Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-19
RESULT OF LOCAL PRIMARY
Very Light Vote Polled Tuesday in
Douglas County.
CROSBY IN LEAD FOR CORONER
only One Contest close, and That May
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naIIy observation-disclosures
on Contested Places.

Douglas county cast q very light vote
at the primaries Tuesday, due in part to
the fact that for the majority Of the i'm
portant places to be filled only one candt-
date was running. The chief contests on
tho county ticket were for the republican
nominations for coroner and county sur
vevor and for the republican nomination
for county commissioner In the First dis
trict Other places were contested for, on
both the democratic and republican tickets,
but they we're for minor offices.
The total vote on all tickets Will PROB
ably foot up something like $500, OF Which
nearly $500 are in the republican column,
and a little over 1000 in the democratic
column. In other words, there were prac-
tically two republicans to one democrat
participating in the primary. 1t is possible
that the democratic scheme to vote In the
republican column was worked to q degree
but. II so, it win account for not more
than a few hundred votes thus transferred.
Majorities Are Decisive.
The winners Of most Of the contested
places have substantial margins in their
favor, with the single exception of coroner
on the republican side. The fight for cor
oner leaves the two principal combatants,
G. H.. T. Riepen and w. c. Crosby, com
paratively close together on the unofficial
returns, which may be changed on the Of
flciaI canvass. The north end Of town,
where the street car influence is strongest,
did the handsome by Crosby, whose father
is a street railway employe, ana in some
of the downtown districts Crosby ran bet
ter than was expected. South Omaha runs
to 2 for Riepen, but the vote is light,
and Riepen carries the county precincts
by a fair majority. The vote polled on
Max Becht, the third candidate for coroner,
is generally counted as coming from
Riepen, and would have been more than
enough to change the outcome.
For County CommissfOner.
For county commissioner, long term,
John A. Scott ran away with the whole
field, distanclng c. J. Andersen, the next
man, almost 2 to l and leaving Lou Peter
son a PARKWAY third. John Grant also wor
for the short term over N. p. Dodge, jr.
by nearly 200, although the commissioner
were running in only a commissions
district consisting of four wards.
For police judge Bryce Crawford heads
the procession with a denomination, witt
his two opponents, e. F. Morearty ant
julius S. Cooley, keeping one another com
pany on the bleachers.
For justices Of the peace and constablea
there seems to have been a free-for-all
with most of the present incumbents nomi
mated.
Among the democrats the contest wa
very one-sided. George Holmes pulled GU
the county judgeship nomination from
George Merten, and c. l.. Van Camp wol
out from three competitors for county com
missioner, while w. s. Shoemaker, late o
the legislature, picked up the police judge
ship as consolation.
School Board Slow.
On the school board only the mos
meager figures are at hand. The city clerl
failed to send out return blanks, and il
many booths the officers neglected to han,
out the school board ballot, so that if ther
was any scratching it will not be know
until the canvass. The general consensu
Of opinion around the polls was that tn
four candidates in The Bees list had tn