Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-22
AFTER THE MARSHALSHIP
Many Republicans Seeking the Place Now
Filled by Frank White.
LEARY OF THUMNELL OF GRAND ISLAND
Term OF Present Marshal Expires Next
Month and lie Expects to lie Re-
IicNcd ut the END Of
This Quarter.

49,
On March rs next the term of Frank u.
White as United States marshal for the
district of Nebraska will expire. he having
been the first of the appointments for the
larger offices made under the present ad-
ministration. This may account for some
of the activity which Is being displayed by
republicans who desire to secure the place
under the incoming administration The
fact that they feel that this Office will pre-
sent the first opening for the admission OF
a patriot may possibly explain why there
are SO many more avowed candidates for the
marshalship at this time than for any OF
the other Offices. There are no Less than six
avowed candidates for the position, with sew
eral others whose names are only men
toned in that connection.
The First congressional district presents
e. r. Sizer of Lincoln, the present deputy
clerk OF the district court in Lancaster
county. Ed is an old-timer in Nebraska, ana
has always been counted among the working
republicans CT the state. They say he mas
the solid endorsement of Lincoln republicans
for the place he is now seeking, and that
is considered to be quite a card coming
from a city which was never known to want
for a candidate for any position worth nav
ing, and is taken as evidence that the re-
publicans there recognize In Siaer a canul-
date who is entitled to something, and for
whom they are all willing TO cast aslue tEelr
individual ambitions.
JIM ALLAN WANTS IT.
The Second district up to this time only
has one candidate in the person of James
Allan, better know in the political world as
Jim" He has more or less Of ~ pull with
the powers, and he contidCs in his friends
the fact that he is going to secure the mar
shalship. Jim served in The lower house of
the state legislature at the 1895 session ana
achieved distinction by having his name
head the official roll call. In the fall OF
1896 he was elected to the city council from
the Ninth ward, a position he Is stu ocCu-
pying. Last fall he was nominated Tor the
legislature again, but was one OF those WIN
met defeat at the polls.
The Third district has two candidates IN
II, C. Alderman of Stanton ana Major Sho-
walter of emo Ted Alderman is sherlh
of Stanton county and is one OF the active
republicans in that part of the state. tie
has quite a list Of endorsements and is not
discouraged by the fact that thu last repuD-
lican marshal came from the Third district:
Major Showalter is an estilnable cltiheh OF
Dodge county and an old soldier. III Is salu
that in looking over the list OF Candidates
for the offices to be filled in this state by
Mr. Mckinley the major didn't notice any
one whom he knew to be an old soldier anu
he therefore SHE'D his castor INTO the rihS
for the marshalship. Afterward he learneu
there were other old soldiers seeking po-
sitions. .
Ii the Fourth district has a candidate 1or
marshal the fact has not become known to
the political world here in Omaha.
The Fifth district has George IL. Thum-
neil of Grand Island. Now there are some
republicans who will say that Is
not a candidate, but there are many reasons
for believing that he is, not the least OF
which is the anxiety of the other candidates
in reference to ~Thummells standing. he Is
n personal friend of Senator Thurston. they
having been associated together in Union Pa
ci6c business for a great many years. ne
Is an attorney by profession, but II is sara
that he has not lately engaged in active pracs
tice and would welcome the opportunity OF
having his attention attracted from the Dusl-
ness Of the law in the manner afforded by a
tenure in the office of marshal. Mr.. Thum-
nell was one Of the delcEntoS-at-llrge from
Nebraska to the republican national conVen-
ton last summer. and was the ohly one VI
the four who had a contest to secure the
place. which was due Golely to a strife be-
tween two sections of the state Tor the honor'
AN E~X-SHERIFF IN THE LIST.
Passing over into the Sixth district there
is b. II. Goodell at Kearncy. He Is an OLD
soldier, and was one of the district dele
gates to the republican national convention.
He Is said to have the backing OF every in
nuential republican in the Sixth district,
with a large number from the other dis
tricts. He served four years as sheriff in a
county in Illinois before moving to Nebraska.
He has lived in the state about twelve years.
The only special interest attached to this
contest is the feeling entertained by some
of the candidates toward the candidacy of
Thummell. 1t Is best expressed in the Ian
guage of jim Allan, who says: why don't
he try for the attorneyship? He Is a lawyer.
If the lawyers are going to take everything
in sight 1t is time for us to know 1t, and If
Thummell gets the marshalship there Is
going to be trouble" But If rumors count
for anything, and in this case they all seem
to be of the same portcnt, Jim had better
begin to get his knife shlrpened.
1t Is possible that an appointment Will be
made early in March, because the marshal's
Office is not like the others where an oc-
cupant may hold over till his successor is
appointed. When the commission of the
marshal expires that officer ceases to have
authority unlegs he be reappolnted, and for
that reason there will probably be no delay
in having a successor ready for Mr., White
when his term expires. At the marshal's
Office II Is expected that the appointment will
be made in time to take charge of affairs
on April /, the beginning Of the second
quarter, which will obylate the necessity Of
tho office making Out a double set of rpDOrtS.