Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-11
AFTERMATH OF THE MEETING
Ants Admit Faring Much Better Than
They Expected or Deserved,
DUtfL HIGHLY PLEASED OVER RESULT
Facts a. to Selection Of Lieutenant
Governor McGiIton Instead of
Senator sheldon 60 Preside
over state Convention.

The delegates selected by the county
committee to go to Lincoln taken alto
gether make more representative dele
cation than has been sent to a republican
state convention from this county In long
time declared well-known anti discuss
ing the work Of Saturdays meeting. Don't
quote me by name though, or I'll get in
trouble. I believe in giving the devil HIS
due, however, and do not hesitate to say
that the antis have been much more gen
erously treated and have Jared much bet
ter than the machine would have Jared had
we had the say so. Chairman Cowell hit
the nail on the head when he asked the
spokesman Of our Fontanelle club what the
machine might expect II the antis were in
majority In the committee and got only
shrug of the shoulders in reply. And yet
Harry Bronze. j. p. Breen, Ralph Brecken-
ridge, Bob Houghton. Henry Clarke. A. w.
Jefferis, Charlie Wirth John Butler, c. @.
Mcdonald. E. NJ. Martin and a dozen other
lesser lights OF the antis have been hon
ored with places on the delegation and
happen to know that the Fontanelles had
made up list of delegates to be commits
stoned in case by hook or crook they should
have managed to pull out a majority of
! the members present at the committee
meeting and that not a single man was
oll IL WIN was not a ugeu-l -lilc-"bDl dllls
say it was lucky they got no chance to
spring one little list, but It was there just
the same in somebody's inside pocket.
| Judge Dune is naturally highly gratifed
at having the assurance of the undivided
! support OF his home delegation in the state
! convention. Douglas county has l23 dele
gates, which is a little more than one-tenth
! of the whole number of votes to be cast,
and any candidate with such a starter is
bound to command a favorable position.
The Fontanelle braves must have been
! so hypnotized by tho dramatic oratory of
r. Beecher Howell and Thomas want-it-
all Blackburn, that they forgot all about
the resolution they were going to introduce
! to bind everybody in advance to accept
the results II Mr.. Dodges September pri-
mary law should be declared null and void
by the courts and all proceedings under it
OF no avail. There might have been no
opposition to the resolution had it been
! forthcoming, but Il seems to have got
! entirely lost in the shuttle.
IT see am being charged in some Of the
public prints with throwing down Sem
ator Sheldon Of Cass county in his aspira-
/
state convention the filling of which place
was relegated to the executive committee
of which 1 am a member and to which
| Lieutenant Governor McGilton has been
| chairman" says Victor Rosewater, of the
republican state committee. THAT would be
important II true, but the fact is 1 never
| knew Mr.. McGilton's name was being
proposed in that connection until I read of
his selection. At the last meeting of the
state committee, the committeeman from
Cass county. Bryan Clark suggested SEN
ator Sheldon for chairman and no COM
petitor appearing, advised appointing him
then and there. 1t was thought better
however to follow the established rule that
! sends such matters to the executive COM
mIttee and later understood the votes OF
a majority of the executive committee were
registered by mail for sheldon-at least
mine was so registered.' was surprised
therefore to receive note last week Of
a meeting called at Lincoln to select a tenn
porary chairman and wrote Chairman
Burgess at once that other engagements
would prevent me from attending, but II
my wishes were to be considered, wanted
to be recorded as favoring Senator Shell
don. I had talked with Mr.. McGllton
several times during the last fortnight but
never a word from him about presiding
y over the convention and had not already
given a promise for Senator Sheldon, l
would surely have favored a man from my
own county,