Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-03
F'ontanelle.

/ III tHe Helu representing endorSees OF thc
Fontanclle club and the Equal Rights club,
/ as follows:
/ Equal Rights. once. Fontanelle.
"A; IL Hsnnings.. Mayor ..... p a. Benson
W. Il Elbourn.... Clerk IS. X. Greenleaf
! W. Il. Johnson. Comptroller John Westberg
Jacob Fawcett.. Attorney nd. p. Breen
! NJ L. Murphy Bldg, Insp. -, II. Butler
| CoUNCnMEN
F. M. Back........lst Ward. .E. A. Willis
c. r. WiIliams.. sd Sd Ward. Ward..''...H. + Flumb
/ J. +: Eedman So. .Sth ward = T. Lucas
| h. ID. Evans. 18th Ward......G. l.. Hurst
! c. G. Dyball. nth Ward. &C. $. Hayward
! 7. c. Schroeder. .sth Ward...C J; andersen
= B. Huntinstong5h Ward J' re &C. PedeTSen Fotf
W; F, Gerke. ..llth Mard. Frank Crawford
l. c. Baright... 18th Ward. ID. A. N. Chase
The third candidate for mayor. w. ].
Broatch has net projected complete
slate, but has been trying to make COM
mon cause with different candidates
wherever an opening presented The Fon-
tanele slate is the product of the board
of governors of the Fontanelle Club. The
equal rights ticket, on the other hand, Is
an endorsement by the central body Of the
] nominations for mayor and executive
offices by the regular republican organ
ization and of the councilmanic nomina-
tions for the respective wards of the ward
clubs affiliated with It. That accounts for
the blank left in the Tenth ward, because
the Tenth Ward Equal Rights club decided
that the number of candidates among their
own membership in the field made it un-
wise to choose between them.
The w. ]. Broatch workers" attended
| the final rehearsal last evening at the
Broatch headquarters at Fifteenth and
| 10 ba W. giv
final cues. grand hailing signs and told
that "Broatch expects every man to do
his duty today" Mr. Broatch was on
hand at 7:45. soop. after he appeared Tom
| Lee broke out of the gloom on Douglas
street and then Broatch and Lee had a
whispered conference on the sidewalk be-
fore going upstairs to open the bar'l.
While the lieutenants. colonels, corporals
and other officers in the Broatch camp
were putting up strong line OF talk last
| evening, Il was nevertheless obvious be-
tween the lines that every mothers son
of them realized they would have a stiff
job on their hands to make the tally col
umns show up for Broatch when the pri-
maries shall have been closed.
One Of the older guard of patrolmen
stated last evening. There is going TO
be a big surprise at the primaries on
! IueSQdS. II I6du lne ndnuWIllllB at all
nearly every employe of the city, in all
the various branches Of the city govern
ment, is going 10 vote for Hennings. I
can't see how it could be figured out as
anything but Hennings race OF course
we hear lots of Broatch talk around GER
tain quarters, but just watch the returns" :"
That statement came entirely unsolicited
from an old patrolman, who, of course,
would not care to have his name used in
this connection.
Wizard Hoffman was not seen at the
Broatch headquarters last evening, but
nevertheless he declared himself for
"Broatch, first. last and all the time early
and late, tooth and toenail." Hoffman
quickly resented an imputation that he
was not shouting for Broatch. "Broatch
and nae. too" quoth Hoffman, the Third
ward spellbinder.
An old-time city hall politician, in close
touch with the situation, when asked to
size things up said: "The two tickets In
the field with complete organizations be-
hind them force the fight between the can
didates thus endorsed almost down the
line.
For mayor the tight is plainly between
Hennings and Benson, and It Is hard 70
say whether Broatch would cut into one
more than into the other. II anything,
Hemings has a little the best of it. and
II he can poll his full vote ought to win
out.
For city clerk there will be close race
between Elbourn and Greenleaf. / do not
consider Stockham in the race.
For comptroller w. Ernest johnson has
the big lead. Everybody Is sick OF West
berg and he win be thrown down In the
! % n
for comptroller will not know they are
running.
For city attorney Judge Fawcett ought
to beat Breen. Macfarland is a good Grim
inal lawyer, but he is not taken seriously
for city attorney. Fawcett has lots OF
friends. while Breen is not a good mixer
; at all.
"on building inspector Murphy stands
the best chance OF winning out over But
, ler but this is conditioned on a centering
: OF votes In the field All the candidates
are better qualified than Butler for the
job and Murphy heads the list
The councilmanic fight will be straight
between the Equal Rights candidates and
the Fontanelle candidates, except In three
or four wards. In the Third ward Mayor
zimman is making a demonstration on his
own account and may pull up enough 10
win out. In the Fourth ward both Kennard
and Comstock are on the track and may
have to be reckoned with. In the Sixth
ward Martin is possibility and so is Rice
in the Ninth In the Twelfth ward IL will
be a triangular night between Baright
Chase and Smith"
! City Attorney Breen has his nerve to
pose as a victim marked for slaughter by
tho water company when the fact is he
has had nothing al all to do with the water
litigation" said a city hall man. "AII the
law suits with the water company bav,
been under direction Of the water board
which has employed expensive lawyers on
; tho outside 20 take care Of them becaus.
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