Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-02
SAUNDERS GETS THE PLACE
Charles R. Hannah His Strongest Gem
petitsr fer Senatorial Nomination.
TWO BALLOTS NECESSARY TO CHOICE
n Allison Is to Make n speech
in Council BIuRs some Time
During the Cam
paiRn.

After the general election next month
Attorney Charles G. Saunders OF this city
will have the privilege Of being addressed
by one OF two titles or both. As Judge
advocate general on the stan, OF Governor
Cummins of Iowa he now carries the title
Of colonel and after the votes are counted
on November 4 he will also be known as
State Senator Saunders, the republican
county central committee having yesterday
afternoon selected him as the nominee for
the position made vacant By the resignation
Of Hon. A. s. Hazelton, now postmaster OF
Council Bluffs.
The committee took two ballots in noml-
mating Colonel Saunders, there being four
candidates in the field and no choice on the
first ballot. Charles R. Hannah, the ex-
banker who also acquired the title Of colonel
by becoming a temporary member Of Gov
ernor Shaw's STAFF at the Inauguration Of
President Mckinley In Washington, was
Colonel Saunders strongest opponent. A.
L. Preston, an attorney OF Avoca, appeared
in the field as an east end Of the county
candidate. Trustee Baird Of the free public
library did not show the strength that he
was supposed to have.
Before the balloting was begun It was
decided that no proxies would be counte-
nanced and that only the members Of the
county central committee present were on
titled to vote The first vallot gave saun-
ders 10, Hannah 8. Preston 4 and Baird 2,
making a total Of twenty eight votes, thus
neeessitating fifteen votes for a choice. On
the second ballot Saunders drew three votes
from Preston and one from Baird, thus &C.
curing II, two more than necessary for the
nomination. Hannah kept his original nine.
while Baird and Preston secured only one
each. Colonel Saunders was then declared
the nominee for state senator.
National Committeeman Ernest e. Hart.
who was evidently interested In the nomi-
nation Of Colonel Saunders, arrived yester-
day morning from Milwaukee and was pres
emit at the meeting Of the committee. Mr..
Baird was the only candidate present. He
was there in his capacity Of committeeman
from the Second precinct of the First ward
and is said to have cast his vote for Colonel
Hannah. The meeting was held in the
once OF County Chairman George S. Wright
and was we'll attended, twenty-eight out OF
the forty-one precinct committeeman being
present.
Chairman Wright announced that he had
been notified that Senator Allison had con-
scented to make one speech in Council Bluffs
during the campaign and that Congressman
Smith had expressed a willingness to make
a speech in Underwood q few days before
election IL a meeting could be arranged
about that time. The date Of holding a
] rally In this city at which Senator Allison
Will speak will be decided on later by the
committee.
At a meeting Of the democratic county
central committee last evening NJ. F. Rob
rer of this city was selected as the party
nominee for state senator. s. G. Under
wood and several others were mentioned
at the meeting, but the nomination went to
Mr.. Rohrer on the FIRST ballot. MI. Rob-
rer is president of the Public Library board
and was mayor for two terms.