Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-27
-HITCHCOCK'S LITTLE SCHEME
Filing Of His Name for Congress May
Be Bryan Slap.
PLAN TO BEAT PEERLESS ONE
Lincoln Workers Regard it as Done
to Afford an Excuse to stay
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Race
PLAN TO BEAT PEERLESS ONE
CFrom a Staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, June 26.-(Special )-The filing
by petition of q. M. Hitchcock as a candi-
date for denomination for congress on the
democratic ticket after his own filing as
candidate for United States senator, is
still puzzling the wiseacres around the
state house. Every one is sure there is
some hidden purpose behind it, and there
is considerable speculation as to what it
is one democratic oracle ventures this ex-
PLANTATION:
THAT filing of Hitchcock for congress
emanates from Hitchcock, himself, mark
my word, and the purpose is to block the
Bryan candidate for the senate. The game
put down here by Bryan and his CO.
workers is designed to force Hitchcock off
the track for senator by projecting Bryan,
himself and they intended to go to Hitch
cock and ask him to keep his place in con-
gress for another two years with prom
ises of support for the senatorship when
Norris Browns term expires. Hitchcock
was then to withdraw for. senator and file
for congress
Hitchcock got on to this when he was
down here last time, OF course, he will
not accept the present filing, and will then
have an excuse to turn down the Bryan
proposition by pointing to the fact that
he can no longer get into the running to
hold on to the place in congress he now
has. AS an argument why Bryan should
keep out of the senatorial list, It's a good
scheme from the Hitchcock point of view,
but it remains to be seen whether it will
work out as planned"
Some others here think the filing is
really a double shot on the aprt of Hitch
cock and that he will accept so as to have
an open door for retreat when Bryan's
consent to run for senator shuts the other
door.
County Convention July IA.
The republican county convention OF
Lancaster county will be held in Lincoln,
July IA. At this convention delegates to the
state convention will be selected. This date
was fixed by the county committee at a
meeting held yesterday. Chairman Ander-
son has inaugurated a new wrinkle in
these committee meetings by having the
members come in to lunch for which the
hotels charge 60 cents a plate. The business
of the meeting begins as soon as the
lunch is over. Those who do not care tc
spend the 60 cents are permitted to joir
the committee after the feed.
High school and Parks.
Lincoln's coming special election June 80
for the purpose of voting park and higi
school bonds, has been for several days {
much discussed proposition. 1t seems t
be the sentiment of the public that Lin
coin is certainly shy on a high schoo
building and on parks, so the question a
issue is the amount of money which shouIC
be paid for these improvements.
The money requested for park purposes
100000. is to be used in the improvement
and enlargement of Antelope park, $4,000
and the purchase of Lincoln park. 1t Il
at this last proposition that most of tn,
criticism is being aimed. Many people be
lieve that the entire $4,000 remaining will
be used to buy that park, which consists
of something over 100 acres, while S. II
Burnham. one OF the owners, insists tha
he will accept a price fixed by three ap
praisers. Horace McFarlane an imported
''city beautyfier" after looking at Lin
coin park, announced that it would b,
cheap at any price for the city. inasmuci
as It has trees on II which it would TAX,
the city twenty-five years TO grow, and 1
has other advantages. But the critics in
sist that Mr. McFarlane knows nothinl
about Lincoln park and were he in thu
city during a rainy season he probabl!
would have required boat to inspect som,
l Continued on Second PaKe.l