Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-30
Nebraska
BUSINESS MEN WIN PRIMARY
Armstrong Gets Nomination for
Mayor Over Love.
PORTER AND INLAND CHOSEN
IN sixth ward ON Both Tickets,
Defeating Pace, Lowe
and Thompson.

LINCOLN. March 29.-Cspecial)-In a
contest that called out perhaps the largest
vote ever polled in a primary election In
this city, A. II. Armstrong won the nomi-
nation for mayor over Don L. Love by a
majority OF SO
Harry Porter and w. f. INLAND. candi
dates for excisemen are also nominated.
In the contest between w. A. Halves and
Roscoe c. Ozman for city clerk the latter
claims his elsotlon by 1852 votes.
Robert Malone las been named as demo-
cratic nominee for mayor with Beard and
Zimmerman az his colleagues on the dem
ocratic ticket for excisemen.
Adna Dobson defeated W. c. Dotson for
the republican nomination for city engineer
by almost 300
James Tyler wins for water comms-
sioner, defeating sprague and Rudy.
Councilman Meier won the nomination in
the sixth ward scrap on both tickets He
won in the democratic primary and had
also been entered as a republican. He de-
featsd L. c. Pace. Elliott Lowe and Callen
Thompson. He polled 5g5 votes in the
three precincts.
Jacob Yungbut defeated f. II. Schroeder,
the present councilman from the. Fifth
ward BY "a votes.
Run Neck and Neck.
The contest between c. n. Holman and
Henry Binganan, developed into a neck
and-neck scramble They we're contesting
for the democratic nomination for city
clerk. Eighteen precincts gave Holman 100,
Bingaman 81 c precinct of the Fifth ward
returned for Holman and 10 for Binga-
man. A OF The Sixth followed with for
Holman ana TOR Blngaman. With c Of
the Third missing Holman had log votes
and BiAsaniah rs
The complete returns on the race for
councilman " the Fourth ward gives DR..
j. s. Leonhardt a lead OF q ovtes over e.
q. MagRi.
An amusing incident at one of the polls
was the meeting OF City Engineer Dobson
and HIS rival Dotsou. Each has conducted
campaign with a view to having the
voters distinguish carefully between the
names and as the honors OF the introduc-
ton were performed each saw a chance to
add a supporter to his list. Following his
usual formula Dobson said mechanically
"Dobson. not Dotson." At the same in
slant there came from the other engineer
''Dotson. not Dobson"
]. c. Pentzer was nominated for council
man of the Seventh ward, defeating
Charles strader by 20 votes.
Inc committee OK tWenty-three cOntem-
plates putting a candidate in the field by
petition to contest with Malone and Arm
strong at the election May 2. Plans fol-
bringing this about were discussed by the
committee today.
Robert Malone won the democratic nomi.
nation on perhaps the lightest party vote
in the history of democratic politics In
Lincoln.
Two Boys Given Freedom.
Two OF the three men charged with
iblackfnailing Charles Anderson. the Davey
farmer, were released Wednesday after
noon on parole, after pleading guilty e
THE charge. The court granted the apph
cation Of the county attorney for a parole
the residents OF the locality having re
ported the boys to be Of excellent reputa
ton and It having appeared that this wal
their first trouble.
The boys. William Burns and Lesli,
Rawson, were both under q, the oldest O
the two boys being 30 and the other IS
Both pleaded kuilty to the charge o
matchmaking.
To Plan "trip.
The trade excursion committee of tn,
Commercial club Is 20 meet Thursda!
afternoon to make the first arrangement
for the annual trip Out Of three differen
routes the southern territory touched b!
the Union Pacific has been practically de
cided upon as the scene OF this year
visit. The other routes considered wer
the extreme western part OF the state an
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