Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-02
SIGNAL VICTORY FOR GEAR
Republican Oauouses Result Very Favorably
for Present Senator.
CuMMINs FACTION IS BADLY DEFEATED
A. s. HaseIton, Gear Candidate for
state Senator, Gets Fifty-Three
of the sixty-Four Delegates
to the Convention

of the sixty-FOur
to this Convention.
The republican caucuses in this city last
night resulted in a signal victory for A.
s. Hazelton, the Gear candidate for state
senator. and he will go into the county con-
~vention next Wednesday with hfty-three of
the sixty-four delegates selected, while
Colonel G. G. Saunders, the Cummins candi-
date, will have but eleven back Of him. AS
bad been fully anticipated, owing to the
keen interest taken In the senatorial con-
test, which was the all -absorbing factor,
the primaries last night drew out the big
gest attendance ever known In the city. In
fact so large was the attendance In some
precincts that the number of ballots cast
exceeded the recognized vote of the pre-
cinct. Both sides worked like beavers the
entire day and until the vote was counted,
both the friends Of A. B. Cummins and thc
followers Of Senator Gear being equally
sure of victory. In some of the precincts
the contest was remarkably close and spir-
tied and 1t was a toss-up as to which fac
ton had gained the day until the result was
officially announced. The friends of Mr..
Cummins recognized that they had an up
hill fight on their hands and when the out
come was known they took their defeat
philosophically, realizing that they did the
best they could for their candidate. With
an overwhelming majority of the city dele
cation at his back the nomination of A. S.
Hazelton for state senator lis conceded.
The First precinct of the First ward re-
turned a Cummins delegation by a vote OF
10 to IS, while the Second precinct of that
ward went for Gear almost two to one,
the vote being 112 to 81.
T.. A. uNtr,& -root.a4 - H. c.oS,l .,o-l
Gear carried the day, the delegation "a
vorable to him being selected by so to 56.
Contest in the Second.
In the Second precinct of the Second ward
occurred the hottest fight of the day and
the result was that there will be two con-
testing delegations from this precinct. The
trouble arose over the appointment of a
chairman. Precinct Committeeman G. G.
Baird, a Gear man, on calling the caucus to
order, appointed Divide Wien permanent
chairman without giving the caucus a
chance to nominate it's own chairman.
Wen on taking his place Immediately pro-
ceeded to name a secretary and two tellers
without asking the wishes Of the voters
present. This aroused the temper of the
Cummins men and they placed c. B. Aitchi-
son in nomination as chairman. The chair
refused to entertain the nomination and
for nearly half an hour pandemonium
reigned. Finally a division was called for
and while the followers of Cummins were
gathering in one end Of the room the Gear
men proceeded to hold their caucus. Then
the Cummins faction decided to hold a
separate caucus. The vote in the Gear eau
Gus gave Gear 131 votes and Cummins 10,
while in the Cummins caucus the ballots
showed $50 for the Des Moines candidate
and Al for Gear. The delegates selected by
the Cummins faction last night stated that
they would contest the right of the other
delegation to be seated in the convention
next Wednesday.
In the first precinct of the Third ward
the Gear followers outnumbered the Cum.
minis men two to one, Hazelton's delega.
tion being elected by a vote of 1877 to 65
The Second precinct of this ward returned
a divided delegation, four being for Gear
and one for Cummins. The vote in this
precinct was neck and neck and 1t was any.
body's victory until the official count was
announced. About $50 ballots were cast
here. The First precinct of the Fourth
> ward was conceded to Gear and the Cum
minis people made no effort to select a dele.
CATION. The delegates were selected by g
committee and received consequently the
. unanimous vote Of the caucus.
In the Second precinct, however, the con.
test was very close, the Gear delegation
being selected only by a majority of three
votes, sixty-two ballots being cast for Gesl
as against ffty-nine for Cummins.
The First precinct of the Fifth ward wen
for Gear by a vote of 100 to 8S, but the
Second precinct reversed the order of thing.
/, and elected a Cummins delegation with 9:
, votes against Sc for Gear.
The First precinct of the Sixth ward wa,
90 rrfaA h, Tho foJ1au,a,, - a. -
. elected their delegation by a vote of 121 t.
} rs for Cummins Although no official re
turns were received last night from Cut Off
, which constitutes the Second precinct of tn,
Sixth ward, 1t was generally conceded tina
Z the one delegate from this precinct would
! be for Senator Gear.
J TIL country precincts will hold theil
caucuses tonight. While the Cummlns mel
are hopeful of securing some of the town,
ships, 1t La generally conceded that the ma
jority of the delegation will be against hin
and In favor OF Gear.
List of Delegates.
The following are the delegates selected
last night:
First ward, First precinct: (Cummins
, delegation) Carl Morgan, Charles Atwood
Ed Fuller. W. 9. Dickey, G. Davis.
First ward. Second precinct: (Gear) A
n Wood. W. S. Baird, d. Maltby, S. T. Con
' ner, r. T. Bryant, Il. H. Ohlendorf.
Second ward, First precinct: (Gear) w
o F. Sapp, e. Fl. Lougee, G.. S. Hubbard, ]
b. Sweet, G. w. Long, ]. ]. Steadman, Franl
Peterson.
" Second ward, Second precinct: Gear del.
%egation) Divide Wen, H. A. Baird. WalteI
& Joseph. p. II, Wing, Theodore Guitar, N
p. Peterson, e. A. Riser; (Cummins dele,
gation) G. B. Aitchison, John H. Mithen
2 Henry Snyder. John Olsen, f. e. Sellers
f. A. Hollis. Fred Wesner.
Third ward, First precincts; Gear i. f
y Hart, W. c. Hendricks. P. C. DeYol, tr.
w, 10. Haverstock. G. M. Hanford. o. S
Blanchard.
Third ward, Second precinct: mixed, fouI
4 for Gear, one for Cummins) w. ]. Snethen
Martin Schmidt, j. +. Marshall, a. b
r Walker, H.. w. ButterfieId.
. Fourth. ward. First precinct: GEAR w
. j. Davenport, F. H. Hill, ]. j. Hess, H. j
D Chambers, John Lindt.
Fourth ward, Second precinct: Gear FL
Ford, Soren Wilson. Karl Mayne, Hrice Glib
son.
o Fifth ward. First precinct: Gear e.
Sayles, ]. N. Davis, Luke Poland, d.
Clark, #. A. Sackett, ]. Hoon.
5 Fifth ward, Second precinct: (Cummins.
o G.. b. Howard, Nels Christensen, II. NJ
8 Phillips, james Cochran, ]. p. Johnson.