Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
CONFERENCE DOES NOTHING
Cornish, Brsen and Pratt Cannot Agree
with hefosr's Manager,
BLACKBURN INSISTS on THE TEST OATH
Congregational Committee Chairman
Also Refuses TO Yield other Con-
ditions Considered Unfair By
Three of Four Candidates.

The conference between the candidates
for congressional nomination brought no
results Wednesday afternoon. 1t was held
at the ONCE Of w. r. Gurley, with Candi-
dates Cornish, Breen and Pratt present.
Mr.. Mercer was represented by MI. Black
burn and before the conference broke up
Mr.. Goss Of the county committee came
In. but took no part in the proceedings.
Before the candidates presented their OBJ
j~ections to the arbitrary action Of Mr..
MERGERS committee the chairman Of that
committee stated that he was willing to
waive the payment OF the $50 entrance
fee and would consent to consult upon the
judges and clerks and the location Of poll
ing places.
The candidates then gave their principal
causes for objection. saying that. upon their
side they would waive the unjust appor-
tionment, would consent to a convention
Of delegates elected at primaries, would &C
cept the judges and clerks as agreed upon
by the Joint committee with the distinct
understanding that It should not afford a
precedent. Then came the points on which
there was no concession.
Mr.. Blackburn insisted upon having the
names Of the congressional candidates APP
pear upon the official ballot, with the
NNohCthOhb NhaN y NbAN AON Nn6 EhuuiudAt1
for delegates would be a vote for the con-
gressional candidate whose name appeared
at the head OF the list. He also insisted
upon the enforcement of the test oath. by
which restrictions unknown to the state
law would be laid upon the republican
voters. It was shown to him that this
test oath could not be enforced and a
section Of the statute, which he had evil
IDENTIFY overlooked, was pointed out to him
making 1t mandatory upon the primary
election officers to receive the vote Of
every person registered as afnliating with
the party holding the primary election. In
the face of this section he still insisted
upon the test oath. He would not yield
his position as cashier Of the fund to be
created for the congressional primary and
insisted that the certificates of the cleo
tion Of delegates should be filed with him.
There was no compromise upon these
points and the conference broke up. 1t Is
said that Mr.. Blackburn Will make an
other effort to lead the candidates into a
spirit more agreeable to being swallowed
before the call for the county and con-
gressional conventions is issued by the
Joint committee.
Mr.. Goss said that the call would be is
sued Saturday before ~ p, m, as there
WOulu De no tine 70 lohG hlStT LuAI QdlSs
He further said that the committee had
not decided upon all of the places for hold
ing the primaries in the wards and pre-
cincts and that all Of the election officers
nad not Deen settled upon.
In the absence of Chairman Baldrige the
judicial republican COMMITTEES has been
called by Captain H. =. Palmer to meet at
his ONCE In the Merchants National bank
building at 2 O'Clock next Friday afternoon.
The meeting has been called at the request
Of four OF the candidates for Judge Key
sor's place on the district bench, which, It
lie said on the best authority. will be va
Gated in time for the selection of the sue
cessor at the coming general election In
November.
The four candidates requesting the call
Of the committee are Judge j. H. Blair,
George A. Day, L. D. Holmes and A. c.
Troup. As the interested parties desire to
have the delegates to the judicial conven-
tion selected at the same time the dele
gates to the county and congressional con-
v~entions are voted for, the call for the COM
mittee meeting could not be held BAG until
the return Of Chairman Baldrige.
James H. Van Dusen was not In an amia-
Bile mood yesterday when asked IL he had
been quoted correctly in The Bee with ref
erence to the primary law Of which he IL
the author.
No." he exclaimed, II have not been
quoted correctly. l haven't read the pa,
per. but II you have quoted me at all It is
all wrong and / will write a letter denying
anything you have quoted me as saying.
No matter what you say, II It's in The Bee
I'll deny It. l don't want you to print
my name In The Bes at all, even If when
I make a speech at a republican meeting
all you say is that James H. Van Dusen
also spoke.'" 81.