Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-06
LINCOLN GETS CONVENTION
Republicans to Meet at Capital City on
Wednesday, August %,
CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR TO Be NAMED
Convention L. Also 10 he Asked to
Formally Endorse Constitutional
Amendment for an Elective
Railway Commission.
uNrom a san Correspondentl

GEon stan correspondent
LINCOLN. Neb., April 5.-Cspecial Tele-
gram.)-The republican state convention
will meet at Lincoln. Wednesday, August
p at , O'Clock in the afternoon and will
nominate candidate for United States SEN
ator in addition to full ticket OF state
officers. including three railroad commits
sioners, which was decided upon at the
meeting OF the state committee tonight,
with every member i'm attendance in per-
son or by proxy
Never before was so much interest ex-
hibited in the preminaries Of the state
campaign large number of outsiders,
prominent in politics, were present as spec
tators. but were shut out by motion for
executive session.
The first business Of the meeting. when
called to order by Chairman Warner de-
veloped upon the resolution for inaugural
ing direct primary expression on the
candidates to he nominated. This resolution
had been offered by Victor Rosewater at
the last meeting of the committee and had
been put over without action. sharp and
general discussion ensued, and after an
Intellectual attempt to get secret ballot
vote a roll call was had resulting in the
defeat Of the resolution by % to II.
Reavis Of Richardson then endeavored to
rect primary principle. although voting
against It in practice by moving to reaffim
the direct primary plank of the state plat
form, which motion. amended to include the
entire state platform, was declared carried.
Lincoln Gets Convention.
Three dates We're suggested for the con-
vention-June 21, August and August %
and the last one was agreed upon. Lincoln
/ q md na ad IN or 1Opa i
| ton and Lincoln won out 10 to Is. The
Iincolnites had had quite scare in the aft
ernoon and had been working like beavers
/ to prevent the convention from going to
| Omaha.
Another roll call was had on the ques-
/ ton Of including United States senator in
! the call. and although much parliamentary
| sparring was indulged in, only seven votes
were recorded against It, The formal reso-
/ luton for the call was adopted as follows:
| Resolved, That the chairman be in
| structed to issue call for a republican
| state convention to be held i'm the city of
| Lincoln on August %, 1907. at 2 o'clock in
| the afternoon for the purpose of nominat-
| ing candidates for the following offices
! and transacting such other business as
/ may properly come before II:
one United States senator.
] One governor.
One lieutenant governor.
| Three railway commissioners.
| One treasurer.
! One auditor
/ One secretary of state
One attorney general
! One commissioner Of public lands and
one superintendent ofshsttacri6n
| The said convention shall be made up Of
! delegates chosen by the republicans of the
| respective counties of the state, appor-
! TONED one delegate-at-large for each county
| tion thereof cast at the last election for
| Hon. Charles Il. Letton, republican nomi-
nee for judge of the supreme court;
| allowed and that the delegates present
| from each of the respective counties be
| authorized TO cast the full vote of their
| delegations. The various odd numbered
| senatorial districts arc also notified that
they will at the same time by their dele
| gates choose members to represent them on
| the state committee for a term Of two
years.
Convention to Act on Amendment.
The committee also adopted the following
resolution by Victor Rosewater relating to
the state railway commission amendment:
Whereas, A constitutional amendment has
! been submitted by the last legislature FOR
| ratification of the voters, and
! Whereas, Under the election law of Ne
| braska straight party votes will be counted
formally endorsed by party convention,
] therefore. be II
Resolved, That the convention call in
| clude a recommendation that delegates TO
the state convention be instructed TO vote
| for or against the endorsement of the
constitutional amendment relating to the
| creation of a state board of railway COM
| missioners, to be submitted for ratifca-
| tion at the coming election.
Another innovation was arranged for by
instructing the chairman and executive
committee to select, thirty days before the
convention a temporary chairman and a
resolutions committee OF seven to be rec
commended to the convention.
Still another resolution provided for a
committee of five to draw up and report
rules for the government OF the state COM
mittee. Under the call the convention will
consist of s57 delegates, of which Douglas
county viii have eighty-three and Ian
/ caster as the next biggest delegation
| thirty-four. V.R