Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-24

west Is greatly in need of It's full quota Of
representation. not only to demand, but tom
sst upon our rights as againsta united east,
as well as a solid south. Applause.
1--WE need the wide.aw AXE lndepen dent
men that come from tn west and northwest,
and the dayis not far distant when the great
west will be su uch cognized power in con-
gresS that our great interests Will re-
ceive the consideration and the protection
that they Justly deserve. | believe in
the course taken as "a rule by the represe enta-
tiveS-an indepe ndcnt course, course in the
interest of the people course believe the
people will In the futu re both recognize and
appreciate.
done me tonight and while | greatly
appreciate second renominatton at the
hands OF republican convention-whle L
consider that great .hOnor, lean say to you
out ofthe depth ofmy heart that am proud
ten times over, aye, ten thousand times over,
that | have the honor to represent this
great, growing and prosperous state OF Ne
bras ka Applause and cheers The oneof
all the states that has forgedto the frontin
the past that comes up under the reappor-
ton ment bill that is to be passed
with crater increase than any other
state in the union. Applause. The only
one in the union hayin more than one repre-
sentative that doubles her representation,
while New En- gland has re manned at stand
stiii; To carry the comparison little
of all the middle states com bined.
lApplause.) 1t is equal also (and let us
thank God for giving us this magnificent
country that makes it sO) the increase Oft the
entire repreSen tatiOn ofthe solid south. Ap-
plause) 1t is also onehfth of the
great west, Certainly that is magnificent
showing, and one of which, as citizens
| of this state, we can all be Justly proud
proud Of the state that has so come to the
| frontand within sObriefa period.
Let us go back little in our
recollection to review the past, and, in the
| light OF that, what magnificent future
we have before u.s. In 1860 the entire pOpu-
| lation Of Nebraska was little over twenty
five thou sand. In 1870 it had quadrupled.
We had then something overa hundred thou
san din SSOit hadin creased mike proportion.
We then had something ovor four hundred
thousand Today In the yearA. D. 1890, we
come to the cfront with 100000. Applause
| That tainly is an increase of which we
haveg good reas on to feel proud, and it is
an Increase that / think justties me
in expressing the great pride that
| have to represent in part so magni fcent
and pros porous state.
Il said that / believed in Independent ce of
action. L have in mind the words of advice
of of the patron saints OF the party, the
one who perhaps is most beloved of all who
has gone before. refer to our first great
standard bearer, Abraham Lincoln" Great
applause
The conclusion of Mr. Connell's speech was
received with enthusiastic cheers, amidst
which he retired
The chair then announced the following
| committee on res0lu tions:
w T.. Bechel, Douglas George E'inlay,
Cass h. Mccartney, Otoe; j. G. bort, Lam
caster j Ohm Dew, Johnson B. +, Thomas,
Gage; e. Lyle, Saunders William Kirken-
dali, Sarpy.
Hon. Thomas Majors was then called for
and said:
II was as hOmely as Cornell I'd make a
long gspeech If | was as good looking as
X Ia . n q
between the twoit becomes necessary for me
to say something. If posed as Il handsome
man | wouldn't get vote, but Richards
could sweep the country on that cue'
He then spoke about the manner in which
everything show wed tha. Connell was going to
sweep the district, receiving one of the
grandest malorities ever given to man in
this state. He spoke about his visit to Patts-
mouth the pro gress she had made, the pat
riotism hehad exhi lifted, especially in or
ganznG a company in the First Nebraslsa
regiment, one of the most gallant regiments
which had entered the war;. He
to the patriotism of the repu bican party
anda hearty welcome to all his hearers to
call on him next winter in his office at Lin
colnas lieutenant governor.
GeneralJ. l.. Webster was received with
a storm ofapplause- He said that they had
tonight sounded the death keu OF the demo-
cratic party Hecould see no reason VIII y
they should votefor Blyan as against Con-
nell un less they favored man who was en-
deavoring to tear down what Mr.. COnnen
was endeavoring to build up. They
would not vote for a man for lieu
tenant governor against Tom Majors,
who had learnedhis republicanism upon the
field of Shiloh, and especially for DR.. Bear, a
man who the speaker understood had served
in the rebel army. Neither would they vote
for man for govern or against MIR. Richards,
who had also learned his repu bcan ism on
the field ofShilOh and in favor Of the man
who had called out the militia to put down
honest lobor. He then referred to the perse-
Gu tion of the negro, the tilibustering methods
of the democrats in congress, the theories OF
Powers, who could turn the leaves of corr
stalks ntO gold; Dave Butler, who could run
a railroad better than Van derbilt, and KEN
who thinks every ing is wrong except his
tn heOries- He closed with grand prophecy
of Iepu blicau success in II OVEN Der.
Mr. Richards was called upon and after
detailing o number Of stats tics, said thai
Nobras lSa had more money in her banks thar
} Iowa. Such being the case, Nebraska coulC
not be badly off, The cam paign, he thought
was the most important ever held in tn.
state The democrats appealed to the preju
dices of the people of the state. Everybody
was satisfied that tn ere waslittle orno money
recently in farming, but that was beyond the
power of any person to remedy. The demo
crats hada panacea for every evil. But h
thought that party would not be able to Lane
many republicans unless it tbaitedi its hook
! little more carefully than ithad been dOins
up to the present time. The speaker thei
denounced the tricl1ery of the democrats auC
the alliance, and showed the fallacous argu
nlents of Powers, Ken and McI\eighan