Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-01

two. He said there was no occasion nor
excase for abusing anybody and that he
had profound respect for both Mr. Perkins
and Governor Cummns He has been say
sing the same thing today 10 the delegates
whom he meets The others are doing the
same II is Understood that Congressman
Lacey denies that he ever said he would
rather be defeated tAan to be sent to con-
gross BY Cummirfs votes, Other congress-
men present are talking harmony. There
IL not congressman who is not mixing
among the. delegates and eounseliug wise
acting and punctuating the advice with
statements that there should not be two
conventions.
sSTomorrow morning at o'clock the con-
gressiohal district caucuses will be held for
,the purpose OF making nominations of
members OF the state central. committee
resolutions committee, Credentials commit
Ntee and permanent orgs nlzation commit
tee. The caucuses will be held at various
PLACES about the city and the contested
s9dA4es in some OF the districts may make
this sessions lengthy. 1t Is possible that
the Sixth district caucus may adjourn till
after the state convention has decided
which delegations from Jasper and Wap-
pello will, be, seated ..a-
Towner Temporary ChaIrman.
Tue eonvaption viii be called to order at
1880 in, the AUDITORIUM Chairman Spence
will cause the call to be. read and will
then name Judge Towner for temporary
chairman, There is now every indication
that the Cummins men will accept this un.
less the state central committee should
order~a large number of the Perkins dele
gQtions 10 be seated In that event they
win narhe their own, temporary, chairman
and there will be two conventions.
The time TN the noon adjournment will
be devoted to ihe address of Judge Townel
OF Corning The committees win then b,
selected. by accepting the. nominate
made ~, the congressional eaucuses and
the convention will then adjourn till =
o'clock. During the noon recess the com
"mittees will begin their work There il
every indication that they win have nj
small task. The credentials committee will
have The hardest work Thfs once dis
posed tot the nominations VIII be mad,
and tifes resolutions adopted The resolu
lions VIII be, Of the character adopted To-
sonqe yeaTs In this state. except that thu
tarlf plank will be about what was Offered
by the Cummins men through the pres
the other day, II the Cummns men con
ttrol the convention,
t.. Changes on state Committee.
Between discussions OF what the stat
committee VIII do with the contests, dele
gates 10 the state convention are dcker
.4ng Ons places on the leading committees
There will be very radical change in tn
make up of the state central committee
81 due 20 the change in the political 'sentimen
I'm some OF the congressional districts. Tn
Third and Fourth districts are sure L
have progressive committeeman to displac
standpatters on the new committee.
.Inf fhe Fourth district ]. @, 'IIempel o
clayton, Converse of Howard and Howlan
s6f Cerro Gordo are all candidates an
kctively In the field and all are progressives
They have been IN the field for som
tme and the changes are even betwee
Them Woodland, the present stapdpat com
Anitteeman, cannot be reelected.
r In the Third district ]. Scott Stevens o
Cedar Falls will be defeated by the fac
that his district is now all progressive
Harry Mitchell OF Dubuque, a progTessiv,
and Colonel Carl f, FRANKIE Of Parkersburl
q progressive. and Johnson Of Waterloo,
istandpatter whose candidacy is backed b
al Boehmler OF the Milwaukee railroad. ar