The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-04-02
Republican.
Landslide
in Bluffs
Only Two Democrats Weather
Storm That Sweeps
Opponents Into
Zurmuehlen Is Defeated

Only two democrats weathered the
republican landslide which swept
through the Council Bluffs polls In
the city election there Monday. These
were John r. Huntington, incumbent
city assessor, and l.. r. Kramer. new
alderman from the Sixth ward.
Mayor Lou Zurmuehlen. e. e. Spet-
man, city engineer, and Emmett Tin
ley, park commissioner, all democrats
and all incumbents. were swept out OF
office by the storm Of votes. totalins
more than 10000. one Of the heaviest
ever polled in city election.
Fiery Cross Blazes.
Bluffs citizens were wondering
Tuesday whether tho fiery cross
which bIazed forth at 1:3O a. m. at
the corner Of Main and Broad
way was an indication that the ku
KIux Klan assumes credit for the
republican victory.
At least one Office will be contested
as a result of the theft of 205 absent
and sick voters ballots from the Of
flee of the city clerk Sunday II. F.
Nicholson, democrat, defeated by Z.
C. Mcintosh, republican. by only lo
votes in the race for alderman of the
Fifth ward, says he will contest.
With this one exception, however,
margins in all other elections seem
TO be large enough to preclude con-
test on this ground. The majority OF
G J. Harding, republican, over Lou
Zurmuehlen, democratic incumbent,
in the mayoralty fight, will exceed
800.
Both the proposition to establish
municipal court and the one for .
band tax levy seem to have carried
in the election by safe margins.
Upsets Give Surprises.
V. A. Morgan. republican. who de-
fcated Robert L. Organ, democrat,
cecisyely, will begin his third term
OF Office as city attorney. His victory
was conceded. as were those OF Audi
tor John +. McAneney, opposed by
Felix s. O'Neill. and Treasurer Bertha
smith, whose opponent was Mrs.
Helen Dent Boone.
The upset of Engineer Spetman,
democratic incumbent. by j. H..
Mayne. republican. surprised many,
as did the defeat OF Emmett Tinley,
democratic incumbent, by Frank Pet
erson, republican. in the race for
rark commissioner. General opinion
was divided, too, regarding the out
come of the race for assessor be-
tween Mark L. Williams, republican,
and John F. Huntington, democratic
Incumbent.
Expected 10 BE Hot.
Victory of w. w. Clatterpuck and
Gus Clawson, republican nominees for
aldermen-at-large. over their demo-
cratic opponents, Frank Case and c.
C. Sulhoff, was anticipated II the
election was normally republican.
Contests between @. II. Henderson,
republican, and Lou Green, democrat,
for First ward alderman. and be-
tween ]. It. Stageman, republican in
cumbent, and Frank Snyder, demo
crat, in the Second ward, were ex'
pected to be hot.
Election of N. II. Filbert. republican
incumbent, over M. u. O'Keefe In the
Third ward has been conceded, but
II. c. jenkins, democratic incumbent
from the Fourth ward. was slated to
defeat J. Fl. johnson, republican win
ner. Close contest was expected be-
tween ID. L. Stanton, republican, and
l.. II. Kramer, democratic victor, in
the Sixth ward.
Figures regarding the municipal
court and band tax levy propositions
were not available today, because
Judges In a majority of precincts
placed the separate ballots In en-
velopes and sealed them In the Of
ficial ballot sacks, neglecting to note
the results on the outside OF the
aacka.