Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
OLD RlCKORYITES WIN OUT
Capture the Korjss in Six Of the Wards
After Hard Fighting.
REJOICE At DOM PAUL HERDNAN's LAGER
Colonel Noise DisIodEed from His
konie nnd Among the Missing
Colonel Tanning Maintains Po-
sition JntiI General Rout.

Joy pervades the camp of the Jacksonian
bosses and corresponding gloom hoyer5 over
the ranks Of the County Democracy. The
great battle for supremacy in democratic
affairs is over. There was a brisk fight in
every ward in the city, with the exception
OF the Third. where the Jacksonians put
UP no delegation. but Notwithstanding that
it went into the fight with the nine dele
gates from that ward assured to IT. The
County Democracy withdrew from the field
last night manned. bruised and beaten.
Down around County Democracy head
quarters the air was full Of angry denun-
citation Of the methods employed by the
yictors. as the vanquished recalled how it
was done. Harry Miller was heard declar-
ing that II had cost the Jacksonians $1,000
TO $4,000 to carry the primaries. Joe But
Ter reduced the amount to $1,000, which he
said the Herdman boys had collected from
the brewers and gamblers. There was no
Disgusting the fact that the leaders of the
new and ambitious democratic organization
were mad. They were respondent as well
as mad after the returns had come in sufti-
GENTLY to indicate the dire results that at
tended their cause.
Briefly stated, the result Of the combat
is that the Jacksonians will control the
convention by a vote of about SO to 2S. IT
was stated around the %victors' place of rem
devious last evening that the result means
the nomination of either Frank j. Burnley
or w. S. Poppleton for mayor, although the
County Democracy made it's fight with
Burnley as its chief card. Enthusiasm and
other and more tangible effervescent ex-
hilarants were flowing freely around Jack
sonian headquarters and the recriminations
OF the vanquished were lightly considered.
In the First ward.
In the First ward John Drexel, who was
the only democrat who had been named for
councilman, led the fight for the County
Democracy and succeeded in squeezing but
one lonesome follower of his cause into the
convention. George Sautter, a member OF
the County Democracy delegation, beat Fred
Albrecht out by two votes. There were
ia votes cast and the eighteen candidates
received from seventy-nine to eighty-nine
votes. The delegation comprises: Walter
Brandes. Allie Mccain, John Sheahan, sam
!. Haynes, John p. Mulvihill, John w.
Hroch, Frank X. LemieuX, L. F. Nelson,
George Sautter.
Second Ward.
In the Second ward the Herdman crew
won out by "a round margin, as this was con-
ceded to be their ward, and the enemy con-
centrated its strength in it's assaults upon
kopjes that were deemed more vulnerable,
There were 30S votes cast, the respective
candidates receiving about 1875 to SO. The
average majority of the Jacksonian dele
gates was ll5. One popularity of the prl-
mary was sfat David l.. Shananan, who was
on the winning ticket for councilman and
who had no opposition. received but a votes.
The delegation comprises: Adam Sloup'
w. II. Herdman. Max Grimm, Stanley b.
Letovsky, r. ]. Aitchison, Joseph Pesdirtz,
r. B O'Donnell, Theodore With, Joseph
Land.
Third Ward.
In the Third ward, where the County
Democracy delegation had no opposition. the
delegation comprises: Lysle /. Abbott, John
Reeves, Jerry Mcmahon, James A. Finch
George wager, Frank II. Seymour, John ID.
Green, Dan I. Custer, William Atkin. Some
one had made the assertion during the even
ing that the Herdman crowd claimed tnat
it would control five or six votes in that
delegation, but members of the County
Democracy were Offering all kinds of coin
that the Third ward will be solid as put up
Fourth Ward.
Harry Miller and Louis Patti were lead
ing the fight for the County Democracy in
the Fouth ward, while against them were
w. O. Gilbert and p. II. Carey. There were
15e votes cast. OF which ninety-siX were
Jacksonian straight and ~ffty-fve straight
the other way. The vote ran about 100 to
81 in favor of the Jacksonian delegation,
comprising the following:
Frank l.. Weaver, Frank p. Murphy, n.
f. DIlrance, William o. Gilbert, G. e..
Seay. p. H.. Carey, John d. Weare, p. e..
Heafey, W. j. Mount.
Fifth Ward.
The center OF the engagement was in the
Fifth ward. where the doughty chieftain,
Colonel Noise, his lieutenant. Harry Hay
ward. and numerous other tried warriors
were lined up against /. j. Dunn, Fred II.
Cosgrove. Harry O'Neill and a host of young
Jacksonians. The odds were largely against
Noise in the matter OF ward workers. and
the numerous strategic movements of the
enemy in soaking his Burkley powder and
spiking Howell guns, left him at the mercy
OF the enemy, who relentlessly punished
every advantage, fair or unfair. When the
smoke of battle cleared away 204 votes had
been cast. The Jacksonian list had tailed
from llS to l19 each, while the Noise dele
CATION ran only from 81 to IS. The win
ming delegation comprises:
Otto ]. Bauman, Charles II. Brown, Free
II. Cosgrove. John II. Cusick, Frank B. Nc
Kenna, J. Warren Arnold, ]. II. Mari,
Harry L. OMEN, Martin Tighe,
Sixth ward.
The greatest disappointment was expressed
nv the County Democracy leaders over the
loss OF the sixth ward, where Joe Sherry,
on behalf OF the Jacksonians, led the assault
upon John Llddell's forces. The latter had
promised to bring in the ward to a dead GER
tainty, but out of the 14S votes cast tho
County Democracy delegates scored from
80 TO 81. while the d~espised enemy hooked
I'm all the way from 81 TO 90. The dele
cation comprises
Frank f. Brosius. Charles +. Clark, VIII
liam II. Chadwick, Walter Horton, w. T.
Johnson, II. 7 Murphy, p. l.. Reeves, 10
soph Sherry. George w. Smith.
Seventh ward.
In the midst OF the crash OF worlds Char
ley Tanning came in from the Seventh ward
proudly carrying the scalps Of his Jacksonian