Omaha daily bee., 1890-08-01
POLITICAL CHOw.omow.


The fight in the Second district for con-
gressional houors isnow on. Mr. Mckeighan
is Il democrat this fall he has been Il mpant
grcenbackcr; he has been many things for
Office Mr.. Harlan, with hand in harmony
with the demand Of the producers of Ne
braskl, is in the field, and as the democrats
are Of course satisfied with McKeighan, the
race has started 1t is to be hoped that both
gentlemen Will remain low until after dog
days, and use all Of the month of August TO
plan their campaign Hot weather and cam
paign lies constitute dan gcrous compound.
There is something stran &c about the treat
mento men by politicians. About year
ago G. NJ. Laws was secretary of state, living
in Lincoln, and before him was a chance to
be elected to a second term, if he desired il.
Ben GoWdcry, young man of very decent
ability, was deputy, and the future seemed
laden with some honor and salary that was
not, in these hard times, to be snceZcd at.
As friend of Laird, VINO had died, Laws
was put up to take his place in
congress. After hard struggle,
with Colonel Webs ter, N. V. Harlan and
George Hastings as competitors, laws was
nominated. His election was not doubted by
republicans, and he resigned as secretary Of
state. He went to congress, did all he could
do, dou btless, but he found and his friends
found that he was a square peg for a round
hole-that he did not ill tho bill.
COwdery was appointed secretary of state,
and because of his tendency TO
dove-tail over railroads, he was but slightly
considered by the state convention, and in
January he will be out of his Job. Laws had
friends who insisted that he had done well III
congress. and it was, Of course, supposed that
he would receive a complimentary vote from
his own county But his name was not mem
toned, Not mentioned even on the side. He
was moved down by public opinion and
there was no one so poor as to DO
him reverence. Republics, it hath been said,
are proyerbally ungrateful, but some conven-
tions this fall have discounted republics.
Messrs. Laws and Cowdery are examples OF
this proposition.
In the matter of candidates for governor by
the independent convention it was a sublime
spectacle to sec Butler and Burrows working
for Pc Wers against Van Wycl1. 1t was Mr.
Burrows programme that Powers should be
the man, aud when Coleman failed to develop
any strength Farmer Butler pooled with
b urrows and captured the convention.
Our dOuble-docked CotempOrary is for
Bryan for congress for the following reasons:
MIR Bryan is young man who guessed the
number of beans we had placed in n large
glass jar and won our great prize of Sl3. Mr.
Bryan does not take our daily, bat he sub
scribed for our weekly and will contest for
our great $500 prize and see if he can raise the
largest number Of bushels of corn on an acre
of ground in Iowa, Kansas, Nebras lxa and
Colorado. Mr. Bryan stands pledged to sup
port our scow line, and will personally super
intend, If elected, the job of making
the Missouri river navigable between
Hmaha and Council Bluffs, thus solving the
freight rate question. Mr.. Bryan will also
accept our offer and guess on the stump the
number OF peas in pod, and also contest for
our 81 90 prize to be given to the most pop
ular school teacher" All these virtues have
cndeared Mr.. Bryan to our double decSed
contemporary, and Farmer Hitchcock pro-
poses to see that the pea-pod offer holds good
until after November.
The republican convention in the Third
congressional district has not been officially
called, but it is unders TODD that ii will meet
in Columbus early in August. Mr.. Dorsey
should profit by the treatment of Laws in the
Second, and if he wants the nomination see
to it at least that his name is mentioned.
It is not violation of confidence to say
that Allen Root ruled impartially as chair
man of the Independent convention. He
would recognize dozen men at once and let
half Of them talk at the same time.
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