Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-13
SMITH FOR TWELFTH WARD
Manager of Yeast Company Chosen as
Candidate for Council.
NOVEL METHOD OF MAKING SELECTION
One Hundred voters, chosen by Lot,
Invited to Participate In
Caucus for Purpose cf
Naming Candidate.

-dHty-three representative citizens Of the
Twelfth ward last night selected J. ].
Smith, treasurer and manager OF the on
Time Yeast company as their candidate for
councilman for the republican nomination.
The meeting that chose Mr.. Smith marks
departure in ward politics in Omaha. 1t
was called by four of the seven men of the
ward aspiring to the republican council
manic endorsement. They agreed 70 call a
meeting of citizens and in the most demo-
cratic manner submit their names to be
voted on by secret ballot. the one receiving
the lowest vote TO he eliminated until a
majority had been attained. The three un-
successful men were pledged to stay out of
the contest and support the victor.
The agreement was made by Mr. Smith,
j. W. Morrow. Peter Olsen and w. ]. Hun
ter d. a. N. Chase the Fontanelle club
candidate; w II. Hslop and II. c. Craig
were invited to go into the deal, but de-
clined. To get thoroughly representative
and unprecedented attendance i'm the caucus
An equal number of registered voters from
each of the precincts were selected by the
four candidates, to the agreement each can
didate picking nifty 5The 100 names were
written on slips of paper and thrown into a
hat and 100 drawn, These 100 were invited
to attend the meeting by letter. No one
else was allowed 70 vote. Sixty-seven re-
sponded.
Text of the Invitation.
The letter sent out to naugurate this
rev plan of action reads:
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 9.-Dear Sir: This
is to notify you that there is to be a
twelfth ward caucus held in Magnolia hail,
t'wenty7fourth and Ames avenue. at p.
a., Mohdhy. February y.
1t is reasonable to suppose that any. tax
st In public affairs to register will also
ne much interested in the selection Of a
lore You have been selected to represent
yourself and friends at the caucus men
Toned above, which will be composed of 100
representative, registered republicans of
the Twelfth ward.
1t is an important meeting and you are
urged to be present. This letter will be the
in the meeting. so bring 1t with you.
There being no hall in the, ward large
enough to hold all of the republican voters
at one time. II seems advisable to select
only as many representative republicans as
the nall will accommodate.
whereas, there are several candidates
seeking the republican endorsement TO the
city, council from this ward and only one
the best interest of the republican party
TO. hold a caucus for the sole purpose of
endorsing a suitable candidate to repre-
sent the Twelfth ward in the city. council;
one whose candidacy will appeal TO the
voters Of the whole city who 6eieye orS WE
and absolutely fair administration OF pub
Other candidates have. been invited TO
Join issues with us but for reasons best
known to themselves prefer to act indie
That the delegates may be left perfectly
free 70 vote as their Judgment dictates,
the undersigned candidates agree not to
solicit directly or indirectly the vote of any
delegate.
In presenting our candidacy to the i'm
partial verdict OF the voters thus selected,
we each agree to. abide by. the result OF
their choice and pledge our hearty support
20 the successful candidate;
t2Fan
25l7 Spencer Street
PETER OLSEN,
~ '". :" '.~T w. c g. atlss2i ftr''''
221s Miami Street.
JARED ]. SMITH,
2S0S Ames Avenue.
Meeting Attracts Attention.
Outsiders, hearing of the meeting and
attracted by it's unique qualities who came
to Iook on said they had never seen a
ward political meeting better representing
the thought and intelligence of the com
munity than that assembled. John I.
Dillon was elected chairman and NJ. o.
Headley. secretary. j. w. Morrow ex-
planned in detail the objects of the meeting
and the candidates were called upon to
outline briefly their position on public
questions All declared themselves in ia
vor OF honest politics economic and eni
c!ent administration and the municipali-
Mr.. Smith called attention to the fact
that during his term as member of the
board of Education he had been absent
from but one regular meeting, and had
placed no relatives on the pay roll. The
latter declaration met with applause H'
said he was opposed to dishonesty anc
Pa graft of all kinds and promised that AZ
councilman no of the ward would
ever have occasion to apoloeize for him
The delegates we're required to produce
credentials and business was carried out
In Systematic way. There were NJ
nominating speeches other exciting inn
pedimentae Only one ballot was necessary
to decide the question. Mr.. Smith received
q out of the GO votes cast, Mr.. Hunter, 10
y Mr. Olsen, Q, and MIR. Morrow. 2. The
nomination was made unanimous on thu
motion of j. b. Scannell
Those Who Voted.
Following IL a list of those who partic
mated.