Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15
Nix in the Fight for Chairman and Ruin
the Chances Of Dufie,
ABBOTT AND LYFoRO NAMED FOR REGENTS
Douglas County Delegation Made the
Chairman Of State Committee.
WARNER or DAKOTA MANAGES CAMPAIGN
Resolutions strongly Endorse RoOse-
veICs Administration and Declare
Against Railroad Passes for
OmciRls.

u 'UPf CHARLES B. IiET:ToN OF Fair6ury
FRED ABBOTT of Columbus
w G. LYFoRD OF Falls City
WILLIAM P. WARNER, Dakota city
(From a star Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Sept. 14-(speeisl Telegram)-
The above is the ticket nominated by the
republican state convention held here today
after one OF the most tumultuous and ex-
citing sessions Of recent years The results
OF today's proceedings so far as Douglas
county is concerned has been to make
chairman OF the convention and lose its
candidate for supreme Judge As matter
Of fact Judge Dune was at one time ac-
tually nominated and would have been the
nominee without question except for sew
eral vital mistakes made by some OF those
who professed to be trying to help him.
To understand the action of the conven-
ton It is necessary TO 60 back and review
the steps leading up to today's denouement.
II may as well be recognized that the rail-
road contingent which has regularly sought
to dominate republican politics In Nebraska
started out to make John II. Ames OF Lam
caster county a candidate for supreme
Judge Ames' previous partnership with
Judge Kelly of the Union Pacific law de-
partment insured to him the Union Pacific
strength Nand the Lancaster delegation.
which is acknowledged Burlington ground,
was likewise instructed for him. The Inn
preston was general that Ames would be
the strong man and that the fight might be
properly described as the field against
Ames
Railroads Mix In.
II soon developed upon the advent OF the
advance guard OF delegates, following the
reports from the numerous county conven-
tions that adopted strongly snti-rairoad
resolutions. that Notwithstanding the rail-
road combination In favor of An1es Il would
be impossible to make him, II devolved
upon the railroad manipulators to make
choice between the other candidates and
they quickly came to the conclusion that
Dufie would be preferable to Letton and
was the only one who might by any possi-
biIity beat Letton. Not content, however,
with pushing along the Dufie band wagon,
the railroad tax agents and lobbyists and
pass distributors insisted on taking hand
In the management OF his campaign and
at the same time to work several other
irons they had in the fire regardless of
the consequences TO him They had gone
down to the state committee and forced
the temporary chAirmanship upon Lieu
tenant Governor McGilton, not so much
because they wanted McGilton as because
Sheldon OF Cass county. who was in line
for the place and was In disfsvor on ac-
count of his independence Of theft dicta-
ton in the legislature. They insisted upon
following this up by turning Senator Shell
don down for the position OF permanent
chairman for which his friends were push
ing him, and making McGilton permanent
chairman as we'll as temporary chairman.
The situation was discussed openly in
the meeting OF the Douglas delegation at
noon before the delegation assembled and
Harry Bronze, echoing what he referred 10
as the railroad forces, insisted that the
Douglas delegation stand by McGilton for
permanent chairman in consideration OF
promises of railroad support for Dune.
Victor Rosewater expressed himself as OF
directly opposite view. He said he could
not see what either Mr.. McGilton or Judge
DUNE had to gain by shutting Senator
Sheldon out OF the honor OF serving as
permanent chairman and that he was sat
ished that It was advisable TO ask the
convention for nothing except the candi-
date whom Douglas county would present.
He said that there was nothing that would
take the railroad vote TO Judge Letton'
whether McGilton was continued as chnir-
man or not, while TO put Senator Sheldon
in the chair would win friends in places
where they were badly needed.
Tries for Too Mach.
The delegation decided TO leave the de-
cision TO the steering committee and the
steering committee decided 10 keep Douglas
county entirely out of any contest between
Lieutenant Governor MoGiton and Senator
Sheldon by passing on the roll call and
voting finally for the one who should have
a majority OF the votes Of the other dele
gates When this question was sprung'
however, at the very outset OF the con-
vention. although MoGilton plainly had the
requisite votes without Douglas county
the steering committee was persuaded, over
the protests Of it's chairman. TO throw the
Douglas county vote into the balance TO
make sure that the motion 70 make the
Temporary organization permanent should
nravau This was followed up by an at
tenpt TO take the secretaryship OF the
convention for Douglas county which also
claimed the position of reading clerk, with
the result that after gathering in the
bououets the substantial prize could not bs
reached.
TroubIe on Third BALLOT.
The crisis Of the convention came on the
third ballot when Dune was the high man
and practically nominated, and an EFFORT
was made 10 transfer the Lancaster county
delegation from Ames to Dune Judge
Holmes, who was chairman, undertook 10
"a ast the entire sixty-six votes OF Lancaster
county for Judge Dune under an Alleged
agreement by which Judge Ames was TO de-
eide for whom Lancaster county's vote
should be recorded after he satisfied he
himself could not be nominated. call was
entered at once for a poll Of the delegation
and on reading the names for individual re-
sponses only sixteen answered for Dune
and twenty three for Letton.
Delegates surged around the seats Of the
Lancaster delegation and motions and coun-
ter motions and points Of order were raised
before the polling took place and Sveh a.