men wore humbugging all the time and re
ally did not give us any assistance.
Q. I understand that oa election day yet
attended several polling precincts , or man ;
of them } A. I did.
Q. You may state what you oosorvod 11
anything , with reference to the personal lib
erty league using carriages or vehicle
ia getting voters to the polls. A. Ireallj
did not pay attention to the carriages aroum
the polls , but there were carriages of all pac
ties , democrat and republican , but they wen
not marked personal rights league carriages
I would not know whoso carriages they were
I saw men standing around peddling- tickets
Q. Isn't it true that the personal liberty
league carriages and the Boyd carriages wcr
ono and the same thing ! A. I could not tcl
you ; I don't know anything about that.
Cross-examination ( by Hall ) Q. Yoi
stated yesterday tbat the Bankers' and Busl
ness Mou's association was organized sole ! '
to tight prohibition. That is true , is it I A
That is all the object that wo bad in view
and it was very well understood by all th
members ot the organization or committee
that politics were not to enter into our affair
at all.
Q. Was there ever at any tlmo during thi
campaign prior to the 4th day ot Novembe
any action taken by the Banker's and Bus
incss Men's association or any of its men , f o
the purpose of getting any votes for any car
dldato upon any of the political tickotsi A.-
Tborowas not a dollar a pent for any partlc
> ular candidate , for wo were ou coed term
with all parties in a couoral way. The IK
clcty bad no liitnerost in electing any ono , a
least as a society , nnd never attempted to ii
terforo In the election of any ouo.
Q. Did you during tbo campaign moc
with evidences of the use ot money b ,
organizations or individuals in the furthei
anco of the adoption of the prohlbltor ;
amendment ? A. Well , during the entlr
campaign thcro were documents circulate
and requisitions made upon pcoplo here an
elsewhere for money for the Nebraska can
paignIhave ; some of tbo documents thi
wore sent out ; members ot congress wor
oven importuned to send money to Ncbraak
to help curry the amendment , and the Ne\
Yorlc Voice , that is a paper published in th
interest of prohibition , made an appeal to a
the sympathetic people of tbo United State-
to contribute , and they tell in one of tbel
issues after election that over $10,000 wei
sent to Nebraska by that paper alone.
Q. Do you know of the uxlstencciof an
orgaulzatioa In the state of Nebraska for U
carrying on of work in favor of the prohlbltor
amendment ) A. I know of several organ
> atlons in the state. There was. tha Woman
Christian Temperance union , tbo Non-pa
tlsau league as they called It , an assoclatlc
with headquarters al Lincoln , the Goc
Templars' association , all of which wi
especially organized , and then there was tt
prohibition party as a political orgauizatloi
Q. Their campaign was conducted situ
iarly to yours , wasn't ill That is , they set
speakers througboutjutbo stnto ! A. They
sent organizers nnd Ancakors ; Intact , they
had a hundred tb 'our ono. Wo had
only two or thrdo * ! persons speaking
the cntlro campaign and they had
not loss than two hundred , Some
that were paid , ns I understand , for the ordi
nary class $ in nigh M and board themselves
far every locturotnoydollvored , nnd others
ai high as from $ . " > o to J200 for every lecture
thor delivered , and 'Htimp speakers were
every whore all over the state , and organizers
that were paid wo had somC offers from
some of these organizers , from some of tholr
hired speakers thntothey had Imported.
Smith 8. Mackins , I rfllnembcr , was ono of
the parties that got lived of playing music
tboy introduced a llttld musical entertain
ment for the edification of the people and
after they had been pl ln ? nnd singing for
the prohibitionists they were willing to sing
the other way , but wo did not hire them.
O. By Allen I suppose they required a
llttlo advance over wuot the prohibitionists
wore paying there I A. Probably.
Q. In reference to the naturalization pa
pers of those foreigners , bavo you nny recol
lection of any ot these papers being delivered
from your oflleo after the 4th of October and
within the thirty days next preceding the
election ? A. I remember now that these
pipers must have been delivered before that ,
because all these papers wore taken out of
euro Dice before the registration took place ;
nil these pcoplo bad to bo registered , nnd the
papers ha < J to bo presented to the registrars :
the parties called for them at the ofllco before
thercglstratlon began , and wbllo In progress.
Q. When did the registration begin ? A.
I think it must have been about two weeks
or three weeks before the election. I don't
know the exact date ; the law fixes thodato.
i don't believe auy were issued from the
clerk's oMco or sent over to us after the last
day , I think it was Saturday , the day on
which ths lost , of the twenty days expired ,
and thcro wore none sent over after that.
Q And you never saw nny of these ap
plications for naturalization at all ) A. No ,
sir.
sir.Q. . And. so far as you know , the way It
was done was that these foreigners all went
to the district clerk ? A. They were all taken
up thcro by these different leaders who could
talk good Kngllsb , Interpreters , so that the
party uho made the requisition ou mo to get
the ordur would take eight or ten nt
a time up to the clerk's of
fice , or as many as were willing
to go , and ho would do thclrlntcrprcting , and
tbpy would maUo their declaration there ,
then the clerk would issue their papers and
send them over , and then the sumo party
would come after them and take them away.
Q. Have you any means of knowing what
particular political party tuoso a.bOO foreign
ers anillatcd withl A.-Thoy did not aQill-
ate with any particular party ; they were men
ot all parties. Some of the parties that I had
given orders for worked very hard for tbo re
publican party , or the straight ticket , others
worked for a mixed ticket , and some for the
democratic ticket. I presume probably the
majorltv of them voted the democratic ticket.
Q. Was there any politics connected with
tbo naturalization ot these foreigners ?
A. None whatever. We never talked poll-
tics to those foreigners and the men who pro
cured them , or the supervisors who procured
them were men who belonged to all political
parties , all except the prohibitionist. I mean
thcro were democrats , Independents and re
publicans.
Q. The solo object ottho naturalization of
these foreigners , the solo object of the ex
penditure of that money by the Bankers' and
Business Men's association for the payment
of their naturalization pipers , was that they
might become legal voters and vote against
prohibition ? A. That was all the ob
ject \vo had in rvlow. Wo knew In
general that nearly all aliens or foreign-
born pcoplo were .opposed to prohibition ,
nnd perhaps with the exception of the
Swedes all of thorn wore opposed , so wo
made no differences about that. Our Idea
was that wo would strengthen the causa of
antl-prohlbltlon by ' having them become
voters , Just the same , as has been done in
every campaign. Two years ago we had
1,700 papers issued in this county in tha
presidential campaign. ' '
Q. You state that you made n contract
with Mr. Blake , chairman of the Independent
state central committee , did you ? A , I did.
Q. And for payment to the central com-
irtlttee of the Independent party of $ SOO ? A.
My understanding waa.that tbo money was
given to the fund of the independent party ,
to their campaign fllnd Or to pay for those
tickets.
Q. In all respects , was tbo contract with
Chairman Blake similar In nature to the con
tract made with Chairman Watson of the re
publican party ? A. Just the same exactly ,
exactly the same agreement , the same condi
tions.
Q. So that that money was not paid tc
cither party as a contribution from your or
ganization for the political campaign fund ,
but In reference to the object of your organi
zation to defeat prohibition ? A , The object
was to be sure to get tickets in the hands ol
voters against prohibition , as well as for ;
that was the satno agreement. The agree-
mout wns that half of the tickets would be
printed for prohibition and half against.
Q. What do you mean by that , exactly !
A. That of the number ot tickets printed
one-half of them were to have ou them
"against the proposed amendment for pro
hibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor ,
and for the amendment licensing the traffic
of liquor ; " then the other bait were to b <
tbo other way , for that class of voters whc
wanted to vote for prohibition.
Q. Was U arranged that each kind oJ
tickets should be supplied to each polling
precinct in the state ! A. It was arrangct
that they should have the independent pee
ple's ticket with the two different views oc
the amendment , so that there would be twc
kinds ot tickets for voters , and they would
not bo obliged to scratch their tickets.
Q. At all the polling places ? A. At al
tbo polling places la the state. The only ex
ception wo made with the republicans , and 1
think wo did with Blake , was that we could
omit Douglas , Lancaster , Gape and Dodge
counties. The reason was tnat wo know oui
people were going to attend to it personally
and have tickets of all parties printed , and
wo did not include these counties. But the
balance of the atato was to bo furnished wltl
tboso tickets , and wo paid them and contri
butoa tbat amount to their fund.
Q. What have you there ? A. This Is i
sample blank of tickets that were sent out t <
our organizers , vice presidents in dlfferen' '
parts of the state , to have them printed it
their localities and supply them to thi
voters , represontlnp the three parties
they wore straight tickets wltl
"against the amendment" on them
fMr. Hall on the part of the contcstccs Intro
dnced this "snmplo ticket , " which wau
marked by the reporter , ' 'Exhibit G
Omaha. " ]
Q. That ticket , or a similar ticket of thi
republican , Independent and democratii
parties , the straight ticket , is a sample tlcke
which you say was sent out by the Bankers
and Business Men's association throughou
the state , as a sample for the tickets of th
respective- parties to bo printed by ? A. It I
a sample ticket sent out by the general orgn
uizor , Mr. Roggen , whoso nama appear
there , to be used by all anti-prohibition poc
plo , wherever they wArtfln the stato.
Q. Now you Btatodithat you were proson
iu the city of Omaha on November 4 , at th
general election , did ATOU notl A. Yes , sir
Q. How many of tno.yotinjj places dldyo
visit that day ! A. I tniak I visited nbou
eighteen or twenty ; thcrt are forty-two polllu ;
places and It would hatfl.takon a man abou
all day to go to all of them.
Q. What , if any , clisTurbanco at the poll
did you ftco on election ) Jaay. A. I saw n
disturbance whatevcr/r ] The only place
where there was any loud or boisterous tall
was in the Third ward add ia ono of the pre
cincts of the Fifth ward ? Perhaps L was ;
party to the loud taltoimysolf in tbo Flit
a - ' \u\u
Q. Tell us about that , } A.Vhon I got t
the Third ward they worb , reporting that som
non-resments had been trying to chulleng
voters there and thatf anlos were poddlln
what they called bogus-tickets.
Q. Did you get anyitfl these bogns tickets
A. I got ono , but there were a variety c
thorn ; I have one with mo tnat I picked up o
tbat dav.
Q. You got this ticket , you say on elect io
day I A. Yes , sir ; I got fn on election daj
Q. Afonoof the polling- places ) A. A
ODD of the polling places.
Q. This is one ot the tickets which wn
denounced by rcpuollcans and democrats a
fraudulent ? A. Yes ; this was deaouucec
of course , by democrats moro than republ
cans , because it was a ropubl
cau ticket. [ Attorneys for contcs
cus offer this ticket in ovldonc
which U marked , br the reporter exhibit H
OmuhaJ. Some of these tickets were dcmi
cratic straight with for the amendment 01
the bottom , and nil the straight regular dealt
cratlo tickets had the prohibition amcndmor
at the top of tbo ticket.
Q. They were issued by whom ) A. I ;
sued by the democratic central committee.
Q. Of Douglas county ! A. Of Douglc
county. They had tho" prohibition ainem
mont on or rather , ngalnit the amendment
nt tha bond , nnd these bogus tickets had the
amendment nt the bottom , and when that
was detected by these peddling the atrnlght
democratic tickets they claimed they- were
bogus and that the boys ought not
to peddle them nnd they caused a
great deal of talk and contusion.
There wasn't any real disturbances or any
thing of that kind. At the Fifth ward , when
I came there , there was qulto a crowd ; there
was ono man peddling republican tickets
with prohibition on thoin , nnd was working
for Richards and for prohibition , and ono of
our councllmon hnppanod to bo mere n man
by the name of OstnofT. a democrat was hav
ing qulto a llttlo controversy with this man :
OHtliofT Insisted that ho must leave tbo poll
with his tickets , nnd the ether man Insisted
that ho should stay , nnd I Insisted that ho
should , too. "und then I took a stand for him
and said that any man , no matter- who ho
was or what tickets bo peddled , had as much
right hero as any ether man , Wo
had n llttlo controversy over it
and then presently ( Jen. Kstabrook cnmo
along ho is a prohibitionist ami
always has been nnd wo got , into u friendly
talk nnd gathered qulto a largo crowd around
us over tbo roasting that St. John was to
glvo mo on Sunday , but there wasn't any
thing else. I met Rev. Mr. Merrill , and by
the sldo of him stood a niau I understood to
bo Mr. Thomas. Both bad prohibition badge *
on and \\oro not dlstuibod. I asked Mr.
Merrill how ho got along and ho said ha got
along very well. Of course he heard some
talk that A preacher would not like to hear ,
but at the sumo tlmo was not disturbed and
stayed right there. I returned to that same
voting place about two hours later this was
In the forenoon nnd In the afternoon I re
turned to the placo. These two parties were
still there peddling prohibition tickets. I did
not see in any other urcclnct
whcro I went any disturbance what
ever ; ns a inuttor of fact they got their
voting -almost doao at 4 o'clock , nnd there
was very llttlo voting done after -1 o'clock ;
the people had got out early In the morning
and voted so much so , that I did a thing I
never did in my Hfo before , wont to bed nt 4
o'clock and slept to 0:30 : , and that was a
thing I never dld > before ou election day. The
election ran so smoothly and quietly.
Q. Ho > v many votes , in round numbers , ,
were polled in the city of Omaha on Novem
ber 4 , last , the day of the general election ?
A. In the city of Omaha proper , I think
there was something Ilka twenty-two thou
sand votes , maybe twenty-throe thousand.
Q. How long have you lived In Omaha ?
A. Twenty-seven years.
Q. You have been somewhat active in
politics ? A. I have.
Q. Anil been more or less active around
the polls nearly every year ! A. Yes , I have
taken part In some very boisterous elections.
I remember onetime when our constitution
was adopted giving the negro the right of
suffrage wo had to mass about thirty or forty
men at tbo polls to protect these negroes from
being slugged and knocked down with brick
bats. So I hnvo been through some ex el ting
elections hero.
Q. So that If thcro was such a thing as
expert testimony upou the conduct of elec
tions In the city of Omnb.i , you would fcol
yourself quallllcd to testify as to peace
and order ou election day , would you notl
A. I think I know as much about the aver
age orderly and disorderly conduct of elec
tions as anybody , probably , who has been lu
the city of Omaha.
Q. You may state how , In your opinion ,
the last general election In the city of Omaha ,
held on November 4,1890 , compared in pence
and order and quiet with elections in previous
years in the city of Omaha. A. I must say
I never have seen a moro quiet and orderly
election la the city. It has boon reported
that thcro were drunken men at the polls ,
and some have charged that thuro were pros
titutes bossing some of our election places.
I was in what they call the burnt district
Q. What ward is that in ? A. The Third
ward. I was there two or three times be
tween 9 o'clock In the morning and say half
past 3 in the afternoon and I novcr saw amore
moro quiet , orderly election in tbat section ot
the city. In the Fourth ward , where t llvo ,
I went to vote ten minutes after 8 ; thcro was
a string ; of voters standing ready , probably as
many as seventy-Jvo persons , and every man
came there with his ticket m his hand or
pocket , and there were two or thrco ticket
peddlers , aud the election proceeded almost
without a word , and so much so that tha
most export I think Mr. Sudborough , ho Is
in tbo auditor's ofllco of the Wells Fargo ox-
pjcss company , and is probably as export o
Fourth ward politician as wo have in this
town and ho is a pretty strong rank republi
can , and stood at that poll and ped
dled straight republican tickets , and
ho told mo that everything wai
going along all right during the d.iy , and that
Richards was getting his full vote and the re
publicans would got a fair share. No ono
could tell anything about it , and ho was about
as much surprised as any body. Everybody
that catno along bad bis ticket in his pocket
and ticket peddlers did not play ajvory frcat
part In the election. I went over In the Second
end ward , Bohemian town , and there was
ttie largest crowd I saw on election day. There
was uo disturbance when I was there but talk
ing all the time of these men that had the
bogus tickets. I never have scon an election
in Omaha whcro there was less disturbance
and greater order. In every place thatl wcnl
to there were dozens of business men stand
ing around , and as the business houses anil
banks were all closed from morning unti
night , the beat class ot pcoplo were out ana
took an interest In the election. They did
not appear to have the slightest 1 could see
nothing Indicating auy disturbance. I came
Into the ofllco in the a'ftcrnoon and mot Mr ,
Cox of Lincoln In Tim Bun building.
Q. Mr. Sam Cox , editor of The Call ? A.-
Ycs , and ho did not say anything to mo. I said
Just as I was passing along , that tbo clcctloi
was going on very quietly here , and now U
my great surprise Mr. Cox had sent out a
that very tlmo telegrams that a riot was li
orogrcssla Omaha ; that a mob bad contra
of tbo city and the police had given the cit ;
up to the mob.
Q. You have related all the disturbance
which you saw In the eighteen different pre
cincts which you visited that you can recollect
A. Yes , sir ; I rode around In. abuggv ; I hai
a cab of ray own and I rode from place ti
place , and some places I visited SOVCM
times. In most of these places there was no
the slightest pretense of anything moro thai
lust an orderly prowd standing around , chad
ing and talkingIn a string takim
their turn at voting ; there wasn'
any- demonstration ; I noticed thcs
Independent tickets ; I don't think there wer
many independent tickets peddled aroum
from what I could see ; I did not sea nior
than three or four persons at the place
peddling Independent tickets. They woul
have prohibition tickets , or a bunch of thci
with all parties ; they had democratic and re
publican and Independent ana everything.
Q. Did you suy that you say prohlbltlo :
ticket peddlers , or rather poddlew of ticket
for t/ho prohibitory amendment with badge
oa ! A. I saw the two that I named ; ther
was Dr. Merrill and
Q. Did you sea 1 h at any other poll
A. I don't remember seeing thorn at nn
other place except the Fifth ward. Thcr
were ticket peddlers for prohibition nt thos
places , because they were pointed out to mi
and I saw some of the tickets these pcopl
claimed were bogus.
Q. At how many of the precincts in tb
city which you visited did you obsorv
pcddlera present and working for the prohll
itory amendment ? A , I should say In rue ;
of the places. In some cases two c
three , and ia some cases BIX c
sovea and perhaps eight. The
were pointed out to mo by other worker
Ouo follow said , "Thoro Is a fellow wor kin
for prohibition , " and some would say , "Thei
is u fellow with bogus tickets , trying t
peddle bogus tickets. "
Q. Did you observe any violence towat
any of these peddlers of tickets for the pri
hlbitory amendment ! A. I observed n
vlolonco. The only tliini ? I observed was , t
I stated , iu the Third ward. Tfici
was qulto a controversy there ov (
the right to peddle tboso tlcltei
aud then } was a good deal i
loud talking. Ouo ot the men happened I
bo about llvo feet ten , or six feet , and I wi
surprised that the other man , who wns r
bigger than I am , should nold him at ba ;
and I Insisted that the big man should hav
his rights and go ou and peddle tickets if t
wanted to.
Q. In round numbers , what was the tot
registration of the city of Omaha ! A.-
dou't qulto remember , but I think the rogl
tratlon hero was nearly twcnty-tlvo thousam
botweca twenty-four thousand and tweiit ,
llvo thousand.
O. Iu the city ! A. Yes , sir.
Q. And wbat was the total vote polled !
round numbers ) A. I think something-
23,000 between ZiJ01 ( and il,003.
Q. It was less than tha registration ! A.
O. yoi , coiuldcraoly leas ; the total vote of tl
county was 20,000 and something ; I bad sou
figures hero to show the total vote of tl
county , but it is not material ; the rccon
will snow that.
Q. There were about twvnty-thrco the
sand votes polled In the city ot Omaha ) A.
Dotn eon twenty-two thousand and Wcnty-
three thousand.
Q. I want to ask you n hypothetical ques
tion , Mr. ItcmcTrator. Suppose n city of
150,000 llko Omaha was holding na election
for general officers , county and aUto officers ,
and suppose the vote polled a groirntod 33,000
out of a total registration of i.T.,000 , nnd sup *
peso a contest was helm ? held over the cloc--
lion of certain stuto ofllcots , and the tostl-
many taken had showu that not n single
man offerlmf to vote hnd boon deprived
or prevented from freely exercising his right
to vote for whom ha pleased and for such
measures as he pleased ; ami suppose it wns
shown by the evidence tlmt in thirty or thirty-
onn or Ihii ty-two out of the forty-one polling
places nf tha city one or two men , aggregat
ing wo wll ! say forty , were personally abused
after they had voted and while they were
pcddllug tickets for a certain measure-not
in favor of ccttaln candidates , but for thu
certain measure and some of them wore
driven away from the polls" , and some of them
wore egged with rotten eggs , and some wore
egged with good opff3 ; I want to ask
you it In your opinion jou would call such an
election OH that a poucablo and oidorly elec
tion In n city of that slzot Answer in your
own way. A. I tuko it that nn election
where all the persons entitled to vote are per
mitted to do HO without embarrassment and
not deprived of their opportunity to cast
their ballot , would bo a fair and frco election ,
notwithstanding that thcro might bo some
people entirely outside of the voters who
would get into squabbles. I do not
belie.vo that the right to peddle tickets
Is nn Inherent right of citizenship , nor the
right to hang around the polls and chad people
plo who cotno to voto. Tnat Is entirely nn
outsldo matter , nnd those who engage In it
must take chances of being noused or oven
disturbed In their notions , or might even bo
assaulted. The duty ottho police would bo
to protect the citizens nnd arrest these who
disturbed the public pence. But not neces
sarily would a disturbance In the neighbor
hood ot the polls constitute a violation of
the election laws ; such a violation
ns would disbar or In any way de
prive these for whom the people bavo
voted of the right to hold the
ofltccs to which thev were elected. I bavo
seen a great many elections and I nave never
seen nny hero but what there was some dis
turbance around the polls moro or less by
pcoplo who would get Into altercations. I
never saw a prfisldcutlal election held in
Omaha , from the ilrst ono that I ever saw
here , when Ulysses S. Grant was running
the ilrst time in ISO'J , to tlio present day , nt
which there were not ton times as many
disturbances , nud at all of which
tne-ro was always a great deal of
Intense fecliug and abusive talk between per
sons of either side on the strictly political
lines on which these elections were carried
on. The provocations hero for disturbances
were very great , nnd yet I think that consid
ering the conductor some ot the people who
weio trying to provoke disturbances ills remarkable -
markablo that there were only a dozen ar
rests made on tbat day , all told , In n city us
largo as this.
Q. I would ask you If you are conversant
wltn tbo movislons of the registry act in
force ia this cityl A. I am In a general way ,
yes , sir.
Q. It Is there provided , is it not , that before
fore registration the applicant for registra
tion must bo sworn , put upon his oath ami
tested as to his qualifications as an elector )
, A. That is the way I was treated when I
registered ; I was sworn.
Q. When a voter in the city of Omaha pre
sented himself ut the polls on election day to
vote , It wns the duty of the election judges ,
under the registry act , to find his name upon
at least two of the registry books ? A. That
was their duty and they did it , so far as I
know.
Q. And If his name was found thcro it
was received 1 A. It had to ho received
under the law.
Q. And If It was not found there it was
rejected until ho qualified himself bafora the
city clerk ? A. Until ho furnished evidence
that ho wns a legal voter. The law requires
him to do so by a certain process.
Q. And that being the condition of tilings
vtlth reference to the provisions ottho act , ia
not iu a largo measure the necessity for hav
ing challengers nt the polling places
been done away \Uth1 A. My understand
ing of the law is that cunllcnccrs are practlc.
ally useless where registration has taken
place ; the only ground upon which anyone
could challenge is as to identify , for the regis
tration board is required to sit at cortatt
times only and with open doors , and nnj
person may there challenge any person foi
registering , and oven af tor that if on the
list of registration tlio name o :
any person is found who Is supposcc
to DO disqualified from voting far any reason
from non-rcaidenco or non-citizenship or an }
cause , his name Is stricken off just as soon as
the attention of the registrars have beer
called to It , aud It has boon , ascertained thai
the charge Is coriect. So that practically
the registrars and registration is to facilitate
the voter and enable people tbat desire tc
vote to bavo the protcctiou thrown around
them , that the registry laws throw
as nn cvldenco of the right U
vote The only reason they migh
bavo for challenging Is that they were voting
ing on somebody else's name , so thcro was m
necessity for challenging. Wo had recently
a very exciting- city election this month af toi
the other election , and yet I don't bcllovi
there were any challengers at the election
because the oeonlo were registered and then
were no grounds for challenging.
Q. I will ask you If you were acquainted
some and in a largo degree , or to what do
grco , with the state of public opinion in th
city of Omaha generally upon matters relating
ing to the election , on election day and immo
dtatcly prior thereto ? A. I llvo hero and J
think I know pretty nearly what the publl
sentiment is In this city ,
Q. I will ask if there was a belief in thi
public mind that It was the intention of thosi
who favored the adoption of tbo prohlbltor :
amendment in the city of Omaha to stand a
tbo polls and cualleneo voters ludiscriml
natcly for the purpose of delaying the vote
A. My information was thnt the manager
of thn prohibition campaign , or rathe
the prohibitionists here , hud ngiccd upoi
a programme of obstruction something ilk
two or thrco weeks before election Thor
was an application made by them to hav
prohibitionists put upon the Donrds. It wa
placed lu the hands of the city council am
the council did not grant it ; in a day or twc
or a few days afterwards , the county corn
missloners ) were to pass upon the matter be
cause It was ascertained that the Judges mus
ba appointed by the commissioners. I wen
before the board of county commissioner
myself and asked that their prayer should b
granted ; I thought it would remove aJ
chance of quibble. aud cjucstlo ;
It they had some roprcsentatto
on the election boards. Subsequently th
demonstrations made hero by the prohibition
ists , their breaking Into at least I think 1
was some of tholr mon , somebody broke int
my room and ransacked our building , an
also broke into the census ofllco and genei
ally boasted that they were going to obstruc
thu election brought mo to the couvlctlo
that it was not safe to have them on tu
boards , and that they would undoubtedly pri
vent , if possible , a fair election by obstruc
ing tbo voters , or refusing to certify t
tha results of tao election , and thor
fore 1 myself , over my own glenaturo , wltl
drew my endorsement of the schema tin
they should bo put upon the election board :
And in order to have n fair election bet on
auy doubt , I appealed to TUB OMAHA Bin
and wrote the article myself to the voter
that every man should have a perfect rlgl
to cast his vote as ho pleased ; that a fa !
and free election was guaranteed to over
American citizen , no matter what h :
views ; and that on election day no 01 :
should bo disturbed , no mutter wht
ho desired to do , so thai wo should have
free expression of public sentiment ; thatwi
published bolero election and ou the day <
election , and I asked the committfci ot tl
Business Men's and Banker's association t
put placards at nil the voting places callir.
upon the people to desist Interfering wlthtl
right of thu pcoplo lu this respect , but tin
had so many questions to consider that tl
mutter was finally dropped.
Q. You say the prohibition leaders ar
managers ot the campaign for tbo prohlbltoi
amendment lu this city bcforo tl
election made boasts that they would obstru
the casting ot votes or delay the voting c
election day I A. It was so understood linn
that their plan \vn to do oil they could to o
struct the election. They Issued a pap
called thu Bumble lice , and I have some
the copies hero and you can sea \
their on writing. They uav it is publish )
every afternoon from tbo amendment lieu
quarter * , so that would Hhow that the pr
blbltloalsts Issued it. For Instance , her
"Anarchy and Klot , " It merely goes tosho
the general tendency-
Q. Thu existence * of the belief m the clef
of Oniaha that the prohiuiilonUta would c
struct and delay tbo polling of the full vote
the city In all ways that tboy could , was th
general , do you kuowl A Yes , sir ; pub
opinion was pretty well a unit oil that ( ju (
tlnn that there was hu organized effort bolne
mtido here to obstruct the election by all
moans tlmt xvcro at the command of the pro-
hlDltionlsts ; thnt they would do so It they got
iusldo of the election boards , and that they
would doHoouUldo nnd wor ) determined if
possible to tn ko such irrcgulnrittoj in the re
turns of the election for this county as to
hnvu Iho whole county thrown out.
Q. And thnt opinion wns broughtaboutby
the conduct nnd the nets nnd utterance * of
the prohibition lenders I A. Yea , sir , it was
broiifht about by the peculiar disclosures
that were made In the inst weeks before elec
tion tha work thnt they were doing hero.
They und a man by the name of Johnson I
don't know what his iinmo is , tlmt Is not his
true name who was proulliiRnbout different
people's iiromlses , and was trying to got lu
our building , ana was seen thcro several
times , and ono night when I wns absent the
nluht watchman , who runs the elevator anil
makes the round of ttio building every fo\v
minutes almost , found my room open niul
somebody had boon In nud the papers and
things were nil upsldo down. When I got
back bo reported It to mo , nnd that wns iu
connection with the fact that Mr. Cooko's
ofllco hod been broken Into nt Lincoln by
somebody and that the
Q. What Mr. flooko Is this ! A. The
census supervisor.
Q. They broke Into his oftlco ni census
supervisor ! A. Yes , and a lot of his papers
hud been carried away. It was thought that
the tactics of the prohibitionists were to got
nny documents or anything , no matter how
tboy rould get them , to carry on a campaign
of defamation aud lawlessness wlileh wns to
culminate- finally in having so many irrcifru-
larltlos lu the election nt Omaha , if they
could bo placed upon the boards , that the
wbolo vote \\ould bo thrown out , . bociiURo
they knew lu advance that this county would
glvo a very largo majority against [ prohl-
llton.
Uy Darnell You may slate If you entered
into a contract with .Mr. Koggcu in reference
to this Hankers' aud Business Men's asso
ciation. A. I entered Into n contract as
chairman of Iho committee mid I have the
original papers hero. Thcro Is the original
contract.
Witness produces paper -which Is intro
duced iu evidence by the attorney for the
contcstecs , nnd marked exhibit I , Omaha ,
whlcli was read by the witness and herewith
produced :
This memorandum cxf agreement mnrionnd
entered liitii this l.Mh duy of May , IS'X ' ) . bvnncl
between the bin to Business .Mrn'Hnml llnnlc-
ei 1' association , by IMwnrd Itnsawntcr. eh ur-
innn of Its o-xocutlvo commtttcn. of tlio llrht
l > : ut , andlMwnru I' . Kosgc-n of Lincoln , Nob. ,
of thu spe-oml part.
WltnuNMith , 'lliut said Fihvurd P. Hoscon of
the second part , tor and In consideration nf
t hn sum of three thousand dollars ( t-1.000) ) In
Installments ot ( I vo hundred dollarsK ( > 00) ) uor
month , to bo pild bysnld party of the first ,
part at thu end of each month tor a purled of
six months fioni Alny H. IS'tO. to Noumibor 8.
1890. In consideration of said payments sild
party Is to act and perform the services of
secretary nnd state oiKunizorfnr suld party of
tbollrat p.irtilurtnjttho tuna aforesaid , midur
tlio dlri'ctloii of thouxeciitlvu committee ot
tlinpurtyof the first part.
It Is further nurecd thnt all necessary ox-
potisus connected \\llh thodutlisof s.ild iwrty
of the sc-cimil part blmll Im paid by said party
of the Ilrst pirt , lu addition to the snlil
monthly ( iiyiiicnt , ptovldt'd s.ild expenses uro
nulhorfrcd by thu e\ccutl\e conmilttooof sale !
party of the Ilrst part.
Ills furthernKropd that should said pnrty
of the secoml part liecomo IniMpacltaU-d for
any ronnnn from performing bis wirvlcps , or
Rliould It bo uiuvecl that ho should take nny
aetluiparl In fin thnrlnu thu interests ot any
candidate for any political pirty , that said
Ilrst party slull Iravo thu powi-rto revoke and
annul this nmvcmiput upon llvo duys notice.
Witness our lund this nth day or May , 1600 ,
atOmuhu. Neb , UDWAUU UOSKWATEII ,
Uhalrmaii Ex , Coin.
Witness : KDWAUD 1' . Icoemnx.
TIIOM\D MotrArx. Socictary.
Q. Now , fhon , what was the result from n
political standpoint of the action of Mr. Hog-
gen as manager of this association ! A.
There was no result politically ; wo were tryIng -
Ing to defeat prohibition.
Q. Without any reference to political par
ties ! A. No reference whatever.
Q. The sumo proposition that was incor
porated In this contract with Mr. Itogpon
tbat ho should not represent any political
party or any political candidate , was the
spirit of jour association , was it not ! A. It
was not only the understanding with our own
organizers , out the understanding that wo
had with the personal rights league. I myself
complained of one ot thuir orgauUcrs going
out and making u democratic speech , and ho
was suspended and laid off for quite a time ,
but I think they ro-eniployod him probably
two or three wcoks before the campaign wasi
over ; but in auy event , it was clearly under
stood , and wo had that as a pirt of our un
derstanding with the personal rights leusrao ,
tbut no \ \ oruer of theirs could go to work for
the bouollt of any political candidate.
Q. Of any political party ! A. Or any
particular party.
Q. Then in the work of the Bunkers' nnd
Business Men's association you treated alike
the democratic party , the independent party
and the republican party ! A. Wo treated
them alike.
By Hall You testified yesterday that the
question of the adoption or rejection of the
prohibitory amendment occasioned great dis
satisfaction in Omaha nnd affected the vote
cast for Mr. Richards and Mr. Council. I
would ask you If it bad the same effect or
not upon ttio fortunes of the candidates for
tno other state ofUcos upou the republican
ticket. A. It had undoubtedly a grcatdeal
to do with their light vote that they rocolvotl.
It affected the entire pitrty. There were
thousands of people In this city who hod for
merly voted the republican ticket who Just
deliberately , since the submission of prohi
bition , went over and voted the democratic
ticket , and nothing that wo wuld do would
talk them out ot it.
Q. So that as a result of the complication
of questions involved in this campaign which
culminated in the elccilon ot November 4 ,
1890 , these contestcos suffered In thovoto cast
for them In tlio city of Oinatiu. A. They
suffered the loss of several thousand votes. I
thliik in an ordinary election this county
would not go mure than two or three thousand
democratic at the very highest.
Q. And this time it did go ! A. It went
all the way from llvo to cloven thousand.
unnmucr EXAMINATION.
Q. I undcrstond you to say that you
don't think nny citizen has the Inherent
right to bo at thu polls advocating * such doc
trines , in a pcacoablo way , as ha sees lit !
A. I don't bullovo thcra Is nny Inherent
right to stand In the street and obstruct the
street and get up n largo gathering to elec
tioneer for votes , and I don't bellovo such a
thing will continue moro than another year.
Q. You did not answer the question 1 A.
1 don't bolioro that a man has nn Inherent
right cither to hang around tha polls and act
as a ticket peddler.
i Q. Is It not true that every American citi
zen who Is an elector has the right to go to
tbo polls and In a moderate and gentlemanly
way distribute tickets or solicit voter * to vote
that ticket , and is ho not entitled to as much
protection undpr these circumstances us any
ether citizen who takes divergent views ! A.
Certainly , but as I understood it
Q. If u man wanted to go to the polls with
a roinilar ticket representing the regular par-
tics in the Held , with the exception thnt on
these tickets was "For the amendment , "
would you say that If that man bo-
huvcd himself and talked moderately
and did not disturb the peace that ho would
not have the right to distribute those tickets 1
A. Ho would have Just the same right as
any voter.
Q. And isn't ' it true also that ho would bo
entitled to the satno decree of protection !
A. Yes , sir , and ho had the satno degree of
protection.
Q. And the snmo degree of respact from
the other voters ! A. All sensible men
would.
Q. Do you concur with Mr. Frank
Moorcs in saying that the police force on
election day was inadequate , owing to the
police commissioners not having appointed u
sufficient number of police ! A. I do not ; I
think there was an abundance of police.
Q. If a hundred persons or more , electors
around the different polling precincts , who
were distributing tickets such as I bavo
mentioned in an orderly and quiet manner.
were Jeered nt , nnd called s of , and
struck at , run against , and their toes stepped
on In an insulting manner , egitcd , nii'l some
of them knocked down aud drtvon away
from the polls for a distance of half a blook
or so , would you say tbat was an orderly and
quiet election ! A. You ask mo whether It
Is an orderly and quiet election
( Iteportor reads formal question ) ,
I would say it was an orderly ami qulot
election so fur as the electors were concerned ;
d- thcra mluht bo psoplo outsldo. Just ns there
do - might sometimes bo boys carrying on u con
oo , troversy among themselves , ana the first
w thing vou know tha boys are calling oauh
other names. Hut that don't make tbo whole
citv u mob ,
Q. Suppose you take ono of these polling
of places where there were sevouty-nvo or u
ut hundred mon gathered around thu polls ! A.
10 There never that were mauv tbut 1 siuv.
KI- Q. Well , take forty orilfty men , then. At
