Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-29
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Gust. Buchheit Nominated for Mayor
Ward Nominations,

Ward Nominations.
The Republican city convention was
called to order Saturday evening at
the council chambers.
S. M. Eaton was elected chairman
and Charles Lynch secretary.
The chair appointed G. w. Hill,
Oscar Wertheimer and Joseph Gorney
a committee on credentials, who re-
ported the following delegates entitled
to seats in the convention:
First ward-Albert Liebermann, G..
E. Emmerling, Joseph Gorney.
Second ward-Ben Kruger, Joseph
Fischer, 0. G.. Wertheimer.
Third ward-Charles Lynch, .}en
Zoelle.
Fourth wards. M. Eaton, G. P.
Traeumer, John Robinson.
Fifth ward-George Hill, August
Deimel, Henry Traeumer.
Sixth ward-F. l.. Uttech, John
Kuester, j. Schlieve.
Seventh ward-E. Riemsted, E.
Kehoe, II. Linderman.
On motion the convention pro-
ceeded to nominate a candidate for
mayor, with the following result:
First ballot-Gust. Buchheit, 49,;
F. L. Uttech, T.
On motion, the nomination of Mr..
Buchheit was made unanimous.
Several ballots were taken for city
treasurer, when F. T. Uttech was de-
clared the nominee.
John Robinson and Ben Zoelle were
nominated for assessors.
On motion the chair was instructed
to appoint committee to notify Mr..
Buchheit of his nomination for mayor.
A. Liebermann and c.. E. Emmer-
ling were appointed as such committee,
who waited upon Mr.. Buchheit and
brought him before the convention.
He spoke as follows:
Il am informed by the gentlemen
you have sent to summon me of my
nomination as your candidate for
mayor of this city, and | accept the
high honor and tribute with sincere
thanks and gratitude. [ realize, how
ever, and am mindful of the vast and
grave responsibilities which an cleo
tion and endorsement by the people
would devOlve upon me, and if | were
not in a position and ready and will
ing to devote a large share of my
time and energy to the city's affairs,
| should certainly have declined this
honor, although with regret. If
elected, gentlemen, intend to make
the seat of the city government, to a
large extent, my headquarters, and in
that event let me assure you that
shall guard, proCect, preserve, main
tain and advance the interests of this
enterprising and beautiful city of ours
to the best of my attainmeuts, and in
the administration of it's government
| shall respect equally the rights of
one and ALL
At the conclusion of Mr. Buchheit's
speech the convention adjourned, and
the delegates and spectators congrat-
ulated the next mayor upon his nomi-
nation.
WARD NOMINATIONS.
At the Republican caucuses Friday
evening the following nominations for
First ward = Alderman, Gustav
Buchheit; supervisor, Max Gaebler;
school commissioner, E. A. Menden-
hall
Second ward-Alderman, Charles
kru ger; supervisor, Louis Fischer.
Third ward-AIderman. G. T. Mar
tensOn; supervisor, j. P. McGolrick
(endorsed); school commissioners, Mic
O'Connell.
Fourth Alderman, Dura M.
Woodard; supervisor, W. D. Stacy ZEN
dorsed).
Fifth hward-Alderman, John c.. Sea-
ger; supervisor, James Roy; school
commissioner, F. w. Oelschlaeger.
Sixth ward-No nominations.
Seventh Alderman, Otto
Luther; supervisor, Edward Kehoe;
school commissioner, Chas. Vaughn.
DECLARATIONS AND sUBsTITUTIoNs.
In the Fifth ward F. w. Oelschlae-
ger has withdrawn as the Republican
nominee for school commissioners,
but appears as On independent candi-
date for alderman, making three in
the fiell for that Office
Gust. Buchheit having been nominat-
ed for mayor, F. w. Lehman has
been substituted as the Republican
candidate for alderman of the First
ward.
w. F. Brandt has declined the Demo
cratic nomination for supervisor of the
First ward.
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