Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-19
PATRIOTS AFTER THE PLUMS
Congressman Hager Receiving Petitions for
Distribution of Offices,
REPUBLICANS WISHES TO Be CONSULTED
First Experience of the Iowa Con-
prcssmnn In This Linc--Seycrnl
Hundred Applicants Al
ready in Evidence.

Congressman Hager was in the city yes
terday and took his first decisive skirmish
with the patronage seeking constituency of
Council Bluffs and this vicinity. lie ostab-
lished headquarters at ;he Grand hotel
and a steady stream of callers kHpt him
busy until train time last evening. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Hager, who assisted
him in keeping track OF The large number
OF petitions that were presented 10 him
for his consideration.
Here in Council Bluffs are centeisd per-
haps the best plums he has at his disposal.
The United States marshal .or .he Southern
district of Iowa is stationed here, and while
Mr.. Hager has only one vote out Of eight in
selecting the successful applicant, his in
huence is considered vital. The United
States attorneyshp for the same s,rict
Is decided in the same manler dnd Council
Bluffs and the Ninth district rave their
share of the faithful who are presenting
their claims for recognition,
HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE.
This is my first experience in the dis
tribution of patronage" said Mr.. Hager
yesterday. 1T was but day or two after
the election that the applications and petit
tions began TO come In. Not a few dele
tons from the various towns in the dis
trict have been In TO see me at Greenfield.
Already | have answered no less than $50
letters relative TO postoffices. AS | stated
during the campaign and before the nomina-
tion the distributing OF the offices in the
various parts of the district will be done
according to the wishes Of the republicans
in the different parts OF my district"
Among the prominent names mentioned
in connection with the marshalship is that
OF /. NJ. Treynor. He was a caller at Mr..
Iagers apartments several times during
e day, but would not admit that he was
a candidate for either the office OF marshal
or postmaster El!s replies to questions as
to his candidacy were for the most part
evasive. AS one of his friends put 1t during
the day, he was aiming at the marshal's
office, but would be satisfied with the post
office.
PoSTOFFICE CANDIDATES.
For the latter office the following have
been mentioned: j. Z. Greenshields, E.
r. Fonda and John Lindt. Mr.. Greenshields
Is the alderman from the First ward and
has been prominent in local politics for
some time. Mr.. Fonda would like to step
from the school board to selling stamps
for Uncle Sam, and John Lindt Is willing
to give up his law practice for the same
job.
|. NJ Treynor as candidate for mar
shall, has number of competitors from
tho Ninth district. j. J. Hethcrington
from Mr., Hagers own town, Greenfield
is making a strong pull for the berth. Pot
tawattamie county has another candidate
In the east end, E. A. Consigney OF Avoca
Audubon has two candidates to succeed
Marshal Bradley. They are II. w. Hanna
and A. II. Herbert. n. n. Jones Of Atlantic
the present warden OF the Fort Madison
penttentiary, is another prominent applicant
from the Ninth district
For United States district attorney Coun-
ell Bluffs has two candidates Republican
County Chairman Dawson and State Senator
Rot hau
politics OF the county for years and have
considerable backing. |. NJ. Treynor, sec
retary OF the state central committee, men
toned above, claimed yesterday that his
visit to Mr.. Hager was in the interests of
Mr.. Dawson, for the office of district attor-
ney and that while no determined effort
had been made by the gentleman or his
friends, he was a candidate. Mr. Dawson.
when seen later. did not deny that he had
aspirations in this direction. Senator Pu-
sey was also among the callers at Mr.
Hager's apartments yesterday
SOME OF THE ASPIRANTS.
T. C. Bardsley of Walnut is another as
pirant for the same position, making the
third from this county. The other repub-
licans mentioned in this connection from
the Ninth district are Major Curtis OF At
lantic, one of the candidates at the con-
gressonal convention that selected Mr.
Hager. He is making a strong pull and has
C"SS NOuhts bdIhiHS nllll JuuBe STORY OF
Greenfield is also prominently mentioned
in connection with the attorneyshp
Another important office that will be dis
posed of is that of pension agent at Des
Moines AT present the only candidate
from the Ninth district is H. Palmer ot
Red Oak
There are also not a few applications
being presented for consulships from Pot
tawattamie and the Ninth district In
Council Bluffs Spencer Smith and Ohio
Knox are most prominently mentioned for
foreign posts. They have not settled upon
any definite place where they would like
20 represent Uncle Sam, but are anxious
TO enter the foreign service.
Day & Hess, 80 Pearl street, Council Bluffs.
have some extraordinary bargains in fruit,
garden and farm lands near Council Bluffs.
Now Is tho time to buy real estate.
Trying John Jackson.
The hearing of the charge of assaulting
Emil Machan brought against John Jackson
was not concluded yesterday. Another con-
tinuance was taken until this morning.
When the case was called Tuesday morn
ing young Machan positively identified his
ilant Jnhn Taclrson and addura1 nj bar