Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-24
Result of the Republican Primaries
Held Iart Night

The republican county convention to he
held in this city next Wednesday to elect
delegates to the state convention will DC un-
doubtedly controlled by the friends OF sena-
tor Gear The senatorial contest was made
the one issue at the city primaries last
night and in every precinct there were two
tickets, one bearing the names of men
favorable to Cummins and the other sup
porters of Gear. The Gear faction had
things practically all their own way and
out of the sixty four delegates chosen only
three we're elected on the Cummins ticket
and this was in the First precinct of the
First ward In some of the precincts the
attendance was not nearly as large as had
been expected and the work OF electing dele
gates did not occupy more than few min
utes.
In the Second precinct OF the Second ward
the caucus was controlled by the Gear men
and the voting was ordered closed by the
chairman, Attorney Hewitt, within three
minutes after the caucus was opened. The
consequence was that several voters whose
watches varied by minute or so with those
carried by the Gear supporters failed to get
a chance to vote.
Not only will the Gear faction control the
convention next week, but the personnel OF
the city and county central committees will
candidate for state senator on an avowed
Cummins platform, is not at all dismayed by
the result of last nights primaries and ex-
poets better things when the time for the
county convention which will nominate a
state senator from this district rolls around.
1t is understood that the Gear men having
secured control of the convention will pass
resolutions in support of the senator.
Most of the country precincts hold their
caucuses tonight. The convention calls for
10 delegates, so in order to overcome the
gain of the Gear party in the city the
Cummins people would have to make an
almost clean sweep of the rest of the county.
which is not looked for.
The list of delegates follows:
First Ward-First precinct, Thomas john
son, Fred Peterson, Charles Atwood. Carl
Morgan J. McVey; committeeman, Ed Full
ler.
First Ward-Second precinct, F. NJ. Will
liams, Alex Wood. W. 8. Baird, William
Groneweg. o. D. Wheeler D. Maltby; COM
mitteeman, William Gronewes.
Second Ward-First precinct, c. NJ. Carl,
j. P. Williams. j. S. Blanchard, W. f. Sapp,
]. B. Sweet, F. Peterson, William Larsen;
committeeman. Joseph Spalding.
Second Ward-Second precinct, w. l.
G1lRnSlHllu, VI. w. f1eMitt, -. II, INoss, w. S'
Joseph, F. T. True, ]. D. Johnson, H. A.
Baird committeeman, G. G. Baird.
Third Ward-First precinct, E. K. Hart,
w. NJ. Shepard w. NJ. McCrary, Forrest
Smith, Painter Knox, c. H. Judson; COM
mitteeman, N. c. Phillips.
Third Ward-Second precinct w. w.
Cess. M. P. Schmidt, f. T. Brown, A. B.
Walker John Goodchild; committeeman, A.
B. Walker.
Fourth Ward-First precinct c. A. Pat
terson John Lindt, j. d. Edmundson, H. J.
Chambers, F. H. Hill; committeeman, J. J.
Hess.
Fourth Ward-Second precinct, Chris An
derson, Ed Ford, A. S. Hazelton, Julius
Johnson; committeeman. V. l.. Treynor.
Fifth Ward-Frst precinct, l. n. Flickn-
ger, M. Maynard. c. Spruit, Ed Canning Al
Cole, Harry Brown: committeeman, William
Kinzel.
Fifth Ward-Second precinct, Thomas
Smith, ]. L. Ellsworth, John Norman, ]. c.
Miller. Lars Hansen; committeeman, Hans
Hansen.
Sixth Ward-First precinct. L. NJ Shu-
bert, John Harden, J. c. Crawford, Frank
West Andy Lorenson, A. F. Clatterbuck;
committeeman, A. F. Clatterbuck