Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-03
LICENSE GAINS IN NEBRASKA
Cities and Towns End ANIMAL spriIg
Municipal Campaigns.
RESULTS SHOW MUCH SCRATCHING
voting in Most Instances &C. auietly
Conducted and Party Questions
Are Kept Entirely in
background.

except Omaha and Lincoln. the special
charter cities. South Omaha, also spe-
cial charter city. elected two republicans
to the board of education. Only in rare
cases we're party lines drawn, and where
the lines were drawn at all between demo-
Gratis and republicans the success was vary
ing, neither side gaining any material ad-
vantage. The question of license or no
license was the chief point at issue, and
the returns seem TO show that large num-
Der Of towns of the state have shown a
desire to admit the saloon, this being es-
peciaily true of the larger towns. Republi-
cans won at Fremont. Beatrice, Blair,
Tecumseh, Alliance and McCook Demo-
Gratis carried Schuyler, Columbus, Ashland.
North Platte and Grand Island though in
Schuyler four republicans, including mayor,
were successful
Warm Contest Mt Benson.
BENSON, Neb., April 2-(Special Tele-
gram. 1.-THE election today for city Of
fcers was a warm one. There were two
tickets in the field, the citizens, headed by
Mayor Howard, who was up for re-elec-
ton and won out The remainder of the
ticket was mixed Both parties declare in
favor of Sunday closing and the issue was
! largely one of personal favoritism. The
! following is the result:
Mayor, Howard, citizens, 215; Long, law
! and order, 142; treasurer, Wulf, on both
/ tickets, 247; clerk. johnson, citizens, 17O
| Stiger, law and order, III police judge
! Killer, citizens 1856; Carter, law and order
| Isl; engineer, Smell, citizens, POS; Hauck
/ law and order, 1877; councimen, First ward
Charles, So; Anderson "a; Sorinson, 112;
Second ward, Kiser, 81; Peterson, IS; Clark
81; Board of Education, Armstrong, 49,
! Gustafson, 139; Harrison, 1872; Haver, 1921
Hoffman, 16S citizens; Kingan both tickets
| 246; Christianson, 1888; Morrison, 1873; Haw-
/ kins, 2O9; Rice, 179; Brown, IT,
LONG PINE, Neb., April 2-(Special Tel
egram,)-The local Temperance and I'M
provement club. after a bitterly fought
campaign, received at the election polls to-
day the most decisive defeat 1t has ever
received The high license candidates, w.
| r. Dickson, w. II. Mason and w. b.
Dougherty, were elected by a majority of
| fifty votes. This is the largest majority
that high license ever polled in Long Pine
and this majority was pOlled in spite OF
the heavy personal abuse that was heaped
upon the high license candidates by the
temperance party This has been the most
! bitter campaign ever witnessed in Long
Pine.
Blair stiII "Wet."
BLAIR, Neb., April 2-(Special Tele-
gram 1.-THE candidates on the high license
ticket won out today with Honorable w.
%. Halter for mayor with a majority of
Ga over DIR. c. r. Mead, the dry ticket
candidate. IT Is the third attempt Of
the anti-saloon oeple to make Blair dry
town. The contest, while quiet one, was
closely contested and the result was a
surprise to both Sides The council for the
next year Will stand, in all probability. 9
to 2 in favor of high license. Mr.. Haller
will now. serve his tenth term as mayor of
Blair with a record that none can question.
In the Second ward the candidates for
council. Gearhart, Mehrens and Charles
Robertson tied and the council will de-
eide the vote. James E. Maher and DIR.
c. r. Mead, the ant-license candidate for
mayor, were reelected members of the
Board of Education. Chris Schmidt, city
| treasurer, was reelected, as was also
Wallie McAllen, city clerk, with w. II.
Hill, city engineer The city election a
year ago with the referendum as an is
sue, was so bitterly contested and so much
pressure was brought to bear on the ad-
ministration that all chairs, tables and
partitions were taken out of the saloons
and standing room only has been the pro-
gram for the last year The temperance
people declare their intention OF trying the
issue another time and will not give up
until Blair is a dry town.
BELLEVUE, Neb., April 2.-(speciaI Tel
egram.) -Four members Of the village board
were elected, as follows: w. E. Leonard,
Wesley Chadd. two-year term Guy. c.
Reed, ]. d. Crothers, for one year. It is
a no license board
WEST POINT. Neb.. April 2.-(Special.)-
For many years West Point has not had
contest whatever took place. the ticket
of the peoples party being endorsed by
} the citizens party. The following are the
elected officers: Mayor, F. d. Hunker;
clerk. C. C. Malchow; treasurer. r. F.
Kerkow; police Judge, d. ]. Crellin; en-
, glneer, G. A. Heller; for councilmen, First
ward, Henry Ickman; Second ward W. H
Spillner; Third ward, Elmer Peterson; for
members Of the Board OF Education, p NJ
Noodle and A. e. Krause. hight vote was
polled.
FLORENCE. Neb., April 2-(special. y
Todays election resulted: Mayor, John
Simpson, republican,; clerk M b. Thomp-
son, republican; treasurer, ]. b. Brisbin
democrat; police judge, J. K Lowry. re.
} publican; councilmen. South ward. George
} sorensen, democrat; North ward, Hugh
Suite, republican
Quiet at Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND, April 2-(special) J.
D Todays election was one of the mos
quiet in the history Of the city There wa.
no opposition TO the present incumbent foi
] mayor, city clerk, water commissioner OF
\ for three OF the members OF the council
A contest for police judge and treasurer
resulted, there being three candidates foi
each, but little interest was taken In tn,
result, no issues being involved. A specia
election for the county has been called OF
May 18th, on the single question as L
whether the county should sell the ole
court house square at an upset price OF
$4,000. The question has been up three Of
four times before and once at a specia
election, but 1t has always failed TO carry
the necessary two-thirds vote. The upse
, price upon the former occasions has in
variably been $4,000. The price of tn,
property, located in one OF the best resi-
dence sections. has increased and the vot
ers have thus lost nothing In not selling
The block was originally donated by tn,
Union Pacific for court house purposes
The court house has been since located OF
another site.
LEXINGTON, Neb APRIL 2-(Specia