Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-08
PULL LANGDoN OUT OF THE RACE.
PopuIist County Committee Discovers
Vacancy in Nomination for Judge.

PopuIist County Committee Discovers
Vacancy in Nomination for Judge.
BY decisive vote the populist county
central committee Saturday hight declared
a vacancy in the office of county Judge,
thus throwing Martin Langdon overheard.
The meeting of the committee was we'll at
tended Immediately after Chairman kenney
called 1t to order the report OF the execu-
tive committees of the populist, democratic
and free silver republican parties, adopted
Thursday night was read. This report was
in the shape Of a resolution and declared
that Martin Langdon was not nominated for
county Judge for the reason that the popu-
list and free silver republican conventions
held last month resolved that no candidate
be declared the nominee unless he should
be nominated by two Of the three wings Of
the fusion combine. Neither Langdon nor
Burman, the latter being the free silver
nominee for county judge, received the
nomination of more than one convention.
This being the case, the executive commit
tee considered that no nomination had been
made and recommended that the county CEN
trail committees Of the three parties place
James w. Carr upon the ticket for county
judge. The report was signed by the fol-
lowing members of the executive commit
tees: l. ]. Dunn, democrat; ]. M. Kenney,
popuist; ]. G. Arthur, free silver repub
lican. 1t was adopted by the county central
committee-recommenda favoring Carr
and abby a viva voce vote, but little Op-
position being manifest.
J. r. Jones then introduced a resolution
instructing John o. Yeiser and w. w. Ell
liott, respectively chairman and secretary
Of the late populist county central commit
tee, not to sign the certificate of nomination
of any candidate for county Judge until
authorized to do so by the county central
committee. 1t was during the discussion or
this resolution that Judge Langdon put in
an appearance at the meeting. He was much
wrought when he learned Of the effort which
was being made to oust him and expressed
his convictions in no uncertain terms. He
hurled defiance at all those who were op-
posing him, denouncing them as traitors and
announced that he had been nominated by
the populists and would insist upon con-
tinung as their candidate until the mil
lennium, If necessary. Then came a cat and
parrot time for a continued period. The
populist brethren were far from dwelling
in peace and harmony and Judge Langdon
was Informed by certain members OF the
committee that they would not vote for him
under any circumstances. AS parting shot
he told his opponents that despite the Jones
resolution he would get the signatures OF
the officers Of the county convention II he
had to resort to law in order to do 80. The
resolution was adopted on a roll call by a
vote OF 12 to and soon thereafter Judge
Langdon sorrowfully left the hall
The committee endorsed the democratic
nominees for assessors and other minor Of
fees, except in the Sixth ward, where r.
w. Manville, the democratic nominee for
assessor, was turned down. He was charged
with being republican renegade who had
been cast aside by the republicans and 9
motion to endorse Mr.. Mccoy, the repub-
lican nominee, was made. This was after
ward withdrawn, but not until two or three
Of the members of the committee, who wore
upon the lapels of their coat Grand Army
button, asserted that they would support
him. One old soldier said he didn't think
that Mccoy, being a republican and an old
soldier, would accept populist nomination
SO Charles Johnson was nominated