Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-21
CITY TICKETS IN THE FIELD
Albion and Nebraska City VIII Have
Competition.

Albion and Nebraska City VIII Have
Competition.
ALBION, Neb., March 2O.-(Special)--
The anti-license faction Of the local poht-
ical organizations held a caucus last night
In the district court room and placed in
nomination the following ticket: For mayor,
DR.. c. G. Barns city clerk, G. B. McGtll;
city treasurer w. s. Price, city engineer,
A. A. Higgins; alderman. First ward Frank
Day; Second ward, q. A. Williamson. The
question of license or no license Is to be
submitted to the voters and the officers
elected are pledged to carry out the wish
Of the people in this matter. The city
election each spring in Albion is one OF
the hardest fought political campaigns of
the year. The two actions are very evenly
divided. The license people have not held
their caucus yet.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., March 20
Especial THE democrats held their con-
! vention Tuesday evening in the district
court room and there was a very light at
tendance. The nominees were: Council
men-First ward Mike Bauer; Second
ward o. o. Morton; Third ward. j. D.
Houston; Fourth ward, James Hubanks;
board of educators George w. Hawkes.,
James Welch and William Kennedy. The
republican convention was held this after
noon in the district court room and 1t was
an enthusiastic meeting. Every ward had
a good representation and the opinion OF
delegates was that the nominees would be
elected and that the republicans wouE
sweep the town. Frank Rueping was
chosen chairman and II. r. Bonwell secre'
tary. The candidates for councilmen arr
B. d. TAFT. John S. barley and Paul Git
finger. In the First ward no nomination
was made, as they would indorse Mike
Bauer democrat The Board of Education
nominees are ]. r. Bloomingdale, Nj. NJ.
Vaughan and F. c. Nicholson c. w. Sey-
mour introduced a resolution against the
open primary law, but that was voted dowh
almost unanimously. The central commit
teemen are NJ. T. johnson, z. H. Hoeman,
T. c. Dunn and A. P. Moran.
BEATRICE, Neb., March 2O-(Special.)-
The republicans and democrats held their
caucuses at Blue Springs last night and
placed in nomination candidates for the
spring municipal election. The republicans
named the following ticket For mayor
d. H. Burlington; clerk, Ed Gillette: treas
urer f. f. Morrow; police Judge, f. w
! Poor; councilmen, First ward, E. Kehoe;
Second ward, Charles Mouser. Democratic
ticket For mayor, A. r. Patton; clerk
Ed Gillette treasurer, William Craig; po-
lice Judge, A. w. Poor; councilmen. First
ward, G. II. Davis; Second ward, A. H.
Krause. The license question will not be
an Issue in Blue Springs this spring.
YORK, Neb., March 2.-(Special THE
democrats in convention nominated Tom
Smith, mayor; John Carln, city clerk; Tom
owne, city treasurer; George Bemis, police
Judge; John NJ. Payne. councilman, First
| ward; c. ]. Coburn, councilman, Second
ward no nomination in Third ward, and
| Commodore Beaver, councilman, Fourth
ward.
! GENEVA, Neb., March 2O.-Cspeciai)-A
citizens caucus was called last night and
b. Koehler was named for mayor; council
men, First ward, w. II. Sisler; Second
ward, DR.. J. w. Pickett; Third ward. w.
T. Smith; city clerk, H. p Wilson,; police
judge, ]. X Warning; Board of Education,
Peter Youngers and F.. j. Dempster. Since
the agreement to submit the initiative and
referendum and the question Of license or
no license, this is the only ticket out.
NIoBRARA. Neb, March 2O-(speciaI) y
Fred Opocensky and s. w. X Clark were
placed in nomination at a citizens caucus
last evening for the town council. They
are for high license.
BLOOMFIELD. Neb., March 2O-(spe-
cial)-The republican caucus held at the
CITY hall last night for the purpose OF
placing in nomination candidates for CITY
offices was well attended about 100 voters
being present. F. Q. Kinney was nomi,
| mated for mayor, w. r. Ellis for clerk
p. A. Tulleys for treasurer, ]. j. Barge for
police judge, Willard Mowrer for city engi.
| neer J. II. Lohmann was unanimously
chosen the nominee for councilman in the
First ward and Fred Uehling In the Second
Owing TO some dissatisfaction over the
citizens caucus held the previous evening
a large number OF democrats attended the
republican caucus, and therefore the caucus
was, upon motion, changed from republican
| TO that Of independent caucus There arc
now two tickets in the field but as they
both favor the issuance Of liquor licenses
Bloomfield viii not go dry this year.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. March 9O-(Spe
cial THE republican city convention wa,
held last evening and the following ticket
nominated: For mayor o. e. Elder: fol-
clerk, Andy Yost; for treasurer, Rober
shuman; for police Judge. d. w. Baker
for surveyor, Paul G. Meyer; for member,
Board Of Education. J. r. Ritner. J. ]
Halligan and J, Q, Wilcox. The democrat,
also held their convention Friday evenins
and nominated the following ticket Fol
mayor, DIT. N. Mceabe: for clerk r r
Goodman; for treasurer Robert Shuman
for city engineer Hershey Welch; for mem
beers Board OF Education. ]. ]. Halligan
| A r gtreitz and Fred Elliott