Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-13
MEEKER- WlLDMAN CONTEST.
State Of Affairs in the Sixty-Sev-
enth Representative District.
HAYES COUNTY REFUSES THE GAG
Indications That the Polls Will Fur
nish the Only Means of a
Settlement of n
Trouble.
Lincoln BUREAU OF THE OxAHA BEE,
1929 = STREET,
LINCOLN. Oct. II

1929 p STREET,
LINCOLN, oct. l2.
The Meeker-W ildman contest in the Sixty
seventh representative district will not down
until after the echoes of the election in No
vcmber have died away There is nothing
surer than this. Hayes county stands boldly
out and refuses to take the gag prepared for
the republicans Of the district by the execu-
tive committee Of the republican state central
committee. The unnatural deal will be re-
scented at the polls. Mr.. Wildman is no longer
in the race. His pledged faith TO the board
Of arbitrators will be kept to the letter. w.
G. Ashwill, editor Of the Stratton Herald,
was in the city to day and caught on the fly
by TIE BEE rustler Just before his departure
for home. Hands met, lips moved and
answers followed questions in rapid success
SION.
.Ho0 are you fellows in the Sixty-sevcnth
satisfied with the settlement OF your late
political dinicultyin
"The difficulty is not settled and will not
be until after the election in November. We
were deeply chagrined at the action OF the
committee. The so-called settlement IS rot
ten to the core"
"Why do you kick nowl You agreed to
abide by the decision of the arbitrators, and
it was
"You are mistaken sir; Mr.. Wlldman made
his own agreement, and will stand by 1t, but
that binds the republicans of tine district in
no way. The whole deal is rotten to the
core; besides the committee was not a unit
by a long way. The vote stood four for
Nleeker and three for Wildman. / can not
give you the names Of the gentlemen who
voted to sustain MI. Wildman, but / can
prove this statement whenever necessary.
1t was q Laird deal in the interest OF the rail
roads. We do not propose to stand 1t. When
IT became known that the committee was
going TO sit to pass upon the matter a Mr..
Abbott, of Hayes county, rode across the
country to Stratton, a distance OF fifty miles,
TO learn the result OF the conferences at the
earliest possible moment. That county said
openly when the method of adjustment be-
came known it would not stand Meeker in
any event, and it is given out cold that
Thomas, Of DIndy, the democratic candi.
date, will carry the county by a majority of
200 votes"
"How does he stand in Cass and Dundy
couutiesr
81 toll you they have no use for him. His
Impeachment record is too black for every
voter Of the district that has any regard for
integrity in politics. The records are against
him. Go to his old home if you want to find
out just how C.. w. Meeker stands. / do not
believe that he can carry his own county. The
county seat fight there will give him a black
eye. Since this fight commenced he has been
carrying water on both shoulders, and the
boys have spotted the fact. Imperial will
dose him, and Champion can no more than
hold him up. He cannot begin to carry Hitch
cock county"
'WOul0 you nave Dccn SaulS0eQ WIN any
other man than Wildman"
Eyes; but he was our choice. But
terrified would have healed the wounds.
Meekcr was not nominated. 1t has been a
deal of treachery from first to last. After
the convention finally adjourned every effort
Imaginable was made to compromise the mat
ter, but nothing but Meeker would do. 1t
was proposed to go back to the primary cleo
regular order, step by step, but Meeker and
his crowd would concede nothing. Wildman
was willing to step down and out but he eX-
acted the zane thing OF Meeker. Butterteld
was suggested as a compromise man. II has
been a clear case of bulling from the start,
and it will be a case Of buliing at the polls.
This is all | have to say about the matter"
SUED FOR DAMAGES.
Frank Torano filed his petitien in the dis
trict court today against Frank A. Savage,
who had the contract for erecting the East Q
street school house, and for cause of action
alleges that he worked for him as a common
day laborer during the early part Of the
spring; that his employer ordered him to as
sist in raising q heavy stone, which was ele-
waited to its position by pulley and ropes;
that he obeyed the order and sustained seri'
Gus and painful injuries by one of the ropes
breaking, but by no fault or carelessness Of
his own that one of his legs was broken,
his back badly sprained and that
he was confined to his room for over three
months, and is still in a weak physical condi-
ton that the injuries ne sustained were
wholly due to the wrongful, unlawful and
careless methods Of his employee, agents or
foreman. ..
DIOR these injuries the plaintiff further al
ieges the belief that he is entitled to the sum
of g., 600 damages and the costs of the suit,
and so prays the judgment Of the court.
CITY NEWS AND NOTES.
Untertaker Heaton reports four deaths
during the past twenty four hours IN and
near the city, Wis: James Robertson, aged
twenty-three; Charles Swanson, aged forty
nine; Ira G. Mulum, aged twenty-four; w.
g. Van Dorm, aged eighty one.
The A.. o. U. w. excursion party left over
the Missouri Pacific for Omaha this morn
number of pleasure seekers. The ''order''
boys generally went. e.
General j. G. Mcbride is doing earnest
work for the local, state and national tickets.
He makes his appointments in different parts
of tho county, and is greeted with full houses
wherever he goes. TIL Lancaster republi-
cans are doing splendid work.
All the world and his wife-more
particularly his wife, for she makes the
buildings, pies and custards that delight
his majesty's palate-use u Duzer's
FlavOring Extracts obtained from
sound, ripe fruit incompatible in favor,
absolutely free from chemicals, highly
concentrated and therefore economic,
prepared by a process which does not
admit Of their contact with Lany sub
stance which might C~ontaminate them,
and a time-honored standard article
that wins appreciation in every house
hold.
The Houses Are Deserted.
Captain Green did not raid the houses in