Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-16
THE DAY OF CONVENTION.
The Activity and interest II Arouses
in Political Circles.
GENERAL MANDeRsoN's RETURN.
He is Greeted with Serenade at the
billiard Messrs. Whedon and
Lansing Speak on Live
Issues-The Primaries.
Men and Offices.


Following the primaries, of Saturday the
democratic aspirants were out to a man
setting up pms upon which to rest before the
convention. AS usual. the number of Offices
to be filled is far less than the number of
candidates, all anxious to convert the gable
end Of their trousers into an emery block to
be used in polishing official stands. AS to
the result of the convention there is much
conjecture. The slate that was made up by
the wire manipulating element has been dis
carded, and the contestants will be compelled
to wage their claims principally upon an in
dividual issue.
the names of Charles Van Camp. ia
cob Pausen and w. II. liams are the most
prominently mentioned. liams IS reported
to have a strong following, leaving the fight
for the third bctweed Paulsen and Van
Camp AS to the latter two, paulsen is said
to be the stronger man. But aside from
this, there is we'll founded rumor afoat to
the effect that certain element is desirous
Of comforting the nomination on some OF the
veteran members of the ranks, such as
Charley Brown, A. j. Poppleton, James h.
Boyd and men of like political prominence.
The scheme is to nominate such candidates
with the understanding that they will
afterward resign, thereby vesting the nomi-
nation, from q definite standpoint, in the
hands of the county central committee, This
is said to be a scheme connected with the
Hascall element on the other side, to down
the above candidates, or any one Of them, in
favor of Hascall. ..
The principal fight will be made on the
nomination for county commissioner There
are but two prominent candidates.
Richard O'Kcefe and William Neve.
O'Keefe, after canvassing the result of the
primaries Saturday night. claimed that he
would enter the convention with at least
sixty-tive pledged votes which is ten more
than the required number. On the other
hand Neve claims majority of the dele
gates. He also asserts that he has
large Danish support that can only
be controlled by his nomination. 1t
is we'll known that Move has been rendered
the nomination for the lower house Of the
legislature, in case he would throw his sup
port to O'Kecfe, but the offer was promptly
ignored. 'i''i .'.-
The struggle for the county attorneyship
rests between Shoemaker, Mahoney aud
Ritchie. The latter is reported TO have but
a small following, and to be baskng as a
dark horse. After canvasslng tue field yes
terday Shoemaker claimed TO have dis
covered majority of the delegates in his
favor. AS to Mahoney, when questioned, he
was nou-committal.
In connection with the nomination for
members Of the lower house, there are -nu-
merous asprants in the hands of their
friends" 1t is given out that Pat Ford will
not come out as a candidate, although reports
exist to the contrary. In response to the
uubotlOu Us w lliS CduuiudtS StStCiudS, ora
stated that he was out Of the race. Alder
man Snyder who until recently was reported
to be looking forward to a seat in the lower
house, also asserts that he will make no
effort in that direction. Judge A. G, Reed,
of the Third ward, is making strong fight,
as is also John Mcconnell, for the nomina-
tons. However but little attention is being
paid to issues connected with the lower
house, the only point being taken that nobody
but q tried and trusted" democrat shall be
urnpte1 the honor nj the
But little has been done by the republicans
in the matter of centering upon senatorial
candidates. 1t is generally conceded that
w. f, Bechel and Mike Lee, both members
of the city council, will! figure before the con-
vention to-day as candidates for that
place. The third man centered upon is l. S.
Hascall. The latter asserts that he will be
nominated by reclamation. 1t is also rumored
that he is authority for the statement that a
large democratic element will support him at
the general election.
For county commissioner, John f, Butler,
sergeant alarms of the city council, is men
toned. In addition to this there are other
candidates reported to be in the background,
who will come to the surface at the conven-
tion to day. Rumor has 1t that in all
probability Gus Andreen and +. II. Stuht
will be connected IN the latter revelation,
Latest rumors connected with the struggle
for the lower house are to the effect that Ed
Cornish of the First ward; Frank Kasper
of the Second NJ o. Ricketts, (colored) Of
the Third; Mcconnell of the Fourth; Miller
of the Fifth John Erck of the Sixth; Wig
gins of the Seventh; Tom Brunner of the
Eighth; and Whitmorc of Valley precinct,
will be active candidates before the conven-
tion. Mike Maui of the Third was waited
upon by the committee. asking him to
come before the committee for the lower
house, but the gentleman in question de-
clined. 1t is said by the FOUNDERS that p j..
Williams, the colored candidate endorsed
at the meeting of the Third Ward Re
publican club for the lower house, will be
defeated in the convention. .