Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-21

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.hn ranublican city convention yesterday
sftsrnoon. The friends and supporters OF
co,opeI Charles R. Hannah declined to &C
cant mia refusal to be a candidate for the
nomination for mayor, and he was selected
"a the republican standard bearer In the
municipal campaign. Colonel Humans
nomination was brought about on the fourtn
formal ballot by Dell @. Morgan's throw
Ina his strength to him. The ticket all
through is conceded to be an exceptionally
strong one.
Platform of Municipal Work
The party's platform in the admtnistra-
tion OF the affairs Of the city was announced
in the adoption Of the following resolutlohs'
RESOLVED. BY the republicans of Council
BUNS, In city convention ssempleo:
Ffrst-We favor an economic, enteIpIis-
ing and businessiike administration OF the
affairs Of the city, and such distTlpution Ur
the funds of the city as VIII givs 1es
nsid by them; and, through watch1ui care
81 CITY expenses, to reduce the puruSn OF
taxation SO FAR as dtsnW S and pros
perity OF Council Bluffs. a.
second-We declare, and insist that nf
ness and efficiency should De the TEST vi
appointment to public place o. 60
Third-In the granting. OF FRANCHISES 10
public corporations we d hen Anne only. and
80 thSre he inherited in the franchise
every condition and requirement necessary
70 eItJ prG and that, IN it's interest, provision
shall be made for the payment INTO the
city treasury of a reasonable cen n se
~ the franchise, or its equivalent IN IN
creased efnciency and lessened cost OF the
ss sUCS,. to I. the rFPs eOtRie6' s SnH 'e Contain a com
dition providing for the ACQUISITION Oh me
plant by the city on reasonable ana equiti
able terms, IL the city's interest should
theTeafter so require, the terms and con-
ditions to be definitely fixed In the charter
and that said charter 1h sho ~ tb 5SrS eIty eonne
elf to regulate and control the use OF salo
franchise as power is, or hereafter may ne
oTourth-We favor a strict compliance
with the law In the letting OF any n all
MRfthNin ali employment Of day labor
by the city direct we are In favor OF eight
hours constituting q days work and In
ment of home labor and material as far
as practicable.
Large Crowd attracted.
The contest and uncertainty over the
mayoralty nomination attracted a largo
crowd, and when Chairman Brown of the
city central committee called the conven-
ton to order shortly after 2 o'clock the
hall was thronged with interested spec
tators. After reading the call Mr.. Brown
named Attorney Q. 8. Blanchard as tenn
porary chairman and T. d. Metcalf as tenn
porary secretary. On assuming the gavel
Mr.. Blanchard said he would refrain from
making a speech, as there are no Issues,
national. state or county to be discussed
but the convention was there to place In
the field a ticket of representative men
whose election would be assured at the polls
on Monday, March 81.
On motion Of G. M. Harl the usual CON-
mittees consisting Of one member from
each precinct we're appointed as follows;
These committees were appointed:
Credentisls-John Corlies, Fl IL: OMEN
dOrf 6; m; HSEl' The Snn,n. e J Mi CALVIN
]. A. Gorham. l. N. Flickinger, G. I. How
ard, j. G. Mcdonald, w. @. Russell. w
]. p. Greenshields, d. ". selby. W. J
payenpoTt, Julius Johnson hns G,sN wel1l@R Rob mT'
Resoiations-H. J. Nichols. L. @; Scott
g. Eln51e ). yw fdsaf 4. &. Philips, sorsn viii
son. L. W.. German, John Norman w
Hendrix.
On Recommendation Of the committee oil
permanent organization the temporary or
ganization was made permanent and N. c
phillips Of the Fourth ward was selected a
reading clerk.
D~ispenses with Speeches.
These preiiminaries being settled the con
vention got down to the business In nan
ana on motion Of Theodore Guitar OF tn
Second ward 1t was decided to dispens
with nominating speeches and lake an In
formal ballot for the nomination for mayor
II resulted as follows; Dell q. Morgan
Sc; W. G. Mcdonald. s; w. F. sapp, 22i
y. Henry, is: C. r. Hannah, l.
The nrst formal ballot left Morgan In III
lead. with 80 votes, while Sapp received II
A loss of from the Informal ballot. Henr
kept his is, while Mcdonald increased b
votes to u and Hannan gained /.
The second formal ballot still maintaine
Morgan in the lead with 80 votes, Will
Henry incI eased his votes to IS. sapp on
receiving 70, a loss Of 4 from the form'
ballot, and Mcdonald 9. being 3 less tina
on the former ballot. Henry received
more, making IS. and Hannah secured 6.
on the third ballot Morgan began to lo
and the result only gave him 2s, viii
Henry increased his to 81. sapp went dow
to 8 votes and Mcdonald got IA, while
went to Hannah
Surprise Comes In Fourth.
The surprise came on the fourth bale
when the stampede to Hanna was broug
about by Morgan's solid delegations In q
two precincts Of the First ward castii
their IL votes for the colonel. When Chat
man Carl Morgan Of the First ward del
cation announced 8 votes for Charles
Hannah, the man who can and will be
Victor JennirEs." the lobby applaud
tumultously. The example Of the FIJI
ward delegates was followed by Morgan
delegates In the other wards and HANNAH
nomination was cinched by the First pi
oinct OF the Sixth ward amidst much {
thusiasm. The fourth and decisive bal
resulted as follows; Hannah, 46 vot'
Henry, 10; Mcdonald, ~, and sapp, z. 7
nomination was made unanimous.
Belief In Acceptance.
When It cam, to the turn Of the Fl
precinct Of the Fifth ward to vote on
fourth and, as Il proved. hnal ballot Cha
man ". Fliokinger Of the delegation o
he wanted some "onicial" Information as
whether Colonel Hannah would accept
nomination IN view Of the fact that It !
bean stated that no had autographed fr
New York that he could not be a candida
George w. German attempted to thT
cola water on Humans nomination by
eIarinG that Hannah had told him In q e
variation two weeks ago that he would
out Of the city much Of the time and I
they would net want an absentee may
From all over the hall came cries OF .