Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-15
MAYOR JENNINGS RUNS AGAIN
Democrats Make Him Their Standard
Bearer by Aoclamation.
PETER JENSEN IS UP FOR TREASURER
w. c. Boyer and l.. A.. Casper the NOM
Inees for AIdermen-at-Large-
Platform Urges Public owner
ship of Utilities.
PETER JENSEN is UP FOR TREASURER

For Treasurer. PETER JENSEN
For Solicitor. ..........S b. WADSWORTH
For Auditor. VlGO
For Bngineer"'....."...".S.L L.
For Assessor. A BlAB
For Aldermen-at-Large.....W.. 9 BOYER
For Weighmaster. ..........W. HIGGESON
For Park Commissioner....A. G, GRAHAM
This city ticket was placed In nomination
by the democratic city convention A fea-
ture Of the convention was the difficulty
experienced in obtaining candidates willing
to accept the nomination for several Of the
ofaces, those mentioned declining one after
the other to be offered up as lambs for the
slaughter.
Platform of Public UtiIities.
These resolutions were adopted by the
convention.
We. as representatives of the democratic
nounce the principles for which we con-
tend and pledge the nominees of this con-
inaugurate municipai ownership Of public
utilities in the city of Council BLUFFS at the
earliest possible date, and until that is
chises of any nature should be granted and
none in which the city does not participate
I'm the earnings and hold the absolute right
to purchase at any time at its actual cash
value.
Contracts for necessities for temporary
or permanent improvements should be
awarded after due publicity to the lowest
responsible bidder, but when such bids are
conserved such contracts should not be
awarded at all.
The convention was called to order by
Alderman Boyer, chairman Of democratic
city central committee who named Emmett
FINLEY as temporary chairman. j. J.
Hughes was selected as secretary.
Mr.. FINLEY on assuming the gavel made
a short address in which he said that a
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business corporation; the aldermen repre-
scented the directors and the citizens were
the stockholders. This being the case, It
was necessary to put at the head a business
man. These committees were then APP
pointed:
On oredentials-w. H. sehurz. Henry At
kins, Ed Stimson.
On permanent organizatlon-Ed Stoekert,
John Churchill, T. L. Smith.
On resolutions-H. o. owen, John 1. LutI,
B. s. Terwilliger.
On the recommendation OF the committee
the temporary organization was made per-
manent.
Jennings Quickly RenOminated.
For the nomination for mayor the name
Of Mayor Victor Jennings was brought be-
fore the convention by J. G. DeHaven OF
the Second ward. who in a short speech
referred to what he called the improved
financial condition OF the city under Mayor
Jennings administration.
Henry Atkins of the Fourth ward placed
+ Louis, Zurmuehlen, jr., In nomination. An
informal, ballot was taken which resulted as
follows:
Jennings, so votes: Zurmuehlen, %.
) When the ballot was announced Zurmueh-
, len asked to withdraw his name and Mayor
Jennings was renominated by reclamation
In a short speech Mayor Jennings thanked
n the convention and promised, II elected, &
clean business-like administration.
d Peter Jensen for Treasurer.
An informal ballot for nominee for treas
/ urer was then taken with this result: Lee
Evans, 10; Brooks Reed, L; James Macrae
O 81; Louis Zurmuehlen, 20; Thomas r
Drake, 10; Peter Jensen. 8.
o Evans, Drake, Macrae and Zurmuehlel
withdrew their names, asserting they wer
o not aspirants for the Office, and could no
accept the nomination.
On the formal ballot the nomination wen
to Peter Jensen with 81 votes, W.. B. Reed
), receiving 10 and John /. Lutz, 2. The nom
%ination Of Jensen was then made unanimous
y City Solicitor and Auditor.
u The informal ballot for nominee for cit
solicitor gave S. B. Wadsworth sixty
two, as against forty-one for Thomas Z
y Casady. On the formal ballot Mr.. Wads
worth was accorded a denomination wit
seventy-six votes, Cassidy receiving twenty
seven. The nomination Of Mr.. Wadswort
was then made unanimous.
@. r. Hooker, Lee Evans, August Parish
Charles Paschel, J. r. Dietrich and r. +
Huntington were brought out in the in
formal ballot for nomination for auditol
but all positively" declined the homo
1t began to look as II the convention woul
!. fail in securing a nomination for this oficI
when John Churchill placed in nominatio
Vigo Badollet of the Fourth ward, and b
was nominated by reclamation.
Engineer and Assessor.
S. L. Etnyre was given an unanimous II
nomination for city engineer. George ]
Judson Withdrawing his name.
The informal ballot for the nominate
for city assessor brought out the names
Frank A. Bixby. r.. H. Huntington, Hem
:, Paschel. G. L. FINLEY, C. b.. Ruffcorn al
, E. B. Bowman. All declined the nomini
tlon. but the convention insisted on givir
- the nomination to Bixby, and he gave VIZ
and accepted it.
other Nomination..
, Alderman ". C. Boyer was unanimous
! given a denomination for alderman -at-lars
i l.. A. Casper was nominated by acclamati'
!. as Boyer's running mate.
) Nominations by reclamation being nc
! In order, William Higgeson was renon
: mated for weighmaster by reclamation.
= An attempt to nominate A. G. Graha
y for park commissioner failed, as the FIJI
y ward had a candidate in Oscar Younke
man. The informal ballot gave Grahs
hfty-eight votes. Younkerman twenty-ni
and W. ". Cones sixteen.
Before the formal ballot was call
Younkerman withdrew his name, and a
other attempt to nominate Graham by q
elamation failed. being resisted by Con
friends. The nomination went to Grahi
with ninety-four votes, as against nine
Al Cones.
- This completing the ticket, the conve
tion adjourned,
a Hughes to Manage Campaign.
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