Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-14
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
A High. HandGd Outrage PERFORATED in
The Third Ward.
Johd Sahler at His Old Tricks
Again,
Il ling Overwhelmingly Defeated He
Knocks Over The Table, Scatters
the Ballots and Counts
Himself In.

last considerable activity and earnestnes
was shown. At several voting place
during the two hours the polls we're open
the judges and clerks were kept con
stantly busy.
In tho First ward, although two ticket
were in the field, only u skirmish tool
place. In the Second only one tickle
was out. Not much interest was mani
tested here.
In the thsrd there were two tickets il
the field. One wa headed by l.. w.
Hill, the other by John II. Sahler. Lee
Helsley and John Ii. Sahler were chosen
judges and one Clark as clerk. Promptly
at Z o'clock the polls were closed. AS
soon as this was done Walter Bennett,
of the second ward. by magical means,
obtained admittance to the rooms whore
the polls were being held. The list as
kept by the clerk containing the names
of the voters was handed to MIN. OBJ
lection being made to his presence in the
room, he disappeared, and the poll list
with him. The ballot box was then
opened and the votes poured onto the
table. The judges and clerk then pro-
ceeded to separate the ballots. The
straight ticket headed by Sahler was
placed in one pile, that headed by Hill
in another and those scratched in a third
Considerable time before their work was
completed Sahler began to make insinua-
tionsIthat he wouldnotsign the credentials
for two candidates whose names were on
the Hill ticket in case that ticket should
receive a majority of the votes cast.
When the tickets were nearly separated
Sahler expressed his approximations that
the "big ticket" meaning the Hill ticket,
was elected. After the work of separa
ton had been completed the piles showed
that the Hill ticket had been elected by
a vote of considerably more than two to
one. 1t was then proposed to 90 to
counting them. Sahler objected. He
repeated several times that he would not
count them. Helsley then said he would
count them himself. Sahler again OBJ
jected. After some pickering Helslcy
began to count the votes. He had not
proceeded very far with the work when
Sahler reached across the table, snatched
the ballots, and scattered them ON the
floor, saying Cd d-n you, / will show
you you can't count them. At the same
time he kicked the table, near
ly overturning it. This dastardly
trick was apparently ~countenanced by
several candidates on the Schler ticket,
and in the at the time. When this
had been done, Helsley and the candi-
dates on the Hill ticket, in the room at
the time, left the polling place. Sahler
and his confreres then held a conclave
to determine the course to be pursued.
1t is reported that Sahler and Clark have
since issued credentials to all candidates
upon the Sahler ticket.
In the Fourth ward three tickets were
in the field. A large vote was polled,
and a lively fight ensued. Ia the Fifth
Ward a fight was made on one candidate,
who was defeated. In the Sixth ward
two tickets were out. Several candidates
on both were elected.
The following is the result in town
precincts, and the country ones SO far as
heard from:
First Ward-E. M. Stenberg, A. j.
Hobon, John Christopherson, Josiah
Kent, Thomas Pieronett, John Rosicky,
G. A. Haarman.
Second Ward-W. j. Cornell, M. @.
Meaney, John F. Benin, S.. j. Larson, L.
S. Hascall, l.. Becker, O. Specht.
Third Ward-L. W. Hill, l. Brown,
j. j. Points, g. S. Higgins, Simeon
Bloom, Fred Wirth, John Frank.
Fourth Ward-D. N. Miller, G. M.
Hitchcock, T. X. Scarborough, N. A.
Kuhn, A. g. Troup, w. j. Broatch, e. ID.
Pratt.
Fifth Ward-Joseph Redman, John
mcdonald, j. Thomas Cummings, Henry
Bolln, George King, James Young, John
Clark.
Sixth Ward-M. timer, A. N. Kear,
Joe Rowles, p. Peterson, r.. e. Allen,
e. w. Lane, HI. Campbell.
West Omaha-William F. Heius,
Charles J. Ryan, and l. N. Pierce.
Do~uglas-Frank G. Crawford, Joel A.
Griffin and --. WATERFOWL. +.
CLARK, George Johnson and - Clark.