Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-08
REEDS STOCK ROSE.
COUNTY COUNSELLOR GAVE FRANK r.
SEBREE A RACE.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.
INDICATIONS POINT TO SEBREE'S
NOMINATION TOMORROW.
Light Vote Cast and the Only Interest
Was fl the Vote for the Lower
House-Martin ReSan Lost
Out I'm the Sixth by
Only Eight Votes.

only Eight tOtcs.
The Democratic city primaries were held
yesterday to select delegates to the city
convention, which will be held in the Gil
liss opera house tomorrow. The vote was
surprisingly light in many wards, while in
others 1t was heavier than had been antici-
pated. The total vote cast was 3,347.
Frank P. Sebree has a majority of the
delegations on the face of the returns, but
the surprising rise in the stock of James A.
Reed. county counselor, is admitted by Sc
bree's friends to make Reed at least a for
midable competitor, though all the indica-
tons point to the triumph of S%hannonism
Tomorrow. Joe Shannon, however, the
manager of Sebree's campaign, would make
no prediction last night, while a prominent
Reed man declared the county counselor
would be named.
The primaries were the quietest held by
jackson county Democrats in years. De-
spite the flamboyant resolutions of the Au-
rora Club about winning Greater Kansas
City for the Missouri Tammany, there
seemed TO be a feeling of depression abroad.
Inc voting was done perfunctorily, and the
prevailing, though unexpected, sentiment
was that the nomination of a ticket was
merely a formal matter for the purpose of
retaining an organization. That this opin-
ion was largely held is shown by the small
vote cast The polls were never deserted,
but 1t was the same old crowd of rough
looking political heelers who stayed all day
long. In the most "high-toned' wards in
the city the solid, substantial business men
of the party were conspicuous by their alb
sence. The assurance of victory was not
felt, and the primaries degenerated into a
and anti-Shannon- The former, however.
had the machine at his back, and rode
rough shod over the better element of the
party. The opposition to Shannon was spas
modic n W-organiZed. 1t was not sufi-
GENTLY determined to disturb the monotony
of a c~ut-and-dried programme in most of
the wards, and the contest depended for its
3nterest-there was no excitement-upon the
struggle to get the nomination for the lower
house.
As is usual in Democratic contests. most
of the candidates for the lower house in the
small numbered wards are saloonkeepers.
All day long hacks with flaming streamers
could be seen standing in front of saloons
and vast quantities of liquid refreshments
were dispensed free gratis"
Candidates for Council Named.
The following were the candidates for
the council who were nominated at the
primaries:
Second ward-w. J.. Powers.
Third ward-H. D. Brown.
Fifth ward-J. o. Beroth.
Sixth wardIJohn F. Lynch;
Eleventh ward-Pat Moore.
Twelfth ward-J. O.. Watkins.
Thirteenth ward-T. II. Haley. -.
In the other wards the nominations viii
be made by the delegations.
Reed stock ran up at a rapid rate dur.
Ing Mndd ths dhy s ret m 1ns e0 %1tes s i1 professe TIl
Sebree delegations. Shannon made many
compromises before delegations were filed
WHICH accounts for H. fact that there here Were
especially true in the Ninth ward and
Reed will get many votes from Shannon
vile. Reed fell heir to the Gibson strength
and the votes of the friends of the eenia
judge were given to Reed for first choice
Gibson second in case of a deadlock.
The only contests of special interest were
in the Second. Sixth. Tenth and Four
teenth wards.
Jim Pendergast had it all his W wa,
in the First ward and the Boss of tn,
fight with flying colors.
OF four candidates for the council in tn,
Second ward three were neutrality-suspicious.
Clifford. w. ]. Powers and Alvin Hatch
The fourth candidate was John S. Watson
of the Centropolis hotel. After the POLL
closed the judges in the First district re
fused to count because watchers from
other wards were present in the interes
of Clifford for the council from the Sec
oho "Dio IL liouDl was StltOllSu v
and the count proceeded.
Regan Came Within Eight of 1t.
One OF the ~liveliest contests of the day
was the fight in the Sixth ward between
Martin Regain and Councilman John P
Lynch. The latter has made a fair coun'
Gilman for a Democrat, working for th'
interests OF his constituents except wher
the party lash was cracked. But Their,
seemed TO be something magic about Mar
tins name. and the great unwashed flock
ed to his standard. Lynch was nominated
on the narrow margin of eight.
Some friction resulted over the action O.
the police in refusing to permit severa
men from swearing in their votes. Police
,trict and put a stop to the arbitrary ac
ton of the police, who were acting in tn,
interest of Martin Regain.
The fight in the Tenth ward was OF
Sebree and anti-Sebree or Shannon an;
anti-Shannon lines. The Spofford delega
ton Topped to Sebree and the contest wal
quite animated in comparison with TIL
others.
The Fourteenth ward has less than hal
a dozen members in its delegation, but i
put IN one of the %liNeliest fights of tn
day. The Democrats woke up enough Il
fight on Reed and Sebree lines. the coun
cilmanic feature adding zest to the con
test.
The following was the vote In the vari
GUS wards and the delegations and candi
dates chosen:
The Delegates and Votes.
FIRST WARD.
There was only one delegation in thi
ward and ne candidate for the council
though Councilman James Pendergast ha
no opposition. The First district gave l
votes and the second q, a total of 81.
The following is the delegation, which 1
solid for Sebree:
Regular Democratic delegation:
NJ. IA. Joyce. Joe Moore,
p. ]. Kennedy, T. j. PendergaSt,
Frank O'Riley, w. ]. Thornton,
Mike Casey. George Brooks,
James Connolly. Ed Blanchard.
James Spelacy, Robert Morton,
Pat Hickey, ]. F. Cassidy.
SECOND WARD.
There was only one delegation in thi
ward. but there were four candidates fo
the lower house and the contest was
lively one. The delegation got 291 vote.
1Gl in the First and 100 in the Second dis
trict.
w. J. Powers was nominated for til
council. the vote being: Watson S. Power
I72. Clifford 60. Hatch 81. The First dis