Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-21


LINCOLN NHu. Se-t u-,Spaeial --ie-
,-aru. The above acket waE nominated IN
sepa~age conventions Today hv -le demo-
Gratis and pOpulsts ana sC hopeless was
rhe sentiment al both conventions and SD
1a-leI1c-r-e spectacle that the proceedings
might Vau be- called the last SAD lct M
1isErpa-at -s--er
Tn which ro make rleir last dying wal
he prrulis-s choose dark lit--e room 1n
-he -lirl noor no building on East I'D
street. aau present during .ha proceedings
.he-z were less than eEfv people. Delegates
and a-L The democrats held -neir -unvrD-
ton In the = rdiror-uu and they might ve-l
have gone with the pUpuiisJs TO -neir lir-e
room. FOR there were not 30 delegates n
-ae city and not a total of an people IN ire
Auditorium any one time during -he
afternoon. Consequently both parties wers
sincerely serious when they decided before
-he convention not t1 have any conference
committees. Delegates were TOO scare ta ne
spared FOR mis- purpose Feeling deeply the
lack NJ interest shown By me democrats ~
the state IN -aeir convention. a Recess was
taken AZ 1'clork for one hour. ostensihiy
FOR -he purpuss 1f waiting The arrival n
train cad ~ delegates from the west enc
of the state. When THE convention resumed,
however tire delegates present had not bean
augmented except ny a tew o. the porulists.
VINO. strange -n relare. also adjourned az fhe
same time. HstpnEbiv uc listen N M. Bran
speak. Consequently The train load" II
delegates must have become zidet-acked or
only existed in the Imagination of JIcgs
Oldham. VINO said they were coming
slate Fled in Advance.
The nominations IN me democratic con-
ven15un had bren hzsd IN advsnrs so there
was not even 1nn call. and no other can
didares we're placed IN nomination. but ft
must be recorded that the pupulists did
make one little Kick before dying rhs
kick came upon the motion to take up
the no1ninar5on OF Candidates or tns- alter
native n a65uurninE "a hear BRYAN. The
vote vas 81 % css IN favor Of the latter
I proposition and Al last Dopulism in Ne
brzska was down and out. the speaking On
. the proposition being for fusion uT against
I fusion After -hts test vote. which, nv
the way was cast by about forty men me
4 ,op1lYErs swallowed the nomination uf
Hastings and LiEhrner. as iid the demo-
--a-s swallow -he pupulisJ nominee from
Folk county
. F-v7--s speech and -ne adoption ~ the
3 usual platforms ends me story. which.
7rv---r-. .E not -unulete without as-a-
era about the incidents leading ~ 20
-7e nomination n Commissioner Hastings.
. NJ names were mentioned in connection
with the ONCE NJ supreme fudEp except
Hastings z7d Judge Good. but early This
morning the few Delegates heEal % look
around for a candidate Who would A. r1e
platform which they desired 70 adopt p
-7H--lv they wanted a man who had never
--dd~, IN a PASS. They shook NJ the list
~ district +udnes and ~ sz-iisrr1ct fudgrs
and n aE-suurprne court commissioners
and NJ present supreme court commission
z-s and then they called On a man VINO
has LIST ~ the pass hnJders n tie Cnion
Pacific and -he Burlington ore BY one
their 7dois were DESTROYED until not single
-a,ssds-r- was in the field. Then theV fell
7,rrr Hastings not because ne would ~
I --e -ls~<0r-7 but because he vas veil
known ana because there was nothing elss
70 IN.
Hastings Grows Radical
= make -leir selections Easy for The Pop
-,rfs-u IN swallow these ranid anrf-pass
-ra--rir7s had Judge Hastings get up after
-ra --s0TurfonE committee had reported alu
afT-- an aur'-rEss riank which n II - ever
enacted into law would make n a felony trr
-s.l-rsd company ~ give pass EXCEPT
n bona Hde empiUTss 7r m cases of gen
nine charity TINS arr made Judge Hastings
n rhe platform. though In 1is speech n &C
-aurs7~e ae said le ia not deny that ne
had ridden On a pass ana ne said he would
. accent a retainer from a railroad a. quickly
as from any one else. a lawyer ana tae1
I in a very nice way hr gave the convention
n understand ranr 10 be I'D rot EIir af-sr
mar III could get some one else but me
convention had ro he satisfied. and .t was-
Af-rr M Brvan speech everybody BE-
"a, ro crowd our NJ the nail. ana u vas
unIv BY hIockadinE tne door rhar enough
delegates we're Kept m the hail 20 vote
sad ~ n =
-he rpn regents BY arclauariun, and II 3
. A zafa statement 20 say thar not a DOZEN
. men IN the hall knew the names n -he
/ nominees for regents when -heV adjourned
, The speech 1f M. Bryan 81 course Vas
the feature Of the convention He used al
If MS great powers as an orator 20 snthlse
none and encourage the ur-le band and as
mia me Delegates thar az republican lead
, a-s vvhr we're now getting popularity wers
, doing IL by advocating democratic doc
---nes Re @uluEBed President Roosevelt
a,d urged democrats % stand bv him ana
-nc-uraEe MIN Just as long as be followed
ms present course which he said had al
vvzrs been advocated 10 democratic plat
forms
Z scnnr Arrendance in Han.
: The convention vas called % order A.
IN 1.-I1ck by Chairman allen uf me stara
-1mnir---- Al rHis time lhers vas less
/ rnau gs people delegates and visitors, N
me hall Mr. Allen announced tlar he nHd
Q --csiv=u a message from Captain Harm
/ DUNCAN CHOSEN as r=Ipurlrv chairman,
| rnar be vas on a 1ela-ed Burlington train
ana could not rsac1 the -irT until CLOCK.
I on motion Of O. j. suv-le. A. C. sha-Isn-
b. berger vas chosen temporary Chairman and
-ahu Mcl5uir= temporary serrefarv.
I Chairman shallell=rEer -u his speech.
E arsr apoluE-z-d for Wlar l= vas a10ut 20
. sav By aunuunrng rla- 1e naa ---T-1ine1
. awake al night -u order 90 get 20 LinE1ln.
q ana therefore vus nor m a rundit,On 70 GET
uu 4 speec1- Ee created some utrIs en-