Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-02
BROWN FAILS IN FURNAS
Effort to Force Through Instructions Pro
duoss = Stormy Session.
FINALLY TABLED BY A DECISIVE VOTE
FaiIs to secure Majority on Prefer
ence vote-webster County Allows
Galusha to select Dele
cation.

BEAVER CITY, Neb., Aug. Especial
Telegram 1.-The republican county conven-
tion today was stormy in the extreme. The
trouble all arose over the attempt to pass
resolutions endorsing Norris Brown for
United States senator. The battle ragged
furiously for more than two hours and the
Norris Brown resolutions were finally
tabled
The first sign Of conflict appeared when
c, NJ. Brown, former representative, who
voted for D. K. Thompson, introduced a
resolution to instruct the delegates to vote
for Norris Brown. This was introduced
while the resolutions committee was de-
hberating. E. b. Perry. chairman of that
committee and present representative left
| the committee room and. entering the con-
vention hall protested that all resolutions
should be presented in the regular man
ner. A motion TO lay the Brown resolu-
tion on the table until the report of the
committee carried by vote. Of IS to 10.
| The resolutions presented and adopted
endorsed President Roosevelt, Congress-
man Norris and the administration of Nor
ris Brown as attorney general; favored the
enactment of the anti-pass laws, primary
! system and the railroad commission.
The Brown resolution was then taken
\ up and the turmoil was terrific. After
! speeches galore, many Of them personal,
| and many motions vote for preference
| for United States senator was taken. with
| the following result: Norris Brown 80,
c. w. Norris IS Rosewater 4, W. f. An
drews l. The friends OF Congressman Nor
| ris, who was not present, explained that
1t was an injury to him to endorse him
when he was not a candidate for senator
and would place him in a false light.
| The vote was reconsidered and another
| roll call ordered. This was suspended on
call for regular business and therefore
no expression of the convention was OBJ
! taiaed
The Norris Brown men seem to consider
it very much in the light of a defeat.
The county ticket was nominated with
! out contest. For representative Frank
| Masters; county attorney, John F. Fults;
state delegates, d. s. Hasty, John Stevens,
Arapahoe; J. NJ. Lewis, Holbrook; r. II.
Rankin, Cambridge; I. F. Doling, H. Glib
son. Edison; e. z. soverns oxford: s. A.
Austin. wllsonville; j. F. Fults, Beaver
City.
No Instructions I'm Franklin
HILDRETH, Neb., Aug. Especial Tele-
gram The Franklin county convention.
| held at Hildreth today was the largest
attended and most enthusiastic held in this
| county in many years Resolutions were
passed endorsing President Roosevelt's ad-
ministration and Governor Mickey and
State Treasurer Mortensen instructing the
delegates to the congres" snal convention
for the denomination of Norris, declared
in favor OF an elective railroad commits
| sion. made delegates to the state, congress
sional and senatorial conventions and can
| didates for county attorney and represen-
tative pledge themselves not to accent
passes from any corporation.
A resolution to take a preference vote on
senator and governor and instruct the
delegates to abide by the result was de-
feated by close margin.
| w. H. Miller was nominated for county
attorney and Willis Men for representa-
tive.
State delegates are as follows: Robert
Won Steenberg Macon; John Schafer, Tn.
land; A. R. Peck. Franklin; Will Boldt
Wilcox; A. w. Anderson, Hildreth; George
Sheppard, Macon; d. G. Eager, Frank.
lin; Robert Watson, Riverton.
Brown. Sheldon and Miles were present
and addressed the convention While not
instructed, the delegates to the state con.
ventlon will probably be divided between
Brown and Rosewater for senator and
Sheldon and Miles for governor
Webster for GaIusha.
RED CLOUD, Neb., Aug. 1.--(Special Tel
egram.)-The Webster county republican
convention authorized Mr. Galusha to name
the delegation to the state convention He
has not yet selected them No resolutions
were passed regarding United States sena.
tor