Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24
OF COURSE HE LAUGHED.
AS Anyone Else Would Under the
circumstances.
SENATOR HOWE uNTles THE BAG
Whcreupon III Ca, Emergcs and One
More Political Fake Dies n
Speedy and %Ignomint-
Gus Death.
Az to- uHnrrisnn's Pledge"

''>'N w. aAA' 'N'f ~
a radiator, sending curling clouds of blu
smoke from an elegant "lrish Girl towar,
the ceiling and reading, when suddenly h,
startled every BODY with a furious outburs
of laughter. The senator had been pcrusinl
the Worlds silly editorial about Harrison
Pledge to Thurston,n and it amused him i'm
monscly. The substance Of this efrusion il
to the effect that Thurston secured a pledg,
from Harrison at a critical moment whcI
the latter needed votes very badly TO nolni
nate him at the Chicago convention, that IL
case of his election, certain Nebraska
gentlemen should have nothing to say about
Nebraska patronage
Now it happens that Mr.. Howe was IA dele
gate in said convention, and knows some
thing about what occurred there. He also
has "A faculty OF telling a few thing,
Just at the right time and
the circumstances here related
gave him a splendid opportunity. II is known
that friends of General Harrison visited Ne.
braska long before the convention, but they
got very little satisfaction out of any other
delegate than Howe. He was friendly then
and friendly after going to Chicago in the
first days OF the struggle. When Harrison's
managers were Straining every nerve to got
votes they went TO Mr.. Howe and asked him
to do what he could with Nebraska. Mr..
Howe promised his support and did labor
with the delegation. tinsel and one other dele
| Ealc lUlieu MN. Tie worked anu 10y TOlleu
and eleCtiOncered with Thurston and Charley
Green to get them to be in the rush for Har-
risOn when the time came, but they refused
to rush. After the voting was over Russell
Harrison went to Howe, rot the names of
| the two delegates who had voted for his
father and iottcd them down in a memoran-
dunn. This Is as near as ThurstOn ever came
to getting a pledge from Harrison.
AS the great day approaches when Grover
Cleveland will fall out of sight, as well as
out of mind, the aspirants for place bob up
most screnely, nuncrously, and grow more
persistent in their anxiety. First and fore
most Of all the appointments in which
Omaha people are particularly interested is
that of postmaster.
"Who do YOU think will get it!' IS one of
the questions that can be heard at all hours
ana in every imaginable spot where men
congrcgate. 1t rumble through hotel Of
fees. floats by your side along the street,
Creeps in and out of stores, invades the
secret precincts of private homes, dances
nimbly on the frost covered house tops and
rings a doleful death kneil in Con V. Gala
ghcr's burning ears.
Up to date Il half dozen or more political
r%ustlers, old soldiers in the war for republi-
can supremacy and hard campaign fighters,
have indicated their open desire to succeed
Mr.. Gallagher. For instance, there is John
Woodland, the present assistant, who has
long coveted the honorS of the higher prize,
ana DtlltS lilg IiiuO Ms tIdlccS lOr pcIIlnp IL
are as good now rs they ever were or ever
will be, he has launched his life prescrvcr
and is in the swim. One very strong point
in Mr.. Woodard's favor is the fact that he
has one of the strongest petitions any
man ever had to base hopes upon. 1t
contains aOout three hundred names
OF the very best men in the city. But some
times the condition of this arc such that pc
titiOns cut very little figure.
"Nhethcr | succeed or not, y said the gen
tlpmun Yesterday. 81 have GpnpfhjDu hprp IN
show what the people of Omaha think of
me-
1t happens also that Major r. S. GARRISON,
has lis eagle eye on the much sought-after
position, and will never let up until the de-
cision is given. You remember that the
major threw red lines into the sky last fall;
that he marshalled ali the professions;
that he whOoprd 'cr up for all she was worth
and devoted 81 great deal of his time to the
work that had to be done. The mastersnip
of the posto!nce he thinks would be a sufli-
Gent ana satisfactory reward, and he is after
II like a house on fire.
a message from the gods SAYS also that
the dashlng, daring, black-whiske-cd young
statesman, Richard Berlin, is in the race
and straining every nerve TO win it. Rich
ard was likewise Il conspicuous factor in the
campaign. He was one of ClarkSon's right
hand men and lost more sleep than can be
regained IN the next four years unless his
eXccllency at the white house deals gently
and kindly with him.
4FldlOi JOlll ID. L uItN Is GulcIS llt starters
too, and those who count themselves as his
friends say that he has been making hay
every hour. There are doubtless others.
Colonel Coutant has been mentioned.
That any one of these gentlemen has stronger
assurance of success than his opponents is
not apparent. The admirers and hackers of
Clarkson will tell you that he has a clean
Walk-aWay, but those who would rather see
Woodland or Berlin or Furay catch on think
the same way of their favorites. IL is safe
to predict that they all feel anxious alike
In this connection it may be whispered
that Omaha has II board hustllng candidate
for the Office of United States marshal in
the person of f.. a.. Allen, now chief deputy
and William +. Gurley longs to possess the
attOrncYship.
Madam fumor connects Colonel Frank
Hanlon's name with Mayor Broatch's soft
Job on the Missouri river commission.
Hon. Geo. W. Click and wife, of Atchison,
are in the city visiting their son Fred, VINO
conducts Il commission business on Leaven
worth street. Mr.. Click wears the proud dis
tinction OF being the only democrat who ever
occupied the Fubernatorial char of Kansas.
At the time one j. Polonious ST. Jonn and his
cohort of prohibition cranks thought they
owned that state and could do what they |
pleased with il. Mr.. Click stepped in and
knocked them out most beautifully. 1t is
doubtful whether any other man could have |
done it, but he got there like a piumcd |
knight, aud undoubtedly saved the great |
commonwealth from the ravages of a plague. |
He IS an excellent man, has made u fine
reputation as Il legislator and possesses
to a remarkable extent the condolences of the |
people. They rallied to his support and he
defeated st. John by something like six |
majority. This was six years ago.
only held the Office one term, but left a
creditable record. At the beginning of
Cleveland's administration Mr.. Click was
prominently spoken of for a place in the cab
met, but western democrats seemed to have
such little influence with the president that
he had to give way and finally accepted the
appointment of pension agent AT Topeka.
That Office he now holds, but said he yester-
day: 81 expect TO step down and out very
soon after the Attn of March and turn the
keys over to some good republican" A
small army of aspirants is seeking the place,
but Bernard Kelly, an old timer and strong
man seems to be the fayOrite in the race.
MIR. Click has no hesitancy in declaring
that the overwhelming defeat sustained by
his party in Kansas last fall was due to the
unpopularity of John Martin, their candidate
for governor. The democrats and anti
prohibitionists considered him a prohibition
list. and during the campaign he proved
to them most conclusively that
he was. Through him we. lost 10000
votes. The anti-prohihition republicans who
came TO us when ! was elected and remained
went back, and a great many old time demo