Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-20

Instructed for Caldwell .................... IA
FOR TREASURER.
Instructed for Good ........................ 23
instructed for Boutwell, .................... II
Instructed for Brian ....................... IL
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Instructed for Thompson ,................ 8
FOR AUDITOR.
Instructed for Sesrle ....................... 60
FOR LAND COMMISSIONER.
Instructed for Linn ....................... s
Instructed for Eaton .............,......... 10
k'OR sECREIARY OF STATE.
Instructed Tor Galusna .................... IL
instructed for Jpnkln ......................
F'Ok STATE sUPERlNTENDENT.
instructed Tor McBrleu ....ss.............. 10
With the exception of Fillmore county,
the counties in the state have now chosen
the delegates who will represent them IN
the republican state convention at Lincoln
Wednesday. In other words, out of the
S57 delegates, who will sit in the conven-
ton, s44 have been named with only thir-
teen more to come. The tabulation here
given exhibits the distribution of the dele
gates so far as known, with reference to
the strength of the respective candidates
for place on the state ticket.
Notes of the senatorship.
In the contest for the nomination for
UnIteu states senator AL delegates have had
Instructions from their constituents. voiced
in the county convention, indicating their
first preference. Norris Brown has 2SS
instructed votes. fair estimate of h.1
hold on the uninstructed votes gives hirh
sixty-nine. making a total of S32 the
Brown managers are, of course, claiming
great deal more than this. They are
laying claim to twelve votes in Thayer
county, where instructions were voted down
after a resolution commencing him had
been passed, and they are also modestly
claiming nearly one-half of the uninstructed
votes.
The number of delegates instructed for
Edward Rosewater is 127k. He has sec
ond choice instructions on six and one-half
votes in Knox and also on the eleven votes
in Washington county, with very con-
servatlve estimate of not less than 14S
votes among the uninstructed. making a
total upwards of 30.
The only other candidates for senator,
who made any headway during the week on
instructions were Currie, who secured reso-
lutions of preference in two small counties
who at last came out with his home
county-Nance-and in addition three votes
in Deuel. county thrown to him with the
same string that was attached to Cheyenne
county's namboyant instructions for Mil
lard, declaring at the same time against
any convention nomination whatever. The
lineup on the senatorship, therefore, leaves
Brown In the lead with Rosewater a good
second and hve trailers. each with a
small instructed vote to gather up a scat
tering OF he uninstructed vote.
In the contest for governor eight names
have been entered Sheldon with his IA
votes is considerably in the lead. but still
far lacking of anything like an approach to
majority. Sheldon gathered in several
counties that had their conventions last
week. raising his instructed vote from 107
to IA Miles added three votes and Weston
secured eight additional instructions. other
counties instructing for favorite sons for
state offices added in the nine votes in
Merrick county for w. T. Thompson for
attorney general. the three votes In Keith
for the denomination of Auditor Searle
and the sixteen votes in Dodge for the
denomination of Land Commissioner Eaton
Points on the Platform.
Several developments Of the week are also
of sufficient Importance for review. The
committee appointed by the executive COM
mittee of the state committee to frame
platform met in Omaha on Wednesday and
drafted a set of resolutions which will
be presented as platform frame work
for the consideration of the convention.
This provisional platform has this bearing
upon the senatorial situation that It con-
tains a declaration in favor of a direct
primary law and also OF an amendment to
the federal constitution for the election OF
United States senators by direct vote Of
the people, and until that is had, favors
nomination of candidates for United States
senator in the state convention. and
pledges legislative candidates to the noml-
nee The insertion of this plank in the
platform is taken to mean that the demand
for convention nomination has become so
strong that it cannot be ignored or over
ridden.
The Third congressional convention held
IN Fremont resulted in the nomination Of
Judge ]. F. Boyd for congress over Con-
gresham Mccarthy. seeking denomination.
The contest was sharp and close although
the success of Boyd was not entirely un-
expected 10 those who had watched the
progress OF the preliminaries In the various
counties in the district. Congressman Nc
Carthy will probably be the only member
OF the present Nebraska delegation in the
lower house who will not be presented for
reelection. The Sixth district conventio
will be held tomorrow at Kearney with an
assured denomination OF Congressman Kin
kaid. who has no opposing candidate, and
the Second district convention will be held
at Omaha on Friday to re-nominate Con-
gresham John L. Kennedy, who is also
conceded an unopposed nomination.