Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
CANDIDATES ARE In BLOOM
No Dearth Of Material from Which to seleo
City Tickets.
DEMOCRAT FACTIONS FIGHT FOR MAYOR
Ex-Chief Bixby's Friends Out for the
Scalp of Mayor Jennings-Rcpub-
licnns who Are Mentioned
for Omce.

The local political pot is commencing to
boil and candidates for the several city Off
ces to be voted on next month are bobbing
up on all sides. None Of the offices will go
begging for lack OF aspirants and the contest
for some of the nominations promises to be
lively. This promises to be especially true
among the democrats, and the two factions
of that party are expected to have quite a
fight over the nomination for the head of
the ticket. 1t is said that Mayor jennings
will meet with considerable opposition in
securing a denomination, as the friends OF
ex-Chief OF Police Frank Bixby intend to
run him for mayor. Bixby has a large fol-
lowing among a certain element in his party
and the fight for the nomination now has
the indications OF being a warm one.
This is conceded to be a republican year,
and consequently there is no lack of aspi-
rants in that party for the different city
offices which will be at the gift of the voters
next month. For mayor the following names
are being mentioned: DR.. H.. B. Jennings,
Colonel w. F.. Baker, Spencer Smith, Lewis
Hammer, l.. NJ. Shubert, j. =. Greenshields
and w. j. Jamison. A number of prominent
republicans are anxious that the nomination
should go to DR.. jennings, but it is doubt
full If he will accept it. j. p. Greenshields
is being put forward by his friends. Re-
publicans in the east part of the city are
pushing the claims of Lewis Hammer, who
refused the nomination two years ago. At
that time he was in business and declined
on that account. Since then he has retired
and his friends say he could be induced to
accept now. 1t is generally conceded that
he would make a strong head for the ticket.
Hammer, who has also been suggested as
n nnpl;la+1 f~r n1lo,,,nr 80. I.-a -, l,,-
l.. NJ. Shubert, the present alderman from
the Sixth ward. Frank T. True is being
prominently mentioned for city treasurer
and it is believed that he will receive
the nomination with little or no opposition,
should he decide to become a candidate.
He has filled the position of city finance
clerk for a number of years and there is
no man probably in the city better fitted
to take care of it's finances than he is. w.
NJ. Shepard, formerly county recorder for
three terms, is said to be out for the nomi-
nation.
Earns n Reconciliation.
The nomination for auditor will go to
the present Of that office, +. L.
Evans, without opposition. Mr.. Evans is
conceded by all to be the best auditor the
city ever had and so far no democrat has
appeared on the scene willing to contest
the office with him.
There are a number OF lawyers who
would be willing to serve TIE city as the
municipalities solicitor, among the names
mentioned being o. d. Wheeler, ]. ]. Hess,
G. H. Scott, S. B. Snyder, H. J.. Chambers
and C. B. Aitchison. So far it is believed
that Wheeler has the strongest pull for the
nomination.
For city engineer Harley Mayne. Thomas
@. Harrison and Thomas Tostevin are
avowed candidates.
So far there are three candidates for the
nomination for city assessor. They are
Frank F. Everest, H. G.. MCGEE and
Charles Konigmacher. For w~eighmaster the
names of d. Mottas, H. c. Davis and Tom
Johnson are mentioned as being in the
race.
Four names are mentioned for aldermen
az large. They are e. E. Sayles, Lewis
Hammer, w. S. Cooper and L. NJ. Shubert.
Sayles will have no opposition in securing
a denomination. If Shubert fails to secure
one of the nominations for alderman at
large he will probably be a candidate for
alderman from the Sixth ward again.
IL the First ward candidates for alder
men mentioned are Carl Morgan ard Charles
Atwood.
In the Second ward ]. d. Johnson, p.
H. Wind and Chris Straub are mentioned.
Colonel w. +. Baker, who was mentioned
70" this nomination, has given 1t out that
he is not a candidate for alderman.
In the Third ward there are three avowed
candidates so far. They are Ed G.. Brown,
w. w. Windsor and w. NJ. McCrary.
Thomas Metcalf, the present alderman
from this ward, will not seek a renomina-
ton.
Slack Peterson and C. w. Mcdonald are
the only names mentioned up to this date
in the Fourth ward.
In the Fifth ward ]. NJ. Davis, C. Konig-
macher, d.. G. Clark and Daniel Grimes
are said to be out for the nomination,
with a possible few more to be heard
from yet.
The Sixth ward so far has three avowed
candidates, A. C. Hardin, at present a men,
Der of the Board of Park Supervisors, Is
rael Lovett, the electrician, and N. A.
Crawford.
There will be two vacancies in the Board
of Park Commissioners to be filled, the
terms Of William Arnd and A. C. Harding
expiring this spring. George German of the
Fist ward is an avowed candidate for
one OF the vacancies, while Henry Nc
Gee is being pushed by his friends for the
other.
Democrats Not Enthusiastic
The democrats realize that this is a re-
publican year and outside of the contest
over the nomination for mayor it does not
look as if there will be much of a scramble
for the other nominations. Brooks Reed
has given it out that he will not seek a
denomination for city treasurer. but his
friends say that II it is offered him he will
hardly refuse. Robert Rain il talked oil
aS a candidate for this nomination. vii.