Omaha daily bee., 1874-04-01

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order at half-past two O'Clock, by D..
L. Richards.
L. C. Richards suggested as tenn
porary Chairman, Fred Metz, who
asked to be excused. Charles II.
Brown was then elected to that
position.
A.. b. SnOwden was elected tenn
porary Secretary.
A committee of three on Gre
dentials was then appointed, being
Messrs. NJ. Donovan, F. Metz, and
s. Herman.
Considerable time was spent by
the committee on credentials, who
finally reported the following dele
gates as entitled to representation:
FIRST WARD.
Patrick McGavoek, George Kleff-
ner, c. c, Merck, Chas. Brandes,
L. Y. Morse, Patrick Doran, Fred
erick Krug, Frederick Metz,
Maurice Dee, Ed. Creismann, w.
P. Wilcox, J. F. Morton.
SECOND WARD.
NJ. Donovan, J. r. Conkling,
Thomas Kennedy, Henry Bruning,
Chas. Simpson, A. Murphy, l.. G.
Richards, j.. S. Marsh, Jacob Strick-
Ter, Christ Hartman, Nm. Vinquest,
John Whitnell.
THIRD WARD.
Phil Mehrlihg, Henry Lauer;
John T. Clark, Peter Mattingly,
Joseph Leis, John Galligan, c. H.
Brown, Fred Dellone, P. H. Larry,
A. B. Snowden, r. Kimball, Geo.
H. Peterson.
FOURTH WARD.
Frances X. Dellone, NJ. J. johann
mes, E. H. Samrop, VIM. Scott, s.
n. Mealio, j. w. Yates, H. w.
Williams, H. H. Jeffries, Fred
Williams, Henry Hornberger,
David Schonrich, C. H. Downs.
FIFTH WARD.
VIM. Lumb, Al. Robersts, Thos.
Faulkner, Pat Swift, Maatin Kenny,
d. F. Richards, j. w. Crawley, F.
Streitz, VIM. Gushart, Thos. Mel,
drum, T. J. Casey, VIM. Payer.
SIXTH WARD.
Shields, Wilhelm, E. ". Smith,
Medlock, Hodges, Nell Smith,
Herman. Fl. Hume, Weimuller,
Mackey, Mckinney.
Report was adopted.
The temporary President and
Secretary were made the permanent
officers of the convention.
MAYOR,
Nominations-COl. J. w. Savage,
Hon. Ezra Willard, and ]. ]. L. c.
Jewett.
Informal Ballot-Savage %;
Willard 8; Jewett Z; Gen. Mander-
son l; Peter Her l..
On motion Col. Savage was then
nominated by reclamation for the
Office of Mayor.
CITY TREASURER.
On motion of NJ. Donovan, Ed
ward Johnston was nominated by
acclamation, and "a declared the
unanimous choice Of the convention.
CITY CLERK.
On motion a formal ballot for City
Clerk was taken, the majority OF
votes to elect.
The following gentlemen were
nominated : s. N. MealiO, f. ID.
Kitton, Peter Hughes, Frank Thorn,
Julius Hines, and John M. Clark.
Formal ballot-Mealio, Al; Kit
ton, IL; Hugus, 2; Thorn, 8; Hines,
2; Clark, 5.
Mealio was declared the unani-
nous nominee of the convention.
POLICE JUDGE.
Nominations.|. T. Hoffman,
J. r. Porter, E. l.. Emory, E.. ID.
Chandler.
Informal ballot - Hoffman, Z;
Porter, %; Emory, 80 Chandler,
IL.
Formal ballot-Holtzman, 2; Por-
ter, 10; Emory, Al; Chandler, 10.
Mr.. Emory was declared the
unanimous choice of the convention.
CITY MARSHAL.
On motion VIM. p. Snowden was
unanimously nominated by accla-
nation.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
The following were named for
Street Commissioner, viz: Thomas
Swift, Miles Serio, Peter Larson,
ThOs. Brady, Patrick Powers, Oliver
Dennis.
The following was the result of
the informal ballot Larson received
5, Grady 6, Swift II, Dennis i,
Powers %, Leise /.
On the formal ballot Swiftreceived
8, Serlo Is, Larson 4, Brady 9.
Powers Al.
The nomination of Mr.. Powers
was declared unanimous.
CITY ENGINEER.
Charles G. Herlitz and Louis Won
Froben were nominated for City
Engineer.
A formal ballot was taken i'm
which Herlitz received 50 votes,
Froben 16, Jones l, and Frazer l.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following City Central Com
mittee was appointed upon nomin-
atoms made by the delegates from
the respective wards:
First WardlCharles Brandes,
w. p. Wilcox,
Second Ward-L. C.. Richards,
NJ. Donovan.
Third Ward-H. Lauer, c. II.
Brown.
Fourth Wards. n. Mealio, w.
Fifth ward7D. r. Richards, F
sixth ward-Sam Herman, v,
! n. Maekey.
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