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EDWARDS FOR SENATOR.
BOTH WINGS OF THE PARTY WORK
ING FOE HIS NOMINATION..

ING FOE HIS NOMINATION..
Mayor Cleveland's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for Believing Mr.. Edwards Will
WIN ON the First BaIlot--Hsboxen
and the CONGREGATIONAL Nomtnatfosa.
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so far seems to be over the Democratic
nomina6en for State Senator. Last win
+sr shan IL hscans oanaraJ,v understood
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tnat senator DrinAerhon wouio noS WISH
Reconstruction, the name of Counselor VIII
liam D. Edwards was suggested. He vas
l &c vo,,rc m.n of s.s,;,v ..a
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wo<sn. he mad peen CHAIRMAN OF ina
Democratic County Committee, but he was
nav man in nautical life frsa FROM al,
enhancing political Alliances. and thsrs
was eyerywhere q general "reminiscences in
aha suocestion that he be sent 10 the St.ts
Senate. Time few by. without bringing
any change in The sentiment of the marty
unon the subject. and it seemed az thono6
there would be no aspirant in the field
against him. Meanwhile. Rx-Conpressmsn
Orestes Cleveland had secured the nomi-
nation for Mayor and been elected. He
had no sooner assumed the Chief Naois-
tracy of the CITY than his ambitions
uot,fhe better of his modesty and iudp-
ment. and he made M his mind that he
would like to be State Senator as well.
just why it is or how it is that he has
become dissatisfied with the position to
which the people had elected him
no one seems to be able to tell. and why il is
or how it is that he hopes to hold two of
the most important political Offices within
the gift of the people. is equally involved
in mystery. In some quarters it is said
that he hopes to make himself sufficiently
conspicuous in the State Senate, if he gets
there, to achieve the nomination for Gov
ernor three years from now. In other
into the State Senate to avenge real or
fancied grievances against some of the
workers in the party. Whatever his motive
for getting into tho race may have bcsn. he
made his absorbing ambition known to the
Hon. Patrick Sheeran and to the Hon. p. ].
Condor, and with many warn slaps ON
the back, they told him that it should be
gratifed. These gentlemen are not popu-
larly supposed to have all the public places
in the county at their disposal; and when
they get out to work, they found that.
while their influence amounts to some
thing of course, it would be necessary to
get some heavier artillery on their side.
Finance Commissioner John Edslstein,
who represents in himself a large party
following for one man to control, became
interested in the situation and finally con-
scented to lead the Mayors phalanx in the
progressing campaign
Efforts to wean other gentlemen whs
had been disposed to Edwards away from
him proved abortiys, however, and the
leaders of the party outside of Mr.. Edel-
stein are more 'warnly in favor of Mr.. Ed
wards nomination to-day than ever they
were. 1t is a matter of coranon notoriety
in political circles that Mayor Cleyelands
nomination last Spriao was won fer him
BY the active aid Of County Clerk Dennis
Mclaughlin and Alderman Bob Davis. Tin
these prastical workers put their shoulders
to the wheel for him his canvass for the
Mayoraltv presented an aspect Of unprom-
isine lanpuor. Mr.. Cleveland sesms To
have assumed. from their relations to him
in the Spring, that they would be at his
beck IN this new campaion. Int tbev
frankly told him that thew preferred Ed
wards and proposed to stand by hin.
These gentlemen Represent. in the infIn-
ence they WELD. n yery large Depaocrsk;e
vote. II has been oonead al AZ Ia County
Clerk Mclaughlin especially. that there 4
no stronger man in the county than b. il.
On the other hand. the wing of the party
whom Cleveland beat in the Mayorslty con.
yention will not. OF course. halls him to
win tho new position to which he asn;ras.
and Mr.. Edwards has therefore both wings
of the marty with him IN the present struo-
ole. The ce-operation Of botb factions n
the party for Mr.. Edwards NAV be assumed
"a leave the Mayor with q small contiaosnt
to work with. and the indications grow
apace that Mr.. Edwards will achieve the
nomination on the first ballot by a decisive
majority.
The Cleveland men. finding it impossi-
BILE to persuade the County clerk to chair
side. are making strenuous efforts to BELT
tie his leadership and influence. The
Horseshoe district, because of its over
wheIminp Democratic maioritv ssnds, 4
need scarcely be stated. the largest lsls.
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