Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-23
RepubliCaniSm and Railroad
BOSS-iSm.
The True Inwardness of the
Great State Con-
eention.
A Scandalons soramb!e for the
Money Bags.
Regular Nominees Fraudu-
lently Counted Out.
Bolldozors and Rowdies Ride
Rough shod Over the Honest
Yeomanry oftho state.

The republican state convention has
come and gone, and those who have
read the routine report of the pro.
ceedings are still in the dark as to
some Of the exciting incidents aud
deep down scheming that took place
during the two ~eventful days of it's
session.
Those who are not versed in the
mysteries of convention packing are
still wondering why the opera house
wat engaged for a troupe on the night
when the convention wa to have
been held in it, but those who were in
Lincoln six years ago, when j. Q. Cow
in was beaten for congress, remember q
trick or two played by the railrosd
gang, who held the convention four
days because they needed the nights
for log.rolling, button.holiag and fix
ing the delegates.
On Wednesday night when The con
vention met, every thing was chaos,
as THE BEE reported, and no oombi-
nation or slate was then possible
Bus on Thursday morning the worn
out grangers, who looked. like they
had been pulled through knot.holes,
were meilog ed down INTO 3 transfer
able condition. The thimble-riygers
of the y. & NJ. and U. z. had organ
lied a pool and mapped out the work
tor the different strikers and bench.
men,. To make success certain many
promises had to be made that were
bound to be broken and the candi.
dates who were to be LETT out had to
he duped, up to the last moment, so
that there should be no kick.
Before the bells rang for the race
for governor to begin, Dorsey, Alex.
ander Dinsmore and Clark, were all
confident they could hold their forces
against Dawes and wear him out after
u few ballots. "My men are stsyers
and don't you forget it!' said Alex
andec. ~ believe l can hold all my
support" Maid Dorsey, "but Thurston
and the U. 2. have gone buck on
mt and l expect to win on my own
hook"
The break came from the b. & M.
side of the pool, when Capt. Phillips,
the b. & NJ. town site man, announced
Lancaster solid for Dawes and 1000
majority; The other b. & NJ. sheep
followed over the fence In a hurry and
the fellows on the Union Pacific line
broke last and made it unanimous.
Although the railroad managers had
agreed to combine 40 against any anti
monopoiist, there was deep down a
scheme on foot in the q. Z. camp to
have Dawes, Dorsey and Alexander
beat their brains out against each
othsr. and spring n new man who was
a good deal moro on the inside with
the U. p. than the b. & M. Ihurs-
ton and Hsscall purposely scattered
the Douglas county vote to Chase,
Hall and Clark, with the design Of
making the break at the right mo.
ment. But the b. & M. crew were
too sharp, and they were out
hanked. Dawes was nominated
long before Douglas county could
change her vote. A confidante of
Hascall's, who was very indignant be-
cause Douglas county was left out on
governor, let the cat out of the bag
about Thurston's deep down plot to
name q governor Of his own.
A serious break in the machine
slate occurred in the fight over the
lieutenant governor. The U. p. cap
tsins had pledaad both :" H Haarca
Howe and Morse. But Church Howe
ives to be the winning man,
as they believed that %, 600 msjority
was margin enough even for Church
Howe. But a dark horse by the name
of Agee jumped from under the cover
aud carried OFF the sweepstakes.
Church Howe was swesring mad and
AIorss was decidedly indignant over
the treachery of Thurston ~ Co, who
had led him into an ambusclde to be
slaughtered.
The Lancaster troop scored another
brilliant victory by carrying Roggen
J through, over Walls preferred candi-
date, Capt. Butler. These little con
ficts within the railroad pool got up
good deal ofb bad bloodand when thenooI
recess came on Thursday a truce was
called by the bosses aud an order was
given that no more cross firing was to
be allowed.
The convention re.assembled al
/ $50 and the bugle sounded for the
tilt over the state treasury. la this
, fight all the energy OF the U. p. strikerl
: aud bull. dozers was concentrated upon
+ Loran Clark. There were also on hanC
r he most notorious legislative jobberl
and money sharks. They all wanted
a hand in the state treasury and no
body could be- used as well as Lorsr
Clark. Way in the background
+ wero also the confidential
men of the great political bank tina.
wants to send 10, Millard to the U
S. senate. At the outset there wer
half a dozen competitors IN this contes
n but it narrowed down toward the en-,
: TO w. u. White, of Bart county, an
" Loran Clark. BY that time the ex
= element grew intense, The hous
9 had been packed by a u. p. and Ma
It tional bank lobby, who stamped thei
feet, yelled aud shouted SO that ther
!. was a perfect pandemonium.
Is During the morning balloting, tn
# regular secretary, Michael, calle'
r back every vote and the count wa
h kept pretty straight, bus in tn
:. afternoon the c~onspirators, who wer
Is bound to foist the monopoly tool
e upon the party, had Brad Slaughte
h put in as teller. Brad has achieved
= good deal of reputation as a falSife
Of records and ballots and was tit foI