Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-04
MANY JUDICIAL CANDIDATES
All Of the Present Distro, Court Judges Out
Tor denomination.
SOME or THEM WILL HAVE CONTESTS
J. W. Carr, A, c. Troup, w, A, Reddick,
A. l.. sutton, w. q, sears, l., ID,
Holmes and Herman Eye
Among the Candidates.

The arena from which Will emerge the
successful aspirants for republican nomina-
tions for the district bench Is already dotted
with the forms OF those who would wear
the title OF Judge. Now that It Is prae-
tically decided that the convention for the
Fourth district will be held June q, activity
has been redoubled and the contest is under
vigorous way.
Every one OF the seven republican judges
now in Office is anxious to continue in pos
session OF the judicial robes. Three Of
them. Judges Dickinson, Slabaugh and
Fawcett, are serving second terms. while
Judges Baxter and Estelle are closing fret
terms and Judges Read and Day COM
pleting uneNpired terms which they were
called upon to MI.
Some time ago Judge Faweett indicated
that he would not be candidate mtima-
ting that he might even resign TO care for
some mining interests. However, he has
since reconsidered this decision and lie an
nounced as out for tho oflce again
Dickinson Now an omahan.
Judge Dickinson was elected originally
from Burt county but last fall voted i'm
the Eighth ward, showing that he had
given up his residence I'm Burt county and
become citizen OF Omaha. He will not
| have things altogether his own way In the
Eighth, as an old-time resident there, l..
d. Holmes. is an avowed candidate. relying
| a great deal upon his thorough acuuaint-
J ance and long residence
Judge Estelle is said to count on his
| Grand Army of the Republic comrades TO
rally TO his support, additional prestige
having been given by his recent election
as department commander OF the organ
| ization. He is also hlEh-up member OF
1 E,lka nd ia f,s III.
backing from that order. 1t will be re-
membered that shortly after his election
four years ago Judge Estelle moved from
the First ward to the Ninth. This means
that he will have contest on this time for
control of the ward delegation, Judge
Slabaugh residing within the boundaries
Of the Ninth and having had its support
| before.
Judge Irving F. Baxter, although he once
had an eye on the supreme court. has
decided that he prefers the more certain
honors on the district bench and is an
avowed candidate before the convention.
He lives in the Fourth ward and so far
no opponent to him has developed there.
Two in Seventh ward.
Judges Day and Read who are serving
out fag-end terms both have homes in
the Seventh ward which means they must
battle for the exclusive control OF the
delegation unless they agree to divide 1t.
Aside from the present judges a number
Of others have manifested disposition
towards an exceedingly receptive mood.
They include james w. Carr who has
| tried TO break into the ring before and
who previously lived in the Fourth ward.
but has moved into the First to get a
| clearer field. A G. Troup s canvassing
for support in the Second ward and has
no opposition there. Judge L. D. Holmes
has already been mentioned in connection
with the Eight ward In the Sixth ward
there is some talk OF w A, Reddick as
candidate, although II has not been POSI-
lively announced. South Omaha will have
an aspirant in the person of A. L. Sutton,
who served a term in the legislature and
who was a county commissioner for a
little while. He counts on bringing In
the South Omaha delegation.
From other Counties.
It has always been the practice to give
the counties Of Burt. Washington and
Sarpy which with Douglas constitute the
Fourth district, one nominee out OF the
seven. Two candidates have already APP
peared, one OF them being W. G. Sears OF
Burt county, former speaker OF the house
of representatives and who has many
local friends, the other is Herman Eye OF
Blair, who has been county attorney for
Washington county.
There has been considerable talk con-
cerning the probable apportionment Of
delegates. II the same basis is used as
that taken for the state convention, which
gives Douglas county ninty-two delegates
the apportionment will have to be reduced
to precincts and wards and there will be
play for some nice mathematics. This
! question is one that will come before the