New-York tribune., 1900-08-16
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

CHEERING NEWS FROM NEBRAsKA-sena-
tor Thurston regards the political situation IN
Nebraska cheering for the Republican party.
Entering details he declares It TO be his belief
that the Republicans will carry the Governorship
and the legislature. if they 10 not secure the eIec
tora ticket The DemocraticP Populist-Silver RepIn-
and there is evidence of change of sentiment SUI
hcIent 70 give the State TO the Republicans.
SENATOR BTTTLER's CHANGE OF FRONT
The PopuIist Executive Committee will meet on
August q in Chicago. Senator Marion Eutler says
that he viii support Mr.. Stevenson for the
Vice-Presidency as he did vote for him in lsS-
He expects vote for POpulist nominee Tor that
office. 1896, il will recollected, Mr.. Butler op-
posed the nomination Of PopUlist for ;ice-FFeSl-
osndaev 3eeF4g of W J BrTan for the first place Il
now seems that the chairman Of the PopqIist va Ea-
ttonal Executive Committee has changed ms s vlew
Of matters II IS believed that many others nave
changed with him
THE VIEWS OF FORMER POPUL-ST.-W. z,
Kibbe, who prominent farmer in Kansas and
has been high in the counsels Of the Fopulists for
a number Of years. has left his new love and taken
up with the old. the Republican party In his tare-
well he says:
7 am now fully convinced that Poputsn1, has no
future In the last five years, since EopulIsna p5
gan TO make fusion alliances, 1 have witnessed
more schemes more disrepUtable political traolng
more dishonesty among fusion officials than
found in all the thirty years was RePun4GanT % m ,T
gone. Alone to-day. it could not cary slnsie
sought to ada Strength to Itself by making all
kinds Of alliances wiki other minority parties alIen
in the North and with Republicans in The South south
result Of receiving the antagonisrn and contempt
Of all.
TOO BUSY TO sTRIKE-Here is another cam
paign lie nailed as fat pancake The Demo-
Gratis in order 10 create a bad impression. have
telegraphed TO Chicago that the miners IN the
hard coal district Of Pennsylvania about to
strike owing to difficulties that they are having
with the operators dispatch from Hazeton S,1
trtct indicates how foolish the story is The miners
are buster now than they have been Tor years IN
LAWYERS IN THE O1AJoRITY.-The thirteen
Republican nominees for Congress from Illinois
include ten attorneys. One. Representative Lands
IS a newspaper man: Hugh OConnor, OF Corydor.
/ nominated 10 run against Representative Zenor
/ fDemocrat. Is a young business man, 4no Nalaan
tive Griffith Democrat. is a banker. ALI except
Mr.. lands and Nj O'COnnor, are native Hoosiers
THE DELAWARE sITUATION-The regular
! Republican State Convention of Delaware Will be
held on August p. ami it Is likely that the regulars
will choose Presidential Electors. we'll com
plete State ticket. and utterly ignore the action
| taken BY the Union Republicans az their snap
! convention held last week. That gathering was
merely an Addicks caucus The last day for regis
! terirg in Newcastle County is August 1S and the
law provides naturally, that primary elections to
until after the last registration day. until after
| it has been determined who is qualified TO vote.
/ The Union Republicans at first fixed upon August
% the earliest practicable time for holding their
convention. but the regulars found that It would
! be possible TO get voting looks ready by August
q, and accordingly made the call their couven-
tion days ahead Of their rivals The Union Re
! publicans then that they would be placed in
the embarrassing predicament or having 20 accept
/ the nominees of the regulars or OF naming sepa-
rate ticket and shouldering the responsibility for
causing The split. In order TO escape these DIFF
/ hculues, the Union Republicans changed the date
! OF Their state Convention TO August g. held make
/ believe prima rles in Newcastle County August
/ I. and selected certain persons from Newcastle
! County who had no legal standing 10 represent
! their faction at the snap" State Convention on
/ august 1t is the intention Of the Unionists to
hold on August g the original date. another State
Convention. which will confirm re-eiect the per
I sons named at the snap convention. The reg
uars will. II is said ignore the snap convention
and its selections, and choose ticket Of their own
AddiCks and his party viii then have two courses
/ open. He may ticket Of his own and split
the party. or he may indorse the regular nominees
r he indorses the ticket and if his followers vote
! for il, the Republicans viii win, and the victory
will be in the hands of the regulars If he places
his ticket IN the field he viii wreck the party again
/ and give 70 the Democrats an easy triumph