Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-08-30

CuIJiS, 90, blOWH, tui, IOSSWuISi,
3O6 1-2; Meikeljohn, 81; Willard, 49,
"; Evans, 10; Crounse, Is.
Sixth ballot: Brown, 453; Rosewat-
err 291a; Evans, II; Curtis, As;
Meikeljohn, IS; Millard, S81s.
After announcing 433 votes for
Brown, Chairman Andrews asked If
the nomination should be made unan-
imous, H. H. Baldridge of Omaha
moved to make it so, and the motion
carried in the midst of great confu-
sion. The calls for Attorney General
Brown were renewed, and a moment
later he appeared. Chairman Andrews
presented to the convention its sea-
atorial candidate, who said:
ut took you men of this convention
a good while to get unanimous.
want to say that | thank you for this
honor. appreciate the compliment.
feel deeply grateful to those men
who made the fight for me and won
and feel no resentment against those
who made the fight against me and
lost. But the fight that has just end
ed was but preliminary sliirmish. l
am ready to go out now and make
real fight.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Browns
remarks, Mr.. Rosewater was loudly
called for and at length responded, be-
ing given an ovation as he appeared
on the platform. He said in part:
81 need hardly say to you that l
appreciate the cordial greeting you
have given me here at this parting,
for it is parting hour for me in this
contest. l was DESTROYS of the place
in Washington, but now shall go back
to the place in Omaha to labor with
the pen which is sometimes mightier
than the sword. In the campaign that
is now closed, there have been no
differences between Mr.. Brown and my
self which would call for commit
tee of Cancellation. have endeavored
to treat him fairly and l think he has
no cause for complaint, or will have
in the coming campaign"
1t required but two ballots to nomi-
nate Sheldon for governor. The first
ballot gave Sheldon 402 votes. The
next ballot was a band wagon pro-
cession with a rush to get in. The
vote stood as follows: Wall, 20; Miles,
Sc; Harsh, 8; Rouse, 33; Sheldon,
GIL, Steele, IL; Conarvay, a; Weston,
81.
Sheldon was called for and briefly
addressed the convention. He spoke
earnestly, solemnly, and with little
show of exultation over the victory.
A recess was taken. until $3.50 to
enable the resolutions committee to
complete it's work.
l.. e. Wettling acted as reading clerk
The chair announced the roll
call on the nomination for lieutenant
governor. The vote resulted: Will
say, 1877; Hopewell, $50; Ludden, As;
Cunningham, 90; Young 203. There
was no nomination. In the ballot fol-
lowing much of .SWilsey's strength
went to Hopewell.
Luddens strength in the second bal
lot consisted of two each from Ban
ner, Blaine and Kearney, and one
from Valley Hopewell was declared
nominated. He was called for and
he thanked the delegates and promised
to perform the duties of the office to
the best of his ability.
Judge Frost moved that in voting
for railway commissioners the three
candidates receiving a majority be de-
clared the nominees. This carried.
The vote announced showed the
nomination of DR.. H. j. Winnett of
Lincoln for railroad commissioner he
being the one successful candidate on
the first ballot. The vote stood:
Winnett, 554; Harmon, 2721a; Co
well, 253; Caldwell, 1904; Whitmore,
1881; Mortensen, 2O4; Sadilek, 354;
Williams, 25Oh; Parker, Al; Steele,
8; Andrews, 8; Cad, 4 Matthews, II.
DR.. Winnett was called and thanked
the convention for what it had done
for Lancaster county.
Other nominations for railroad COM
missioners followed as given in the
ticket
While the vote on railroad commits
sioner was being tabulated Chairman
Anderson of the resolutions commit
tee was presented. He read the pro-
posed platform. Mr.. Anderson moved
the adoption of the resolutions. The
platform as presented was adopted
| lit will be found printed elsewhere
Secretary of State Galusha was de-
| feated on the second ballot. The first
ballot showed a pretty race between
| Galusha and Junkin, in which they
| tied with 400 votes each, Douglas
voted so for Galusha and 3S for Junkin
on the first ballot. Lancaster voted 8
for Galusha, 20 for Junkin and II for
Boslow There was much changing
about on this ballot from ballots cast
on other candidates. On the second
ballot Junkin was nominated, 473
votes to 377 for Galusha. The nomi.
nation was made unanimous. Mr.. Jun.