Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-29
The Railroad Organs Jubi ant
Over a Temporary
Victory.
The Secret Ballot and the
Bari Go Hand ia Hand
for Millard,
But Final Succ sss is Far Re-
moved From a Dead
OerGsirty.
Tho Union of Dom oorats and Ants
Imposslbl, Br swb satin.
Attor ness
TIE TRAP OF rRIcKSvERs.
GN.,gal n,anaNah 20,

TIE TRAP o. rRICKSrERs.
Special Dispatch to 7uH Bu
LILCoLN, January 2S. When the
legislature convened quite lumber
OF republicans, who had been elected
on anti monopoly p!edges, declared
positively that they never woulu enter
a senatorial caucus, because they did
not propose to Eurrender their iudi-
vidual liberty to the dictates Of the
majority which might nominate
pronounced monopolist. Later in the
day there were fllly thirty members
who declared most emphatioslly that
they would nog enter caucus as long
as Millard was liable to be it's nom.
inee, Up to within three days very
large majority were outspoken against
secret vote by ballot, but
The LASH OF TIRE PARTY LEADERS,
and the pressure of candidates and
their hackers has finally driven every
republican into the caucus, and to-day
The railroad organ in this city declared
that king CAUCUS is supreme. From a
republican standpoint there will be no
serious objection to caucus, because
it affords the only chance Of excluding
from the choice all those who are not
strictly mombers Ct the party. Ftom
the outset, however, l, was well un.
derstood the caucus was to 10 the
: means of whipping into support Cf %.
noxious candidates; that olaOs OF re-
t publicans who had consciencs and
were not to be bought with M 'noy or
D promises of patronage. Hsd the re.
publicans enforced O record vote, 30
o that no man who sid on c)nla so
back to his constituen's without
THE BRAND OF TREASON
upon him the proceeding might have
received the sanction fir ,m the repub.
licsns, but now The jobbers and trick
sters, can hsve it all their own way.
t They eau man u ate men vi n no
risk o. being fou I'D ont or pun,saei,
. because 1t ia no crime To buy votes in
a Caucus, and the scourdrei wso sells
himself escapes 90 ,tion when the
4 work il done, while those who are
honest will bs as iilble 10 the charge of
q bribery rs he. Those who believe
that Millard has shown his whole
etrength, are very much mistaken.
Up to Friday night he'had no cha &C,
because Only twenty two men hhvs
n been willing to put them selves ON
record az his supporters, bat now the
l.. way is open for thos= who sneak be-
hind the secret ballot TO
GET WHAT THEY HAVE LoNGED FoK
Once the work is done and nomina-
tions made thGre are few men cour-
C sgeous enough to bolt king caucus aud
even If twenty republicans should
,. bolt Millard's managers boast they
can fill their places with democrats.
In the absence of large majority
'' of the members the city has been
comparatively quiet during the day
and the U. p. train tonight brought
only the leading candidates who had
It gone to Omaha for a breathing spell.
J. While everything is comparatively
l.. quiet there is an under current OF
activity that will break out perhaps 10
% a new qrarter. 1t is not at all certain
b yet that king caucus will rule. Many
:. of those who have been taken in IN.
f der heavy pressure, Friday, nights sre
now
n FESTIVE AND UNEASY
~. because they see they have been en-
trapped.
"a The prospect of q union between
o the antI-monopolists and democrats is
y not very promising. The democrats
u have all along insisted either upon q
y straight democrat or upon o man who
has been democrat. 1t Is now clearly
= mahifest that 40 democrat can get the
j. entire ami monopoly vote, and It is
y even less probably that an anti-mon-
's opoly republican could get more than
hall of the democratic vote. There
x was time last week when union Of
= these forces could have bsen effected
With comparative safety, had the
10 democratic candidates not been too
: sanguine for carrying the day for
,, themselves.
- CITIZEN MAsoS'S CONDUCT
at the special railrosd committee lie
1i liable to bring ap the pertinent ques-
p, ton whether every ctti2en in Neores-
5f ka has a right to intsrposa objections
10 the investigation aud browbeat wit
n nesses who arc simply called to give
ia information oancerning the marage-
of ment Of the railways and their rela-
/ ton to the public Ii citizen Masoo
gf Is retained as an et.orney of the rail-
q. roads he could got hearing at the
n. proper tune in tPeir bshalf but when
he sneaks bahind the cloak of c'ti-
zen he assumes role that he cannot
sustain.
Am, frinnd 10 tho Wnak and CON.