Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-10
TICKET FOR WINNING
Republicans Hold Their Convention for
Nomination of County Officers.
GATHERING IS HARMONIOUS THROUGHOUT
Heimrod, Mcdonald, Baxter and Bodwol]
Renominatsd by Acclamation.
CANDIDATES GENERALLY SATISFACTORY
Nominees Receive an Ovation When They
Appear Before the Convention.
CLEAR CUT RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
Governor Holcomb is Ccnsurcd for
Not Demanding nm Accounting
from hartley Before Ap-
proving His Bond.
aeimrod, Mcdonald, Baxter and Bodwel]
Renominatsd by Acclamation.
CANDIDATES GENERALLY SATISFACTORY
Nominees Receive an Ovation When They
Appear Before the Convention.
CLEAR CUT RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED

sheriff ........ JOHN w. MCDONALD
Clerk .......... DAVID VI. HAvERLY
Treasurer ......-, GEORGE HEIMROD
County Judge -. IRVING T.. BAXTER
HrGiSt"r OF Deeds .".............
..........., THOMAS y. CROCKER
Coroner .......... NELS u. SWANSON
superintendent. EDWIN !. D0DwELL
Surveyor ........ GEORGE MCBRIDE
County Commissioncr-First Dis
'rtct ................ 4. c. HARTE
This is the ticket nominated yesterday nft-
ernoon at Creighton hall by one of the largest
and most enthusiastic county conventions
ever held in Douglas county While several
OF the candidate es were renominated by ac-
ciamation without roll call, there was a
sharp fight for the remaining places. But
the contests were fought out with an appar-
ent absence of tho bitterness that usually
characteri2es political battles ana the suc-
cessful candidates were in each case made
the unanimous nominees of the convention
The makeup OF the ticket as completed was
generally satisfactory. and It was the univer-
sal expression Of the delegates as they left
the hall that it was one of the strongest
tickets that had ever been placed before the
voters of the county.
Chairman G.. K. Williams of the county
central committee called the convention to
order Secretary Tuttle read the call and
DR.. S. X, Spalding of the Eighth ward was
introduced as temporary chairman. He ex-
cused himself from making speech as the
convention had much business to transact
which would sufficiently occupy its time. j.
A. Tucker of the Sixth ward was made Sec
retary and J. G. Kuhn of the Fourth ward
assistant secretary.
There was contest from McArdle precinct
and on motion of Captain II. e. Palmer the
following committee on credentials was ap-
pointed: A. c. Powers, T. w. Blackburn,
N. c. Pratt, II. l.. Burkett and w. W. Bing-
ham.
motion that no proxies be permitted was
laid on the table without debate and the
delegates occupied the interval while the
committee was out in industriously lobbying
in behalf of their candidates.
The report Of the committee on credentials
was read by A. c. Powers. 1t recommended
that the regular delegation from McArdle
be seated and 1t was unanimously adopted.
The temporary organization was made per-
manent. and on motion of h. l.. Livingston
the following committee on resolutions was
designated Frank Whtmore. A. III. Muir
dock, Louis Burmester, w. II. Hanchett,
j. j. Boucher d. H. Christie, B. G. Bur-
bank. A. L. Reed and E. NJ. Bartlett.
FIVE OFF IN A BUNCH.
The convention then proceeded to noml-
nate ticket. N c.. Pratt moved that as
there was no opposition to the denomination
of John Mcdonald and George Heimrod
for sheriff and treasurer respectively that
the rules be suspended and they be nomi-
mated by accamation. The motion was
amended to include Irving +. Baxter for
county judge. George Mcbride for surveyor
and E. ], Bodwell for county superintendent.
1t was then carried by unanimous vote
and with marked enthusiasm.
Judge Baxter was called to the platform,
where he expressed his earnest appreciation
of the honor and declared that he was at
the service of the county central COM
mttee to work for the ticket from top to
bottom.
George Heimrod was also called for and
given an ovation as he ascended the plat
form. He said that when he was nomI-
mated for his first term he had promised
the people a business administration, and
he had fulfilled his promise.
Repeated voleys of cheers followed the
huge form Of John Mcdonald as he passed
up to also tender his thanks to the conven-
ton.
Il. ]. Bodwell and George Mcbride were
also compelled to appear and in each Instance
there was a repetition of the enthusiastic
reception that had been accorded to their
predecessors.
The rest was not quite so easy. Register
OF deeds was the next place 10 bo filed and
George G.. Thompson of the Ninth ward r.
s. Berlin of the Third, Fred Brunina of the
Second and T. S. Crocker and John T. Daley
OF the Eighth were nominated. Tho
first sensation of the ballot was when the
South Omaha vote went solid for Berlin.
Each candidate received the support of his
own delegation and the votes OF the remain
ing delegations were pretty Well scattered.
After the roll was called tho Daley votes In
the Eighth ward were changed to Crocker
and the Sixth ward switched 10 Crocker. The
First ward offset this by throwing nine votes
TO Berlin, and the Second went from Bru-
ming to Crocker
CONFUSING SECRETARIES.
It was red hot then and the Ninth ward
made 1t more so by changing nine votes
from Thompson to Crocker. The Fifth and
Seventh few to Berlin and II became neck
and neck race, with Croker slightly In the
lead. But the ncessant changes OF the votes
of nearly every delegation In the convention
were made in the midst of such an uproar
that the secretaries became hopelessly en-
tangled They finally announced the vote:
Berlin, SG8; Crocker 57ls; Thompson, "a:
Druning, 12i Daley, Z.
This was plainly All error, but no one had
definite idea where the mistake bad oc-
Cured. The Crocker delegates declared that
their man had been counted out an1 the
friends of Berlin eSctedly called on the
chair to declare their man the nominee.
There was a decided confusion for two or
three minutes but Mr. Berlin put stop 20