Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
BROATCH PACKS TWELFTH
Dennison- Moies Candidate Gets Another
Expected Endorsement"
RED HOT TIMES At REPUBLICAN, MEETING
HeeIerS from All over Town Gather
in Twelfth ward and RuR
Things at Top speed
for Hours.

Led by W. ]. Broatch the primitive in
stincts OF man dominated an alleged meet
ing Of the Twelfth Ward Republican club
which was in reality a cosmopolitan assem-
bly, from various wards in the city. in
low-ceilinged storeroom at Thirtieth and
Spaulding streets Friday. About one
third Of the voters foregathered we're col.
ored. At times the session bordered on the
verge Of riot. After Broatch and several
allied candidates had been endorsed by
high-sounding and properly prepared res
olutions, City Clerk Elbourn showed UP the
true character of the ensemble by demand
ing count of noses of genuine Twelfth
ward residents. About half Of those pres
ent responded by trotting TO the rear end
OF the room
From purely spectacular standpoint the
| meeting was immense. AS deal In prac-
teal politics IL was a beautiful object les
son. So far as the Broatch machine was
concerned everything moved auspiciously
until II came to endorsing the candidacy of
w. II. Hoffman, who Is running for coun-
Gilman in the Third ward. Il seemed that
printer had inadvertently left the union
label OF some of the candidates cards. SO
he said, which he had been so unfortunate
as to distribute
Hoffman Declares the Platform.
A union man mentioned the fact and Il
almost started a rough house and termi-
mated In parliamentary tangle from which
Mr.. Hoffman emerged without an endorse
ment He made speech, however, and
among other things he said:
II am one Of the so-called saloon-Rar
bling gang and proud OF It. We are going
to sweep the town clean, and we'll show
people what the right kind OF city ad-
ministraion should be. want to say
right here now that am for W. J. Brostch
for mayor. first, last and all the time 1
wish to God Tom Dennison was mayor,
but as he can't be a candidate, I'm for
Broatch. Tom Dennison is one Of the best
generals and wlsest men Omaha has got l
want to tell you that did special work for
Tom Dennison for three years. won't tell
you what IL was did, That will 20 to the
grave with me. But found out that Tom
Dennson's word is as good as gold and he
helped me I'm the hour OF need
I'VE don't. want such men as Benson 10
run this town. Benson is not Christian
and I can prove II. He may be a church
member, but he is not a Christian. For
that matter. we have too many church
members in Omaha now"
Mr.. Hoffman related how he had been
bartender and a barber and that he
had done no manual labor for some time.
BrOatch and FOntanelIe Combine.
The AFFAIR Of resistance was the presence,
speech and endorsement OF Broatch. The
trilogy was handled early in the evening
before some of the colored brethren be-
gan to get busy on the floor and dis
organize proceedings The ball was opened
by Chairman James c. Lindsay announcing
that everybody was to get a fair deal
He then undertook TO strike a nice balance
by introducing alternate Broatch and Fon-
tanelle candidates, sometimes striking a
combination in one personality, as in the
case Of John N. westberg who opened the
talkfest Westberg was followed by John
A. Scott of the FontanelIe slate, who
said crime was no more rampant in Omaha
than in other cities, but he proposed to
increase the allowances for the police and
fire departments II put in the council. not
explaining how he proposed to expand lin
itations fixed by the legislature.
At the conclusion of Mr.. SCOTS speech the
mayoralty candidacy OF Broatch was pro-
posed in formal resolution. II met with no
opposition and was adopted viva voce. There
were loud calls for Broatch and several
voices remarked that he was in the fire
engine house across the street With a
Wild yell several patriots rushed over TO
the engine house and escorted him to the
hall. While he was coming, John H. Butler |
Fontanelle candidate, made the ear
drums Of his auditors shake and trembIe |
with discourse on his record as a volun- |
teer fireman and his remarkably isolated |
Independence of temperament.
Behold, He Comes.
Broatch was hailed with noisy acclaim. |
He Immediately noted the presence OF A |
Bee reporter and called attention to the |
fact and asked that his audience not hold |
the reporter responsible for the accuracy |
OF the account Of the proceedings because |
he knew a marvelously active blue pencil |
had to be sharpened frequently In The Bee |
ONCE. Continuing, he said:
ct am quite as we'll known in one way |
as Edward Rosewater is in another and l |
don't mind the compliments he is con-
stantly paying me, for feel he is making |
me votes and hope he will continue pay,
ing them"
He said some cutting things about the
Daily News; said he was not ashamed OF
his record; asserted he had served HIS
country on the field OF battle like his old
friend John Butler. and was again on the
firing line along with Butler.
Julius 81 Caesar Cooley.
At this stage OF the game Julius s.
Cooley, bursting with the virtue OF his
municipal ownership PLATFORM entered the
hall and there were demands for his pres
ence on the rostrum, but an overwhelming
chorus of 'naws" caused Chairman Land
say TO refrain. A ready-made endorse
ment OF the councilmanic candidacy OF Bob
HoughtOn was read and unanimously
adopted and Mr.. Houghton made a speech
in which ne announced he had been with
the machine. the anti-machine and with
the Fontanelle club" but that he was now
concerned chiefly in Bob Houghton, whom
he had no doubt would MI a council chair
the next three years
j. A. Beverley said 1t Impressed and i'm
bued him with such a gathering as thiu,"
and spoke tenderly OF the education being
administered TO the children OF the city IN
the public schools. There were speeches by
Simon Trostler and w J. HislOp Westberg
was Endorsed for comptroller in eonsonance
with the Broatch program. Jacob Couns-
man ruade al 40 far /