Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-10
.ooAL CAMPAIGN CHATTER
Judge G. Rantor Scott apparently doOsr


Judge G. Rantor Scott apparently doesn't
that his a. p. A. friends will come to the
conclusion that he is bigger load than they
can possibly bear, he Is beginning already to
hedge and to attempt to curry favor with
the hateful Romans. AT the meeting OF the
Board Of Library Directors last Saturday
evening petition was presented asking
that in case the board should decide TO elect
woman librarian, Miss Margaret O'Brien,
present assistant librarian. should be pro-
NOTED to that position and that at all events
! Miss O'Brien be continued in her present
place. Miss O'Brlen, in whose interest this
petition was presented, is Roman Catholic
and neither denies nor conceals her faith.
| This petition bears the signature Of c. r.
Scott. 1t is in the ranting judges own
handwriting The paper is a public docu-
ment and may be seen at any time on in
quirlng at the public library building. All
of Scotts A. =. A. friends are cordially in
vited to step up and look at it. 1t is
curiosity that is pretty enough to frame in
any parlor."
There is one man who is not nsulted at
being called leg-puler. He is Claus Hub
bard. Claus feels proud of the position he
| otCuplto anu he says lueIt is HOubI dIlOH6
thieves If any candidate doesn't get what
| he has bargained for his money will be
turned to him without defalcation.
Cadet Taylor told the Sixth ward repub-
licans the other night that the present city
council is the most business-lke and honest
that the city has ever had. He said the
| figures would prove it and he would produce
the figures some time. Major Wheeler is
| going to prove the same thing when he gets
! his figures. Hascall will swear to the figures
| that Taylor and Wheeler produce. John West
| berg has a few notes in his pocket that will
| sustain Taylor and Fred Sackett will present
| an equally flattering showing for the county
| Then John Butler has some figures and will
| present them later And all this time
| that these eminent fnanciers are telling in
| what shape the affairs of the city are in a
| force of expert accountants are drawing $40
| a day from the treasury and working hard
to ascertain the true condition of the city's
| finances.
Anton linda told the Polish Republican club,
in Polish the other night that there would be
no change in the method of having the streets
cleaned by day labor He then told Hascal
what ne said to his fellow Poles. 1t was a
| little rough on the inveterate snorter. He
| had a speech all ready, denouncing the day
| labor system according to lines laid down by
| Wheeler and Winspear. But Hascall has
changed his political coat too often to be
stumped very long. He sal ed in and whooped
| it up for the day labor system and claimed
| all of the credit for the plan himself. He
said he had simply coaXed the council into
ordering the work done by day labor and
that all Of the credit belonged to him and his
friends in the council. He hurried away
from the meeting to explain to his friend
| Wheeler how he had been compelled to
change front the question but promised
to make it all right later on.
A curbstone politician declared the colored
| people of the Third ward to be weary of
ceiving only promises from candidates. Does
this mean that they want reward in the
shape of office or do they pine for the usual
ante-election encouragement? The subject is
referred to Council 125.
Charley Unit claims that he voted for G.
w. Lninger for mayer and says that no one
can question his republicanism. But that
isn't enough. Broatch claims that he not
only voted for Lininger, but coerced his
| COdCuIHdu lulO NOtlllS lnc SdlHe way OHLl
will have to show what he did with his
coachmans vote before he can trot in the
Broatch class Meantime everybody remem-
bers that Unit supported Dick Gushing just
the same as did all the other Twenty
Fighters
John Butler is telling his dervish friends
at the political meetings that he is not
candidate for office, but that he was chief of
the fire department once and that he run the
machine for $50, 900 year and that the
pense is now three times that amount. He
is going to present figures to prove his asser-
ton sometime. John could prove lot of
things if old Bill Jones was alive
Washington Saunders and Ananias G. Ed
wards have taken to wheeling and hope to
catch the cycers vote. They both
handicapped. however, by low-geared wheels
and punctured records
| The change in the weather is not alone
sponsible for the chills that are chasing up
and down Colonel Mel Redfeld's spinal col
umn. The colonel has thought all along
tlat he had lead pipe cinch on the repub-
can nomination for county clerk. 1t now
develops that the country precincts have
| united on Ed Stout of Waterloo for that
| position and will come in as unit for him
and demand that he get the nomination or
they will take hand at slate breaking all
along the line. The country precincts will
| have sixty-five votes in the convention, and
| if South Omaha joins them, as is probable
| they will show up with seventy-six delegates
against eighty-one from the city Of Omaha.
Colonel Redfield, of course appreciates the