Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-12
SENATORIAL FIGHT WARNS UP
Wires Beginning to Gross and the Whole
Situation Seems Nixsd.
BOOM BUREAUS SHOW GREAT ACTIVITY
Even the Populist Press Of the south
Platte Country Begins to show
the Results OF the Energetic
Literary Campaign.

| LINCOLN, Dec. 11.-(Special)-it Is ap-
parent that the senatorial fight is warming
UP. Near the close Of the week just passed
| there were. signs OF renewed activity all
| along the line This was to be expected, as
! the various still hunts going on were bound
| to collide with each other and stir up a
commotion that would be visible to the
! general public. Just now 1t Is certain that
the Office Is not being allowed to seek the
| man. Agents and representatives for GER
| tain Of the candidates are hurrying around
over the state, doing what they can to man
nfacture sentiment in favor Of their favor
| ties and the newspapers of the state begin
to show that the various senatorial press
bureaus are actively at work. This bureau
work is not entirely confined to republican
papers. as there are some popocratic pa
| pers, particularly in the south part of the
state and along the Republican valley.
taking a wonderful interest in the struggle
and are publishing editorials laudatory Of
aspiring republicans that are evidently writ
ten by some other person thar the editors.
Lincoln Paper in a Dilemma.
The attitude OF the principal daily paper
at Lincoln Is causing much comment and
no little amusement in political circles. 1t
Is well known that one of the senatorial
candidates Is personally obnoxious to the
publishers OF the paper. the cause reaching
back to certain county convention Of two
years ago. when the primo pal editor was
turned down and humiliated through the
influence OF the man who now desires to
don the senatorial toga. This action has
been hard to forget and the paper takes
many vague and indefinite swipes at the
man who would be senator. but SO far not
enough nerve has been displayed to call
names. In the meantime the Sunday issues
Of the paper contain articles iaudatory of
the man who Is SO dlstasteful to the editors
This Is what makes the situation amusing
and Just how the newspaper will finally ex-
tricate itself from the difficulty is not ap-
parent. 1t Is hinted, too, that the prin-
cfpal editor C. H. Gere, regards himself
as a senatorial possibility in case the legis-
iature fails to agree on any one else and
that this dark horse" sort of ambition has
its weight in deciding the paper to oppose
other candidates.
Saturday afternoon there were number
OF the newly elected members Of the legisla-
ture In the city and today some more have
come, all OF them anxious to find some
iight that VIII help them in the organization
OF the legislature and in the selection of a
senator. There Is no lack Of those who are
anxious to furnish the light and the new
members are being Shown with per-
sistency that would lead to the conclusion
that they are all from Missouri With the
increasing frequency Of these visits to Lin
coin and Omaha on the part Of the members
the public ought soon to see in advance
the trend OF events that will lead I'D to
and through the first two weeks of the
coming session.