Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23

Comparison Of this table and the one
printed a week ago shows the changes mace
by the conventions held last week There
were six of these conventions, namely, In
Saunders, Saline, Gage, Lancaster REQ
Willow and Cheyenne counties. three OF
them being in the Fourth congressional dis
trict and one each in the First, Fifth and
Sixth districts, respectively.
Norris Brown secured instructions in
three of the conventions for his candidacy
for senator. appearing in each of them
personally and addressing the delegates in
his own behalf. Two of the counties re-
mained silent on the senatorship in order
to project local favorites for other offices
and one instructed for Senator Millard with
a postscript against senator nomination al
together.
The action OF the Lancaster and Red
Willow county convention is taken to indi-
cate that the railroad opposition to Brown
or at any rate the supposed opposition Of
the Burlington to Brown. is more or less
fictitious. In Lancaster county 1t is openly
charged that trade was made with the
Burlington bosses by which Brown was to
have the state delegation and the railroad
machine to name the legislative ticket, and
some corroboration is found in the fact
that the Journal-News organs of the Brown
campaign at Lincoln, which were fierce in
denouncinE the legislative candidates OF the
Burlington crowd before the convention,
has swallowed the dose without even a
grimace and claim a great victory in the
name of reform.
In the Railroad Provinces.
Red Willow county is also a Burlington
! province and no candidate has ever had its
support in recent years except by the aid
and consent OF the railroad manipulators.
Its transfer to the Norris Brown column
is. therefore, somewhat significant, espe-
cially trailing In the wake Of the Lancaster
county state thunder.
| The action of the Cheyenne county con-
vention is, likewise, to be read in connec-
/ ton with it's position on the political map.
Cheyenne county is just as much Union
Pacific province as Red Willow is Bur
linEton province and the instruction for
| Senator Millard is regarded simply as the
execution Of orders from headquarters. The
head of the delegation is Paddy Miles,
who is the Union Pacific local attorney and
political factotum, and the delegation may
! be expected TO do exactly as he says.
In Gage county the convention authorized
| the appointment of a state delegation in
/ the interest Of r. r. Kyd for state treas
urer. and 1t is understood the votes of Gage
will be placed where they will do the most
good for Mr.. Kyd. Saline county likewise
advanced the candidacy of F. ]. Sadileh
for railroad commissioner. Saunders county
on the other hand, although II suggested
! Representative w. ]. Harmon as a candi-
date for railroad commissioner, did not
instruct for him, but gave its instructions
for Norris Brown for senator In tho
Saunders county convention at Wahoo th'
principal champion and spokesman fol
Norris Brown was e. f. Good the loca
attorney of the Northwestern railroad, Jus
as previously in Hamilton county tn,
| Brown forces were led by N. F. Stanley
the Northwestern local attorney at Aurora
and in Butler county by G.. II. Aldrich, tn.
Northwestern local attorney at David City
For the coming week the republican
county conventions scheduled are as fol
lows:
July A-Antelope county, at Neigh.
July s4-Cass county al Plattsmouth.
July 25-Madison county, at Battle Creek
July 9s-wayne county, at Wayne.
The remaining conventions will probabI,
all be called soon, inssmuch as the Thirt
district congressional convention has beer
called for August 1s at Fremont ana tn
date Of the Sixth district convention, whicl
is the only one vet to be called, will b.
hxed at the meeting OF the committee 4
be held this week The Cass county con
vention will formally launch the boom o
Senator Sheldon for governrg and othe
new names may also yet be entered int
the lists
Word has been received by Officers o
the state committee from Hon. ". Z
Andrews acknowledging his selection I
preside over the state convention ard saw
ing that ne will arrange to De present I
WELD the temporary gaveI