Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-19
WORK OF THE CONVENTION
Delegates Begin Promptly and Push
Earnestly Ahead without
Any FlourIshes.
fFrom a star correspondent)

FROM a stan correspondent
LINCOLN, June 1s-(special)-The APP
pearance on the platform Of F. c. Lindsay,
chairman OF the state committee, accom-
panied by Norris Brown OF Kearney. who
had been selected by the state committee
to act as temporary chairman. was the
signal for a vigorous round Of applause.
Not a vacant scat could be seen on she
main floor OF the convention hall. The
gallery was we'll filled with spectators,
many Of whom were women. The morning
rain had cooled the air and left the Audi
torium comfortable in spite Of the i'm
mense crowd. Mr.. Lindsay went almost
Immediately to the speakers desk and
called the assemblage to order, the gavel
falling as the clock indicated 2:3O. An
other cheer was given and then the con-
vention settled down to business.
Rev. Mr.. Meyer Of Humboldt was intro
duced by Mr.. Lindsay and in a brief prayer
asked for blessing upon the convention,
upon the acts of public men in public office,
upon the state, the country and its chief
executive. In the absence Of John 7. NAL
lalieu, secretary OF the state committee,
who had been called to his home in Kear-
ney by illness in his family, the official
call for the convention was made by A.
B.. Allen Of Johnson county, elected by
the committee to act as temporary secre-
tary.
Mr.. Browns Address.
In beginning the proceedings Norris
Brown spoke for twenty minutes. He was
enthusiastically received and frequently in
terrupted by applause. Mr.. Brown spoke
as follows:
1t is a great honor to preside even tenn
porarily over g republican convention In a
republican state in a republican year. 1t Is
humiliating TO the good people OF Nebraska
iished to the world their temporary inca
pacity for self-government, and yet there
Mere IN great pain that year; we had been
suffering since 1893 the joys Of unparalleled
SsmSiF' The RR appRleessy w ri tP tSat iT indus stagf
remedy brought and which was vouched
for at the time by the once, peerless leader
pened that Nebraska's vote went to a
cause that was lost, to a ticket that was
ed on the rocks Of fusion and the sands OF
reorganization. And this reminds me that
sa9 oPRoSf ReorsSnlze WHAT Is there
anything left to reorganize? Towne has
formed; Henry Watterson is already and
moved its greatest feature to- England,
and his successor has resigned; Hill lis
q democrat" Chairman Jones is a trust
plutoerat; Allen is an editor; Grover Cleve-
land has gone fishing and Bryan lives in a
barn. Now what is there left to reorgan-
ke? or course. they might reorganlze the
hlos VI IN JdNh9OAAAdA NlhbB VI
Edgar Howard, or Ben Tillmanl or a few
affairs like that, but what would the prod
uct be when the job was completed?
Disaster OvertRkes Nebraska.
Incidental to that mistake in national at
cally. The allied forces OF reform, pre-
tending to innumerable virtues and stand.
Ing on diversified platforms, took charge
Of state affairs and began to administer
to the governmental needs of the people
Of the people multiplied. No sooner hac
the reformers cotton possession of all the
Seversl piatforms were ether forsotten 'o o.
repudiated. Lest we forget let me mention
a few: There was the reform secretary OF
state; he was duly installed in office by d
coniding. and unsuspecting public; under
the law he. became the personal custodian
that Instrument limited his salary to 500
year; he sw9re 70 observe its mandate
S%titution In one hand this reformer pro
ceedsd to iii his pockets with the othed
Excess Ss Of 5qR his s EiiEHt'" 7 cali al f upon n'f the fas II
convention, which meets next week a
sFaPd it iI 9nd why t. 'f Re 4 refu!Ps s0Psl tie T pa{ h !
But that is not all. Along with this sec
the garb OF populism unoenled was elected
His hrst official act was to surround him
SST rSpfSsTs of Wa fSm MGglS 4 R1if to o9orssaafe % IS TAIN 5h'
then these are only trinihg examples o
practical reform as administered by tina
compelled to look TO the fusion state treas
ury. In that ONCE there was reform witt
rate ntsrs earned Pr By G tne p q mHnsn; ' sehoo Ta fub ID
deposited In pet banks, and yet not on
iiif'' treasury, Who got it and who keep
I congratulate this convention that unde
opposite rule has been followed. Ever
cent Of interest earned and collected o
every fund wherever invested or whereve
deposited, has been covered into the PEG
pies treasury.
m OF Opposition.
The opposition was not content with tn
promise 70 be good and honest They wen
e eSCSnsn shap tf po a RSu said Sn6 they YOU'D r b
definition for e%conomayia Here it is: FL
legislature to appropriate as much as pos
In order that the deficiency may be a
large as possible. Let us look at tn
met the demands OF u" the sss'i honest S eco ne
mixers with liberal appropriations, and W
three months before the biennium ma
deficiency created. BY the time the reput
lican legislature met in 1901 1t was con
debts created BY the peculiar methods q :
these self-advertised masters OF inanC
and economy, the total deficiency amour
addition 1t was necessary to appropriat
money to pay miscellaneous debts create
by that Administration in the sum
y ,62S9 81. so that the grand total OF e,
was HS2, 1887. Such are the dimensions
the gold brick handed TO the people by OF
fuEion reformers. Is II any wonder this
our deliverance came in 1900. when Il
opposition with It's unfulhlled promises ar
its broken platforms were repudiated
a sensible and patriotic people7 Since TIL
year the state has remained republica
and its affairs manage on the basis of
very different kind of economy. Its once.
have limited their salaries TO the amour
fixed in the constitution and the total e.
penditures have not only been kept with
the total appropriations, but there stot
at the end OF the first year TO the cred
OF the present state administration a
sum OF SS7. 231 81. The difference, therefor
between the two kinds OF economy, repu
lican ana fusion, reaches the signihca
sum OF S26a s67.5s,
Republicans. one OF the material issu
OF this campaign Is, Shall the state and
taxpayers be again turned over TO q
tender mercles Of deficiency builders. salat
nurlaluara and interest cOliectOra7