Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-08
NAMING COUNTY TICKETS
Conventions Of All Parties Held in All
Parts Of the State.
REPUBLICANS ARE IN HIGH SPIRITS
Delegates for the state Convention ut
Lincoln Chosen-Populist Misrule
Condemned in Several Places
Nebraska Politics.

CLAY CENTER, Neb, Sept 7.-(Special
Telcgram.) )-The republican county convention
for Clay county met with an attendance of
133 delegates. Hon. D. NJ Nettleton was
made chairman and James McNally of Edgar
secretary Hon. Leslie G. Hurd Of Harvard
was given the privilege of selecting delega"
tion to attend the judicial convention to urge
his nomination as judge of the district court.
Eighteen delegates were elected to attend the
state convention and the following candidates
nominated for county officers: County clerk,
w. b. Smith; treasurer, Alexander Bayer;
clerk Of district court, George Allen sheriff,
w. r. Thurber; county superintendent, j. r.
Mckee; judge, w. II. Canfeld; surveyor e.
G.. Croft; coroner, DR.. A. j. Jennings. Mr..
A. b. Perkins was made chairman Of the
county central committee. The resolutions
were patriotic and decidedly republican. Hon.
W. Il. Andrews was present and delivered an
inspiring address,
LEXINGTON, Neb., Sept. 7.-(Special Tel
egram.) )-The largest and most enthusiastic
republican county convention ever held in
Dawson county took place here today There
were spirited but good natured contests over
every office. ]. s. Stuckey was nominated for
treasurer; w. c. May, clerk; II. Hobson
sheriff; C. c. Chamberlin, clerk of court;
r. Pierce, judge, and A. f. Allen, superin-
way strong one. By a unanimous vote
t. l.. Warrington was requested to select
his own delegates to attend the judicial con-
vention at Ravenna. Delegates were chosen
also to attend the state convention.
OGALALLA, Neb., Sept 7.--(Specal Tele-
held today was the largest and most enthu-
siastic ever held in the county. full
county ticket was nominated For county
clerk, Walter w. Thompson; treasurer, l..
| u Inh nf
Paxton; superintendent, Wesley Tressler
county judge, AL Phelps; surveyor, Charles
| Walker; commissioner, G. T. Scott John
| r. Brotherton, candidate for district judge,
| and II. l.. Goold for regent Of the State uni
versity were each accorded the privilege of
| selecting their respective delegations. The
misrule and extravaganza of populist officials
| in this county were strongly condemned by
| resolutions.
M'COOK Neb., Sept. G.-JSpecal Tele-
gram.)-D. T. Welty of Cambridge was re-
| nominated on the first formal ballot by the
| populists of the Fourteenth judicial district
| in this city this afternoon. The Omaha plat
form was reatiirmed and the free
and unlimited coinage Of gold and
silver demanded Governor Holcomb s
course was commended and the money
paid the boys in blue in 1853 was declared
| honest enough for Belmont, Cleveland & Co.
| The convention adjourned after naming the
| following judicial central committee: Chase
Norton Inman. Imperial; Dundy, ]. w. Karr
Benkelman; Hayes, William Black, Hayes
Center; Hitchcock, ]. M. Crews, Culbertson
Frontier, Chase Dechant, Indianola; Furnas,
j. e. Axtell Cambridge; Gosper, S. d. Yoe-
man, Elwood; Red Willow J. H. Berge, In
dianola Chairman, l. A. Sheridan, Indian
| ola; secretary, j. M. Crews, Culbertson.
| WAYNE, Neb., Sept. 7.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The populist county convention made
| the following nominations today: County
| treasurer, II. B. Miller; county clerk Levi
| hn arly of ha ic-
| trict court, Ed Wallace; county superintend-
ent, Miss c. NJ. White; surveyor, Robert
Jones; commissioner Third district, Robert
| Jones.
| York county republican convention will be
held here on Tuesday, the 10th, and from
the outlook will be lively. All candidates
are positive that they have sure thing
| Where the fight is coming in will be for
county clerk, there being three or four
| candidates, all of whom will make a strong
| fight In this race it looks as though dark
| horse would capture the plum.
| CHADRON, Neb Sept. 7.-(Special Tele-
| gram)-Of all the warm precinct caucuses
Chadron ever witnessed today's excelled all.
| The fight was on who should control the re-
publican delegation to the county convention
for county treasurer, and although the sue
cessful candidate, ]. l.. Paul, met
with the combined opposition of the
two other home candidates, to say
| nothing OF the railroad vote to GER
tain extent, he had one majority over the
other two combined. The county convention
meets next Thursday and the winning ticket
| will then be put in the field.
| HARRISON Neb. Sept. 7.-(Special Tele-
graml-The Sioux county republican conven-
tion held here today placed the following
| ticket in the field: Clerk, w. S. Nicholson
treasurer, Henry Covy; sheriff, D. Bartlett
superintendent, w. H. Davis; Judge, W. O.
Patterson; surveyor, ]. w. Hunter; coroner
T. j. Simmons. James Smiley and John
Eberspecher were elected delegates to the
state convention and c. b. Hollingsworth and
B: F. johnson to the Fifteenth judicial dis
| trict convention.
| ASHLAND, Neb,, Sept. 7.-(Special) AT
republican caucus here this afternoon
| thirty delegates were elected to attend the
county convention at Wahoo next Wednes-
| day.
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