Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-11

ALBIoN, Neb., Sept. ITO the Editor
of the BEE: The heated term has not
been over favorable to the scheming of
the would be party leaders about the cap
ltal of Boone county. Time was, and not
very remote either, when two or three
men residing at the county seat controlled
the entire political machine for the
county. But the power of these men has
been steadily on the wane ever since the
cyclone struck the aspirations of Loran
Clark for the treasurcrship, four years
ago. However, along in the cool of even
ing, Notwithstanding the heat, there has
been n good deal of slate making by the
old party hacks, which | fear will be
badly rubbed out when the farmers get
done threshing and have little time to
look after their political wants. 1t is
given out very quietly that Clark is fig
urging for Hon. Geo Dorsey's place in
the Third district, or the shoes OF his ex-
cellency, Governor Dawes. Not that he
expects to have the ghost of a show for
either, but impress the delegates from
other parts of the state, and especially
the railway managers, that he is still the
great republican leader of tins county,
Whereas the real truth is, he could not
be elected to any Office in the county,
even should he wish it. One j. &. Mann
has been chairman of the county central
committee, but under his management
the party has steadily lost ground, and it
is thought wise to change the programme
for the fall campaign, and Clark is to be
the power behind the throne to try and
down Van Wyck. They are now casting
about to find a man to send as reprcsen-
tative to the legislature who Will be pop,
ular enough at home to pull the wool
over the farmers eyes and at the same
time do their bidding, ii elected, when he
gets to Lincoln. For some time they
thought they had such an one IN John
Peters, n man who has served the county
for number of terms as county clerk,
who has made what he is worth In the
service of the b. e M. as agent
for their lands John is quite pop
to the railroad crowd, as they knvw that
no "man can serve two masters" He
has not declared himself upon the sena-
| torial question, but it is very easy to un-
derstand where his position is upon that,
| as the News favors his candidacy, and 1t
never loses an opportunity to abuse our
senior senator The papers in Cedar
are trying to get up little boom for
| Dennis Tracy, an outspoken gentleman
| of Irish decent. But Denis, by his talk
| ing, has put himself in a box. He has de-
clared for Van Wyck, which kills him
| dead with the railrogue gang. The Van
! Wyck people can not trust HIM since his
sell-out of the peoples cause three years
| ago. So there seems nothing left for
| HIM but to go over to the prohibitionists.
| Within few days past, the rallrogue
| crowd have been talking up Fred Smith
| for their representative. Fred holds
| down a stool as cashier of the Boon e
| County bank. He was the monopolist's
| candidate for county Judge three years
| ago, and got badly showed under.
| Whether he has experienced a change of
| heart since that time, your correspondent
| is unable to say. However, the business
| in which he is engaged seldom makes a
| convert to the cause of the people. The
| great majority of the people are in favor
| of Van Wyck's return to the senate. If
| his reelection depended upon the direct
| popular vote there is not Il doubt of his
| success. But the old party dodge will be
worked with all the vigor the leaders of
the gang can master. Every republican
will be forced to abide by king caucus.
| Every democrat, if he listens to the
Herald, and like ilk must vote his party
ticket straight. There is little very
| quiet talk by the railroad democrats IN
| this county, of running straight party
ticket With the rank and file of the
democracy IN the county, Van Wyck Is
| perfectly acceptable. An independent
| candidate by them would be to give the
whole battle to the raidroad crowd wear
ing the republican label. With a union
of the elements in faver of Van Wyck, n
representative favorable to his return can
easily be elected from Boone county.
VERITAS