Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-22
MOVE FOR DIRECT PRIMARY
Proposition Comes Up Before Meeting Of
Republican State COMMITTEES.
ACTION DEFERRED UNTIL NExI MEETING
Committee Completes OrEs niEatiOn
by EIectinE A. B. Allen secre-
tary and A. II. HenninEs
Treasurer.
CFrom a stan Correspondent.

LINCOLN, Sept N.-(Special telegram
The feature Of the meeting OF the repuo-
lican state committee tonight was a propo-
sition TO carry out the recommendation Of
the state convention for a direct primary
by the introduction OF the following reso-
luton by Victor Rosewater, which, at his
request. went over until the next com
mittee meeting without action
Whereas, The republican state platform
contains the following plank
Believing that the nearer the control OF
public AFFAIRS can be brought TO the people
the better the result will be, we declare
ourselves in favor Of a direct primary law
governing the nominations OF all public Of
whereas, Under the present law this
committee, with its cooperating county
committees. Is vested with penary control
over the nomination of party candidates
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this
committee that the candidates on the re
publican state ticket 20 be voted Tor az
the election in 1906, should be nominated
by direct primary
Resolved, further, That the executive
committee be instructed TO investigate the
methods Of conducting direct primaries IN
other states and to report plan 10 TINS
committee for the conduct and regulation
Cf direct primaries to nominate the reTub-
| liCan state ticket OF 1906
Resolution a Surprise.
/ The resolution came as a complete sur
( prise to the members OF the committee.
and It was some little time before some Of
them grasped Il. Bud Lindsey opposed II
on the grounds that the convention had
made it's recommended tion to the legisa
/ ture and that the committee should not
| anticipate the legislative action. W. P.
Miles Of Cheyenne. who was member OF
/ the resolutions committee which framed
I the republican platform, was the next 70
object because he said this time
ter and he emphatically declared that the
committee should not "stultfy itself by
adopting the resolution" Kelsy Of Ante
lope and Dickson Of Holt objected TO the
resolutions and seemed to labor under the
/ impression that It referred 10 the selection
: OF county candidates Kidd OF Gage was in
favor Of the resolution. and while he ad-
vised against haste, urged the committee
| to get in line with the newspapers. which
were almost unanimously in favor of the
direct primary as recommended by the
convention
! In support OF his resolution Mr. Rose.
water said that II the recommendation
Of the state convention was good for the
legislature It was good for the committee
and II was not necessary to wait for a
legislature 10 force them 10 DO it. He
expressed his approval Of the action OF
D
ton OF the convention on the pass ques.
tior by returning their passes without
waiting for the legislature to act and tc
those who opposed a direct primary. he
said the time for them 10 have sposer
was when the resolutions committee mads
its report 70 the state convention. Stanley
OF Hamilton favored the direct primary IL
theory, but desired to talk with his peopl,
about the matter before voting and ther
Victor Rosewater asked that the resoiu
ton be laid over without action until an
other meeting
Bud Lindsey wanted II referred TO tn,
executive committee to be killed of and
the arguments were upon the disposal o.
the resolution. which was finally settled b!
allowing it to remain on the table unit
the next meeting.
Committee Completes OrERniEat tiOn
Previous to this the comrhittee reelected
A B. Allen secretary and A. II. Henning
treasurer. Chairman Warner was author
lied to- appoint an executive committee o
one member from each congressional dis
trict A motion was adopted giving the ex
ecutive committee power to fX the pay o
regular employees, who will be selected h,
the chairman, and provide for auditing o
accounts. Lincoln was selected tn
headquarters and Chairman Warner EN-
powered 10 arrange for location Of head
Z quarters
Commissioner Letton. candidate for su
preme judge. and Fred Abbott candidat
for regent of the university, both mad
short talks, after which reports from IN
various committeeman were received. fol
lowed by a general discussion OF the wor
to be done. Chairman Warner preside,
, and Harry Lindsay acted as temporar,
! secretary. Twenty-four out Of thirty mem
bers were present either in person OF b