The herald., 1894-08-23
A Sensation in Their State
Convention.
T. B. Majors Is Nominated for
Governor.
Editor Rosewater Refuses to Support
the Ticket.
He Resigns From the Republican Ma
tionnl COMMITTEES - Tennessee
Republicans - Politi-
cal News.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Aug. 22-The largest Repub.
licsn state convsntion ever held in Ne
of Superior Was chosen chairman.
There we're only two men in the race for
governor, Lieutenant Governor Thomas
B. Majors of Peru, and John II. Mac.
Coll Of Lexington. On an informal bal
lot Majors lacked but half a vote OF re-
ceiving the nomination, and oh the frat
formal ballot was nominated. Majors
made O speech Of thanks, saying he
hoped for the united support Of the
party. The convention then took re.
csss
At the cloae of the morning session.
Edward Rosewater prepared q scathing
letter, rssigping as member OF the Re-
publican national committee. and sent
it to the chairman OF the convention to
be acted upon this afternoon. This
means that Rosewster's paper, the Bee,
and the anti-monopoly element OF the
party, will fight Majors,
Mr.. Rosewater's letter was read to the
convention. He explained he was too
loyal Republican to support Majors.
Continuing, he said:
''The action OF your convention i'm
pels me to tender my resignation as q
national committeeman. You have
nominated man for governor VINO has
been branded as an accessory to forgery
and perjury by Republican
congressional committee, of which
Hon. Thomas B. Reed was chairman,
a man who stands self-convicted OF
falsifying official records and procuring z
the issue of fraudulent voucher, willis
acting in the capacity of president OF the
state senate; a man who has consorted
with boodlers and jebbers and converted
the rooms OF the lieutenant-governor OF
the capital of the state into den;
man who is plant tool for railroads
and whose nomination was procured by
the combined influence Of corporate
cappers, professional bribe-givers, jury
fixsrs and impeached state officials. l
cannot and never will ask any self-
respecting Re publican who loves his state
and country, and desires to perpetuate
the free institltione under which We live
under Republican form OF government,
to help rivet ths chains OF subserviehcy
to corporate monopoly and tyranny upon
tho people of this commonwealth.
| b0ll0Vluk MY ehCIOo uNty W ny
| hold the standard Of true Republican
lem at any sacrifice, desire to be freed
| from all restraint which might be i'm
posed upon me by remaining on the ma
tional committee.
(SiQnsd): "E. E. RosEwATER
The letter created profound sensa-
tiop. After some delay the resignation
was acce pied and Hon. John M. Thurs
ton of Omaha was elected to fill the va
canoy. The work was smooth sailing
after this interruption and the ticket
was completed without much friction,
as follows:
Goyernor-Thomas M. Majors.
Lieutsnant-governor- f. Moore.
| Secretary OF etate-J. A. Piper.
Auditor-Eugeue Moore.
State treasurer-Jossph s. BARLEY.
| Superintendent of public instruotion--
II. II. Corbett.
Attorney .general-A. S. Churchill.
Commissioner OF public lands and
buildings-H. Q. Russell.
Only one set of resolutions was cub
mitted and we're adopted without pro.
| test.
The platform announces its continued
hostility to the Democratic party, and
eays:
lin view Of the practical results of q
wear and half OF Democratic rule, we
reafIirm with renewed faith and fervor
the platform OF the Republican conven-
ton at Minneapolis. We demand the
restoration OF the American policy OF
protection and commercial reciprocity
with our sister repuplics OF Mexico,
South and Central America and the gov
ernment OF the West India islands"
Ae to the financial situation, the con-
vention declares that the party in Me-
brseka has always been the consistent
friend and aggressive champion OF honest
money, and 1t now takes no step back
ward.
While favoring bimstallism and de-
manding the use OF both geld aud sill
yer as standard money, the convention
insiets thst the parity of the value of
the two metals be maintained, 30 that
every dollar, paper or coin, issued By
the government shall be as good as any
other.
The platform declares for more state
control of railroads., the adoption Of
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 ficti-
tious increase Of the capital stock or in
debtsdness OF any such corporation shall
be void"
Continuing, the platform says: "We
recognise the right of laborers to or
ganize, using all honorable m eGsures for
the purpose of dignifying their condition
and placing them on all equal footing
with capital, to this end that they may
both fully understand that they are ne.
cessary 10 the prosperity of the country.
Arbitration should take the placa of
strikes and lockouts Tor settling labor
disputes.
"The extirpation of anarchy is essen
tial to the preservation of the nation,
and we, therefore, favor the pending bill
in congress for the exclusion OF an
ar chists.
I'VE believe that the industries OF our
state should be diversified, to re-