Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
IOIL STILL FAVORlTE DISH
Five Omaha Democrats Are Out After
State InspectOrship.
PLENTY AFTER OTHER BERTHs
Harry Hayward and Tom Flynn Lead
the Opposing Candidates for
the Big Thing I'm the
state House.
aAlL

Joseph p. Butler.
Frank Planck. 80 20
Edward J. Daemon. y, 0.
Thomas ]. O'Connor.
Gus Peterson.
These are the local candidates for the
position of oil inspector during the reign
of Shallenberger, all of them with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Butler being candidates for
the deputyship for the Second district.
Mr.. Butler is a candidate for the chief
position.
Gus Peterson is the last TO enter the
lists, and he comes out under the pro-
tecting wing Of Harry Hayward. Mr..
Hay ward leads one wing of the Jim club,
Tom Flynn the other. Mr.. Hayward wants
the pap for Peterson, Mr.. Flynn wants II
for Thomas ]. o'Connor. ard both of them
are bound to get the endorsement of the
club for their respective candidates. The
mayor has been importuned to inject his
personality into the campaign, but he
waves all comers aEide with an imperious
gesture and the club members are allowed
to wrangle among themselves. with immi-
nent danger of ruction and the deserving
of some members to the hated Jacks.
Neither Holds City Job.
Neither O'Connor or Peterson holds a
city job, and for this reason many of the
big wheels who keep the democracy in the
present tense, among these being Colonel
Far ming, believe that enc of them should
get the plum, but, on the other hand, the
other candidates have strong endorsements.
The Omaha Posten, the local Swedish
paper, has come to the support OF Mr..
Planck, while Mr.. Daemon has secured
the endorsement of the Plattsdeutscher
Verein, the German society with a men,
bership of nearly 1000. And the new gov
ernor is of German descent.
While the taste of oil is the most pleas
ant to the Jims, they are not adverse to
getting their hooks onto other jobs and
new candidates are springing up like mush-
rooms. Adam Sloup. who was fish COM
missioner under Governor Holcomb, has
come out for the same office under Gov
eTnor-elect Shallenberger and Joe Sherry,
another former officeholder, wants to be
game warden. Both Mr.. Sloup and Mr..
Sherry were deputies under sheriff Power
Daniel Custer, an old warhorse in the
party, has his lightning rod up for the
position of custodian of the state house,
the Job Dave Rowden landed under the
fusion administrator of days gone by. For
commandant of the soldiers home, the only
candidate so far Is Fred w. Simpson of
Omaha. Mr.. Simpson has been endorsed by
all the Grand Army of the Republic posts
in this city. is a soldier with a record back
of him. and appears to stand a good show.
Lyman NJ. Hunt, a resident of Omaha for
twenty years, has announced his candidacy
for superintendent of the institute for the
deaf. and is conducting a strenuous cam
paign, securing many endorsements for
the place. Mr.. Hunt was connected with
the Nebraska institution for seven years
and with the South Dakota institution,
four years, is a printer, carpenter, paper
hanger. frescoer and photographer by pro-
fesslon, and though deaf. his friends be-
lieve he could manage the affairs of the
institution in a creditable manner.