Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23
DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS.
A Growing Demand for Two Pima
riss-The Rampant Factions
A Veteran Talks.

As The October days draw on spsce
and political war clouds gather on the
horizons of both state aud county, the
veterans begin to lend the weight Of their
judgment to the speculation which Ia
starting into lie. Already the corner,
have their evening rallies, the grocery
stores and ''tsverns" their all-dsy assem-.
blagss and even the busy citizen halts a
moment to drop a word or obtain an Item
Of sdvlce on the popular drift.
Omaha Is not allowed the excitement
of being the scene of either .tNe conven-
tlon. The capital this year will be per-
mitted to enjoy the crowd and noise.
Lincoln is certainly In q fair way
to have enough Of 1t as the whole tur-
moil OF both conventions Ia conferred
there within two days, October 14th aud
10th, republican and democratic. How
ever, the county fight will be warm
enough In Douglas and the local populs.
tion need entertain no approximations of
Political %stsgnatlon while the riot Is on at
Lincoln.
The democracy enters the CAMPAIGN
with fsctional differences In its ranks
as of yore. The standards OF Boyd-Miller
and Morton.Brown will be Haunted on
the TANKS. weakening the center as ever,
perhaps. A spirit against Inter. party strife
is growing among many members of the
democratic party in Omaha. These gen.
tlemen, with a %livelier interest In the city
and county than In the state, are desir-
Gus that the iusues of the qusrrellng fac
lions be excluded from the local cam
paign. To that end, they suggest that
two primaries be held here, one for the
selection of county delegates and the
other for representatives at the atate con-
vention. The county democracy, they
msintain, has no interests common to the
state party and Will be only hHmpered
by the introduction of the lattfr's dis
sentlonu. The l2csl fight Is n of IAN
didAtes while the etruggle In the state
convention is upon the basis of personal
jellousles.
"What is tho Issue botween the two
factions of the state democrats" was
asked of q prominent old timer who Is as
enthusiastically for Morton and Brown
IS he is desperately opposed to Boyd and
Miller.
%"Issue2 Yes, yes; there must be IN
issue between differences. Why, I don't
know, only that Boyd wants to run thir gs
aud be the next senator, and Morton
wants about the same thing. DR.. Miller
10 Boyd's grand chancellor, and exercises
q good deal Ct Boyd'spower. Mr., Brown,
on the other hand, is the Morton repre-
sentative In Douglas county. Yes, that
does pretty nearly resolve the situation
to a fight between rival champions, each
backed by his retsiners and henchmen,
If you want to look at 1t In that light,
it does seem strange that a crowd
will subserve with blind devotion
the ambitions of one man and that fac
lions will be creatsd whose on y platform
is some big follows anxletyto 'tget there
1t Is hard to tell how matters will work
this year. III my Judgment our side has
hadthe best of il all along. Ii you take
notice of the federal appointments made
since the change of administration,
you will see that the South
Platte chief has his collar on a
great maj ,rity of them. YJu see Boyd
made desperate efforts to secure an office
within the party which might be called
the chairmanship Of the patronage com.
mi!toe. Ia that high station he could
have worked his point by curryipg the
favor of the entire democracy and put
ting the whole lot at his back. But
we beat him at his own tactics, l rather
believe. This war of factions is so bitter
and 80 foreign to real public interest that
1 hope it car be kept out of the county.
In q general primary the quarrel would
be spread over all, and the give and take,
buy and sell pre- cess might give us local
candidates untitled and not popularity de-
aired for the Offices which they areput into
the field to attain. This would prove
disastrous to the county democracy,
which will need every atom of Its avail.
ale strength to make a allowing, and 1
therefore hope that two primaries will be
held"