Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-14
ROSE GIVING HIS REASONS
!eorotary of STATE Piper Gives Free Silver
Republicans a Hearing,
ExpLAISING'luS gEcsNT CONVENTION
T III
Day spent in Hearing How the Farce
of Last NNcei. Was Carried
Ont around Lincoln
~" Hotels.


LINCOLN. Oct 3.-(speclal) al)-secretar,
Of state Piper heard the protest this after
noon OF the dissenting free silver" or Ros
republican bolters who filed recently thei
protest against the certificate Of nomination
ilcd by the Sound money republicans whit
stole Mr.. Roses thunder and got their tickle
on file first. The hearing was well at
tended by representatives Of both factions
and the testimony orcasionod considerable
amusement throughout the afternoon. Johi
p, Mauie Attorney Steele Of David City anC
John II. Ames. represented the sound money
faction, while Attorney Wooley appeared
for the other side Mr.. Rose was the frs
witness called by the directors
Mr.. Rose, when asked if, as a matter Of
fact this convention was rot called foi
the sole purpose of increasing Bryan:
chances for election, thought it wasn't.
And you were called to the caucus on
October by the fusion candidate &C.. T
Long, for the legislature, weren't you?
asked Attorney Maule.
Yes. he called me over the phone to
come over to the meeting, and | went
answered Mr.. Rose
Secretary of State-You intended this for
a mass convention?
Roso--Well, my idea of it was that this
was an organization favorable to bimetal-
lism and against gold republicanism.
Secretary of State-Don't you think II
was very brief time in which to notify
republicans generally all over the stater
Rose-Yes the time was short. but we had
to be quick to get the ticket in.
NOTARY MORNINGS TESTIMONY.
w. NJ. Morning admitted that he was
the notary public who attached the jural
to the certificate OF nomination. He said
number of republicans met at the Lin
coin about the Sd of October. at which time
Rose was elected chairman. 1t was the
consensus OF opinion at that meeting. at
which witness thought there were eight
or ten present, including the pop orator
Mr.. Fleury. that new ticket was a crying
necessity in order to preserve the traditions
of the old line republicans. They could
not support the platform of the st. Louis
convention, and as a matter of fact. he
has been personally supporting Mr.. Bryan.
Questioned closely on oss-eNamination, MIR.
Morning said they did not expect to elect
their electors; they were in the same boat
as the gold democrats, and expected merely
to preserve their identity as a straight out
and out bmetnll lliR.faction. Witness denied
strenuously that he or any of the delegates
to the Rosc convention had nominated that
ticket for the secret purpose of furthering
the election of BryJn electors in this state.
Witness did learn that a marching party
of republicans IVES out hunting for the Rose
convention. but he, personally did not take
the pains to enlighten the seekers as to
the room in which the convention was being
held. Cornered, he admitted that the Rose
people didn't want any gold republicans
in tho convention
Mr.. Rose. recalled. stated that there was
a state central committee appointed at
his convention, Of which he was named
secretary. The delegates from counties were
nominated separately and so elected
Mr.. Maule then got his innings and called
TO the stand c. II. Gere. editor of the State
Journal. Mr.. 'Geres proceeded to tell how
he and other republicans read Mir. Roses
call in the newspapers; wenr out on the
day named. and hunted for Mr.. Rose and
his convention, and disappointed at not
finding It, held a convention of their own
and placed a full-siate ticket in nomination,
endorsing the st. Louis platform.
Cross-examinei. Mr.. Gere said that him.
self and others had held convention pur
suant to the call OF Mr.. Rose. Asked ir he
didn't know that he and his fellows were
not holding the sort OF a convention that
Mr.. Rose wanted to hold, Mr.. Gere replied
that he didn't know Mr.. Rose from a side
OF sole leather. all he wanted to do was
TO find him and his convention; failing u
this, the business OF ell republicans called
was to go and see what sort of conven.
tlon was to be held Asked If he belonged to
the line OF republicans represented by Gar.
field. Logan and Blaine. M. Grre admitted
the soft impeachment. ASKED if he could
name one of them who ever favored GOLD
standard, said they all had, to The best of
his knowledge and belief.
NOT POSTED ON ROSES NOTIONS.
Mr. Woolley wanted to know II Mr.. Ceres
faction didn't go around to the hotels and
ratfy their ticket, but GeTe said he
ever, that the others did go around to the
whOOping it up. MIR. Gere hadn't seen Mr.
the room was so full it was hard to ser
anybody. Witness swOre that his faction
put up the regular ticket in good faith un.
George w. Post, eX-Charman Richards
Mr.. Clark all prominent republicans and
the ticket was nominated, were delegates tC
the republican delegate convention. Mr.
Gcre disclaimed all mind-reading powers
ideas may have been when he issued his call
There was a suspicion, as a matter of fact
that the free sllyerltes were trying to get
they could not swear that the call compre
hended this idea.
This testimony is but portion of the great
mass taken during the hearing 1t serves
to show the nature Of the proceedings.
Secretary of State Piper continued the
argument until tomorrow afternoon, at
which time the lemOcraiip prntestants will