Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-13
CITY CAMPAIGNS ARE STARTING
Voters Name Candidates for once in
Several Cities.

Voters Name Candidates for once In
Several Cities.
GRAND ISLAND, March 12-(special.)-
The caucus in the Third ward last even
ing completed the list. In all Of them
Mayor Henry schuff was heartily endorsed
for second term and will very likely not
have any opposition. Even were he to have
his election Is even now generally con-
coded. In their respective wards Council
men Milliken Of the First. Buchheit Of the
Third and Rroadwell OF the Fourth were
renominated. In the Second ward caucus
Herman Hehnke. jr., was chosen. Candi-
dates for council by petition are Louis T.
Geer and Elmer Klinger in the First ward.
Senator Ashton has no opposition for fill
ing the unexpired term on the Board OF
Education. Three others are to be elected,
the candidates recommended by various
wards being Charles z. Fralick, DIR. Nc
Grath, L. s. Moore and Louis Veit. For
city clerk there is only one candidate, II.
e. clifford, the present incumbent. For
other city officers there are the following:
Police judge, o. A. Abbott ST., F. K.
Hanna, Bayard Payne and A Sharp; for
treasurer, Fred Hanaford. George F. Ryan;
for water commissioner, r. o. Waters.
The caucuses were open to all voters and
non-pertisan in nature, and where there
are contests at all the situation Is quite
complicated. There has been an undercur-
rent OF ight by saloon men against Mayor
schuff and several councilmen, but 1t has
not been an organized one, and has. on the
whole, been unsuccessful. II is believed
by some that II it should be carried to the
election, and both sides should become
warmed up, the lid would go on tighter in
Grand Island than ever before. The OPP
position referred to was engendered by an
order closing up saloons at midnight
promptly, and removing all slot machines
in the city and other gaming devices, even
the dice box.
TECUMsEII, Neb., March 12.-(Special.)-
The annual city convention was held in
this city last evening and was we'll at
tended. The city Is to put in a new electric
lighting plant and a Carnegie library build
ing during the coming summer, and the
matter OF selecting a good ticket seems TO
be occupying the minds OF our people.
George Warren OF the city central committee
presided over the convention and outlined
the necessity of selecting good officers.
The question, of whether or not the city Is
to grant saloon licenses was given a di-
rect vote and two candidates were selected
for each office. The following was the re-
suit: For Mayor, Hon. William Ernst and
C. w. Pool for clerk. c. M. Wilson and
r. l. Dinsmore; for treasurer, L. NJ. Davis,
the present incumbent. by reclamation;
police Judge, Judge J. A. Lawrence, the
present incumbent, by reclamation;
engineer, Roscoe Gore and Ed NJ. Flana-
gan; members of the school board 1.-TWO to
be elected). Mrs. A. N. Dafoe, John Croft,
John Ward and o. A. Shaw. A new city
central committee was selected. and the
convention adjourned.
At the conclusion OF the city convention
ward conventions were held with the fol-
lowing selections:
First ward. William Fornefelt and John
McDougal.
Second ward, Charles Buerstetta and
Clarence NJ. Wright.
Third ward, o. L. Brown and George
Menken.
DAVID CITY, Neb.. March 12.-(special)
"A city convention under the name of the
Peoples party has been called for the
court house Friday evening, March IS. to
place in nomination a mayor, city clerk,
city treasurer, police Judge and one coun-
Gilman in each ward.
OAKLAND, Neb., March 12.-(Special.) y
Voters Of Oakland met in caucus at the
opera house last night and but one ticket
will be in the field at the coming election
as a result. The following were put in
nomination: Mayor A. Hammerstrom: