Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-21
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY
Boss Howell Declares English Carried the
Democratic Primaries.
LYSLE ABBOTT FEELS LIKE A WHINE
Fnct ~ that Abbott aud EnElish
meat Even In T,yo cities and
Country Delegates VIII
settle IL.
LYSLE ABBOTT FEELS LIKE A WHINE

mated on the first ballot.
Harry Miller. anti-boss-Abbot will be
nominated on the first ballot.
These we're statements Of the leaders Oh
the two factions OF the local democracy Al
ter the smoke had cleared away from the
primary battle OF Thursday. Neither MI
Howell nor Mr.. Miller would give figures IN
detail to substantiate his statement. Howell
said that JOG English delegates had been
elected in the city OF Omaha and the otAer
wenty-two necessary to nominate would be
for booming from SoIth Omaha and the
country. Miller conceded nlney-two votes
20 English from the city delegates. claiming
only fifty four for Abbott, but he added that
his candidate would have forty-three dele
gates from South Omaha and forty-seven
from the country precincts, making in all
144. or sixteen more than the necessary
number.
As a matter Of fact, Abbott and English
split nearly even in Omaha and South
Omaha and the delegates from the country
precincts, practically ali Of whom are min
structed, will hold the balance Of power In
the convention. For that reason 1t would
be extremely hazardous to predict what will
happen In Saturdays convention.
Contests In Omaha.
In the city OF Omaha there were contests
In four wards, and In the Second, Fourth
and Seventh the Herdman-IIowel machine
managed to land its delegates. In the
Eighth nine Of the Herdman ticket and
seven Of the Abbott ticket were elected, but
as I~gnatius Jehovah Dun. "deput. county
attorney in and for Douglas county, Ne
braska," was placed on the Herdman ticket
with the understanding that his vote was
- a.. 4 AKI.NV 4ha hrnal= fo q ~ avon
one as far as the county attorneyship is
concerned.
In the Second ward, the home Of the
Herdmans, the fight was waged in earnest
all day, and It was not until the votes
were counted that It was realized how one
sided the contest was. AS there was no
contest In the First ward the workers Of
each faction were present in large num-
bers from that precinct. When the votes
we're counted It was found that out Of a
total Of 252 votes, III straight had been
cast for the English ticket and 81 for the
ticket whose delegates favored the nomina-
tion OF Lysle Abbott. In the count of the
scratches, the high man on the winning
ticket was found to have received 191
votes. while the high man on the other
ticket had received 9S. There was no OPP
position to John H. Killian for assessor.
In AbbOtt's own Ward
In Abbott's own ward. the Fourth. he
lost, but by so narrow a margin that he
and his friends of the County Democracy
are inclined to view 1t as a victory over
the Jacksonian element, which heretofore
has been much in preponderance there. The
Herdman delegates averaged 1877 and the
Abbott delegates 73.1, or only FIVE less.
Thomas A. Donohoe, the high man on the
kNANN re A-A
Max Pliess, the low man OF the Herdman
contingent, received n. There were $50
votes cast and OF these there were SO with
the cross in the Abbott circle and "a with
It In the English circle. Abbott, who, with
l. ]. Piatti, watched the count, stated aft
erwards that the ten friends Of his who
reached the door Just one minute late lost
him the ward.
Notwithstanding the strenuous efforts OF
Harry Miller, Charles e. Tanning and
others to defeat it, the Herdman ticket won
out in the Seventh with votes to spare, the
count showing Herdman rs straight and the
Abbott ticket SO straight. OF the scattering
votes, the Herdmans also got the big end.
The highest vote cast for one man was So,
James Schneiderwind and A.. Murphy each
receiving that number. Both sides put in
a good day and the result was the casting
of 1919 ballots.
IN the Eighth ward the contest was close
and. as a result. there will be a split del
~egation. with nine from the English ticket
and seven from the Abbott camp. However
one OF the English delegates elected is
pledged to Abbott. The five low men re-
ceived SO votes each. and Of these three
were Abbott men and two were English
men. Fifteen men received more than Is
votes, and as the ward was entitled 10
sixteen delegates in the convention lots
were drawn to see which should be the
sixteenth man. The chance fell to James
Swift, an adherent Of the Herdman fac
ton.
The delegates elected, so far as reported
last night, are;
James p. Connolly. James s.. Delaney
Walter Brandes. George Saulter, David
s SSwhH' Charles e !. Kan anufmmaRR TeNe! Tim mwe j
Foley, Thomas Kirkland, Chris Rissi, Johr
Second Ward.Adam J. sloup, PHILLIP
Hautha Joseph ,Zelenyy r. J.. Aitchison
o ,Capursn. John Elsasser Ebert Fee
II. Herdman, Frank Hynek, Oldrich Jellen
John II. Kiliian, Yaclay ]. Kroupa, Jane
Murphy Joseph Mollner, John Nittler, r
RR;ouc SDoGGPbs aIies 1 SEMEN i: pieJk 6SS sc JbGse58l
Joseph wachtier. f, j. Wearne,
Third Ward-William A, Akin, Edgal
Rotheryi Batrlck FORD sr., Frank IL. Sey
mour. w. II. Gunsolus, James Shea, An
drew LAWYER, William ]. silk. Ed Dietrich
Patrick Desmond, A, l., Knabe, JOIN
Reeves, Robert Dunlap, William II. Moran
Edward j, Coyle, Charles Bonnevier.
Fourth Ward-George G.. Seay, Jane
Cha. arthur l.. Anderson, Frank L
Weaver w. c.. Loucks. C. 7. Bergne.
Frank p MurBsy, On C Wilson, s. D
D. Mulcahy, Peter Besen. Max Pliess,
Fifth Ward-James Leary, Thomas s
Boyd. Martin Tighe, J, G. Weeth. A.. a
AFTER. Harry r. O'Neill. Thomas II. Daley
Hobart Williams. ]. F. MoriartyA W. p
Thomas Peter Remacle. ]. J. spelmau
sixth Ward~Dan Cannon, Charles CLARK
W, II. Chadwick, l. r. Cottrell, w, n
Lawrie, John Lidden p. Mostyn A, +
gsimstieE IL RI RSberts' Ge99rgs "
George W. Tierney, A. j. Webb, c. Snyder
Seventh Ward-E. p. bergman, jaime
schneiderwind' ]. ]. O'Connor, Il. Z
lowell. J.. S Gibson, W. o. Gilbert, Henr
Rohlir. A. Murphy, John Michaleswski W
J. Voss, William Roman. J., p Sweeney.
Eighth Ward-Dr. Lee Van Camp, job
r. Hart, Dan b Butler, Harry Moves
Harry Hartry. William Creedon, Jane
Wilson, Patrick Tobin, John A. Rine. 7. II
COmte, j. ]. Dunn, Louis Kroner. Georg
Fitzpatrick, Charles III. Withheld, Jame
Swift, II. J. McArdle.
Ninth Ward-Robert Smith, c. II. Brown
w. II. Thompson, ]. II. Schmidt. @. I
Wright George Martin. Il. O. Heafey Goh