Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-13
A LIVELY RACE FOR OFFICE.
The Various Hawkeye Candidates
Hard at Work.
FRANK CAMPBELL's POPULARITY
He Wins the Affections of the People
BY His Devotion to Their Inter
tercsts-Thc Coming
Convention.
The Iowa Political Field.

Inc faliiOau attorneys are Hgfccu tnaI IN tne
recent examination of Mr., Campbell in regard
to the conduct of the board they came out OF
the contest badly dIsfgurod. Mr.. Campbell
was only appointed this spring, but he was
in the midst of the fight in the days of tho
Granger law, and knows all about the tricks
and schemes of railroad Cappcrs. When
Solicitor Withrow insolently asked Mr..
Campbell for his authority in regard to GER
tain statements concerning the cost and net
profits of the Rock Island, he was consider
ably taken aback when he was referred TO
the sworn reports of lis W officers. MIR.
Campbell cOOlly read out of the railroad re-
port just how many thousands of dollars
as bonus it received and what
princely profits it had been making,
and disclosed other Information not at all
complimentary TO the line until Mr.. Withrow
began to suspect he had caught a Tartar and
dropped the Investigation without any cere-
mOny. just what the railroads hope to gain
by their arrogant and insulting course to-
ward the commissioners is yet to be devel-
oped.
Affairs at present are in statu quo so far as
the legal points are concerned. Judge tal-
rail- of Iowa City has not yet rendered his
decision in regard to the roads wholly within
the state, and the appeal from Judge Brew
er's decision has not been submitted to Judge
Miller. The commissioners, however, con-
tend that the rates established and published
by them on the 2Sth of June and before the
injunction was served are actually in force,
and to test the matter u large
number of suits have been commenced
by the attorney general AGAINST
the roads that are not obeying the schedule,
for extortion. The penalty for such ofiense
is n fine of 50, coo. Fifty suits have already
been instituted and hundreds more await the
outcome of these cases. 1t looks as if the
railroads were going to find hard sliding in
Iowa for the next few years.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
All eyes are turned to the republican state
convention, which will meet one week from
-a.-t lAFAlrA.lp,v lNtll ~ IL, tho N 81
ministration of Governor Larrabee and the
recent antimonopoly legislation, or pass the
matter by in silence, and confine its work
simply to an endorsement of the national
platfromE Swarms of railroad strikers are
everywhere at work to pack the primaries,
but so far their success has not been very
brilliant. The business men, especially the
wholesale dealers and iobbers, as well as tho
farmers, are aroused, and have donned the
war paint, and are coming down to the state
convention in force.
But few county conventions have been held,
but the opposition to Smith and Campbell
for railroad commissioners in the counties
that have spoken has been showed UNDER,
and III several cases iron-clad instructions IN
their favor have been adopted by good round
maiorities. In Page county Pete Hepburn
bobs up serenely at the head OF the delega-
ton. but his hands are tied by strong in
structions for Smith and Campbell. In
| Mahaska, another county under strong rail-
road influence, the advantages to the two
factions appears TO be even. 1t Is the home
of Judge Sewers, and will give him a strong
| support, but, being in the same congressional
district, it will not dare to oppose Commits
sioner Campbell. Owing to the vigorous ops
position of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the
positive action of the business men and job
| bers of that city, aided by the Alliance infiu-
enCe, Judge Hubbard, the veteran lobbyist of
the Northwestern, seems to have lost his grip
on Linn county and will likely hear some-
thing drop when the county convention
| 1,a,fS II Looks nnNr Hg If RllSpI' ia the nnlV
man the railroads will be able to defeat.
State Treasurer Twombly is almost
sure of denomination. His oppo-
nent, General Beeson of Marshalltown,
! Joined in the movement to send Ben Freder-
lex Of that city, the democratic nominee to
| congress q few years ago, aud this break on
his part has tiattened out his boom COM
| pletcly. Frederick is the man WHO surprised
everybody by beating "Tama'' Jim Wilson
| for congress- in the Fifth district by the FREQ
use of cocktails and cigars at Marshalltown.
The friends of Wilson, and they are legion,
have not forgotten this, and they will get
oven with BecsOn and his crowd at the COM
| ing convention.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The candidates now in the field for attorney
general are General A. }. Baker, candidate
for reelection for u third term, Milton REM
ley, Of Iowa City, II. S. Winslow, of New
ton and Hon. John Y. Stone of Glenwood.
Baker has been too active in fighting the
railroads, and the corporations are deter-
| mlneu 10 'tOWu' nll1, anu tuSy VIII leave no
stone unturned TO accomplish this end.
Rumlcy is q brilliant lawyer and a prohibi,
zionist of the most pronounced stripe. Ha
win make a special bid for the. up-
port OF the radical temperance element, and
will come into the convention with quito q
following. Judge Winslow was brought out
to embarrass the candidacy Of Campbell for
railroad commissioner, but IS not developing
any decided strength. JASPER county nat.
urally united upon Il delegation pledged to
bptb baI' tnVDritn gOnE lint IL will not risl6
Campbelps success by pushing Winslow's
name in an offensive manner. AS matters
now stand, Stone is decidedly in the lead.
He was formerly regarded rs a strong pillar
Of the regency, but last spring he was un-
tremendously dropped from the 'slate'' for
delegate at large to the national convention,
and j. Deliver, the gushing youth from Fort
Dodge, wGs substituted. His WORK was
done on the floor OF the convention ana under
the lead of A. i. Shaw, OF the Corning
Union, one Of the most INSCRIPTIONS corpo-
ration henchMcn in the state, but many
thought the leaders of the machine We're in
the secret, and the movement, while appar-
entity spontaneous, was the result of u pre-
arranged and well-laid plan. At any rate II
is an open secret with the leaders of the
anti-monOpoly wing of the party that Stone
is ready to forsake the waning fortunes OF
the corporation crowd and unite with the
Larrabee republicans in the present railroad
conflict. MIR. Stone is AN able and brilliant
lawyer, and If nominated VII make u capital
attorney general.
THE SUPREME JUDGE-HIP.
The anti-monopolists are making a vigor-
Gus fight against the denomination Of Judge
Sewers to the supreme bench. Last year
Judge Adams, Of Dubuque, on account of his
bids in favor Of corporations, was defeated
by the farmers, and Sewers and ltothroch
for the same reason were marked Tor
slaughter.
That Sewers win go this year there is very
little doubt, The railroads see the handwrit.
ing on the wall and are not disposed TO make
a very bard fight against fate. However,
they are industriously grooming Judge Josiah
Given, of this city for the race,
Judge Givon's leaning towards the corpora.
tons is well known, but loca! pride will give
him the delegation from his own county,
The anti-monopolists will likely unite upon
Hon. @. II. Granger, Of the Allamaltce
district. Judge Granger, being the only can,
didate from the northwestern part OF ths
state, will have a strong support from the
start, and a combination with the friends Of
John Y. Stone, which ought easily bf
effected, will insure his nomination. Both
sides viii endeavor TO combine with the
friends Of Stone, but the supporters Of Judge
Granger are sanguine at present Of beipa
able IN roach an understanding with the