Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-25

h'Ni hldub VI lu5lOIlSL DOSSlDlllllG8 Tor
city ticket nominations by the newspaper
dragnet to find candidates who could be put
into the field against the republican stand
ard bearer with any hope of success. The
result OF the canvass is a list Of names ''sug-
Eested,' including democrats, mongrel dem
ocrats. gold democrats. silver republicans.
renegade republicans and one or two men
now posing as republicans, but who in re-
ality are assistant democrats,
Frank j. Burnley heads the popocratic list
and Is undoubtedly most frequently men
toned for the mayoralty among fusionists.
He has received the outspoken endorsement
OF the County Democracy, but the Jacksonian
club membership is Inclined to look else
Where. claiming that they have been ad-
Viscd that Burkley cannot secure the sup
port they hope for from the ranks of the Pa
triotic league. The Jacksonians therefore
want Burnley to accept the nomination FOR
city treasurer.
The springing of Burkley's name by the
County Democracy was effected while he was
absent In the far east. 1t was intimated at
the time by Jacksonians that Burnley would
not stand for it, and would decline as soon
as he returned. Mr.. Burkley has returned,
and it is said by those who prefer to see
him run for city treasurer that he has no
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The other names Suggested" are those Of
w. S. Poppleton, George w. Doane, Ed p.
Smith, Il. e. Howell, j. B.. Kitchen, DR..
Peabody, DR.. Nipple, DR.. Mercer, A. n. Fer
Guson, George A. Hoagland, Truman Buck,
+. e. Bruce, l.. F.. Crofoot, William o. Gil
bert, Euclid Martin and w. J. Broatch. OF
the above, the .Jacksonians have been no.
tlced to be partial to the names of Ed p.
Smith and w. S. Poppleton. w. o. Gilbert,
DR.. Nipple and Ed Howell are also ardent
Jacksonians, and 1t is related among demo-
Gratis that the latter has declared it to be
his highest ambition to be mayor of Omaha.
Too many old sores remain from his former
candidacy, however, to justify any suspicion
rnat he may be nominated.
Among the fusionists one hears no men,
ton of aspirants for the minor offices, EXCEPT
that there Is an effort to sidetrack Burnley
from the mayoralty by running him for city
treasurer. But the dragnet has fshed up
the additional names of Harry p. Deuel.,
Louis Schroeder, Frank Hamilton and Otto
For comptroller it presents Ed
mund Burke, e. p. Barryman, C. V. Gal
lGgher, George Magney and A. B. Myers.
For tax commissioner, George N. Hicks, C.
o. Lobeck, Otto Baumann, w. r. Homan.
w. C. Billiard, j. e. Riley and William
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CITY clerkshlp, all of them fusionists, as
follows: Mark Coad, Fred H. Cosgrove, Ed
mund Burke, w. +. Wappich, Ed Streeter.
George L. Bertrand, Henry Blum, Henry
Farmer, William Neve and T. f. Sturgess.
The multiplicity OF names and the personnel
OF some of them suggest the thought that
there is nothing to prevent any man from
suggesting his own name if so disposed.
Regardless OF the personality of candi-
dates, however. club factionalism promises
to make OF the approaching democratic
primaries a decidedly wicked battle. In
the preliminary skirmishes the County
Democracy. through the fnesse of
Walter Noise. chairman. has drawn
first blood in securing control of
the CITY committee. This places
the County Democracy in position to select
it's f%avorites as primary officials. The
County Democracv's leaders declare that
they will put up a ticket in every ward in the
city and make a fight to control the city
convention and the dispensation of campaign
Doodle thereafter. The remarkable growth
of this club has stirred the Jacksonian lead
ers to efforts to increase the membership of
their club, although its foremost men pro-
fess TO entertain no fear that it will safely
win out in the primaries. So confident are
they that one prominent Jacksonian offered
TO bet Charley Tanning so to So that the
Jacksonians will not only control the city
convention. hut that the dashing Colonel
Noise will not be on the delegation from his
own ward. The Jacksonians say they have
no fears for results in any ward but one.
Attention is called to the fact that Colonel
Noise has fixed things about to suit himself
In the Fifth ward in the matter of locating
The democratic primaries, having established
n voting place within IA block of the south
end OF the ward, leaving some of the voters
a matter of forty-eight blocks or thereabouts
10 leeward. If the colonel's democratic
friends in the south end of the ward are at
all neighborly he is sure he viii be able to
squeeze himself into the Fifth ward delega-
ton.
The refusal of the governor to appoint n
new fire and police commission with which
to keep in line during the city election the
large following of would be policemen has
rendered it necessary for the local leaders
to shift for themselves. Accordingly steps
have been taken to have the attorney gen
eral institute quo warranto proceedings be-
fore the supreme court for the ousting OF
The present commission. This action was
expected to develop in Lincoln Tuesday. 1t
Is taken upon the conviction that the Access