Show 2n4i 1 THE NEBRASKA SENATOK3HIP II lJq 11 II t 1 L I The Omaha T erald states the status I S 0 j of follows the Nebraska Legislature to be as n Van Wy k Republicans 33 l Van Wyck Democrats 1245 Straight Republicans S 45 Straight Democrats 15 t S Uncertain ju 15 f u ii S f I Total 133 The successful senatorial candidate I 3 n must have sixtysevenVotes and how J a he is going to get them if the members shall remain true to their parties the I conundrum Assuming that twelve Democrats will vote for Van Wyck he S S I i will lack nineteen votes of the number 4 C1 j I necessary to elect him The other ri Republican candidate Paddock will I i want twentytwo votes If the Van i f Wyck men remain faithful and the Paddock men continue true and the I 1 Democrats do not sell out the wisest 1l I I I politicians will be unable to say how a I Senator can be elected One thing may be set dawn as a fact namely that J k j every Paddock man if he is imbued Y with any of the spirit of his leader will die in his tracks beforo voting for VanWyck and if the latters fol i t lowers love Paddock no better than VanWyck does they will be carried 14 I away in coffins before they will consent r to elect Paddock But there is danger 1 i 4 that one of these demagogues will be l I elected by Democratic votes Under U I < such circumstances Democrats are apt j I to be very uncertain Many times t II l k 1 they have decided between rival Republican i n i i Re-publican candidates and elected one i j j only to regret that they did not choose I S f the other Their dear experience has I I i 1 taught them nothing up to this timer S time-r and the intimation from Nebraska is I fi that they are not going to profit by the fr i i j past in this instance It comes to us It I J r that after giving a complimentary vote I to a prominent member of their party ic enough Democrats will vote for Paddock t Si i 1 Pad-dock to elect him choosing him as the 4 lesser of the two evils The question 4 will be settled in a few days and the c indications point to its settlement in r1 t favor of exUtah Commissioner A S Paddock |