Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-30

people Of the state and nation His fear
srsness snd courage sc, n So hgh h th0se in
state and nation should be Endorsed by
every good citizen.
We indorse his views on reciprocity look |
ing toward an interchange OF American
machinery for lumber coal and steel be-
lieving such reciprocity to be for the
best interests OF the people OF our great
state and in harmony with the republican
ism Of Mckinley and Roosevelt
We commend the record Of our repre-
sentative in congress Walter / smith.
and recommend that our delegation to the
congressional convention be instructed to
do all In their power to bring about his
we indorse the record Of our able rep
resentatiye In the Thirty -frst general as
mend his stand in regard to primary and
anti-pass measures and recommend that
he be awarded usual denomination for his
second term.
Z, We point with pride to the achievements
OF the republican party in the past and
pledge our candidates our most hearty
Whereas. in the present campaign for the
governorship of the state, Pottawattamie
county. by the votes Of the majority OF the
citizens. endorsed the candidacy OF Hon
John Herriott OF Guthrie county; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That we do hereby instruct our
delegates to the state convention TO do all
In their power TO bring about the nomin-
alton OF Hon. John Herriott and we do
hereby instruct them to vote for him for
the governorship in the state convention
hrst' last and all the time.
Little Contest for Omces.
The republican convention Of Pottawat-
tamie county held yesterday in Council
Bluffs was the largest ever held in the
county. OF the 2ls delegates elected at
the primaries to the convention, few n
any, were absent and the south court
room OF the county court house. in which
the gathering was held. was packed to its
! limit There was large crowd OF inter-
ested spectators. and the convention was a
most harmonious and enthusiastic meet
! ing from start to finish. The "standpat-
/ ters' or ant-Cummins wing were in COM
plete control and the Cumins delegates
/ were so few that they cut no figure in the
proceedings. The vote on the minority
resolutions offered by John Fletcher of
Avoca disclosed the fact that only twenty
! nine supporters OF Governor Cummins were
in the convention.
The contest for the nomination for treas
urer, which promises to be a feature Of
, the convention disappeared when at the
! noon recess announcement was made by
J. p. christensen that he had withdrawn
from the race. There was somewhat of a
contest over the nominations for the vacan-
cies in the Board of Supervisors. but all
the other old officers were accorded renorn-
nations ~without contest and by acclama-
ton.
1t will be seen by the resolutions adopted
that the faction in control did not take
undue advantage Of the situation and make
any uncomplimentary illusions to Governor
CumT7tns beyond opposing his renomina-
ton.
Elmer r. Smith Of this city was unani-
mously selected as chairman OF the county
aI IN
F. Klmball was selected as city chairman
The delegation to the judicial convention
was instructed for Judge o. d. Wheeler OF
this city. former County Attorney Killpack
having announced his withdrawal as a can.
didate. s"
Convention Hall Crowded
The convention room was crowded wher
at 1913 o'clock the gathering was called Il
order by Chairman George s. Wright OF
the county central committee, who after
reading the Official call called upon State
Senator c. g. Saunders to preside as tenn
porary chairman.
On assuming the gayel Mr.. Saunder.
stated he had not prepared any address
as he had not been definitely notified unit
Monday night that he was to act as TEN
porary chairman. In his address Mr.
Saunders paid an eloquent tribute to Presi
dent Roosevelt Secretary Of the Treasur,
= Shaw and the Iowa delegation in congress
Speaking OF the president. he said: ''Neve
: since the days Of Washington have we hat
a man in the presidential chair who ha
! so completely enjoyed the confidence Of al
classes as Roosevelt. He referred to tn
pending railroad Legislation, the interstate
commerce bill and the anti-pass bill enacte,
by the recent state legislature. He spok
e | egDeCiallV of the
| declaring It was the best freight law in tn
: United States. In conclusion he said
e when we adjourn today we are going on
. to elect the ticket that will be nominate
/ today and the ticket that will be nominat e
Q at Des Moines on August l."
George Burlington Of Carson was name
y as temporary secretary and then the con
e Vention got down to business by namln
the following committees, after which
& recess was taken until after dinner:
= Permanent Organization.
n Permanent Organization-I. T. spanglel
i layton; F. p. Shuttleworth. Valley: {
NJ: Potter WSyeland; John, Phillips. Nor
d Wilson y, FourtR ward; E. H, ohiendor
e Credentials-J. II. jerks. Knox; J. 7
Il Zimmerman. Lincoln; II. A. smith. Mac,
donna; F. s. ChIlds. Garner j. B. Ma
: lack Creseenti Slack Petersen, Fifth ware
l. WIN otCouu ward
n Resolutions-John Fletcher, Knox; r. Z
l. smith Belknap; c. f. Bradley, Carson
n J. II. Garland, Nicola; NJ. d. Reed. Sixt
n ward; V. r. Bender. Third ward: Spence
n Smith, Second ward.
d Delegates-John GeiKer, Minden: Geors
l. N. Evans, Washington; G. NJ Putnam
Grove F. B. Chambers Hardin: J.
Is Fleming. Fifth ward; r. f. Hart Thir
le ward; f. f. Smith. Second ward
m The Cummins men secured one memb,
70 on each committee by reason OF their COZ
A. troll OF the First district. comprising Kno
"a Layton. Minden, Pleasant, York and Jam,
" townships.
A. On motion OF Ernest e. Hart, all resol,
ne lions were referred TO the committee {
he resolutions, instead OF being offered on Il
e floor Of the convention.
IN on reconvening at 80 o'clock the temp
e rary organization was made permanen
s. with the addition OF City Solicitor Kimbs
M as reading clerk The report of the crede
al tials committee showed there were no co
tests Victor f. Bender read the resol
20 70 tions offered by the committee, after Will,
I'm Delegate Fletcher offered the minority r
e port which was defeated bv vote OF
ul to ~
es The report on delegates was offered
e Ernest e, Hart and adopted witho
ri change.
On motion Of Victor Bender, nominatii
rk speeches were dispensed with and can,
dnm