Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-21

a resolution which provided that no pas.
be Issued except to employees actually EN-.
| ployed by railroad or in acts OF charity
the Issuance Of passes to others 70 be a
criminal offense. This was made part OF
the platform.
| Another resolution was adopted condemn
ing the Rockefeller gift to the university
/ and demanding that the money be returned
: to him.
! Another resolution expressed the sym
pathy OF the convention at the III health Of
Judge Holcomb and expressing confidence
in him.
Nominations by AccIamation
Bowlby Of Saline moved to nominate a
supreme Judge, which was adopted amid
calls for Bryan. Bowlby placed in nominal
tion Judge W. E. Hastings Of WILDER.
p L. Hall OF Lancaster moved that Has
tings be nominated by acclamation and
that was done amid great applause.
Judge Hastings made a speech of ac-
ceptance, in which he thanked the conven-
ton for the honor. The democratic party,
he said, should not be discouraged because
the republican party was now occupying
the position the democrats occupied fifteen
years ago. He made a bid for railroad
support by saying the democratic party
should not go further than to say that all
corporations and all people should be equal
before the law. He said he had ridden on
passes, but had none at this time to return
He would not refuse a retainer from a
railroad, he said we're he practicing law
and II the convention didn't like that kind
Of a platform, then it could nominate some
one else. He then touched on the tariff
and finally quit.
Equal cries were heard for Bryan and
to finish ha
for the platform and Shallenberger tried
to Introduce him, but the convention had
become enthusiastic and Bryan spoke.
Mr. Bryan expressed his pleasure at being
able to say a word to the democrats OF Ne
braska before leaving for a trip around the
world There was never a better time, he
said for him to leave than now as It would
take the president and senate about q year
to get together. The democratic party is in
better shape now, he said than ever before
The defeat of Parker, he claimed, was not
victory for the republican party but
rebuke to the democratic party. The repub-
lican party, he said, was now going through
the same fights which the democrats had
already settled in their party. No repub-
lican leader today, he said. was gaining pop
ularity except the man who was advocating
democratic doctrines. La Toilette, he said,
party and he gained his popularity by ad-
vocating democratic doctrines especially
the primary system, which is a democratic
principle. La Follette's advocacy Of the |
regulation of railroads. he said was an |
other democratic principle. The popularity |
or Governor Cummins OF Iowa. he said |
was gained through his advocacy OF demo- |
cratic doctrines. The president Of the |
United States, he said, who today is en- !
1oytns popularity, has never done a thing |
TO make him popular except his advocacy |
OF democratic doctrines He called upon |
the democrats to stand by President Roose- |
welt In his fight to give more power to the |
Interstate Commerce commission Just as far !
as he wanted to go and to keep in private !
life all men who were under the influence |
OF the railroads He believed the pass sys-
TEN Is evil and he urged the people to keep |
up the fight against the pass until it was |
abolished in the nation.
After the address of Mr.. Bryan most of /
the delegates and all of the visitors left the
hail. but some one yelled the name Of D. |
c. Cole Of Polk county for regent, and In
the confusion some one called out Louis
Lightner Of Platte county, the home of
Fred Abbott Both were nominated by ac-
clamation and It was all over