Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-01
This Leaves Him With Plurality Of Sixty
Four on Temporary Roll
EMAND FOR HARMONY BY coNGRtssHEN
Square Deal is Insisted Upon for the Good
of the Party,
JUDGE TOwNER FOR TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Governor Cummins Makes n state
ment That He VIII Yield
Nothing. hut No Trouble
is Expected.
From a stan corresrondent.l

DIES MONIES, Aug. IL 80 a. m.-Cspe-
cial Telegram )-Immediately after the ac-
tion Of the central committee seating the
Perkins delegates from Audubon and
Dallas counties members of the committee
emerged from the room and pressure Is
now being brought TO bear on the commit
tee TO get it to reconsider its action.
Speaker Clarke Of Dallas. a Cummins dele
gate. had retired for the night. He was
awakened and appeared before the COM
mittee to say that the Dallas county Cum
minis men would not stand for the action.
Senator Dolliver and Congressman Birdsall
were summoned. 1t is possible the COM
mittee may reconsider It's action
The state central committee adjourned at
1890 tonight TO meet at o'clock tomorrow
morning. As all the counties have been
acted upon the further meeting tomorrow Il
| taken as indicating that there is still a
possibility that some counties may be re-
considered. Pressure is being brought 10
bear to that end.
1t develops that the twenty-seven dele
gates from Clinton county will not all vote
with the Cummins men on temporary
organization, none of the Dubuque.
twenty-eight delegates, half of whom
signed statement that they will support
| Cummins for governor, will vote with him
on temporary organization. This would
leave Cummins a majority OF but nine on
| temporary organization. but there are fur
ther reports that defections in other coun-
ties among the Cummins delegates will
give Perkins a majority of the tempor-
ary organization as seated by the state
central committee. Conferences are being
| held by both the Cummins and Perkins
leaders with the congressman as inter
mediaries between the two forces.
DES MONIES, July 81-Cspecial Tele-
| gram)-The state central committee fin
| ished hearing the arguments In the con-
! tests at o'clock tonight and Immediately
vert into executive session to determine
! the decision of the committee At II: 80 the
| committee was still in session, but the in
formation has percolated from the COM
mittee room from the most direct source
| that the committee report win favor the
/ seating of the Pe'idhs deieeates,~ JoA>r-
! son, Jasper, wappello Audubon and DaIlos
counties total of eighty-eight delegates.
and will recommend the seating Of the
Cummins delegates in all the other con-
| tested counties. This will give Cumn1ins
S57 delegates and Perkins 693 on temporary
| roll call. The decision of the committee
carries with 1t the decision to give tickets
OF admission to the Perkins delegates in
the counties named and to the Cummins
delegation on the other counties
In the light Of the interview given out
by Cummins this afternoon. that he would
not swerve hairs breadth, there is a
question whether or not this action will
meet with satisfaction with the Cummins
men. II may lead to their deciding TO
place in the chair their own temporary
chairman, but It is believed at this hour
that this action will result in but one con-
vention being held tomorrow. The Cum
minis men having the majority OF the tem-
porary organization will. of course, control
the convention and seat their delegates
from the five contested counties given bv
the central committee to Perkins.
COnEressmen Demand Square Deal,
Senator Dolliver and the Iowa congress-
men held conference this afternoon Mt
the Savery on the political situation and
then notified the central committee that
the Washington delegation would not rec
ognize so-called fake contests and that
for the good of the party there must be a
square deal. This same information il is
claimed was carried to J. w. Blythe, while
the bulk OF the delegation I'm Washington
is recognized as being stand pat" this
action on the part of the Washington dels-
CATION in interpreted by the Cummins men
as being in their favor. Several congress-
men present personally confirmed the re-
port OF the conference and OF the notifica-
ton to the central committee. They also
confirm the report that a meeting Of the
delegation was held in Washington soma
days ago at which It was decided that
each congressman should take It up with
his central committeeman.
Cummins and Perkins are said TO have
been in short personal conference late
this afternoon. There are other confer.
haI1
gressmen have been mixing all day with
the delegates counciling moderation. The
advice Of Congressman Hepburn Of the
eighth that there are enough republicans
for one party and not enough for two
has been repeated hundreds Of times today
The Cummns following held a mass
meeting tonight which was addressed bv
the governor and others and a Cummins
marching club paraded the streets shout
ing and cheering for their candidate.
Statement by Candidate.
The attitude Of the two factions is de-
hnitely shown in two statements given out
today.
At the request of the correspondent Of
The Bee, George d. Perkins dictated the
following statement:
! am entirely hopeful that the republic
cans I'm this convention will act sincerely
5 for the welfare Of the republican PARTY
Personal ambitions Of any individual should
, be- subOrdiuated to that larger interest
! Governor Cummins dictated the follow
Ing:
. The position Of myself and my friends
has not changed a hairs breadth since We
conferred last Monday and decided TO do
1 all in our power 20 see that a majority Of
the delegates 20 the convention govern the
body. | have a majority OF the delega les
20 the convention which meets tomorrow
, morning / viii not and my friends will
. not Yield an inch from our position No
have won a hard fight and will not he
robbed Of our victory.
UoIIiver's Influence FeIt.
J There D. one hing very noticeable today y
q and that Is the influence of Senator DOLL.