The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-19
THE NOKFOLK wEEkLY NEWsJOURNAL FRI Az MARCH 10 1893

THE NORFOLK WEN
vention were: DR.. ID. X. Tlndall, pre-.
siding elder OF the Methodist church
in this district, from the First ward /;
DR.. c. w. Ray, pastor of the First
Methodist church. Rev. j. L. He'd
bloom, pastor OF the Baptist church
and Rev. Roy Lucas, pastor of the
Christian church, from the Second
ward, and Rev. }. T.. Craig, pastor Of
the Second Congregational church,
from the Fourth ward The Third
ward fails to contribute minister to
the gathering
All of the pastors were present at
the caucuses and active in the pro.
ceedings. Their presence as delegates
| however, Is not taken as indicating
that they will control the city conven.
tion, but does indicate that the min
| stcral union Is casting its eyes i'm
directions political. And there is the
chance that men who know how to
handle caucuscs so well may at least
| Jar the established order of things at
the convention Friday night.
Contest in the Third.
Harmony dwelt in every ward save
! in the preacherless Third There a
friendly but red hot contest was pulled
off for the nomination for the city
council, first resulting in a tie be-
tween r. H. Loucks and Il. A. Am
crime. I.oucks was nominated on the
Second ballot, after he had explained
that he was not a Democrat. His
presence at the caucus, as in the case
of the ministers. was accepted as a
guaranty of his Republcanism and he
was applauded and given hearty
cheer as he promised to do the best
he could in the contest and the best
he could afterwards if elected.
No Surprises Sprung.
In the First, Second and Fourth
wards, the nominations went where
they had been generally forecasted.
There were no contests.
1t was generally declared by Re
publicans that a clean ticket had been
nominated and that it should have
good vote getting qualities.
The Fourth waru caucus which two
years ago nominated Pat Doin
Democrat selected a Republican this
time and expect to carry him through
as successfully as they did the Hon
Pat two years ago
First Ward.
1t was the most largely attended
caucus the First ward has seen in
many a year. The session was held
IN the city hall. Chairman J. S.
Mathewson was absent and NJ. ID.
Tyler was made temporary chairman,
y. A. Huse temporary secretary. The
temporary organization was made
permanent On informal ballot w. II.
Brakeman received a majority of all
votes cast for councilmanic nominee.
The informal ballot was made formal
and Mr.. Brakeman declared if elected
he would serve to the best of his
ability. Delegates to the city con-
vention were selected by written bal
lot as follows DR.. c. S. Parker
Jack Koenigstein, w. p. Logan, n. A.
Huse, w. A. Witzigman, C. c. Cow,
W. H. Brakeman, DR.. H. J. Cole, M.
d. Tyler, Rev. DR.. d. K Tindall Jack
Koenigstein was elected ward COM
mitteeman. 1t was provided that the
delegates in the city convention cast
the full vote of the delegation no
proxies being allowed A committee
to fill any vacancies was appointed as
follows: DR.. II. J. Cole, w. A. Wit
zigman, w. j. Cow.
Second Ward.
After adjourning to the Bishop
block, the second ward caucus organ
lied by electing Burt Mapes chairman
and S. d. Robertson secretary. e. E.
Coleman, of the hardware firm of
Coleman & McGinnis, was the unani-
nous choice for councilman The fol
lowing delegation was chosen G. F.
Kaine, D. B. Duffy, j. w. Ransom, H.
o. Kiesau, Burt Mapes, G. l.. Lam.
bert, C. w. Lamont, T. w. Johnson,
Smith H. Grant, M. r. Green, II. G.
Brueggeman, Rev. C. w. Ray, R. F.
Daniel, Rev. H. l.. Hedbloom.
Third Ward.
In the Third ward caucus at the city
hall e. l.. Loucks was nominated for
the council over E. A. Amerine on the
second ballot, the first vote resulting
in a tie. The caucus was presided
over by r. H. Reynolds, with Ed Har-
ter as secretary. The first vote for
councilman stood: Loucks 8, Amerine
8. The second ballot resulted: Loucks
10, Amerine s. The following delega
ton was elected to the city conven-
ton: Mayor J. d. Sturgeon, NJ C.
Hazen, B. w. Jonas, j. S. Jackson, E.
A. Amerine, j. NJ. Covert, w. r. Bes-
wick, George Priestley, G. n. Beels,
j, H. Van Horn and E. n. Vail
Fourth Ward.
Herbert F, Bonner, popular North.
western engineer WAS unanimously