Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-18

made by m IL went WIN a Wuoop,
and Osthoff was boosted upon the stage
to express his thanks. He denounced the re,
port circulated last evening that he had tleo
up with certain contractors, and promised q
clean business administration II elected.
These Came Easy.
For city clerk there were five nominations
Thomas Bermingham. George Sternsdorff,
Thomas futile, j. A. Linahan and jerome
Pentzel.
The second formal ballot gave Berming,
ham, "a; Llnahan. 80; and the latter was de-
clared nominated.
G. V. Gallagher nominated J. H.. Hungate
for treasurer. p. Elsasser named Z. b.
Rustin, and the other nominations were w.
A. Gardner. G. S. Whitney and Samuel Cot
ner. The informal ballot gave Hungate ~,
| Rustin II, Whitney 3, Gardner Z, Cotner ".
On the second formal ballot there was a
stampede to Cotner, who received AZ votes
and was declared the nominee. HIS nomina-
ton was mado unanimous. He thanked the
convention.
For comptroller, F. II. Morrissey nom
mated Louis Helmrod, asking that he be
nominated by reclamation. JosephGarneau,l r:,
named Fred j. Borthwick Of the Ninth ward,
The formal ballot gave Heimrod 80, Borth-
WICK ID, and Heilnrod's nomination was made
unanimous.
For police Judge Peter Elsasser named
Thomas Capek. Joseph Garneau, ir., named
p. A. Gavin. The names of John +. Davis,
SluFleS ~. LEG dlu ". 4. DudW WcIc ttoO
presented. The informal ballot gave Capek
26; Gavin, %; Davis, 0; Lee, 81. Shaw, T..
Lee withdrew his name and the formal bal
lot resulted as follows Capek, 80; Gavin,
10; Davis, A; Wappich, Z. The Eight ward
cast seven votes for Wappich, but it elected
a kick because no was not a candidate be-
fore the convention. The nomination was
made unanimous.
Rothery's Round.
The neAt on the list to be nominated were
nine councilmen at large. Frank Morrissey
wanted them elected one at a time, each
ward In It's order to name its candidate. This
met with the approval OF the convention.
"A Third warder wanted a ten minute re-
cess. but it wasn't popular.
Tha First ward through Il. j. Lowry named
j. }. Kennedy. The rules were suspended
and he was nominated by reclamation.
The Second ward through u. Elsasser
named James Donnelly, ST. The same course
was followed.
The Third wara presented the name OF Ed
Rothery. A motion to nominate by accla-
nation was vehementlv opposed, but the mo-
tion obtained a majority vote, A Third ward
delegate objected TO outside interference and
claimed the nomination by custom,
Con Gallagher said the custom was more
honored in the breach than in the obsery-
ance, and insisted that a good and s~atisfac-
tory man should be nominated or he would
DO defeated as he ought to be.
~ u llltS "tlc ouSpOhhOh - iiOblOb "hp
made that Itothery be declared nominated
by reclamation. Pat Ford purloined the
floor long enough TO put in a word in favor of
Rothery.
The wards were called on the motion to
nominate by and res ulted no IS,
aye IS.
Henry Richard was then named as
Rothery's opponent, ana as there were two
candidates for "A nomination by a~cclamation,
a call OF wards was ordered taken. The
Rothery men had the call, and after several
changes the result was announced Rothery,
81; Richard, | and the former was declared
the nominee.
Frank Morrisey's Portion.
The Fourth ward presented the name OF
Henry Hornberger. Bill Hoye was also
named. The Informal ballot gave Horn
berger, II; Hoye, 40. Tn formal ballot gave
Hornberger, Is; Hoye. 40, and the latter was
declared the nominee amid wild yells,
shrieks and whistles.
Morrissey protested that the nominotion
was illegal, as the nomine 90 did not live in tho
Fourth ward, but he was Kissed down. A
motion to make IL unanimous carried In spite
OF the opposition of the Fourth ward.
The Fifth ward named Ed. j. Brennan,
and he was nominated by reclamation
The Sixth ward submit Cd the names OF