Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
READY FOR LOCAL CAMPAIGN
Republican County Headquarters Will Prob
ably Be Opened Monday,
ORGANIZATION WILL BE BEGUN AT ONCE
Action Of the Republican state Con-
vention Impels the Popocratic
Managers 20 Try 20 Keep
Bryan in the state.

The republican campaign in Douglas
county will begin bright and early Monday.
1t will continue without cessation OF energy
until the last ballot is counted next No
vember. Chairman Collins OF the county
committee announces that he will open the
headquarters Monday in one Of two or three
locations that he has under consideration.
He will spend as much time in the active SUI
pervlslon Of the campaign as possible, and
Secretary Tucker will be on hand at all
times during the campaign.
The experience OF the chairman in hunt
ing for a satisfactory location for the head
quarters has emphasized his impression Of
the fact that we are living In republican
times. 1t has been a number of years since
any campaign committee found 1t 50 diff
cult to secure quarters in Omaha. Suffi-
ciently commodious apartments located any
where near the business center OF the city
are almost impossible to secure at any price.
Mr.. Collins has spent most or his spare
time for a week searching through down
town office buildings, and has barely sue
ceeded in finding rooms that can be made to
answer his purpose. In fact none of the To-
cations available provide all the accommo-
dations considered desirable.
In discussing his plans for the campaign
Chairman Collins said that his primary OBJ
ject will be to effect the most complete and
thorough organization possible. Il propose
to make the campaign as aggressive and eff
feotive as is in my power" he asserted,
land ] regard organization as the principal
foundation for success. / will take care OF
the county fight to the best OF my ability,
but, to be successful, l must have the hearty
cooperation of my colleagues on the COM
mittee and republicans in general. l have
every reason to expect that my support VIII
be disinterested and enthusiastic, and | shall
go into the contest with more confidence
than | have ever felt before at the begin
ming Of an important campaign. There was
never a time when republicans were more
harmonious and enthusiastic than right now.
The state ticket is absolutely invincible and
our county ticket is, in the aggregate, one
of the strongest we have ever been called
on to support. With thorough organization
and the same spirit now manifested l am
confident that we will not only roll up a
surprising majority in this county, but that
we will sweep the state"
The enthusiasm that the state convention
has inspired in republican circles Is In strik-
ing contrast to the shock that 1t has given
the hopes Of the popocratic managers. The
politicians who are managing the Holcomb
campaign still insist on the street that,
while Judge Reese is one of the strongest
meu Inc VepuDllCdllS Coulu nave hohiiudIcub
they still have a sufficient majority remain
ing in the state to pull their man through.
1t is significant, however, that, since Judge
Reese was nominated, the most strenuous
efforts are being made to induce Bryan to
p~rotract his Nebraska campaign. The pilots
admit that their only chance Of success lies
in Bryan's ability to induce his friends to
support Holcomb for his own preservation.
They do not hesitate to concede that, IL the
two candidates for the supreme bench were
running on their own individual merits,
Judge Reese would sweep the state. They
cling to the hope, however. that the in
fuence of the Bryan personality will once
more be potent to keep some part Of their
previous majority in line.
1t had been previously arranged that
Bryan should leave Nebraska October 1 and
spend the rest Of the month in other states,
returning to Nebraska just before election.
It is stated that his outside dates are al
ready fixed to October 20 and the local man
ayers are now engaged in a desperate effort
to induce the national committee to send
Bryan back here during the last ten days OF
the month. At the same time a strenuous
appeal has gone out for the presence Of as
many of the best stump speakers from other
states as can possibly be thrown into Ne
braska during the last three weeks Of the
campaign. In spite of the confidence ex-
pressed at popocratic headquarters every
move OF the steering committee is indicative
Of a growing conviction that nothing but
the most desperate measures can save the
state for Bryan.
The recent democratic endorsement of S.
!. Gordon for police judge is another ghost
that refuses to down. The democratic city
convention was almost unanimously opposed
to Gordon's nomination., but, by declaring
q recess, during which some OF the candi-
dates busied themselves in an earnest ap-
peal to the delegates to do anything the pops
wanted, the delegates were induced to swal-
low Gordon with as much grace as could be
expected. The endorsement of Gordon was
mainly the result OF the personal s~olicita-
lions OF John Power, who was anxious to ac-
complish something that would win populist
votes for his own candidacy, and now a lot
of the democrats declare that Power might
better have attended to his own business.
1t has just got to them that, with Gordon
running Independently against a republican
candidate, there was a promising opportun-
ity to elect a democrat, and the friends of
the half dozen democrats who were candi-
dates for the ONCE assert that Power sacri-
feed democrats who had stayed by him In
order TO throw a sop to his populist allies.
The populist county central met
at the Peter Cooper club yesterday after
noon TO organize for the campaign and ar
range for the completion OF the ticket. This
organization was completed by the selection
OF an executive committee. which consists
OF NJ. ]. o'Connell. J. B. Jones and l.. v.
Guye OF Omaha, G.. W. Rayworth OF South
Omaha and ]. Kelly McCoombs OF jefferson
precinct. The endorsement OF the remain,
ing candidates on the ticket was left to the
executive COMMITTEES after conference with
the executive committees of the other par
ties. The committee will meet at the same
place every Saturday night during the cam
paign.
The resignation OF ]. w. Carr as one OF
the judicial candidates of the silver repub-
lican party failed to effect its supposed pur-
wHsksy bssnsg tns name ''senwsyef" Is guarantee Of tue
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