Omaha daily bee., 1893-09-17
ARRAYED AGAINST MAXWELL
Men from Whose Number the Opposition
Hopes to Pick a Candidate.
TRYING TO tMBRou DOUGLAS COUNTY
Efforts OF the Lincoln Crowd to Secure an
Omaha Man to Act ms n F~igurehead-
List OF the Names Com
sidered.

for "a candidate for the supreme bench In this
county Ia pursuance of the preconcerted
plan for downing Maxwell, but its efforts
thus jar have not been attended with the
most nattering success. The Douglas county
lawyer who looked after the interests of the
state house impeachables during their re-
cent bereavement waited on Judge Walton,
OF the district bench, a few days ago, and
endeavored to prevail upon him to become n
candidate, but the reception he received
when his mission was made known was a
frigid one. .
The Judge frankly stated that he had no
desire to enter the field and would not do so.
He said that he did not think that
he was qualified for the place, in
which respect he differed widely from n
number of members of the legal fraternity
who were presumptuous enough to believe
that they were fitted for a place on the
United States supreme bench. He insisted
that he was very well satisfied with things
as they were, and said that the cup Of his
ambition had already been more than filed.
He said that he entertained the highest re-
spect for Judge Maxwell, both as n citizen
and a judge, and hoped that the party would
not be so blind to its own interests and those
OF the state rs TO countenance the deter
mined effort that was being made by the
railroads TO bring about his retirement from
the bench.
Other Lawyers Resist the Siren.
The same result has attended the efforts
OF the railroads in several of the other
counties of the state, this being due either
to the feelings of the lawyers who were be-
sought to run OR to conditions which made
their candidacy impracticable. Judge
Chapman of Plattsmouth positively refused
to run, and the move to make a candidate of
Judge NJ. l.. Hayward of Nebraska City is
now but little more than Il memory, as the
bank interests OF that gentleman aud his
other private matters render his candidacy
practically out of the question. So IL is
that the pins set up by the corporations are
dropping one bS one. until it is quite certain
that If the convention were to be held to-
morrow and the railroads were to dominate
II, their choice would fall upon E. c. Calkins
of kearney.
The effort to get an Omaha lawyer on tho
track has not been abandoned, however, and
no pains will be spared to find such q one
within the next two weeks, in which case a
vigorous effort will be made to instruct the
Douglas county delegation for him Septem-
Der 30, as was done by the crowd of Elkhorn
snappers at Fremont a week ago.
After "A Democrat, Too.
1t is a fact recognized by everybody that
IN case MAXWELL is nominated he will get the
votes Of n great many democrats in this
county unless u Douglas county democrat is
running against him, and as the corpora
iuniSl are cHueaNOFlnR 10 provide against
all possible contingencies of this kind, they
are now at work trying to bring about the
nomination Of Judge Frank Irvine of the
supreme court commission. Other democrats
who are mentioned" for the place, but who
are not losing any sleep over it, are Ajaxon
Sawyer of Lincoln, w. II. Munger of FIRE.
mont and j. S. LeHew of McCook. Munger
says he is not a candidate and has declared
for Maxwell, but there are those who do not
propose TO allow him to have anything to
say about 1T.
The republicans who have been projected
into the field are: Judge M. L. Hayward of
Nebraska City, f. q. Calkins and II. NJ. Sin
clair of kearney, Judge Il. o. T.. Harrison
and ex-Lieutenant Governor o. A. Abbott of
Grand lslgnd, d. Nj. Bartlett and Clinton N.
Powell of Omaha, J. Il. Frick of Fremont
N. A. Hartigan of Hastings, j. L. Cobbey OF
Beatrice Judge Alfred Barlow of Chadron.
Judge M. p. Kinkaid of O'Neill, and Judge
Robert Ryan of Lincoln, supreme court com
missioner.
who They Are.
The Gage county delegation has been in
structed for Cobbey, but his wretched COM
pilation of the statutes in 1891 will queer
him with the lawyers of. the state.
Hurtigau'so obituary recently graccd the
columns of some of the state papers, but he
is still on earth and figured only last week
In IL court room fight in Hastings.
Judge HARRISON Is now on the bench in the
Eleventh judicial district, while Judges Kin
kaid and Barlow hold similar positions in
the Fifteenth judicial district. MIR. Abbott
has been the attorney for the Burlington at
Grand Island. Judge Hayward was formerly
on the bench in the Second judicial district,
succeeding Judge Mitchell. Mr.. Calkins is
city attorney of Kearney. Judge Barlow
was formerly attorney for the Elhhorn road
nj Chadron, but OF course relinquished that
position when he succeeded to the bench.
Judge Hayward figured during the late i'm
parchment trial as one of the attorneys
Tor The respondents, Fastening home as soon
as the trial was concluded because of the
fact that his bank interests urgently de-
manded his personal attention. Judge Samuel
Chapman, who has been more or less talked of
rs a possibility, is now on the bench i'm the
Second district. He Is Judge MaXwell's old
law partner IN Cass county, and has resisted
all Inducements held out to him TO enter the
field as "A candidate against his old friend
and associate, Judge kinkaid is supported
by the opponents of Maxwell because il is
Thought that he could secure the ~instruc-
lions OF his county delegation, but his caudi-
dacy is also being urged by a number of law
yers in that district who have enyious eyes
on the position lie now holds aud believe
that there would be IL chance for them II
kinkaid should resign. Judge Barlow is
being similarly crowded forward. the rail
road contingent trusting that this dual can
didacy will capture the Instructions of two
or three county conventions, and some of
the lawyers Of the district are taking very
kindly TO the double-barrele chance of Gre
ating u vacancy on the district bench.
Clinton N. Powell, who is expected to
capture tho Douglas county delegation in
order to keep it from going 10 Judge Max
well, Is the president of the Board of Educa-
ton, this being the extent of his experience
In Official life.
H.. NJ, Bartlett Is the other Omaha LAWYER
who Is bela- importance by parties who get
their political inspiration IN railway head
quarters.