Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
EARLY CONVENTION CALLED
Republicans Will Meet September 9 to Nom.
mate Their County Ticket,
BURBANK FACTION LARGELY oUTNUMBERtO
were BILE TO Muster only Thirteen
Votes and Their ~Reapportion-
ment scheme Never Saw
the Light.

At a meeting OF the republican county
central committee, held at washington
hall yesterday afternoon, the date Of the
county convention was fixed September y
at 2 O'Clock. The primaries will be held on
the preceding day under the usual rules
OF the county central committee. The con-
vention will perform the double office OF
nominating the county ticket and OF select
ing the Douglas county delegation to the
state convention that meets On Omaha
September II,
The session only occupied a quarter OF an
hour and the only difference OF opinion that
developed referred to the date of the con-
v%ention. Chairman Burbank was anxious
to delay the convention until September 10
and his wishes were seconded by a small
minority OF the committee. AS they were
only able, however, to muster thirteen votes
out OF forty-nine present the earlier date
was selected by an overwhelming majority.
The reapportionment scheme that had
been incubated by Burbank and his imme-
diate supporters was neatly headed oil by
a resolution that fixed the apportionment
on the previous basic and which was
adopted by a practically unanimous vote.
Burbank's proposed apportionment contem-
pldlGu BlNlHB oHldud LOO uSicboOSot pOu'a
Omaha twenty three and the country twen-
ty-nine. Naturally the Sixth ward was to
receive the benefit Of the change and 1t was
modestly accredited with twenty-five dele
gates. The Fourth ward was to have twen-
ty-one and the others from eleven to
twenty.
The committee was called to order by
Chairman Burbank and the roll call showed
the largest attendance that had been re-
corded at any recent session. On motion
OF Ed Taylor of the Sixth ward proxies
were admitted and the committee proceeded
to business. II. f. Cochran of the Seventh
ward moved that the chairman be instructed
to call the convention September 10 and
DR.. Mccoy of West Omaha offered the fol-
lowing resolution as a substitutes:
DR.. Mccoy Resolution.
Resolved, That the secretary be instructed
to prepare and issue q call for a conven-
tion OF the republicans of Douglas county,
TO be held at Washington hall in the city of
Omaha, September 8, 1899, at 2 p. m, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
the county offices to be filled at the cleo
ton in November, 1899, and to eject dele
gates to represent Douglas county in the
republican state convention to be held in
Omaha, September 81, 1899, under the call
of the republican state committee.
Victor Rosewater suggested several rea-
sons why the Mccoy resolution should bt
adopted. He urged that, since Dougla:
county is likely to have a candidate fol-
the supreme bench, the county convention
should be called as soon as possible in order
that dts action may have the greatest possible
weight. The democratic and populist con-
ventions are also called for September IL
and he was in favor of taking the lead
at once and making an aggressive cam
paign that will lead to victory at the polls
He also called attention to the fact that
the selection of a Douglas county candi-
date for supreme judge may necessitate 6
h~,evision Of the local judicial Ticket and n
that case 1t Is advisable to have the or.
ganiZation complete before this emergency
is presented.
Emerson Benedict and G. s. Amblel
pleaded for a later date and a short cam
paign and criticised the Mccoy resolution
because 1t called on the secretary to Issue
the call. DR.. Mccoy explained that no dis
courtesy to the chairman was intended ant
at his suggestion the word Chairman" wa.
substituted for that of secretary Gus
tave Anderson, G. w. Johnson and other.
declared in favor of the earlier date ant
Emerson Benedict moved as an amendment
that the date be fixed at September 10. Thu
amendment was lost by 10 to SO and tht
Mccoy resolution prevailed.
Victor Rosewater then offered the follow
ing additional resolution to govern the pri'
maries:
Call for the rimaries
Resolved, That the apportionment OF dele
gates to said county convention be ten fol
each ward of the city of Omaha, four FOL
each ward OF the city of South Omaha ant
five for each country precinct.
That the primaries to select the dele
gates to said county convention be helt
Friday, September s, 1899, in the respective
wards of Omaha and South Omaha, and ii
each OF such precincts as petition for pri
maries, under the rules of this COMMITTEES
governing primary elections.
That the committeeman from the respec
tive wards and precincts shall agree upol
and furnish the secretary with the namet
OF judges and clerks of the primary cleo
tion and the places of holding the sam
not later than September A..
That the order Of Offices mentioned in tn
call be the same as in 1895.
In this connection Chairman Burbank de
clared that the committee has no rules
Ills attention was called to the fact tina
the rules adopted by the former ommit
tees still hold good, inasmuch as they hav
not been changed, but he persisted in tn
contention that no rules exist. An amend
ment to the resolution was consequent
suggested by which the rules of the previou
committee were adopted and the resolutio
was then adopted as amended.
"A goodly number of candidates for count
Offices were In attendance to watch proceed
ings. Clemen Chase was also present, in
forming his friends that he would like
place on the state ticket as candidate fo
university regent.