The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-23

Omaha, Aug. 22.-The largest Repub-
lican state convention ever held in Ne
braska met today. Captain E. Adams.
of Superior, was chairman. There were
only two men in the race for governor
Governor Thomas b. Ma
jors, of Peru, and John H. Maccoll, of
On an informal ballot Ma
jors lacked but half a vote in receiving
the nomination, and on the first formal
ballot was nominated. Majors made a
speech of thanks, saying that he hoped
for the united support of the party.
The convention then took a recess.
At the close of the morning session.
Editor Rosewater prepared a scathing
letter, resigning as a member Of the
Republican national committee. and
sent it to the chairman of the conven-
ton, to be acted on this afternoon.
This means that Rosewater'S paper,
the Bee, and the anti-monopoly element
of the party will fight Majors.
ROsewater's ROast.
Mr. Rosewater's letter was read to
the convention. He explained he was
too loyal a Republican to support Ma
jors. Continuing, he said:
THE action of your convention i'm
pelS me to tender my resignation as
national committeeman. You have
nominated a man for governor who has
been branded as an accessory to for
gerry and perjury by a Republican con-
gressional committee, of which Hon.
Thomas Reed was chairman; a man
who stands self-convicted of classifying
official records and procuring the issue
of q fraudulent voucher while acting
in the capacity Of president of the state
senate; a man who has consorted with
boodlerS and jobbers and converted
the rooms of the Acknowledgements
at the capitol of the state into a den
for debauchery; a man who mas been
the plant tool of the railroads in sea-
son and out of season, and whose nom
nation was procured by the combined
influence of corporate cappers, profess
sional bTibe-givers, jury fxers and inn
peached state officials. 1 cannot and
never will ask any self-respecting Re
publican who loves his state and cOun-
try and desires to perpetuate the free
institutions under which we live under
a republican form of government, to
help rivet the chains of subserviency
to corporate monopoly and tyranny
upon the people of this commonwealth.
Believing it my sacred duty to up
hold the standard of true Republican
ism at any sacrifice, 1 desire to be
freed from all restraint which might
be imposed upon me by remaining on
the national committee.
''E. ROSEWATER."
The Ticket.
The letter creates a profound sensa-
ton. After some delay the resignation
was accepted and Hon. John NJ. Thurs
ton, of Omaha, elected to fill the va
cancy. The work was smooth sailing
after this interruption, and the follow
ing ticket was completed without much
friction:
Governor, Thomas M. Majors; lieu
tenant governor, r. E. Moore; secre-
tary of state, ]. A. Piper; auditor, Eu-
gene Moore; state treasurer, Joseph S.
Barley; superintendent of public in
struction H r. Corbett; attorney gem
eral, A. S. Churchill; commissioner of
public lands and buildings, H. S. Rus
sell.
Only one set of resolutions was SUBJ
mitted and were adopted without pro-
test.
The Platform.
The platform announces its contin-
ued hostility to the Democratic party.
''In view of the practical results OF a
year and a half of Democratic rule, we
re-affirm with renewed faith and fer
vor the platform of the Republican
convention at Minneapolis. We demand
the restoration of the American policy
of protection and commercial reciproc-
ity- with our sister republics of Next
CO, South and Central America and the
governments of the West India is
lands"
AS to the financial situation. the con-
vention declares that ''the party in Ne
braska has always been the consistent
friend and aggressive champion of
honest money and it now takes no step
backwards While favoring bimetallism
and demanding the use Of both gold
and silver as standard money, the con-
vention insists that the parity Of the
value of the two metals be maintained,
so that every dollar, paper of coin, is
sued by the government, shall be as
good as any other
The platform declares for more state
control of railroads, the adoption of d
maximum freight rate bill and insists
| that no railroad shall issue stock or
| bonds except for property actually re-
| ceived, land applied to the purpose for
which such corporation was created, and
| all stock dividends and other fictitious
increase of the capital stock or indebted
ness of any such corporation shall be
| void"
| Continuing, the platform says:
1--WE recognize the rights of laborers
| to organize, using all honorable measures
for the purpose of dignifying their condi-
! ton and placing them on an equal foot
/ ing with capital, to the end that they
may both fully understand that they are
necessary to the prosperity of the coun-
| try. Arbitration should take the place
| of strikes and lock-outs for settling labor
disputes The expulsion of anarchy is
essential to the preservation of the ma
| ton, and we therefore favor the pend
| ing bill in Congress for the exclusion OF
anarchists.
! 1--WE believe that the industries of our
state should be diversified, to relieve the
masses of the people from dependence
upon one class of agricultural products.
| subject to crop failures and 1T being
! demonstrated that the soil of this state
| is adapted to the production of sugar
beets. even IN dry seasons, source or
| incaiculable wealth, we favor legislation
| that shall bring to our people its full
realization"
After pledging the party to support
| all measures calculated to benefit the citi-
zens of the state. the platform concludes
| with an appeal to the old soldiers.
The convention adjourned permanently
| at $50 p. m.