Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-19
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Democrats of North Carolina have
nominated for congress a man who sup
ported Mckinley.
Judge Parker. Daniel Lamont and John
@. Milburn rave in turn declined to con-
slider the democratic nomination for gov
ernor Of New York.
Having failed to reach the presidential
mantle the peerless leader is about to build
a mantel Of marble, one piece coming from
each OF the states voting for him.
Senator Thomas c. Plat Of New York
celebrated his sixty-nlnth birthday ami
versary last Tuesday. The event drew a
large crowd to the Amen corner"
Hon. J. Ham Lewis. former congressman
from the state Of Washington, is fondling
his burnsides with much fervor. He has
Just picked up a law fee OF 800. 900.
lightning has shattered the wooden In
dian that stood on the roof OF Tammany
Hall. That is the only strike the tribe has
achieved since Van wyck hit the road.
Several patriots holding Office In virginia
have resigned their Jobs as a protest against
the provision Of the new constitution for
bidding the acceptance of railroad passes.
Robert Z. PattisoD has been the demo-
cratic candidate for governor OF Pennsyl-
vania in 1882, 1890 and 1902. II is twenty
years since his first nomination for that
once. .
Connecticut has in the present congress
four members: in the next Il will have Ave.
The new member will be elected at large.
a provision equivalent to the addition Of
one republican member to the delegation.
Dave HilIs presidential goose is peril
ously close to the bake oven. Someone has
dug up a letter written by Dave in 1896, in
which he said: II am a democrat still
very STILL" Treason's hideous head de-
serves the az.
A letter from W. ]. Bryan to a bunch Of
loyal democrats" at Senaca Falls. N. Y,
advises the klckers To put their bait In
soak and fight for the Kansas City plat
form inside the tent. They would be very
lonesome outside.
E~x-Senators r. r. Pettigrew of South
Dakota and Charles A. Towne of Minnesota
have temporarily leased a furnished house
In New York City. Both radicals in poll
tics, they have both made successful use of
the plutocratic regime to fill their pockets.
A large bunch Of foxy politicians for
years past have enjoyed the fruits Of the
earth as receivers for insolvent corpora
tions in New York state. with a zeal
worthy Of their calling they received with
great regularity, pocketed big fees and mer-
rily chased away every thought Of winding
up. The attorney general threatens to
make them jar loose.
In Sumner county, Kansas, one Thomas
A. Hubbard is a candidate for county treas
urer. He has issued a great many cards
announcing that he is in the field, but
thriftily makes use of the other side with
an advertisement that he is a breeder Of
fine hogs which he offers for sale cheap. All
of which moves an opposition editor to say:
vote for Tom Hubbard and get a hog"
Geauga county, Ohio, is one Of the very
strong republican counties in the western
tier, originally settled by natives of Con-
n%ecticut. Some of the political views and
customs Of the land OF steady habits still
pervades the western tier. Henry X. Smith
has served continuously at probate judge
there for thirty-ive years and as an officer
of the court for forty-iye years.