Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-25
JENNINGS AGAIN ENDORSED
Regular Colored Republican League Will
Support Him at Primaries.
BENSON PROMISES TO MAKE PLATFORM
DRhImRn Endorsed by Jacksonian
Democrats at Secret session of
Club After Promising TO Run
on Amy Platform.

The Regular Colored Republican league
met at its hall, Seventeenth and Farnam
streets. Saturday night and perfected cen
trail organization. electing Jesse Carroll
Ninth ward, PRESIDENT: Sidney Smith,
Fourth ward. vice president: ]. II. Ross,
Third ward, secretary, and wyle Buford.
Twelfth ward, treasurer.
hustling committee of two members in
each ward was appointed. The following
resolutions were unanimously adopted,
about thirty members being present:
Whereas, Believing that all citizens in "a
community who have the interest and bet
terment of their city at heart, and wherein
all men who are voters have a constitu-
tional right at the polls and can exercise
the central body of the Regular Colored
Republican league, do hereby assemble;
and.
Whereas. The republicans have three can
didates in the field for the nomination for
mayor and among them one, A. II. Hen
nlngs, at present city treasurer we believe
to have the interest of the colored citizens
at heart as well as other nationalities. and
has in the past given us square deal; be it
Resolved, That this league heartily en-
dorse the candidacy of A. II. Hennings for
mayor and offer him our undivided support
believing that in the future he will recog-
nize the colored citizen as he has done in
the past, men.
henson to PromuIgate Platform
Erastus A. Benson is to declare his plat
form for the coming campaign at mass
meeting which will be held at some down
town hall to be selected by the executive
committee on some night this week to be
decided by the executive committee of the
Fontanelle club. This was determined upon
at meeting of the board of governors of
the club who met with the precinct COM
mitteemen and the candidates at the club
rooms Saturday night
The meeting was well attended by faith
full braves who listened to a dissertation on
dollar gas by r. Beecher Howell and heard
the platform discussed by N p. Dodge IT,
Frank Woodland and others. A plan of
campaign also discussed and Candl-
dates Benson, Westberg and Butler loaned
their experience to mapping out a cam
paign. The time and place of the meeting
will be announced soon as the commit
tee can make arrangements.
Jacksonians Endorse DahIman.
About twenty-five members of the Jack
sonian club met last night in the club
rooms and endorsed the candidacy of j. c.
Dahlman for mayor. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Frank l.. Weaver president
of the club, and after the reporters had
been given the choice of the open window
or the open door, Mr.. Dahman was called
on 10 make statement. According to the
statement given out at the close of the
meeting he did not announce what he would
do il elected, but said he would stand on
any platform the central committee might
adopt.
A number of candidates for minor offices
were present and were called on to address
the meeting. number of other politicians
were asked to give a report of conditions
as they found them. Some of them ex-
pressed the opinion that the jealousies
which had divided the party are beginning
to die out and all of them pleaded for
harmony. This resolution was passed with
out opposition
Whereas, Hon. ]. c. Dahlman, eminent in
the councils of the democratic party of the
nation for the last twelve years, and an
honored member of this club, is a candidate
for the nomination to the Office of mayor
of Omaha; therefore, be II
Resolved That We the Jacksonian club of
Nebraska, do endorse his candidacy and
pledge to him our cordial and energetic sup
port.
|, Algernon F. Wilson, president of the
Twelfth Ward Federation of Improvement
Clubs, was endorsed for a republican
councilmanic nomination by the South Side
! Improvement club at a meeting held at
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