Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
CITY TICKETS ARE NAMED
Nebraska Towns Get Ready for the
Spring Municipal EIec-
lions.

KEARNEY, Neb., March 21.-(Special
Telegram. 1.-THE republican city convention
met here this evening and renominated all
the present city officials by reclamation.
These are: Mayor, w. H. Roe; treasurer,
H. A. Weber; clerk, George e. Ford. All
the present councilmen were renomlnated
except McKelvey in the First, who was
not a candidate. The nominees are: First
ward, James O'Kane, Robert Kuhn; Second
ward, V. G.. Chase, James A. Bayd; Third
ward, W. c. Downing. w. s. Clapp; Fourth
ward. c. NJ. Hull, George c. Ray, E. H.
Calkins and G. c.. Webb. Present incum-
bents we're renominated for the school
board. The democrats will not have a
ticket in the field. but there is some talk
Of a petition ticket.
LINWOOD, Neb., March 21.-(Special Tel
m.)-Nearly the total voting popula-
tion Of Linwood met In citizens caucus this
evening for the purpose of putting in nom
ination three candidates for village trus-
tees. The successful candidates were w.
NJ. Husenetter. w. ]. Blair and Thomas
Duda. The selection Of this ticket means
the repeal Of the present occupation tax
which has been very unsatisfactory to our
business men.
WAYNE, Neb., March 2~1.-(Special Tele-
gram)-Over 200 people attended the citi
zens' caucus last night. James Britton was
nominated for mayor, defeating Henry Ley
who wac a candidate for the seventh term.
A. r.. Davis was nominated for city clerk,
II. s. Rlngland fol- treasurer and D. G..
Main and f. L. Nicely for members of the
school board. For councilmen ]. H. Cart
ner was nominated In the First ward, d. S.
McVicker in the Second ward and Lambert
Roe in the Third ward.
SUPERIOR, Neb., March 21.-(Special. J.
TIL city caucus was attended by about 200
men and resulted in the following nomi-
nations: For mayor. DR.. ]. F. Bradshaw;
for city clerk, w. w. Hopper; for city
treasurer, W.. A. Myers; for police Judge,
r. N. Simonton; for city engineer, w. II.
Green; for members Of the board of edu
cation. w. w. Kendall and George Secular
for councilmen. First ward. John Frey
Second ward. II. w. Young; Third ward, A
C. Felt. The ticket appears n be generally
satisfactory, and 1t is not likely that an.
other ticket will be put in the field. Su-
perior has not had more than one ticket
at a city election for eight or nine years
Party politics are totally ignored in city
affairs here.
PONCA, Neb., March 21.-(Special.)-At
the republican caucus last evening the fol.
iOWlL6 NlCh6l was uOIulnhN6u- mdyOTt N
p. Heydon; city clerk, James Pomeroy
treasurer. W. F.. Muksell; police Judge, w
w. Cooper; cOuncilmen, First ward, Sher.
idan Bellen; Second ward. G. L. Wood
Third ward. Ed Berry.
WAHOO, Neb., March 21.-(Special.)-
The fusionists held a caucus at the city
hall last night pursuant to a call signed
Citizens Committee" A republican ticket
was nominated the hrst Of the week. The
following are the fusion candidates: Mayor
Ed Lehmkuhl; treasurer, Frank Scheele
clerk, Ben whitney; members Of the boar(
Of education, Captain Eric Johnson and ]
H. Barry; councilmen, First ward, Johr
Hanson; Second ward, Frank Goss; ThirC
ward, Jake Ort.
FREMONT, Neb., March 21.-(Special. } =
The democratic caucuses were held in. THU
city last evening for the selection of can
didates for councllmen and delegates to thu
city convention which will be held thi
evening. The following nominations wer'
made; First ward, Charles Balduff; Sec
ond ward. short term, Waldo Wintersteen
long term, j. d. Bell; Third ward, Free
Matheisen; Fourth ward, Fred Suchland
Dan V. Stephens, author of "Silas Cobb
and phelps and His Teachers will prob
ably be the democratic uominee for mayor
FREMONT, Neb.. March ~21.-(Special Tel
egram.)-At the democratic city convention
held in the court house tonight the follow
ing ticket was nominated for the sprlnI
election in April: For mayor, F. N. Morse
for treasurer, Frank Hollenbeck; for clerk
Frank e. Davis; for water commissioner
]. H. Mathews; for police Judge. N. J
Gubser; for school board. George L. Loomis
1t was decided to fuse with the republi
cans on c. c. McNish for the other mem
Der OF the school board. All Of the nomi
~nattons wara nv exclamation