Evening star., 1900-11-20
VICTORY IN NEBRASKA
What 1t Means to Republicans in That
State.
END OF The FUSION PARTY
Lively Contest for the Two Sena-
torships.
CANDIDA ATE S

Washington's Nebraska delegation is be-
ginning to find its way back to Washington
and is bringing with it some facts and fig
ures that add much to the story of the
election in that state. Said Nebraskan
who reached the city yesterday:
The republican victory was much greater
in our state than anybody realizes. We
not only gave Mckinley a plurality, but we
elected the entire state ticket and captured
the legislature. We have majority in the
legislature on joint ballot of eleven. l
see that Meiklejohn says we have five more
than a constitutional majority. That is
true, but it is somewhat misleading. We
have 1873 members of the legislature. a
constitutional majority is simply a
jority or 81, which would leave the minor
ity &c. But the republicans elected -,
which left the fusonists only 81, giving US
a majority of H.
Meaning of the Victory.
"Our capture of the state offices and the
legislature means more than appears on
the surface. 1t means that the republicans
will after the first of the year have full
control of all the state institutions, which
number about II. That means that about 800
officials and employees of various kinds-al
fusionists-will walk out and be supplanted
by republicans.
Another thing is that this defeat of the
fusionists means the end of fusionsm and
the death of the populist party in Nebraska.
The understanding on the part of the 1uSlon-
lists that if they were defeated tris
time the democrats would go 1t alone mere
after and without the democrats there can
be no fusonism, and there are not enough
populists left in the state to nominate
ticket. The silver republican party is also
barely enough
this year to name state ticket. 1t inquired
only nomnally in the returns and there will
be no more silver republican party.
Got All the Fusion Money.
Another thing-we got all the fusion
money that was bet and there was about
100000 of it. They had a regular betting
syndicate with the national democratic
committeeman at the head of it, The morn
ing of the day following the election the
Omaha World Herald announced that the
fusiOnists had carried the state, and every
fusionist was willing to stake his last dollar
on it. We let them do it, and they kept
on betting for four days afterward. Ihey
have been busy ever since paying these
pOst-electiOn bets.
Nebraska has a great way of doing
just what Kansas does, only doing 1t two
years afterward. Two years ago Kansas
threw populism overheard we dld II thls
year. We are little slow, but We always
get there and get there very effectually.
Senatorial Contest.
THE senatorial situation is the next thing
to interest us. The legislature will as
semble on January / and will have two
senators to elect, one for four years to fill
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Hayward, which is being temporarily filled
by Senator Allen, and the other to succeed
Senator Thurston, who will not seek to sue
ceed himself The short term is preferred
by all the candidates, for the reason that
the chances are 10 to ! he will succeed
himself, while the long-term man will prob
ably have big fight on hand if he desires
to be returned.
Both senators are now from the North
Platte country. Hayward was from the
South Platte country but the governor did
not see fit to appoint a South Platte man
in his place. By an unwritten law all
offices and patronage in our state is equally
divided between the North Platte and the
South Platte. If you will look at a map of
Nebraska you will see how the Platte river
divides the state almost exactly in halt and
understand why we divide our offlces by IT,
The result of this is that one of our new
senators will probably be North Platte
man and the other a South Platte man.
No Lack of Candidates.
1--WE have no lack of candidates. Among
the North Platte men are George D. Mel
keljohn of Fullerton, assistant secretary OF
war, who l think, stands the best chance
of winning ;eX- X-Governor Lorenzo Crounse OF
Fort Calhoun, Congressman David H. Mer-
Ger of Omaha, who has given US public
buildings; John l.. Webster, lawyer, Oma-
ha who was q candidate two years ago;
l.. D. Richards of Fremont, and last, but
not least, Editor Rosewater Of the Omaha
Bee, also candidate two years ago.
South Of the Platte have D. E.
Thompson of Lincoln. a candidate of 1898;
ex-Congressman f. ]. Hainer of Aurora.
E. H. Hinshaw of Fairbury lawyer, who
was defeated for Congress two years ago
by Starke and H. G. Lindsay of Pawnee
City, the chairman Of the state republican
committee, who has all the prestige that
attaches to the successful chairman.
"Rosewater is the only one who starts
in with any pledged votes. He has the
eight delegates of Douglas county pledged
to him. But Mr.. Rosewater is not entirely
without a handicap. The republicans have
not liked the way in which he tried to
make himself an issue of the campaign by
trying to get the voters express their sena-
torial preference at the polls. 1t is also
remembered against him that he flrted
with the fusionists two years ago. nego-
tiating to secure their votes in his support
and to turn his republican votes over to
them for their measures. Thompson is also
met with the charge of flirting with the fu-
sionists. He had eleven votes two years
turn these votes over to the fusionists if
the fusionsts would vote for him for SEN
ator You can see from all this we will
have a lively time in Nebraska next Janu-
ary. We will be represented by only one
senator here for awhile. Allen goes out
on January 1. Until his successor IS elect
ed the seat will be vacant. Rosewater has
threatened to prevent any election unless
he is chosen In that case the seat might
remain vacant for no little time