Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
MOORES FOR MAYOR
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and one with It. The Ninth wards sixteen
delegates voted, with the chair
Munro called attention to the omission
Of the name Of two Moores delegates and
they were allowed to vote. Then Munro
demanded poll Of the Fifth ward be-
caused informed that one man who had
! responded didn't belong there.
1.-THE Fifth ward delegation is satisfied
with it's count, so you will have to be-"
answered the chairman And the anti
crowd cheered the impertinehce.'
Finally, the vote having been totaled,
the chair announced his ruling was not
| sustained. the vote standing 72 against and
II for. This showed the superior strength
Of the Moores men even after losing De-
serter Lindquest, and the cheering con-
tinued two minutes. 's'
/ t. Coweu Chosen Chairman.
The election of a chairman having been
finally reached, the poll was taken by
wards on motion Of Cornish and the lineup
remained as BEFORE the Moores wards
voting for Cowell and the antis for -Breck-
enridge. At the. instigation Of Westberg,
Lindquest tried to make a show, Of courage
and, half rising in his seat, demanded a
poll OF the Eighth ward. He was hissed
into his nest again, but the Eighth ward
shouted that 1t preferred to be considered
as voting only sixteen votes for Cowell
and one for Breckenridge, SO long as that
one happened to bes:'a lnave, Of the Lind
quest sort" 1t was accommodated In its
| desire.
Herring then retired with the announce
ment that he took some pleasure in intro
ducipg Mr. Cowe1l as chairman. The lat
ter responded briefly, giving his assurance
Of a desire to be perfectly fair and of a
hope that the proceedings might be har-
~monious. A'-'i = a' '>sf-E'
ION motion of Munro H. B. Boyles was
made, temporary secretary and on motion
Of Burbank the temporary Organization
was. made permanent On motion of Cor
fislf @. G. Valentine was made one assist
ant secretary and on motion of Brecken-
ridge John Steel OF the, aptiAfaction an
lother, Neither, was opposed
When the Big Row Started.
The reading Of the, cali was dispensed
with and the nomination Of mayor un-
dertaken. Again there was trouble. In
the Second ward Moores delegation was
one member, Ferdinand Haarmann, who
ship had made kindly expression concern
ing bingham, The antis had been making
strenuous efforts to persuade him to aban-
don the Moores interests. Ralph Brecken-
ridge tried, or seemed to be trying, to get
to HaarmannS and Sam Morris Of that dele
cation kinterfered to prevent The result
was an taltercation. which ended in two
policemen seizing Breckenridge and
hustliug him away from the Second ward
ers' quarters and back to his own delega-
tons place. = s4-
+ When the Ninth ward was. reached
Charles A. Goss, who headed its delegation
instead OF announcing its VOTE asked that
the Second ward delegation be polled, as
serting that there might have been some
MISUNDERSTANDING about the ballot then in
progress being q. formal ballot. Chairman
lCowell reminded Goss of the answer OF
Chairman Herring in the case of the. re-
quest OF Munro for a polling Of the Fifth
ward. Herring had said: "The Fifth ward
! delegation is satisfied with its VOTE you
must also be-" Cowell ruled that as the
Herring ruling had stood in that instance
it must stand in this one. Goss, being
thus overruled and formally requested to
cast the vote OF the Ninth ward, replied
"The Ninth ward viii pass, and l ask the
verihcation of the vote Of each ward
Couldn't BIun COwen.
When Goss said "the Ninth ward will
pass" he took the initial step in the dis
ruption OF the convention, for Chairman
Cowell, ruling that, the Ninth ward had had
opportunity to express it's preference
started TO call upon the secretary to read
the result Of the ballot. The antis per-
ceiving that Moores nomination was In
yitable unless they could get Harmon to
change his vote sprang onto the. floor, led
by Hugh Meyer, John T. Cath
ers and b. G.. Burbank, clamorins
for a polling Of the Second ward
delegation. Chairman Cowen is Scotch
He had made ruling, based upon the very
ruling OF Herrings that the antis had SC
loudly cheered, and he wouldn't consent tc
be bluffed into backing down. His voice
never rose above a strong conversational
tone and his courteousness never ceased
but to the shouts OF Gathers and Burbank
that his ruling II persisted in. would dis.
rupt the convention he returned only ar
assurance that he would recognize no one
until order had been restored.
But will you allow that man in the
Second ward delegation to vote indi
vidually7" Burbank shouted up at him a.
much as a dozen times from a position di
]
; arms reach OF his feet. But the sam,
* eoulteous invitation 70 return to his sea
and let the proceedings be regular was tn
; only response the Antif shouter was giveI
so long as he stayed there.
After a prolonged delay caused solely b.
the disorderly conduct Of the antis. police
men, six in number. including three ser
i geants cleared the aisles. and Burbanl
! having been pushed back to his seat, hurle'
his threat; This is a republican conven
tion. BY your proposed course you are driv
ing from IL large and powerful faction"
The unaffrighted chairman calmly an
nounced; The Ninth ward had opportunit,
to cast its vote. The secretary will an
nounee the result OF the ballot"
z Result of the ballot.
T The ballot stood: First ward. ten 10
= Moores; Second ward. fourteen for Moores
Third ward. twelve for MOOresi F0urtl