Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-25
turn had a hand.to hand encounter with four

turn had hand.to hand encounter with four
or i've partsans of prohibition.
The night grew hotter and hotter as day
hght dawned and the sun began TO peep
through the windows. About 80 Thurston
planted himself on a table and for thirty
minutes delivered powerful argument
against injecting a prohbitory pledge into
the platform at this time
The arbitrary rulings Of Churcn Howe and
his refusal TO permit any motion excepting a
vote by roll call on the minority report cul-
minated in an outbreak which finally drove
him from the chair and forced Judge Wall
back into his scat.
THE MINORITY REPORT ADOPTED.
,AtG:l5 the minority plank was finally de-
Clared adopted by vote of 3l0 against 2Jl.
Attention was called TO the fact that more
than half OF the delegates in the convention
had left the hall, aud parties present were
casting their votes
Another noisy contest was had over the
hnal adoption of the platform as amended.
hlany delegates threatened to leave the hall,
out Ihurston's appeal against any such pro-
cedurc prevailed, and the platform, with the
prohibition plank, was finally adopted.
l.. G. Richards Of Dodge was elected
chairman of the state central committee and
at I a. IN. the convention adjourned sine die.
THE VAN wYCK RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions, offered by Gem
eral Van Wyck, wero referred to the plat
reason, best known to Hascall, Church
Howe ana Crane, they were smothcred:
Resolved, That we demand a revision of
our revenue laws, in order that the harden of
local taxation shall be impartially distributed
on all classes of property, and to this end we
are in favor Of legislation that will place all
real estate owned by railroad, telegraph and
telephone companies on an equal footing and
subject to the same mode of assessment and
collection for city and county taxes as
any other class of taxable property.
Whereas, Any scheme to legalize the debt
of the Pacific railroads fraudulcntly con-
tracted by Credit Mobilicr and construc-
tion companies is manifestly detrimental to
the material welfare of the people OF this
section and state, because this debt forms
the basis for excessive and oppressive rates,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we are opposed to the pas
sage of the Pacific railroad funding and cx-
tension scheme embodied in the Outhwate
bill-whereby all the debts of the Union Pa
cific railroad company, howsoever contracted,
are to be recognized as valid and their paw.
mcnt extended over sixty years-and we re-
quest our senators and representatives in
congress to oppose the passage of said bill
THE FEELING IS LINCOLN.
The rank and file of the republican party
of Lancaster county received the news Of the
nomination of Captain Hill for state treas
urer and Attorney General Leese for his
| trust third time with manifestations of eyi-
victory is shadowed by the base betrayal of
Charley Carter, who entered the race as a
candidate for commissioner of public lands
and buildings with fattering prospects for a
successful issue. Such deals are always re-
membcred and if tempers do not cool Won
| derfully between now and election day in
November, the deal will be fttngly rebuked.
| The boys of Lancaster who do the voting
| never fail to pay their debts in one way or
another. Peters, Grosshans or Benton
| and Steen or Carter, whlchi Think
of 1t. The party workers here
say it is not so much Ben.
| ton as the way it was done. However, the
| ills of to day are forgotten when sores are
| healed, and the racket will be forgotten
when the votes are cast that are to elect
Harrison and Morton. In some ways the
| boys are iubilant and in others they are hurt
deep down.
The passage of the minority report on tho
question Of submission by the convention
ADDS FUEL TO THE FLAME,
and there are some candidates who
had better stand from under. Ir
| republican Lancaster there is music in the
air. The fight on the resolution favorne
submission was the most bitter for anC
against, ever witnessed on the floors of any
convention held in this state. 1t was war tt
| the knife. Briefly, Tucker. Magoon anC
| others for, and Hascall, Rosewater, Judge
| Douglas and Wells of Saline and other.
against. The battle ragged for more thar
| three hours. Such scene during the dis
cussion was never witnessed before in tn,
| state. The Kisses, ieers, gags, invective ant
| sarcasm hurled back and forth will furnish
| food for conversation for week to come.