Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-29
PERKINS MARES PROPOSAL
National Committee TO Name Commission
to Settle All Contests,
cUnWINs NOT HEARD FROM on QUESTION
Last Township I'm Dallas County
selects Delegates aud Gives Gov
srnOr Majority in the
County Convention.
CFrom a stan Correspondent)

(From a Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, June 2S.-(Special )-Hon
George ID. Perkins, candidate for the re
publican nomination for governor toda,
sent his opponent Governor A. Il. CumnAns
the following letter;
am reluctant to take the initiative II
suggesting any plan looking to a peaceful
confrontlps the FepuSieaSS T party o. 1RG
state. assume that you, equally with my
self, desire that the convention shall bs
orderly and above suspicion of Intentional
wrong We are mutually desirous, ar
free to say, to shield the party name from
dishonor and to bring about the nomination
OF ticket that the sincere membership Of
the party can Loyalty and unitedly support.
Tho time for calm action is now
The pre-convention campaign has been
heated. Tho struggle Tor delegates has
never been equalled in our state. The CON
test has come down TO The closing days
without clear settlement as TO the choice
Of the party for the guherna torial NOMINEES
tons that are contested. and these contests,
to my mind, should be impartially ana in
diligently determined TO the end that conf
Of the conventions determinations Neither
you nor | want nomination involving
doubtful title or the suspicion Of Il. Now,
what can be done to provide a fair adjust
ment2
for the Intervention of the republican ma
tional committee. Would you be willing to
Join in request to the chairman OF the
the membership Of the committee a COM
mission Of three the choice to be made
from states sufiieienty separated from our
from REORGANIZATION, to hear and de-
termne the issues that have arisen. My
thought Is that such commission should I've
empowered TO hear all contests and upon
their finding make up a temporary roll to
De binding upon al parties, and further,
scribe parliamentary rules by which the
convention should be governed In all its
If a plan OF this kind were to be agreed
to, II would be necessary, of course that
we should psrsona,illy Soli s ourselves
to use our full influence to have their con-
illusions accepted by the convention and to
exert all our power to have the plan and
conclusion thus framed carried out in good
faith. II this suggestion prompted only by
my desire to place the common welfare %
the party above personal concern. does
not meet your specific approval, | trust /
am not mistaken In assuming that the OBJ
iect In view has your cordial endorsement.
Therefore am not without confidence
that some an can he mutually agreed to-
that will secure creditahle adjustment
imprudent action, harmful to the party
and Notifying to those against whom re-
Personally disposed in this matter to ignore
the authority Of our state committee. and
my suggestion would he, II you should
to petition our own committee TO take up
the matter with the chairman Of the ma
tOnal committee. i SnOul0 COnSl0er II an
honor to be favored with your early reply,
GEORGE n. PERKINS
It is understood that Mr.. Perkins letter
was mailed also to Lieutenant Governor
Herriott at Stuart and Major Rathbun AZ
Marion the two other candidates for the
/ position of governor
Governor Cummins was not at his Office
today and IT is not known what his answer
will be, .-s-
CumminS Carries Dallas.
| Governor Cummlns carried the last town-
ship in Dallas county, Walnut, at the
caucuses yesterday by a vote of l16 to 80.
On the face of the returns he now has
sxty-four delegates to, the county conyen-
tion and Perkins has ffty-three.
Two New Candidates Talked.
Joseph Allen, of Pocahantas county Is
being discussed as a candidate for state
treasurer. He is also mentioned as a
candidate for state senator In opposition to
Senator Ed Winnie of Humboldt county.
He is a banker and a member OF the Board
Of Regents of the State university
| A. NJ. Cloud of Manchester, Buchanan
county is now mentioned as a possible
candidate for attorney general and 1t ls
understood. to be practically determined
that he will be a candidate. There are
three other candidates in the held for at
torney general. The announcement Of two
candidates for state Offices after all but
four county conventions have been held is
rather unusual.
Insurance Commission.
John M. Emery, actuary of the Des
Moines Life Insurance company the first
expert actuary before the insurance in
vestlgation commission, said today that he
favored an annual accounting and distribu-
ton OF dividends and told the commission
that it would remedy nearly all the evils
as 90 incorporation and disbursement
of funds. 10
Edward A. Temple, president Of the Bank
ers Life association, was before the COM
mission. He testified that his company had
no actuary and needed none. He gave
more In detail information as TO the inan-
oial condition OF the Bankers Life and his
testimony was in conflict with that of Mr..
Emery as 20 some points in insurance
matters. He asserted that the percentage
OF losses paid would amount TO the same
thing as the percentage of individuals
dying Mr.. Emery stated In his testimony
that the percent was different.
The Eleventh cavalry OF the regular army,
stationed at Fort Des MONIES, has been
ordered by the department at Washington
to postpone it's nnarch 10 Fort Riley "a
August l6 in order to be in Des Moines
when the reunion OF the Army OF the
philippines Is held In this city.