Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-22
The Unterrifled Hold Session With
Open Doors.
PoW-wow OF PARTY LEADERS.
The Primaries Called For October 4 1
and the Conventionl the Day
Following-Pat Ford's In
fiuence on the Market.
A Bourbon Con ference.

committee, welded the gavel and called the
meeting to order. The following members
! were present: First ward, Andrew Fricke
| and Walter Brandeis; Second, James Dom
nelly, sr., and Thomas Callopy; Third Pat
Ford ana Adam Snyder; Fourth, A. f.. Moy-
nihan; Fifth. Henry Ostoff and b. McGinu /;
Sixth, James Donuelly, ir. and Paul Sascho;
Seventh, j. J. Mahoney and u. w. BirK-
hauser; Ninth, T. j. Mahoney and w. A.
| Gardner; South Omaha, Thomas Rock;
Union pricinct, Henry Ludington; West
Omaha, Charles Tietz; McArdlc James
McArdle.
The following of the committee were alb
sent: Fourth ward, J. j. O'Connor; Eighth,
Paul Platz and John Belick; John Conway.
South Omaha; H. L. Link, Millard precinct;
f. M. King, Florence; ID. w. Cannon, Chi
cago; Sam Van Lyock, Valley; George Il.
Timme, Jefferson; Henry Russer, Douglas;
l.. w. Denton, Waterloo; George Gibson,
Elkhorn. The Eighth was the only ward in
the city that was not represented.
The proceedings of the committee were
| opened by Pat Ford, who moved that the
state and county convention be "wheel
within a Wheel" that is, that but one set of
| primaries be held. The motion was sus
tained. j. j. Mahoney broke up an informal
discussion on the time of holding the county
| primaries and convention by propounding
motion 10 the effect that the primaries to Sc
| lect delegates to the county convention be
held October IL and the convention on the
| afternoon following. Chairman Martin cast
| an eagle eve about the room ana remarked
| that 'there were no doubt some
individuals present that would be can
| duates for office, and that an op.
| portunity was open for them TO express
| their preference as regards the dates. There
were about thrty-five individuals in the
! room, and about twenty nine of them
| bushed-that meant twenty-nine candidates.
| The fact that there had been some talk of
| the aspirants to Office advancing means
| wherewith to defray the expense in getting
| out naturalization papers and like inciden-
| tails, coupled with decoction of suppressed
| gall and democratic modesty, was the means
| of doing away with voluminouS supply of
| crude oratory. After painful silence the
chairman put the motion and the dates, as
| above, were selected. Messrs Snyder and
| Fricke were appointed committee to Sc
| cure hail and make other arrangements for
the to- bet chosen delegates.
The matter of ward and precinct repre-
| sentation was next taken up and was the
| means of arousing the astute Paddy Ford
| from a comatose state of providing some
| other attraction for his occulars, that were
| rested calmly ye. firmly on the gin flask
| that by this time bore evidence of having
| been assaled on an elaborate scale He sad
| "Sout Omeehaw is ntoitled to as many
voatz fur each wahrd as my wahrd
| in this city. She cashts more voats,
| dimecratic voatzs, than they do here.
| Oi make motischn that she be allowed
| Siven representatives, for nCh ward, which
will give er twinty-ate voatzs nstid ov
| twIlve. OIL but the erstwhile Patrick
was suddenly side-tracked by j. j. Mahoney,
| who accused him of making msrepresenta-
| uions to the committee. The latter stated
that the First ward polled heavier demo-
| 10 unt M al hn 1c Sn n
| Omaha combined. Mr.. Mahoney then moved
| that each ward in the city of Omaha be en-
| titled to seven delegates, each ward in South
Omaha three delegates, and the country pre-
| cincts one delegate each. The motion was
| sustained. The registry law was then
taken up for discussion. 1t was foreign to
| the knowledge of numerous members of the
committee as regards its exact measure
| ments, but an individual who declined
| to make himself known" warned the COM
| mittee to adhere to the specifications of the
law, in view Of casting a full democratic
| vote The places for holding the primaries
| were decided upon as follows. no change
| being made from last year where the ward
| or precinct was not represented: First
| ward-9lS South Tenth street: Second-l60l
| Vinton; Third-l004 Davenport; Fourth
! Planters hotel; Fifth Engine house Six
teenth and lzard; SIxth-Lake street be-
tween Twenty-sixth and Twenty seventh;
Seventh and Eightn-Undecded; Ninth
Twenty-ninth and Farnam; South Omaha,
| Il
Second-Judge Levy's Office, Twenty
street; Third-Kilker's hotel; Fourth-Ex-
change building; Millard-Millard school
house; Florence-Undecided Chicago
residence; Valley-F'outs' hall; Jefferson
| Unchanged. same as last year; West Omaha
| Sheeley's schoolhouse; McArdie-McArdle's
| schoolhouse; Douglas-Same as last year;
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hall; Elkhorn Same
| aa last year
| A communication signed by LOUIS Helm
| rod and others was received asking that the
| polling place of the Second wari be either
| established at Sixteenth and Williams or at
Kessler's hall, on South Thirteenth street,
so as to be more central. 1t was tabled with
out discussion. Julius Meyer then brought
| up the subjecJ of naturalization. He stated
| that some responsible person, or persons,
should guarantee the payment of nGturaiza-
| tion papers, otherwise Clerk Moores, of the
district court would not extend credit on
| the same. He stated that he had done so last
| year and was money out of pocket by doing
so, and he did not propose to shoulder all
the responsibility. The members again
| branched out in an informal discussion.
Chairman Martin said; IAN opinion
county is safely democratic, and
| that ticket can be elected simply by putting
| it in the field. Such is not the case. L hold
| that this county is not democratic, and to be
| victorious we Will have TO mako u desperate
fight"
.'Thars so! You're right" came from a
| dozen lips, in response. The chair then, Der
| motion, appointed julius Meyers and Joseph
| Tehou committee of two to wait upon the
| clerk of the district court for the purpose of
| securing special rates on naturalization pa
| pers. Tehon, who is the local sycamore"
| of the Wabash, accepted the position, but
| casually remarked that he, too, was "in the
| holen from the last campaign.
The chairman was about to proceed TO the
| next order of business, when Padd" Ford
arose, and, swinging his mauleys
| promiscuousy in the air, announced
| his allegiance to Commissioner Mount.
"The papers have sid that oi would
| knoife Mount, but oi ntind TO hip him all oi
| kim" and another chapter on rule or rum"
was brought TO a close.
| James Donnelly sr., stated that the vote
| in the Second ward was so large that with
| two precincts full vote could not be polled.
| The first precinct, he sald, last year polled
| !, 433 votes, and the Second /, l4B votes. He
| agreed to procure the signature OF the re-
| quired number, and ask the council TO create
| an additional district. But who should
| guarantee the payment for naturalization
| papersl This was the all-important problem
as yet undissoluabe. Finally finance com.
| mttee was appointed consisting Of Adam
| Snyder w. A. Gardner III. Fricke, James
Donneliy jr., and j. j. Mahoney TO solicit
aims for this purpose, and in the midst OF
wilderness of perplexity an adjournment was
AIKEN.