Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-17
WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
Views N Interviews Caught in
Hotel Corrihnrs and Elsewhere.

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A tail, smooth faced, fine looking man is
! Judge NJ. i. kinkaid, of O'Neill, and his
friends say that some time in the near future
they proposeto make him n congressman. The
Judge arrived in Omaha last evening and
while in conversation at the Willard with d
BEE reporter one very ardent admirer made
the declaration then and there that he could
have been a successful candidate last fall,
against Dorsey, FOR the nomination. TO this
remark he smiled significantly, but said
never "a word. Yes remarked the Judge
in reply to inquiries, "l can truthfully state
that O'Neill and Holt county are making cX.
tenslve preparations to take every advantage
of a prosperous and booming year. Tue
town is improving right along, our farmers
are happy, we expect the Sioux City x Pa
citic railroad, no complaints are heard from
business men, and the courts are full enough
OF cases to keep Inc closely employed nearly
all the time.'
The mutual friend put in his oar again to
assert that Mr.. kinkaid tries more cases
every year that any other two district judges
in the state. His circuit includes nine coun-
ties and il takes him four months to make
the rounds.
us there any foundation, Judge. on which
20 base hopes that the proposed railroad you
spoke of will ever be constructed"
"Ihere is. | am satisfied it will be built,
and feel confident that the route to be selected
finally will bring it by way of O'Neill. Two
lines have been surveyed. The second one
passes to the south of us about twenty miles,
but ours is the easiest, most practicable, and
bound to be selected. When we get that road
then you will hear of O'Neill going to the
'front.'
Like all the northwestern portion OF Ne
braska county division is also agitating the
people of Holt. They ,took a vote on the
question last fall and it was defeated,by
800 votes, but those who favor division have
not given it up. They propose to try again.
Holt county is large enough to make four,
and that is the proposition.
The Judge was asked for his opinion as to
how the people in that section would vote on
prohibition in case the matter is submitted
to them, and after some reflection replied
81 can hardly say what the result would
be. However, as between prohibition and
high license, if the double proposition is sub
mitted, am inclined to think that Il great
many who otherwise might support prohibi-
ton would vote for high license"
A gentleman recently from New York,
and out here prospecting with n view to in
vesting big capital, said last evening that to
him the situation indicates greater prosper
ity for Omaha this year than ever before.
'On condition that my name shall not be
that very few people know anything about.
the erection of a 1000 600 hotel,
nine stories high, fire proof and com
plete IN all modern improvements through
out, would be commenced this spring.
The man who proposes to put 1t up has the
money, ana he will not ask assistance from
anybody. He is simply waiting for the gov
eminent building to be located and when
that matter has been settled will proceed at
once with the enterprise. l also know, that
within one year Omaha will have another
banking institution with Il capital of 81 ,500,.
600. The parties are mOnied men of Boston,
they are ready to come and would have been
here now had not Il few men, whom l could
name, discouraged Them
John Bradley, a citizen of Denver, who
struck Omaha yesterday morning very soon
found occasion to enter complaint against
the street car company for not
keeping their cars ventilated. Evidently
he rode up town from the depot in one. In
his argument to a reporter last evening he
said: "Do you know that in Denver, Kansas
City, and some other places the smallpox is
raging2 People are coming to Omaha from
those cities all the time and they ride IN your
street cars. They are very liable to carry
germs of the disease and by going into
a crowded air tight car might inoculate
fifteen or twenty persons. | have noticed
since coming here that the ventilating win
dows of these cars are kept closed. That
should not be allowed. No matter whether
the weather is cold or hot, they ought to be
open all the time"