Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-10
JACKS AND JIYS co TO IT
Democratic Factions Are Bitterly
ALIGNED in the Primaries.
ASHAMED OF THEIR COUNCIL
Feet IL shown In Ciuks SendinK OCT
Candidates IN All but one ward.
where Political Shrevd-
ness Trfu mi hed.

It's a throat-cut proposition among the
democrats this year and the old lack ard
jim animusit3cs have broken cut with
ncre venom than EVER for this primary
election.
democrats themselves are ashamed Of tbs
present city council ard are afraid to 80
into the elecricn with the members Of
that BODY as candidates for reelection
This is shown to be a fact by the filing
in all wards but one CT candidates on the
den ccratic ticket against the present mem
bsrs Of the city council. The Eighth ward
is the exception. Dr.. J. {. Davis. by clever
political work having succeeded IN keep
ing out any opponents before the primaries
But the councilmen from The Second
Fourth. Ninth. Eleventh and Twelfth wards
have cne opponent each those in The First
and Tenth wards two opponents each. the
courcilmen from the Sixth and Seventh
wards three opponents eaeh. and the coun-
Gilman from the Fifth ward has -four fellow
democrats clanor1ng for bis seat
most Baeked by C1ub--
Some Of the candidates have gone into
the race Of their own v~olition. but in many
Instance they have been brought out BY
some one Of the local democratic clubs.
In the First ward Andy Hansen, the
present incumbent Will not only have to
face Joe MIX the Burlington trsinmsrter,
81 the primaries. but he viii also have to
face r. ?. Williams, president Of the
Bryan Volunteer club. brought out by the
club and, II iE understood. with the con-
sent Of the JimocratE-
Next TO the fight to be made on Han
sen Will be that agains1 Alma Jackson. the
South Omaha business man who holds the
title Of councilman from the Seventh ward
jackson has three strong competitors. two
Of them Jtms and one a Jack The Jack is
c J. Canaan, who wAz q candidate for the
nomination three years ago. He really
secured the nomination by a majority Of
fifty-fou- votes. say the Jims themselves
but be was counted out and Jackson was
given the nomination. Michael Hogan and
B J. McArdle are the two jim opponents
Hogan probably will receive little support
from the Jim club. despite the fact that he
lie q member Of that organization. on &C
count Of hts m-sdvised speech at the last
meeting Of the club when he said that II
he became a councilman the Strests will
be cleaned oftener than once 8 month.
Flynn VIII Fix Hogan.
As the street commissioner, Tom Flynn.
Is also president Of the Jim club he viii
see 10 IL that Hogan 10 left ont in the cold
In fact. Flynn told Hogan that the streets
would be az dirty as the drivsways in a
refuse yard II the city waited until Hogan
was elected
COOLEY Brucker. the Fifth ward member
finds himself opposed by four members
ID LAWYER. the ball player; Alfred Keller,
a saloon keeper at Manderson street and
sherman avenue and q charter member OF
the Jim club; William L Nichols a pioneer
real estate dealer and committeeman for
twenty years or more. and NJ. r Hunting
ton. They are all working hard for the
noination against Brucker-
In the Ninth ward T. B. Norris lie shat
terine Tom McGovern's record in the coun-
eli