The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
BAT Tie FOR REF0RM
AR0USES NEBRASKA
Young Leaders and Rooseveltian
Issues Portend Significant
Republican Victory.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. .-. ~ -.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.-Progressive
republicanism, that of the Roosevelt
brand, is in the saddle in Nebraska, for
the railroad faction, which has hitherto
had a clear track in it's schemes Of par
ty control has been completely I'M
horsed and driven from the running.
has been either dominated or Influenced
for years by the railroad interests, but
inspired by the: president s successful
campaign for rate regulation, the re-
form. element of, the republicans rallied
for a fight, at the recent state conven-
ton and whipped the corporations so
thoroly that it is doubtful if the rail
road agents will ever dare show their
heads again. ~s..5 ~. ~ i"
: The platform adopted by the con-
vention spells reform in every line. It
declares for the complete abolition of
the free railroad pass, for state regula-
ton Of freight and passenger rates and
for the installation Of direct primary
law for, the nomination Of candidates
by all of the parties. Denied the priv
ment by: which the railroads have been
enabled to build up their machine, and
with the convention system wiped out,
giving way to~a system of nominations
coming direct from the people, the an
telope state seems destined to enter
upon an era of genuine reform.
The convention at which all these
things were accomplished was the
most sensational in the history of Ne
braska republicanism. The fight for
control centered entirely upon the nom
nations for United States senator and
governor. Both nominations were
NHyf Io
make the job complete, the same ele-
ment pushed thru platform in full
keeping with the character Of the can
didates.
Native of Iowa.
Norris Brown, present attorney gen
eral, the choice Of the convention for
United States senator, and George L..
Sheldon, state senator and the candi-
date for governor, are both young men.
Brown is native Of Iowa and a grad
uate OF Iowa state university, where he
took his degree as master of arts and
ticed law at Kearney, Neb., for nearly
fifteen years, once running for congress
on the republican ticket when the dis
trict was hopelessly populist. Six years
ago he was appointed deputy attorney
general for the state and later succeed
ed to the attorney generalship by cleo
tion. +=,*
AS attorney general he fought to a
successful issue the suit of the state to
compel the railroads to pay the in
creased taxes levied against them under
the revenue law placed on the statute
books in 1903. He also brought suit
against the Nebraska elevator and
grain combine and secured from the
NJ to 4 hat &c l..
were operating an illegal trust and con,
spiracy to fix the prices Of grain. His
success in both suits attracteds the at,
tention of the progressives within the
party and he was named their standard
bearer: in the fight for the senatorship
Candidate for Governor at 81.
George L. Sheldon is the youngest
man ever nominated for the Nebraska
governorship, his age being 81. He
was born and reared on Nebraska
farm and completed his education al
Nebraska university, where he took his
degrees as a bachelor Of arts and g
bachelor of laws. During the Spanish
American war he volunteered in the
military service and was elected captain
Of a. company in the Third Nebraska
regiment, commanded by Colonel w. J
active service, but did garrison duty il
Cuba after Colonel Bryan had resigned
, The nomination of Sheldon ant
Brown has given a tremendous impetu:
to the republican campaign. President
Roosevelt carried Nebraska in 1904 BY
nearly 10000. With Brown and Shell
don standing so strongly for the issues
which made the president so popular
their election in November, in tn,
Judgment Of close political observers
is foreshadowed by margin ever
greater than that recorded in the presi
dent s favor two years agv.