Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-09
ON THE SQUARE SLATE WINS
Citizens Union Loses in First Com
mission Form Election.
SHORT BALLOT HELPS GREATLY
vsse IL Easily Cast and Quickly
Counted In All Bat One Of the
sixty-Four Precincts Of
the City.


Omaha held Its rrst election under the
new commission form OF government
Tuesday and selected as commissioners
Charles II. Withheld, James c. Dahlnan.
Aihsrt C. Kugel. Thomas McGoyern. John
J. Ryder. Joseph b. Hummei and Dan b.
Butisr. By . decisiss. vote. These men
ran on what was Designated as the on
thu Square" slate. opposed to the slate
endorsed by the citizsns union. They
VIII take office nsxt Monday. ana the
affairs Of the city win pass from the
old to the new method Of government
at ence
Ths election was vigorously contested
on beth sideA ALTHOUGH the old party
lines were oblitS4tsd By the law. lines
were sharply drawn between the seven
candidates who were supported By the
citisens' union and the other seven. who
wers thus practically fofcsd 10 make
eosnmon cause against the slate. and ac-
cordinxly adopted tho designation Of "on
the Square" Within the last ten days4
the campaign was crystalliEed aleng this
marx Of cleavage until tho "sevens'' were
As clearly differentiated as though they
veu actually named by opposing political
parties. Republicans and democratic were
intermingied on each ticket. 80 that no
especial partisan advantage may hc looked
upon - flowing from the result. me
ctirsnz union slate contained the. names
Of four republicans and three democrats,
while he ron the Square slate had tina
figures just the other way around =,
Hesyy vsse reiieds
Tbs tetsi vote pbilsd WAS heavy. though,
not . large AZ hsd bsen ANTICIPATED as
rssult of'fhs Intensity OF the. closing
hosirr 8 the campsisp The returns indi-
ests that the, total vote win DO abou,
@.m. eut of'a registration Of nearly
sl,00 Voting was uniformly heavy
throughout the city. and tho returns show
that the voters used The pencil, with dis
elimination. The names Of the eandi-
dates were rotatsd on the ballots, ana
vsrs sst down without psrss, designation.
70 That the voter was required to hunt
cut the man he wanted. Totals show
that the voter generally knew who he
vas looking for. Dahlman Is high man
On the winning ticket aud Hummel the
low. with q difference OF only about 100
between them. while Humuiel is loo
ahead Of Kennedy. who Is high man on
the citiEeus' union slate. he being i,7p
ahead Of Furay. who Is low man on thar
No Trouble zt Polls.
f2ttis Or no trouble was repeated from
tho polls. The day was most unusually
quiet AZ the polling precincts where u
vas necessary TO add judge or clerk
because Of the fact that the council had
rsiectsd twenty-tour Of thu mayors ~
appoihtees. NE board was completed
without frictibn save In one. INSTANCE. At
The First precinct Of the Eleventh ward
Candidate Funkhoussr undertook to
eesisnAts the manner Of filing the va
eAncy. and something Of Q verbal war
fare snsued. but this soon subsided. and
John 7. Stout and +. II. Matters led the
bystzuders IN selecting the one Official
needed 70 complste the beard.
A Jingle arrest was mads during the
cay. A. II. McGreary being the man. He
was released nom the county jail during
the morninss and when he undertook TO
vote he was arrested By Deputy Sheriff
/. Osborne. and d now held on the charge
Of illegally registering from the Aetna
hotel. t3tE 49,
From the xluth ward cams complaint
during thu Afternoon thai the election
board In one precinct refused 10 admit
c4tixenx' union ehAliengers. Constantine
J. Smyth went post haste to Judge Troup
ana secured q Urn az rnzn6arnus. com
polling the board 20 admit the challeng-
err. On inquiry q was found that six
ehsIlengers for the Citizens union were
stationed At the polls. and that the pres
enes Of the seventh was objected 10 be-
cause he .oyercrowdsd the polls. lie bad
heea elected by the police At the reques,
of ths board, and the nAndarnns followed.
shorf BALLET Apsreeisisss.
The process Of voting was found easy.
the short ballot being greatly appreciated
bS an electorate which had but a few
Gays before struggled with the most
gigantic ballot that was ever offered the
voters Of the community. Counting va,
greatly facilitated. too. ard the return.
we're gathered 90 promptly that The Be-
was snzbisd 20 accurately announces ths
rsnais 81 the election within little ovel
an hour after the closing Of the polls
IN hut one precinct was repurteA zn<
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