The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-23
HE BOLTS MAJORS.
Editor ROSeWater's Sharp
Communication.
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SINGING CRITICISMS MADE.
Nominee for Governor Roundly
Denounced.
SINGING CRITICISMS MADE.
TERMED A FORGER's ACCESSORY
Action of the Republican Convention
at Omaha May Split the Party
in Nebraska.

OMAHA. Aug 22.-The largest RepubI-
can State convention ever held in Ne
braska met here to-day. Captain E.
Adams of Superior was chairman. There
were only two men in the race for Gov
ernor-Lieutenant- Governor Thomas B.
Majors of Peru and John H. Maccoll of
Lexington. On an informal ballot Majors
lacked but half vote of receiving the
nomination aud on the first formal ballot
he was nominated. Majors made a speech
of thanks, saying he hoped for the united
support of the party. The convention
then took a recess.
At the close of the morning session
Edward ROsewater prepared a scathing
letter resigning as a member of the Re
publican National Committee and sent it
10 the chairman of the convention, to be
acted upon this afternoon. This means
Kosewater's paper. the Bee, and the anti
monopoly element of the party will fight
Majors.
- Rosewater's letter was read to the con-
.vention. In it he explained that he was
= too loyal Republican to support Majors.
. Con tinuing be said:
The action Of your convention impels
me to tender my resignation as national
committeeman. You have nominated a
man for Governor who has been branded
as accessory TO forgery and perjury by a
Republican Congressional committee of
which Hon. Thomas 3. Reed was chair
man, man who stands self-convicted of
classifying official records and procuring
the issue of a fraudulent voucher while
acting in the capacity of President OF the
. State Senate; man who has cons orted
with boo6lers and jobbers and converted
the rooms of the Lieutenant-GO of
the State into den; man who is a plant
tool for railroads, and whose nomination
was procured by corporate caDpers. pro-
iessional bribe-givers, jury-fxers and i'm
peached State officials.
II cannot and never will ask any self
respecting Republican who loves his State
and country and desires to perpetuate the
free Institutions under which we live,
under Republican form of Government.
p. to help rivet the chains of subserviency to
corporate monopoly and tyranny upon the
people Of this commonwealth.
Believing it my sacred duty to uphold
: the standard of true Republicapism at
any sacrifice desire to be freed from all
restraint which might be imposed upon NE
by remaining on the National Committee"
The latter created profound sensation
After some delay the resignation was
accepted and Hon. John NJ. Thurston of
Omaha was elected to fill the vacancy
The work was smooth sailing after this
interruption. and the following ticket was
completed without much friction:
Governor. Thomas NJ Majors; Lieuten-
ant-GovernOr, R. E. Moore; Secretary of
State, J. 4. Piper; Auditor. Eugene
Moore = stare Treasurer. Joseph s. Bart
= ley; SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruc-
tiOn. Il. r. Corbett; Attorney General, A.
;. ChuTchhill; Commissioner of Public
Lands and Buildings. II. c. Russell.
Only one set of resolutions was sub
mitted. and these were adopted without
protest. The platform announces it's con-
tinued hostility TO the Democratic party.
and says:
In view Of the practical results of
= year and half of Democratic rule, we re-
, affirm with renewed faith and fervor the
platform of the Republican convention at
=. Minneapolis. We demand the restoration
: of the American policy of protection and
commercial reciprocity with cur sister re-
pubhcs of Mexico. South apd Central
America and the Governments of the West
India Islands.
tion declares that the Party in Nebraska
has always been the consistent friend and
aggressive champion of honest money, and
it now takes no step backward. While
1avoring bimetallism and demanding the
use OF both gold and silver as standard
money. the convention insists that the
parity of the value of the two metals be
maintained, so 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 a
maximum freight rate bill, and Insists
that no railroad snail issue stock or bonds
except for property actually received land
applied to the purpose for which such cor
poration was created, and all stock divi-
dends and other fictitious increase of the
capital stock or Indebtedness of any such
corporation shall be void"
Continuing, the platform says: 1--WE
recognize the rights of laborers to organ
iZe, using all honorable measures for the
purpose of Identifying their condition and
placing them on an equal footing with
capital to the end that they may DO tn fully
understand that they are necessary to the
prosperity of the country. Arbitration
should take the place of strikes and lock-
cuts for settling labor disputes. The ex-
tirpation of anarchy is essential to the
preservation of the nation, and we there
fore favor the pending 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 it being DEM
onstrated that the soil of this State is
adapted to the production of sugar beets,
even in dry season, as source of incalcu-
able wealth, we favor legislation that shall
bring to our people its full realiza ton"
After pledgiDg the party to support all
measures calculated TO benefit the citizens
of the State. the platform concludes with
an appeal to the old soldiers. The con-
venslon adjourned permanently at $3.50
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