Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-24
W. J. CONNELL RENOMINATED.
A Hearty Endorsement at the Hands fthe
Fist District Republicans
THERE WAS NOT A DISSENTING VOICE.
The I'm amin ous Choice Of the Dele
gates to the PIatts mouth Com
ntion-The Platform A
Biograph cal Sketch.

Telegram to TIE BE e. The train bearing
Omahas delegation to the republican con-
grcssonal convention reached Platts mouth
at 10 O clock, and was met by an immense
con course Ofpeope, among whom were the
leading republicans Of the city and CasS
county A line was Immediately formed,
headed by the Sixth ward band OF Omaha.
This was followed by the delegates Of Doug
las county, each wearing red badge setting
forth among o ther things, that the members
werein favor of W. J. Con nell for congress
Then followed n host OF republicans from all
the wards Of Omaha, the representatives OK
eac h ward being distinguished by apprOpri-
ate badges In the midst Of these visitors
marched theSeventh ward band of Omaha,
discoursing ex celent music, and o band of
Plattsmouh The lin Of IN arch ended at the
Waterman opera house, which the visitors
entered. They were greeted with enthus-
iasticcheers.
Within the opera house but little
time was lost in calling the convention to
order, which was done by Major j, B. Furay
Of Omahan the presence OF a house which
was packed to its utmost. The major said
'.Wo meet @ 10 IN this beautiful city for a
Godglven purpose to nominate the next
member Ofcong grcSs from this district. APP
plause You arc called to order and the
secretary will read the CALI
Thereadmg OF the call, however was dis
pensed with and the secre tary OF the con-
gresSiOnal committee, +, Mccartney Of Ne
braslm CITY, read the representation to which
each county was entitled in the convention.
The ch arman then asked the further pleas
ure Of the convention, whereupOn Captain
WoodaId nominated Mr. Phil E- Wenter of
Gage Tor temporary chairman, The motion
prevailed and Mr.. Wenter was escorted to
the stage by N1essrs. YandeWoort Of ID ouglas
and Woodard ofGage.
Hon Tom Nj aOrs, candidate for lieutenant
governor, was noticed in tho audienc and
was calledto tho stage, when he was given a
seat amonga large number Of distin guished
republicans. As he was about to take his
seat he was n omin at ed secretary of the con-
ventlOn by r.. +. Duncan of Omaha. The
nominee, however, declined, and the n omina-
tionwas with drawn. Mr.. Otto Stern and
MIR. f. Salisbury of CaSs Were nomnatedand
elected as secretary and assis tant secretary
respectively.
ON mo ton of Lee Estelle of Douglas the
Hstof delegates to the convention pre-
pared by the chairman of the congressional
committee was adopted without reading, as
IN ere was no contest.
Mr. Gere of Lancaster moved, and the mo-
tion prevailed. that the temporary organiza-
tion be made permanent.
nlittee on resolutions, to consist OF nine mem-
bers to be selected by the chair, loo ap-
pointed. The motto prev allied.
Mr. p. Van dervoort moved that the con-
vention prOceedto nominate a candidate for
congress from the First district.
The motion was second and bolstered up
bya sugges tion from MIR !. =. Hascall of
Douglas that the no mnation be made by ac-
c)amatiOn. The suggestion was receive d
\ with ch GERS.
Mr., Vandervoort then arose and said: ST
nominate Hon. W. j. Connoll of Douglas for
congress Of the First con gressi nal district. -
Mr.. Murphy Of Cass moved that the nomi.
nation be mad unanimous, and that the roll
of counties be called.
The call was proceeded with and resulted
I'm the following votes; Cass 81, Dou gas II +,
Gage "a, job nsOn 8, Ian caster 81, Nemaha
10, Otoe 49, Pawnee 10, Richardson 10, Sarpy
b, Saunders IL. Total 1872.
On. On :, notion ,so Of doni ,,dg ddegcgatee fr9m
Connell, which was made evident 10y the
absence ola dissenting vote, was mad unan-
imOus. The motion evol<edhearty ch ees an q
was carried amidst awhirlwind Il of applause.
Mr. Connell was then loudly called for, and
when hemade his appearance was received
with ex uant cheers and thewavlug ofhan Is
and hats until he was at length introduced by
the chair Mr.. Connel then spoke as follows
"Mr. Chai airman, ladies and gentlemen of
the con Venti ion-FOr some rcas on, | hope for
a good and sufficient one, you have waved
the formalities of the convention Of two
y
ballots that then seemed Obe necessary to a
result You are evidentlyin favor of ballot
reform CLaughter) Perhaps view your
action from an interested standpoint but
when | recall the tedious process Of the last
congressional convention, and remem'
ber the suspense and uncertainty
which continued until the wee small
bSsgs S e5 Sf tbat Se %opRg
made and the action just taken, even though
1T cannot be entitled to rank alongside of the
Australian system OF voting. may nevethe C.
less be regarded ia the line of ballot reform
voting or ballot reform is togive an honest
expression 10 the viii of the people. Think
-, You have succeeded in doing that tonight
IAyoice I'VE havenl For in that event
been done ' is but eoIS the prelude %D"f to thu1 m
GLORIOUS victory which will follow on
N0yem her T. Greatap plmse. -.
FOR the II rSt 1mGin tho political history
Oft tins congressional dis trict "a convention is
assembled with no differences to ADJUST
either PERSONAL, political or sections al, II ar
xnony prevails, good telling lists, while un
bounded enthusias mis- manifested on ever
side, Rich Lancaster on the west mos gen
erously extends hand Of welcome an(
friendship 70 Douglas county Iapplause]
greetings to little Sarpy on the north. Surely
ahis is n coed omen, and l beiev,
am riin iTstiHed in ,,,Snn SCGaneluding, also
av tont9 eus proud SSn nm deepR Any sensi mS
ofthe honor which has just been conferred
upon me by the unanimous vote of this con
Vention, Out of the depth Of grateful
heart than each one of you Tor this splen
did manifestation of your confiden ce and re
spect. | desire alcO TO make grateful nc
knowl ledgement to the delegates OF the sey
er county conventions by whose action ha
been made possible the good feeling and han
nOny which here prevails This renomin0
zion, so unanimously and enthusi iasticall
conferred, | assure you is doubl
priced. | feel II as an endosemen
ofmyifrst term OF congressional service, bu
alsO as an evidence Of the loyalty and actiy
interest Of friends who in my absence have
with the greatest enthu iasm, with the gre at
est success, cared fOrmy interests. 1T Is ev
dent that although ABSENT l have not bee
forgotten. Your comm 6 together from ever
county IN tho district with a common pui
pose. which has Just been declared, is to IN
most gratifying proof thatmy Efforts tosery
YOU and TO represent the Interests OF the bi
First ofNebrasla have not remain ed uunO
ticed orunappeciated. Applause.
with regard 10 the future, l can freel
say thatif am reelected shall endeavol
even moro faithfully and effectively, to rel
resent every interest OF the district, and L