Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-01
THE LOCAL POLITICAL FIELD.
Well Attended Club Meetings In
Various Parts of the City.
A RouslNe REPUBLICAN RALLY
The FIRST Ward the Scene OF an En-
thusiastic Gathcring-Siominski
and the Poles-The Bohe-
mian Democrats.
A Republican Rally.

The republican mass meeting held under
the auspices of the First Ward Republican
club in National hall, on South Thirteenth
street, last night, was well attended, notwlth-
standing the inclement weather. Ernest
Stuht was called to the chair. and the pro-
ceedngs we're formally opened by w. f.
Gurley, who reviewed the tickets placed in
the field by both parties. Speaking of
George uemrod the candidate for county
treasurer, he said:
"The majority of the voters OF Douglas
county are personally acquainted with
George Heimrod. But to those who do not
know him, let me say that he is man of
forcible character and no one can say that
he ls not an honest and capable man, and il
elected he will fill the Office satisfactorily to
ALL AS a citizen of Omaha, and this county
and state, he is entitled to the support of
every law abiding citizen"
The nominees for county clerk, register of
deeds and county commissioners also re-
coived tattering enconiums. In reference to
the asplrants for the county commissioner
ship, MIR. Gurley said:
at is notorious fact that change is
needed in the board of county commissioners
AT the present time rumors concerning the
wrongdoingS of the members of the board
are rife, and hold that 1t is the duty Of the
taxpayers to see that n change is made.
Elect Berlin and Smith and the secrets in
volving the expenditure of county finances
will be exploded"
Mr.. Gurley urged the republican voters to
rally TO the support of Herbert j. Davis, the
candidate for district judge.
l. S. Hascali succeeded Mr. Gurley. He
stated that the chief aim of the republican
party should be to see that every legal voter
registered, in order that a fair expression of
| the people might be had. He expressed
himself as being confident that the larger
| the number of voters registered, the larger
would be the republican majority at the
coming COUNTY election for nominee of
| the party Speaking of the republican nom
| inee for supreme judge, he said
'At the state convention, at Hastings, we
| nominated Judge Norval because we re-
| garded him as an available young man. We
want young blood on the supreme bench.
| And we want n man who as judge will be
able to cope with any ENHANCEMENT of our
| laws that may at any time present itself,
| Now, as to the district judgeship, l have
only to say that | am in favor of u non-parti-
| san Judiciary. Judge Croft has been
| called to higher position, ana inasmuch as
| he was one of the two republican
! judges chosen in non partisan judicial con-
| vention, it IS no more than right that the
| man to fill the vacancy should be named by
| the republican party, and not by small
group of individuals that have banded them
| selves together for the purpose of debating
to a whole Judicial district who shall or shall
| not administer our laws. l refer to
| the Douglas county bar. l say that Herbert
| Davis represents the choice of the republI.
| can UdCty-Jne party Indt Is CerIalnly en-
/ TITLED to the right to name the successor of
| Judge Croft
X. 5. Berlin was next called to the floor.
| He said
LAS to the county campaign, I want to
| say that there Is every indication Of the en-
tire republican ticket being elected. We
| have no reason to fear defeat on account of
| heavy registration. l feel confident that
| the success of the republican ticket can best
| be brought about through full ballot and
| fair count. The larger the number regis
| tered the larger will be our maiority.n
| G. p. Halligan urged the republican voters
| to stand by their flag undivided. He iu-
| formed his listeners that they could not
| grow corn with a straight back, and that in
order to rout the enemy they would have to
| labor untiriugly until the close of the cam
paign on the night following the day of cleo
| tion.
| Joe Southard. the candidate for register of
| deeds, entertained the audience with
| pointed argument in behalf of the republican
| nominees. He stated that the republican
| party had more reason to fear the result of
registration than it had to fear a full
| vote "And," continued Mr.. Southard, II
want the voters 10 say who shall or shall not
| be thoir servant. If representative vote is
| not polled fair expression of the people
| can not be had. l have resided in Omaha
| about twenty years, and If | am not the
| choice of the people it is for the people to
| say, and the peoples duty to decide"
| John Rosicky, editor of the PokrolS
| Zapadu, spoke to a considerable length in the
Bohemian tongue, reviewing the nominees
| of both the dominant parties.
| Frank Bandhauer being called to the floor,
| responded briefly
| Dan O'keeffe was the final speaker, and
| he predicted a clean-cut victory for the en-
| tire republican ticket.