Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-11
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET
Last Nights Convention Was Most Har-
moniOus Gathering.
VERDICT OF THE PRIMARIES CONFIRMED
Aslwith withdrnws In the Fifth aud
Cadet TnyIor's Efforts to Go De-
hind the Returns from the
Eighth Sat Down Upon.
VERDICT OF THE PRIMARIES CONFIRMED
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j. w. BANDHAUER........ First Ward
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% RJo TtSS Ssie,ventb VII
i. Z. VAN GILDER.............Nin Ninth Ward
Member of Board of Education to mn
vacancy H. j. PGNFOLD, Fourth Ward
The republican city convention held last
night at Washington hall. was one Of the
most harmonious gatherings which ever as
sembled in this city. The business Of the
convention was done with neatness and
dispatch and not a jar occurred to mar the
harmony which formed prominent feature
OF the proceedings. The only thing which
prevented the convention from being a
most humdrum affair were the obsequies
over tho aspirations OF the councilman from
the Eighth ward. The deceased enjoyed
the novelty of being present at his own
funeral and his ambition was quietly laid
to rest in a snowdrft which will hide 1t
from public view for many moons lie
filed his protest against the returns from
the Eighth ward so far as they related to
the vote on councilmen. and hustled around
among the delegates looking for votes, but
the frosty reception given him by the dele,
gates individually was not a circumstance
to the snow storm which buried him from
sight as soon as the convention got around
to his case. In the language Of the street,
he wasn't in II a minute"
The prospective tangle from the Fifth
ward over the tie vote on councilman was
adjusted by the delegation aud Candidates
Lunt and Askwith before the convention as
sembled. Askwith withdrew and left the
field to Lunt.
The convention also took fall out OF
the mayor and the city attorney. nominat-
Ing candidate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Councilman Samuel Dubois
The gentleman from the Fourth ward who
hn uue mt MAJ
toned in the convention, and will be re-
tired to private life after the election re-
turns are in.
SAT- DOWN ON TAYLOR.
II was sos p. m. when f.. p. Davis, chair
man OF the city central committee, called
the convention to order. The call was
read by j. @. Kuhn, after which Mr.. Davis
introduced Ralph w. Breckenridge as tenn
porary chairman.
Mr. Breckenridge made a brief address
touching upon yhe Importance of maxi
Ing ticket Of good men.
At this point II. T. Lcavitt Of the Sixth
ward asked II there were not six members
of the Board of Education to be nominated
instead of FIVE, as stated in the call
Secretary Gillian of the school board was
called for and explained that there were
five members to be elected for three years
each and one to be elected to fll the unex-
pired term Of one year made vacant by the
resignation OF Mr. Crambet.
The election OF a temporary secretary
was taken up and Il. G. Starr OF the Sixth
ward was elected and A. ID. White OF the
Fifth was chosen as assistant.
Credentials were called for and wer,
handed in by all the wards protest from
the Eighth ward was filed on behalf OF Ca
Diet Taylor. asking for a recount of the vote
cast for councilman, lin the interest OF al
honest count" alleging that nonresident.
had been allowed to vote and that the tota
of the votes cast for councilmen was S41
while the totals OF the votes received by th'
several candidates according TO the returns
fell 1i3 short of that number.
DR.. A. X. Spalding Of the Eighth ware
moved that, as the protest did not affect tn
standing OF the delegation. that the list o
delegates handed In be declared entitled L
seats. This motion carried without opposi
tion and on motion of Louis Berla the TEN
porary organization was made permanent.
On motion OF ]. G. Kuhn the several ware
delegations were called on to name thei
candidates.
When the First ward was called Pet
Bosen responded for the delegation. II
said he wanted to nominate a man who ha,
not been chosen by the ward and then HI
named p. NJ. Back. He was ruled out o
order and +. X Darling called for the read
ing of the credentials, which showed tina
Ernest STUNT had received the highest vot,
In the First ward. STUNT was declared tn,
nominee.
The other wards QUICKLY followed Will
their men, Anton Kment for the Second
Richard o'Malley for the Third and w. f
Bechel for the Fourth.
When the Fifth was reached, DR.. w. S
Gibbs announced that Askwith had with
drawn and he announced A. j. Lunt as can
didate for the Fifth ward This announce
ment was received with cheers.
The Sixth named Karr and the Seventh
ID. I. Mount.
When the Eighth ward was reached DIR
Spalding named r. S. Crocker as the nom
inee of the Eighth ward and he was de
clared the nominee of the convention.
G.. w. Mercer was named for the Nintl
and the councmanic ticket was complete
MORE AT SEA ON SCHOOL BOARD.
The chairman called for nominations fo
school board. The First ward named f. w
Bandhauer; the Second. Henry Knodell; tn,
Third had no candidate; the Fourth named
ii. ]. Penfold; the Fifth, G. H. Hess; tn,
Sixth. Frank Sears; the Seventh, |. o
Rhoades: the Eighth, j. B. West, and tn,
Ninth j. e. Van Glider. II was decided
that the five receiving the highest vot,
should be declared the nominees for three
years and the sixth man should be the nom
inee for the short term. The first ballot re
suited as follows: Rhodes TO- Hess TO- Sears
60, Bandhauer &c. Van Glider 56, PenfolC
"a. Knodell so, West 40. Bacon 5. Messrs
Rhodes, Hess Sears, Bandhauer and Var
Glider were declared the nominees for tbs
regular term and Penfold for the shor
term.
On motion of Louis Berka the convention
proceeded to nominate councilman-at-larg'
10 hll the vacancy caused by the death o.
Samuel Dubois.
II. X Darling of the First ward nominated
r. C, Jordan, and another delegate from the
First ward named Pete Boisen, The Sew
enth nominated Lee Yates.
The Third Fifth, Sixth. Seventh. Eighth
and Ninth wards cast their full votes for
Yates. The Fourth voted nine votes for