Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
DEMOCRATS IN A DILEMMA
Result Of Republican State Convention
Leaves Them Adrift.
TO ENDORSE lErToN AND REGENTS
one Bourbon war Horse Would as
soon Vote for Anti-cOrpOrntiOn
Republicans as Continue
20 Vote for POpulists.


(From a Stan correspondent
LINCOLN, Sept. 17-(special)-T dem
ocrats will hold their convention Tuesday
to name a county ticket and select dele
gates to the state convention to be held the
day following A number Of the wards held
caucuses last night. and in the Seventh
resolutions were adopted commencing the
republicans Of the state for adopting reso-
lutions demanding the regulation OF rail-
roads, and claiming the same has always
been populist contention. 1t Is likely
the populsts of this county will not go to
the trouble Of holding county convention
as 1t would be Impossible for them. without
the old reliable Tibbles. to get corporal
guard to attend such a convention.
That the democratic state convention VIII
follow the example cited and endorse the
republican state platform and go 1t one
better by endorsing the republican candi-
dates is possible, but, of course, not proba-
BILE. A Lincoln democrat who is really
sincere in desiring the regulation
Of the railroads Of the state, said the
best thing the democratic state convention
could do would be TO commend Governor
Mickey and Treasurer Mortensen for their
work as members Of the state board OF
assessment, and to commend Norris Brown
top 1t all of by condemnng the Union Pa
chc and Burlington railroad for not pay
ing their taxes. Then, by endorsing Com
missioner Letton and the candidates Tor
regents nominated by the republicans, a
real movement for reform would nave
been accomplished by both parties, and
the fight would be the people, united
against the corporations. He thought that
after voting for populists so long the dem
ocrats could not do better than vote this
year for the anti-corporation candidates In
the persons Of the republican nominees.
Other democrats, however will insist on
going through the formality of nominating
party candidates and adopting a platform
with more rhetoric than that adopted by
the republicans.
Echoes of state Convention.
Lancaster county republicans have not
yet come out" of It. but are still fighting
over their scrap pulled of in the late re-
publican state convention. c. s. Allen,
member OF the Board of Regents Of the
State university, came out first in signed
communication in which he took the people
of Lincoln to task for not standing by John
H. Ames in better form when the latter
was before the convention as n candidate
for supreme Judge. This morning DR.. Fin
ney, one Of the delegates retaliated over
his own signature by taking Judge Ames
| to task for trying to vote the delegation
| for a corporation candidate, after he laid
down in the fight DR.. Finney thinks the
action of the delegation in splitting up in a
| fight was the best thing that could have
| happened and that It will prevent In the
| future the naming Of delegates who can be
! pitched over into some other camp like so
| many cattle when a local candidate is
| through with them.
Another Democrat for Governor.
A number OF democrats in Lancaster
county are busy just now in running p f.
McKillip OF Humphrey for governor, even
| though the convention is a year from now.
| They are talking McKillip because of the
splendid showing he made against Con-
gresham Mccarthy. last year and of the
| fact that he secured all but three votes in
his home precinct against his opponent. II
is understood here that McKnlip would
prefer this time to take a throw at the
governors chair than to tackle the con-
| Gressional fight second time. It is said he
can have the latter nomination without op-
position but his friends are going to insist
that he make the race for governor.
1t is claimed that Fred Abbott of Column
bus, nominated for regent OF the univer-
sity by the republicans, will SECURE more
democratic votes than any republican nomi-
nee. This because Mr.. Abbott is an old
| university boy and the editor of a news
paper democratic newspaper man was
| In Lincoln many weeks before the repub-
lican state convention urging the nomina-
ton of Abbott and he is authority for the
| statement that Abbott will receive much
democratic support. Whether the demo-
cratic editors will be strong enough to ge,
the democratic state convention TO endorse
him is another question.
Testimony I'm Grain Case.
| Attorney General Norris Brown will take
testimony tomorrow In the senate chamber
in the grain case, preparatory to making
! his argument for a permanent Injunction
against the operation Of the alleged trust
| the following day In the supreme court.
| The attorney general has scads OF testi-
mony In support Of his contention, in get
! ting which he has been materially assisted
| by the Independent. elevator men.
! Supreme court will meet Tuesday for tho
first time since the adjournment last July.
All of the judges have been out Of the state
on their vacations and with the execution
of Chief Justice Holcomb will get back into
! the harness in fine fettle. Judge Holcomb
! had a severe setback upon his return home
! from the coast and is stIll I'm very bad
shape
change has been made in the Offices and
court room during the vacation by Cierl,
Lindsay which will be appreciated by the
| Judges and attorneys The clerks room
has been moved across the corridor into
the consultation room and the court will
use Judge Holcombs ONCE for a place in
which to consult. The cases will be argued
in the usual room. but 1t has been rented
with new paint and carpets and is not
recognizable The brief room has been
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