Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-27
Nebraska
MATHEWS INSISTS
HE IS SATISFIED
Editor-Candidate for U. S. Marshal
Declares that He Will Make
Fight to End with Bryan.
sTEADFAsT AGAINST HITCHCOCK
CFrom a Staff Correspondent


LINCOLN, July 2e.-(Speceil) -Ceeil
Mathews. editor Of the Riverton Re
view, is satisfied, perfectly so. He was
q candidate for the appointment of United
States marshal. and while given plenty
of encouragement, so It is said, for the
Sob. was finally turned down and another
man appointed
Mr.. Mathews is a democrat who has
spent more than a score of years fight
ing the battles of the democratic party.
Ever since William Jennings Bryan in
jected himself into the democratic lime
light Mr.. Mathews has been his booster
and has burned many gallons of the
midnight oil backing the ex-secretary
Of state and fighting his battles. With
his bright little paper at Riverton he
has constantly advocated the many vary
ing paramount issues put out by the
great commoner and has gone down to
defeat with Mr.. Bryan without muir
muir and has come up smiling and has
continued to boost.
Again Takes TO TrOweI.
This summer the heavy rains played
sad havoc with the bright prospects OF
Mr.. Mathews. His nice little home,
which. by his frugal industry he had
built in the little town Of Riverton, was
flooded The Thompson river. mot the
little giant) backed up and flowed through
the town flooding his home. destroying
his furniture. His print shop was also
flooded and the loss to the fighting
editor was so much that he was forced
again TO take up the mason's trowel and
go back to bis trade. while his daughter.
who has inherited many of the sterling
qualities of her ather, has taken charge
o the Review and is making it blossom
with good things.
Under these circumstances 1t would
have seemed the psychological moment"
or Mr.. Bryan to have rewarded his con-
slant booster with the desire of his heart
and given him the job of United States
marshal and the magnificent salary which
would have enabled Editor Mathews to
have restored the home, which the floods
destroyed. and not have been compelled
to 60 back to the hard but honest toll
Of a brick mason.
However, Mr.. Mathews is not kicking
or at least appears to be satisfied. He
was at the state house this morning and
discussed the political situation and said
that he was perfectly well satisfied with
the appointments for the federal jobs In
Nebraska when discovered that Ton
ALLEN was to get the job of district at
torney l knew that l was out of the
running for the marshalship," said Mr.
Mathews. II shall continue to boost fol
Mr.. Bryan and shall take delight, as
always have. in putting all the political
broken bottles and carpet tacks in the
path of Senator Hitchcocks political au'
tomobile can. fNitr
Against Hitchcock.
should Senator Hitchcock get the re-
nomination for the senatorship." said
Mr.. Mathews, "he will lose the Fifth
congressional district by over 1000 votes
Should Governor Morehead be a candi-
date he will carry the district by oveI
1000 votes. That is the way the demo-
Gratis OF my district feel toward Senator
Hitchcock and Governor Morehead."
ut was published that 1 had beer
pushed one side and was a candidate fol
printing commissioner" said Riverton
editor-mAson. but that is a mistake.
was after the marshalship and no other
am not an office seeker, and when tbs
marshalship wen against me that settled
the proposition"
Mr.. Mathews called upon Governor
Morehead while at the state house and
assured the executive that as between
the Omaha senator and the governor fol
the senatorship 1t would not be harC
work to discover where the man from
Riverton would be found.