Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-25
CANDIDATES BY THE DOZEN
Many Men sorambling for Seats in the
City Council,
NEW MEN FORM A FACTOR IN THE FIGHT
Every ward Has Its Full Quota of
Men who Are Anxious to
Serve the Public
veal.

serve the public
veal.
Now that the action of the county con
vention has settled the strife for places on
the county ticket the field is left open for
the numerous and varlously assorted
aspirants who banker to serve the munich
pslity in the council or on the Board of
Education. Although these are the only
plums in sight there are enough candidates
to supply a dozen conventions. Not only are
most of the chronic candidates in the race,
but their prerogatives are invaded by a
considerable number of capable citizens and
business men, who are generally receiving
the support of the better class of voters.
There has been no campaign in recent years
in which there has been such a surplus of
councilmanic candidates. Few democrats
have announced an intention of making the
race, but the republican candidates are
springing up from nearly every other block
in some Of the wards. The Sixth and
Seventh wards head the procession in point
of profusion OF candidates. each having
sixteen or seventeen to its credit. So far
few combinations have been made, and in
most cases the race is a free for all. 1t is
to be expected, however, that before the
convention meets the situation will be
cleared up somewhat by the withdrawal of
the weaker candidates and the assimilation
of their strength by the men with a stronger
pull.
The First ward has not developed any new
material so far. 1t has three candidates,
each of whom has been more or less a
candidate as far back as the old inhabitant
can remember. The fight is between Pete
Back and Ernest STUNT. The two men have
been political rivals for years. Both are
known as h%ustlers, and the race between
them is bound to be interesting. Ike
Hascall also has his lightning rod elevated.
but it is said that his aspirations are re-
garded with a degree of suspicion by the
voters that prevents him from being a
dangerous factor in the fight.
The Second ward has a straight away
fight, in which Tony Kment seeks to sue
coed himself and Andrew Kiewit disputes
his claim. Up to a day or two ago Frank
kessler had been an active candidate, but
he has now withdrawn in Kiewit's favor,
and the indications are that Kment has a
doubtful fight before him.
DOWN IN THE BLOODY THIRD.
Down in the famous Third it looks like
one OF those old-fashioned struggles which
gave the ward its sobriquet of the Bloody
Third" All the old war horses who have
been in the stables for several years are
again on the track. groomed for another
race. There is Pat Ford, Dick Kurdish
and Andy McAndrews to draw to, with
James Norton also counting the democratic
nomination. Captain O'Mailey seems in
line for the republican nomination, and Sol
Prince and Ed Leeder announce their in
tention to run Independent. Prince de-
clares that he cannot get a fair chance at
the primaries and that he prefers to let
O'Malley have the regular nomination and
then take his chances at the polls.
The Fourth ward will see a close contest
between the present councilman, Frank B.
Kennard, and w. f. Bechel, who has an
nounced his intention to try TO return to
the council. Kennard has the benefit OF
the support of the councilmanic machine.
while Bechel has the advantage of popu-
larity, and the chances are regarded as
about even. The democrats will probably
nominate a candidate for councilman-at-
large to succeed Wheeler, and the right of
Wheeler to continue in office another year
will be brought to an issue when they apply
to City Clerk Highly to have the name of
their man placed on the official ballot.
A. j. Lunt, secretary of the county CEN
trail committee, is said to have the pole in
the race in the Fifth ward. He is now a
member of the Board of Education, but
proposes to resign that office if he is cleo
ted to the council. His competitor is
Charles Askwith
The Sixth ward is a veritable hotbed of
councilmanic aspirations. and every day or
two adds to the number of those who want
to sit at Councilman Jayne's desk. Jaynes
himself is not a candidate for reelection.
hAiAoh III Wa 1 III Oui
Littlefeld, John S. Christensen, H.. c. Bet
terman, w. o.. Morse, A. w. Johnson, Myron
d. Carr and Emanuel G. Soloman Morse
and Betterman are making the hardest
fight so far, and their friends say that one
of them will be the winner unless a strong
combination is laid against them. Morse
was formerly a bailiff in Judge Blair's court,
and Betterman is one of the half-hundred
or so druggists on North Twenty-fourth
street.
LOTS OF TIMBER IN THE SEVENTH.
The Seventh ward is giving the Sixth a
close race as far as feCundity of ambition is
concerned. Its list includes a number of
strong candidates. d. T. Mount is one, but
he Is encountering opposition on account of
his alleged connection with the coal COM
bine. b. f. Thomas, formerly a member of
the Board of Education, and a candidate for
county judge, is being pushed by his friends,
and so is G. W.. Amber. William c. Goss
is a candidate, and shares with Mount the
opposition of those who do not want a coal
man in the council. John w. Russell, engi-
neer at the poor farm, and Johnny ThOmp-
son are looking for the place, and so are
Joseph Taylor, A. u. Baldwin, Fred Smith
and NJ. o. Maui. Maui says he is not in the
race, but his friends are nevertheless work
ing for him. The only democratic candi-
date who has been generally mentioned is
James Schneiderwind
The candidates in the Eighth are Cadet
Taylor, f. l.. Crocker, George Stebbins and
Charley Bruner. Burners chances are not
regarded as overwhelming, but each of the
other three has a strong following. In
this ward there is a good deal Of strife after
the church vote, which is a power in the
ward when it can be induced to turn out.
There is a strong sentiment in the
ward in favor Of breaking the cOmbina-
ton that has succeeded in debating the
politics of the ward for the past few years,
and Stebbins is being vigorously pushed for
that purpose. His friends say that if the
best element of the ward can be induced to
turn out at the primaries he will beat out
the politicians with votes to spare.
BRUNER AS A NIGHT WORKER.
q. The candidacy of Charley Bruner is
picturesque on account OF his rather unique
methods of electioneering. Charley usually
does his h~ustiing long after his competitors
are asleep. His big bay team may be seen
hltched in various quarters of the ward
at almost any hour of the night or early
morning, and 1t is said that it is not un-
usual for him to get up at midnight, hitch
up his team and start out to corral votes.
When BrunCr was running for the council
a few years ago he heard that Jim Allan
knew about some conspiracy that had been
laid to beat him. So he called at Allan's
house at 2 o'clock in the morning and
wanted to know all about 1t. He sat down
in the parlor and long before Allan had
concluded his explanations Bruner was
sound asleep. Allan went back to bed and
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