Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15

| firmly on the gold standard, making every
| dollar. silver, paper or gold. worth 100
cents and redeemable at par. Since then
/ cur populist and "sixteen-to-one" friends
! have been able to sing the chorus:
| How dear to Our heaTt is the old silver
| dollar when some kind republican presents
| u to view. the lihertY head without neck
/ tie or collar. and all the strange things that
| TO US seem so new; the wtde-spresding
| the words with the strange things they
| tell, the coin OF our fathersi we're Elad
thaI tll,, We KNOW ~; ior some time os o%ther %
dollar the sllver-tipped dollar the star
| spangled dollar we all love so we'll"
Democrats Flourish on Famine.
During the same four years the war with
| Spain was fought and won, the insurrection
at Peltlng rescued. Porto Rico brought into
| our commercial system and. from an indus
trial standpoint the most important Of all,
/ a protective tariff enacted that in no small
| degree has contributed to our present un-
| bounded prosperity. a prosperity so great
that today there is no excuse for the exist
| enCe Of our friends. the democratic party.
As a party It hourlshes In adversely and
are all busy, when every stream Is hurry
ing itself to carry the busy wheels of manu-
| the cities are rushing with business when
| the sunshine Of oontentment glows over
| fort is in their homes. when power and
| prosperity Is In the land Of what use is the
democratic party2
Frank s. Black Of New York in his nomi-
mating speech OF President Roosevelt at the
Chicago convention last year said:
There Is one fundamental plank on which
the two great parties are in full accord
| Both believe in the equality Of man. The
difference, is that the democratic party
would make every man as low as the poor
est. while the republican party would make
every man as high as the best"
During the present administration, under
the leadership OF that peerless statesman
| Theodore Roosevelt. enough has been ac-
eomplisheMd ID to give our party ,,I ,i,mp9erisAa6ie 9;
| been reduced. business fostered, agriculture
promoted, new policy for the lrrigation OF
army and navy reorganized and built up
and the republic Of Cuba established be-
| OF trusts.
Leaders in Peace.
We are at peace. with all the world and
| the mediator in the peace of the orient
Questions of political economy and orderly
administratio under law, the rights of cap
| ital and labor, the regulation ana control OF
| railroads trusts and large corpotate inter
| ests are pressing for solution. These ques-
tions are now being considered by all with
an intensity never before dreamed of. But
republican party will grapple with them
and solve them right, as II has all other
| important questions for more than half
our democratic brother will predict fail
ure and abuse us, no matter what We do or
| for It is his nature. Abuse will only streng-
! then us, as II has for, To- these many years,
baf no so snW bnets % an as our psEtI po as
del sustained so many sieges, no rock was
| ever swept by so many storms and yet It
| the surpremest agency in the world for
good. 1t has seen the rise and fall of many
| parties. All OF them have been weighed in
| the balance and found wanting Yet our
| party stands revered by the Judgment of
mankind; It is more deyotedly loved and
the world has ever seen. 1t survives all
changes, itself unchanged. 1t has seen
! myriads of others engulfed by the stream
! OF time Yet It is borne along triumphantly
on the wave and will be borne along under
the e9qbersahp Of our dtstngGpSned G sn RrgbS
| force and integrity until all these questions
are rightly solved to the honor OF the re-
publican party and the welfare OF the
| American people.
McGiItOn Keeps the Chair.
| c. A. Potter was nominated as temporary
secretary, declined, and these were selected:
]. F. c. McKesson, Luther p. Ludden, c.
| L. Richards, NJ. j. Greevy. AS there was
! no contest, all delegates were seated ac-
cordIng to the credentials filed with the
secretary and no credentials committee was
appointed.
| Wall of Sherman county started a storm
| when he moved that the temporary organi-
zaton be made permanent With a dozen
men crying for recognition Strobe of Ian
caster moved that George sheldon OF Cass
be made permanent chairman. roll cali
was demanded but 1t had not proceeded far
when the vote disclosed that McGllton had
a prepoDderance of the delegates with him
and upon motion of Sheldon, McGiton was
unanimously chosen permanent chairman.
| Miles of Cheyenne moved that a COM
mittee of seven be appointed as commit
| tee on resolutions and the chairman ap-
! pointed these men: W. T. Miles of Chey-
enne, chairman: Allan w. Fields OF Ian
caster, Ross Hammond Of Dodge, c. b.
Dempster of Gage, E, C. Harris OF Chad
ron, c. G. McConoughey of Phelps.
Hamer OF Buffalo county moved that all
| resolutions be submitted to this committee
without debate and this carried.
The following candidates were put in
nomination for Judge by their respective
counties: ]. II. AG1es by Lancaster, 8. p.
| Davidson by Johnson, +. r. Duffie by
Douglas, c. b. Letton by Jefferson, John
h. McPheeley by Kearney, o. A. Abbott
| by Hall.
Two ballots came easy with no trouble
and then on the third came the fireworks.
On the first ballot the result stood:
Amss ...........,. 229 McPheeley, 80. los
LettOn s ........ s58 bSRidson bPEis .:.
The second ballot resulted
Ames ..."...,..... 116 McPheeley, 900. Sc
DUNE, "''..,.'.'.'' 4SS Abbett '.......... 4
Letton. ..r,,.,."-,. 49, Davidson ,..,,'.,. 60
On the second ballot Lancaster passed
at first and upon being called again Judge
| Holmes announced that as Judge Ames
had requested 1t, he would cast sixty-six
votes for Duffie.
Burkett Demands Poll.
Instantly there was an uproar Senator
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