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POINTS IN POLITICS.
TT eeems to be generally agreed among the politicians that John T.
T Mallalieu and Professor W. E. Andrews will be the republican
y nominees for congress in the Sixth and Fifth districts respec
tively. In the Sixth, James Whitehead, the nominee two years ago,
is not a candidate. Matt Dougherty is about the only prominent
aspirant besides Mallalieu, and it is predicted that he will withdraw
in the latter's favor. Mallalieu, who for several years has been the
superintendent of the reform school at Kearney, admittedly one of
the best conducted institutions in the state, has many elements of
strength as a congressional candidate. He has a particularly wide
acquaintance; is a good talker, and he has. the faculty of making
friends easily. He is fortified in every way to meet the opposition
of Kem or whoever will be the opposing.candidate, and while it is
idle to assert that he would be elected easily if nominated, it is the
opinion of well informed members of the state central committee
that he would have a good fighting chance to win. It is generally
conceded that Mallalieu would be a stronger candidate than any
body else who could be nominated. He is looked upon as the
kind of material that ought to be sent to Washington. Andrews,
after his experience with McKeighan two years ago, is undoubtedly
the proper man to again meet the wily congressman. He is popular
throughout the district, and his force on the stump makes him
'especially well fitted for an anti-McKeighan crusade. He is another
candidate who will not have an easy time; but it is not improbable
that he will be successful.
The fact that Representative Wardlaw, of Gage county, is a can
didate for re-nomination, recalls the fact that but for this con
spicuous traitor Thurston would have been elected United States
senator at the last session of the legislature, and William V. Allen
would have been left in that obscurity where he rightfully belongs.
Algernon Sidney Paddock having once satisfied himself that his re
election was impossible determined to defeat Thurston at all
hazards, regardless of the interests of the republican party, and this
man who for nearly a quarter of a century had been honored by the
republican party deliberately betrayed it, and allowed an Allen to
go to Washington to misrepresent Nebraska, to gratify a petty spite.
His treacherous tactics fouud an ally in Wardlaw, who became a
mere puppet of the renegade senator. It is to be hoped that Gage
county will not disgrace itself by returning Wardlaw to the legisla
ture. Wardlaw "a vote cast properly would have made it possible to
elect a republican to succeed Paddock; he was guided by base
motives, and he made it possible for the demo-pops to elect Allen.
The following call for the annual convention of the state league
of republican clubs has been issued:
State Headquarters, Lincoln, Neb., April 12, 1894. To Repub
lican State League Clubs and all Republicans: "In compliance with
a provision of the constitution of the National Republican league,
establishing an annual convention, and in accordance with the in
structions of the last national convention, supplemented by the
action of the executive committee representing all the states and
territories, the seventh annual convention of the National Republi
can League of the United States, is called to meet in the city of
Denver, Colorado, Tuesday, June 26, 1891, at 10 o'clock a. m., and
continue its sessions until its business is completed.
The ratio of representation will be sixdelegates-at-Iarge, from each
State and Territory, and four from each Congressional District, and
one from each College Republican club in the United States."
The State League of Nebraska will meet in the city of Lincoln,
Tuesday June 12, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing
thirty delegates to the National eague meeting, and for the tran
saction of such other business as required by the constitution.
The ratio of representation will be five delegates from each club
having less than one hundred members, and one additional delegate
' for each additional fifty members or major fraction thereof.
The following are ex-officio members viz: The president, secretary
and treasurer of each club.
In issuing a call to the Republican State League clubs and all re
publicans, we feel confident that at the present time we are addresa
ing a very large majority of the peoplaof our state.
There is no place where education comes so high as in the school
of experience. The experimental political school of the past two
years has graduated, into the time honored republican party, a
greater number of honest, thoughtful men than has ever been known
in the history of any political organization.
The great body of the people who were dazzled b the false cry of
republican miBruIe and tariff robbery, and the glittering democratic
promise of better times, cheaper goods, higher wages, and the sophis
try and hypocrisy of more money have for the past year experienced
the result, and are now impatiently awaiting the opportunity to aid!
by their votes in the grand work of rebuilding the tottering temple
ot American industries and the restoration of American progress
and prosperity To that end they instinctively turn to that party
that by wise and careful legislation has dignified American labor,
built up a sound financial policy, and established a credit which has
been the envy of the financial world, a party that for thirty years
run this great government without resorting to issuing millions of
dollars of bonds to pay its annual running expenses.
The Republican Leaguo stands ready to take the first stop in pre
paring to meet the great national emergency that confronts us, and
with that end in view wo earnestly request active organization of
Republican League clubs in all parts of the state and that you send
full delegations to our State League meeting.
Brad. D. Slaughter, I. W. Laxsixo,
Secretary. President.
It is expected that between one and two thousand delegates will
be in attendance upon this convention, and the republican state cen
tral committee having interested itself in the matter, the conventioa
will be made an occasion of political significance. An effort is being
made to secure the presence of Tom Reed, and if he cannot be
present, some other prominent republican will be here. Leading
republicans from all over the state, in addition to the
officers and members of the state central committee, have signified
their intention of attending the convention. This meeting will be
the formal opening of the republican campaign, a campaign that
will be the most memorable in the history of the state. The arrange
ments for the big convention, the reception and entertainment of
delegates, etc., will fall largely upon the Young Men's Republican
club of this city, and a meeting of the club will be held in the near
future to make the necessary arrangements.
Church Howe has been in Lincoln this week, and as a natural
consequence there has been a noticeable increase of Howe congress
ional talk. Howe is the second choice of r. great many Lancaster
county republicans.
As a general rule, the business man is nardly ever thought of in
connection with gubernatorial honors. It is the politician" who
usually aspires to head the party ticket. But in the present
ante-convention campaign several names prominent in business cir
cles are frequently mentioned. One of these gentlemen is Hon. I.
M. Raymond, of this city, a business man and a republican known
in every county of the state. Omaha has also such a man in the
person of Hon. George W. Lininger, whose name has been mentioned
quite frequently of late in connection with the gubernatorial nomi
nation; Mr. Lininger is recognized as one of the successful busi
ness men ot the metropolis, and his friends claim that he would
bring to the office the same business integrity that he has always
shown in his relations with his fellow business men of Omaha. Mr.
Lininger may not be Omaha's choice, but if he should be, that city
would, have the honor of presenting to the state convention a man
whose record as a business man, as a citizen, and as a republican, is
unassailable. The state has need of business men in its public
offices and the interests of the people would be better served in
many instances if men like Lininger, Raymond and others of the
same class were of tner elected to office.
At least one Lincoln lady has embraced the latest fad that of
wearing a live chamelon, tied by a tiny chain to the dress.
Charity isn't the only thing that ought to begin at home.
Many rise in the morning with a headache and no inclination for
breakfast. This is due to a torpidity ot the liver and a deranged
condition of the stomach. To restore healthy action to these organs,,
nothing is so efficacious as an occasional dose of Ayer's Pills.
We cut all our ice from pure running water. Lincoln Ice Co.,.
1W0 O street.
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