Omaha daily bee., 1890-08-03
POLITICAL CHOw.CnOw.


a ]. Gustin Of Kearncy did not catch on
! for this fall He has been an asp pirant for the
state authorship and made melancholy pill.
| grimage to the independent convention.
! About o'clock in the morning, Just ms nomi-
| nations for auditor were closing, ho con-
cludcd to have his name presented. Some
| one arose and nominated "Gustin of Kcar-
ncy.n But in the confusion his name was
not head-Allan Root, the accomplished
| parlimentarian who presided did not catch
| the name-Ches tcrield could not have
caught it, Accordingly Gustin was left out
he did not, really, come before the con-
ventOn Mr.. Gustin is an expert railroad
accountant. At one time he was in the
wholesale saddlcry and harness business in
Lincoln. He got intoa law suit with the
Burlington road over matter of Il cent
overcharsc, carrying the matter to the su.
premc court, finally winning his case.
| There is n vague story afloat in the Third
| distric to the effect that Jack NacCo is a
candidate for congress. Mr. NlacCos onl-
cial organ, the Kearney Enterprise, denies
this story and says MacColl is at home doing
chores and taking care of his elevator The
congressional fight may be said to be be-
tween Harrison, Hamer and Meiklejohn.
| When it comes to "a show down Jack Mac
Coll will keep his place, and there has been
no combination yet named that can keep him
out Of it.
The Lancaster county fight presents no
new complications. Courtnay, for county
| attorney, insists that he was the choice Of
| the people, and explains his campaign with
| II. +. Moore as natural sequence
of indifference on the part of
| the antis, and says that he
| is running for Office and that if his friends
do not care to thresh their own oats he
Will thresh them for the entire crowd.
There Is something really painful in the
| fact that the editor of the double.decled con-
| temporary tries, for revenue, to be a poll
tician. When he supports McKeighan and
Bryan, both dyed-in-tho-woOl democrats, and
| leaves Kcmm and Van Wyck to wrestle for
themselves, as it We're, he exhibits a bit of
demagoglc incOnSi SistenCy that he will have
trouble to explain in his weekly edition.
The Kearney Enterprise is of the opinion
that in the Second district the contest is be-
tween the character and brains of Harlan
and the wind of Nick eighan but the Enter
prise fails to remember that Farmer Me
Keighan is also rampant greenbacker. A (
low country men bushels of greenbacks and
two per cent loans is not TO be despiscd
| in this years campaign.
Major Watson, chairman Of the state cen
trial committee, will pe in Omaha Tuesday,
and on that date there will be grand scram-
BILE as to the choice OF the secretary Mr.
Walt Seeley, on a compact of last year,
agreed not to enter the race again. But Mr.
Seeley has watched his bread and the side
upon which it was buttered and it is under
stood that he is to have some votes for re-
election. IT is understood that ex-Chairman
Richards, nominee for governor, will insist
upon n. H. Ager ,ex-secretary of the board of
transportation. A gentleman of the name of
Aikens is also an applicant, but his where
abouts are unknown to those are familiar
with the politics and politicians of the state
No matter who is selected, a very lively
scramble is predicted and those who know
about the pins which have been set say that
Walt Seeey is in advance of'alI others at this
date. The committee meets Tuesday.
In being called to preside at the Hastings
congressional convention, Captain j. H.
Stickles was certainly honored Captain
Stckles is one of the Od-time anti-monopo-
lists of this state, and yet one of the men who
is Interested in republican victory this fall.
Out in Clay county there is a little fight on
between Colonel j. W. Johnson and Henry
Groshans Two years ago Johnson doomed
GrOshans for auditor Of state, and this year
Johnson wanted to be secretary of state and
GrOshans, who headed the delegation refused
to recognize his former friend. But Groshans
may be excused on the ground that he knew
what he was doing. However, Mr.. johnson
and MIR. Groshans no longer speak in deafen-
ing voice when they pass by
o. f. Hall, who claims to be grand master
of the state grange is generally supposed to
be scuttlng Dan Buffers ship. We have not
been able to discover who elected Mr. Hall
master Of the state grange. The last master
was Church Howe. AS far as we can ascer-
tain, the state grange at present is composed
principally of Q. L. Hall.
One of the amusin Q incidents at thepcople's
Independent convention was when a gentle
man named Cortright had been nominated
| and voted upon as state superiu tendent of
public instruction. Cortrlght received, on
the final ballot, the largest number of votes.
a reporter sought him and had
him come upon the stage, so that
he might interview him and get a
brief biographical sketch. While the inter-
viewing process was in motion the audience
commenced to call for COrtright. The re-
porter, innocently but sincerely, told him that
he had been nomina ated, "he guessed" and
they were calling upon him to make a speech.
COrtright jumped up before the footlights
and thanked the convention for the honor
ithad con ferred upon him, and promised, If
elected to carry out his part of the pro-
gramme. A few feeble cheers, assisted by
the reporter in question, followed this an
nouncement But 10 and behold-delegation
commenced changing their votes, and DIAL
mond Of E'umas county carried the conven-
tiOn by storm on the next ballot Up to the
hour of adjournment, and maybe up to this
time, Mr. Cortright is at loss to understand
| how it came about that he was not nolni-
| mated.