Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-09
REVIEW OF SENATORIAL FIGHT
Hayvard's Supporters Resist All Ef-
fort. 10 Produce Break in Their
Iines-No bad Blood DeN eloped.


Iines-No Bad Blood DeN eNelopcd.
LINCOLN. March s.. Special The COZ.
-ss, far tAe U-i.e1 states s=-btc-ssiF began
r.ra. ztser .hs tll election et 1855 ls soon
as s, vas certain .hEt he republicans had
elected = majority q me nsuhsrs % ihs
Legislature TIE first name 30 ns ~; for
lrz sv -1e newspapers tor -he IlE-s was
-GEt q Ju5Ee Hayward, and -he J-u2os..to1
usi wiz quite general suppur; from tht
people Of ,.e STATE being ne natural out
growth q he enthusiasm o. tht state CHI
paiEr JUS. ended. A-5.het candidate vhc
received favorable CONS i5Hra:lcu was C. N
Lam her,sc1 Of Lincoln. wh1 had been t'e.
cuer-v mentioned as a senatorial p-oas.i.-.
lty during ne pas; TWO years. Judge Allen
Fltld OF Lincoln was well known oyer me
s.stc. as IVES e1-CcaE-esg-2E1 Fairer. and
brta at these re1Is-e1 were early i1 tse
race C Z Adams o, -hs Fltth district ana
Z 4 Ht1shsw q ne Fourth having MADE
rood campaigns Tor congress arliCs- large
adverse -s5u-fties wee often mentioned.
Sool attet elewlgo day i WIS apparent
thE, st-u-E organization rad been formed
tc~ the purpose q pushing The candidacy q
L. L Thompson. pro11l1su; business man
O. L.1cr11. but wh1 tad hitherto been u--
known il state politics This organization
did wo-5=rtu. vu-E. II syEe @! sentiment
worked W il the state aEzlust re new car
didaic and before TIE opening Of The leEls-
/ lEtive session il was evident mat tte EEht
( nust be between Hayward sDi ThoDrso2s
/ II he meantime John L Webster Of Omaha
had managed 10 secure the hacking q he
4 Douglas delegation. T. :. Majors Of Ne--zhs
county asp.red to t14 ca15i5aCy. and had -he
/ promise Of two votes for ne opening ballots.
During The first Two weeks q t1g leEIs-
lAture there was 10 change IN t1s s.tua-
uur. The members set-lIr 10 ns vell
grounded il their preferences. a15 the work
Of the candidates simply 1eutralLzi-g each
other. The first three o. four ballots taken
showed that Hayward had VI toward forty
votes while Webster ha5 te-. TscDps-c
seven and The balance scattering among
La-ubertsgn, Field Reese, Es!ner. Adams
4 ushsw, Weston, Cornish Fuss. Van Dusen,
with az occasional complimentary vote for
other parties.
/ Tor long time there vas little change
I il The vote. The candidates having few
supporters each n Ihe joint c--vs1tlol
/ held OF II the hopes that : breEk u ne
! forces q The leaders would result 10 Their
( benefit The prediction was often made that
/ the Hayward support would 20 TO pieces. and
4 that Thonrso1 had twenty or more -cen il
( the Hayward camp, who would come out
when called upon. thus putting HAYWARD
! out Of the race. As the daily ballots COZ
ti1Uei il seemed thai the supporters Of The
various candidates were becoming solidlted
/ instead Of shaken to Pieces.
All attempts 10 80 into Z caucus faile5
/ for the reason that some ~ the mem bers
wanted a secret ballot and some wanted 10
! 60 into caucus where all the members
could vote openly. Finally q conference wAs
! held and Z committee Of nine. representing
the principal candidates, was appointed to
| draft rules for caucus. This committee, o.
the first dGy Of its deliberations. stood
eight 10 one in favor of : secret ballot, ~:
| la1sr By a vote Of eight 10 one, reported II
favor Of caucus with an
optional ballot, where the members
could vote openly or secretly as
they pleased. One q M Thoupsons Lead
/ ing supporters, who was on the committee
failed TO sign the report, and The Thompson
men were not satisfied with ths rules
provided by The committee. Matters were
again at stan 5stiu, until the Hayward
men accepted proposition made hy Mr.
/ Thompson that If fifteen Of The Hayward
supporters would agree 10 vote secretly The
caucus rule would be acceptable, Fifteen
men volunteered 70 cast secret ballots, ana
! there was nothing further in The WY Of Z
caucus.
Al the 1TSt session o. the caucus Inc vote
differed very little from the result q The
Joint sessions Subsequent ballots brought
about DO change and adjournneuts were
taken from night 70 night until ffty-fve
ballots had been taken. On The evening O.
March Nj. Thompson who had pushed MS
vote " 10 fourteen IL tie joint session apd
seventeen in The caucus. withdrew from The
race and his supporters distributed then
/ selves among the candidates, none Of theD
I however, going Immediately 10 Hayward
AL attempts q The opposition 10 shatter the
Hayward forces were IL vain and q move Il
interfere viii and break u7 the series Of
cauCusss was productive q no good results.
The agreement between The Republicans
came on the fourth night Of the caucus
series and On The thirty seventh DAY q the
joint sessions. The contest had been -.
markable II The way The supporters O: tht
candidates remained firm against every o..
slaughi and in the good feeling that ezlste!
between the various factions. The people
Of the state had shown great interest y
the struggle and the hotels Of Lincoln hal
been crowded with outsiders who desired Il
influence The votss Of members. but Iht
business q the session had been carried o.
il 3 business like way and the close Of n.
contest left The members IN condition ant
, frame Of mind 10 20 ahead and complete
most sreditsble session Of the legislature