Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-13


The table here given shows the line UP
Of the delegates to the coming republican
state convention so far and by comparison
with the table printed week ago, tells
the story of the weeks changes. The close
approach of the convention, now only ten
days off, is indicated by the fact that ss1
delegates, out of the total of $751; have al
ready been chosen, leaving only 1888 still
TO be elected.
OF the delegates so far commissioned Ss5
have been instructed as to the preference
of their constituents for United States SEN
ator, while 306 are uninstructed on SEN
ator although of these all but 127 are In
structed for candidates for some other Of
fice. The results of what has been called
Norris Browns field day last Monday
brought him into the lead in point OF sup
port, raising his list of instructions from
no to 21S. The Rosewater column was
carried up during the week by instructions
in Knox for half the delegation. with the
rest of 1t to follow. and second choice In
structions in Washington county. The In
dian LAND ring in Thurston county came out
for Millard. while Currie also secured two
votes in one Of the smaller counties.
d. Crounse was injected as a stalking horse
for Millard in Washington county:
Outside OF the senatorship, Sheldon for
governor mas gone TO fo7. Weston made
hts debut with the five votes OF his home
county. Frontier county brought out Sem
ator wilsey for Lieutenant governor, and
Clay county introduced Representative
Caldwell for railway commissioner
Railroads Against Nomination.
The maneuvers in a number OF the county
conventions showed that the railroad poll
~ 4.
preventing instructions and using the un-
instructed delegates to vote down the whole
proposition for convention nomination Of
candidate for senator The railroad CO.
horts have been playing for uninstructed
delegations wherever possible, and where
unable to avoid instructions. they have
been trying to pack the delegations with
men who can be used for other purposes
and voted to down action by the conven-
ton on the senatorshp altogether. To
combat the railroad program. resolutions
have been adopted in a large number OF
counties not instructing for a preferred
candidate for senator, binding the delegates
not only to vote for the nomination of a
senator in convention, but also to vote
against any change in the order of nomina-
tions as provided for In the call, or any
other sleight-of-hand trick by which the
senatorship might be stdetracked. It is
essential to protect the right of the people
to a voice in the selection Of their senator
that resolutions of similar import be
adopted by all the county conventions yet
to be held, irrespective OF their action in
structing for some particular candidate.
The activity OF agents Of Senator Millard
in connection with the railroad runners in
dicates that concerted work is being done
to carry out this part OF the corporation
program, and that extra vigilance Is nee
essary on the part Of the people to pre-
vent it's consummation.
The Convention Calendar.
The list Of convention dates for the period
remaining, prior to the meeting in Lincoln,
is as follows. embracing all the counties
that have not yet spoken. with the excep-
ton Of Blaine. Hooker. Logan and Wheeler.