Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-10
CONNOLLY AND sTREETER RUN CLOSE
HoweIPs Opponents Are Unable TO
Carry Their own wards-sinsu-
Iarly Close Contest In
the Fourth.


f1QWhTO f1OWtlI WOu tht NiStOiJ NJ NhN
democratic primaries yesterday. and will In
all probability be nominated for mayor at
the city convention Saturday night There
will be a total OF 115 delegates in the con-
vention and Of these Howell has elected
seventy-hve, or seventeen more than the
number necessary to nominate.
James p. Connolly OF the First ward and
Ed S. Streeter of the Seventh were the
mayoralty candidates who opposed Howell
at the primaries, but both of them failed to
carry their home wards, and their names
are not likely to be heard In the conven-
tion.
Just what the forty anti-Howen dele
gates who were elected yesterday will do In
the convention as to mayoralty candidate
is problematical. It is possible that they
may spring a dark horse and give him a
complimentary vote at least The fifteen
delegates elected in the Sixth ward without
| opposition are pledged to vote for Ed p.
Smith for mayor, but ten of them are un-
derstood to have strong Howell leanings.
First ward
The strife in the First ward between the
streeter- Howell and Connolly delegations
became quite bitter during the afternoon,
| and especially so in the evening, when the
| Judges and clerks we're engaged in sorting
| and counting the ballots The Connolly
| supporters endeavored upon several oc-
| casions to have the clerk and Judge throw
| ont streeter-Howell ballots which we're
! held to be spoiled, while in reality they
we're only crudely marked. The intense
! feeling over the result came to focus just
before the vote was canvassed, when three
! fist fights occurred, none of the participants
receiving any injuries other than slightly
| bruised countenances. The vote cast was
1 hainQ elpctpd
by a small majority, receiving 1875 votes,
| AGAINST 124 for Connolly.
| second ward.
-. 80. .,,,.
IN tne oeoVnu ""'o ,.e - Iy.,',c,, "a
ne.e's rl.- - - -, olosslv fop
nerenes SenyYA-o - ane s y, -, s...,,a,
All t@nH @ eenooi"'l s.ai. l - .S-,. aa,s..-
Mnion 70 y. ,S.,,ss. -s'n,.,, 4. sI,a
t.oll aug eneto - .r-ss',- tyr,,.i, t,rirst
t,vwe.h oAh.p. - -. -, ~, ors \
. .sss -. ,,.,- ssf ~ t5ovalI 10 "a fo9
tNsas,., S,,siSr ths Time IN. no,Is were
oVunos ~. oiter,,,v,t. vas, caused "
op.A 49, - t.t.,sen The sunnorters Of the two
sr,s.,s s.a a,,ar the vote was can
yassed the battle Of the ballots was grace
fully accepted and later discussed over
flowing cups in neighboring saloon Wnere
the crowd congregated. A
Third Ward.
.o,,A 1zoveII
ihe M "s,aar -osr,hers "a the con.
uoleea'ion u .o 49,. unAerstood aa
'en.lon' sohna,,hsr tor councII-
pieoseu 70 . "a A. ,ho balIotinq
man -, On tho Howell
WIN 11S' "a Moses Coons
TICKET WI % ~ h,ah ner On the
WIN WIN 10 os-a,,,, .tolo+ were patrick
i,Se''o-', I.-. shoo Nth ,o9. each. Tho
Lahey anu 'smss s - oS1 ard a. a.
totSl Fo'e VI .no 80, asaoa-. th.t bs.
charseu " - a., a. oFsoo ~ the citv
cause Oh an S eIioI ~ s.ie u,str.t,or hoo,,s
cierA IN ais.s.. =, az vrord we're ds-
apou' io,S I.,.u ,ha,r names not appear-
prl'eu ., Fo .,s.-st,on boots while many
ing ON 'ne reeis1 49, 49, rr,s.o.nth street
names OF resiuen'S Slons r,s.u tns,da ths
were oupncAteu ,ooa rodSs .trast excluded
Vohns pIaoe az -, 80 oSsos-. and one chaI.
J al eAeep p '.s "a 1vh,1e another ofhcer
kept the workers on the opposite side of the
atreet with the result that there was ne
disorder during the day. E
Fourth Ward.
vro,-,h ,,srd the
~ TUG no' %r..t r,.-oa-aId culesnte
anus e'oo'eu 49, 1IoueIi faction
anu T,,,.ao pason and Gala
weaver, oeay, ~ ~ -.Itiod to twelve dele
nan me Vs. az rsn,ain,n0 three places
gates anu LO' ~. and one Howell man
tnere are ,ns -. .aot Tba antis have
tieu WIN VIZ. 10. tUo az oa,nas ~ all the tied
proposeu La. ana three drawn.
men % - T.. ar IJo,yeII man a chance
, "niSn "Uuu e. 80 thav would have In
, oi ~ a. t1ouSs,l faction demurs
the puhon ~ -, six 80 their names
70 'n's anu - 49, antis - now looks
, IN asalns' S 81 81 80. ~ TniSht have to go 10
% N,.ts ..,aI,.aa and narbans to the
the city comittee anu 11IT a..
3 t,nr would have decided advantage. The
E total vote of the ward was 2O7 making 1O4
4 tba rnaIority. Abbott, with lO6 votes, was
I bISb man Of the day. and Weaver. with
. 1oS the biRb man on the Howell list The
| Low man on the Howell list was James
CHA, with 80. and the low man on the
antis' list was george T. iAser' WIN ioi'