Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24


to run rampant with the state. he and
DIR. Winnett had quite a tilt over the dis
tribution Of the Lancaster vote for rail-
road commissioner. Winnett himself
sent word to the Douglas delegation That
he would cast the Lancaster solid dele
cation for an Omaha man for commits
sioner II any one would take the place,
This morning Winnett said
winnett Makes Explanation.
IT did not know Omaha had candidate
when the first ballot was taken. On the
second ballot I was told the delegation
had to make good on pledges and would
not vote for the Douglas man. We got
seventeen of the delegates, however. and
had I known Omaha had a candidate on
the first ballot he certainly would have
received the solid vote. 1 feel very
kindly toward Douglas county for what
1t did for me-"
Deputy Attorney General w. T. Thomp-
son expressed himself as follows this morn
ing:
"I certainly feel under obligations tn
Mr. Rosewater and Douglas county. IF
the men who made the fight here for Mr..
Rosewater ever want help OF any kind. l
will respond to any call"
Secretary of State Galusha is taking his
defeat philosophically and has little TO
say. Inasmuch. however, as Galusha
delegation broke to Brown with six votes
at the critical time. they believe the
Webster county man was badly used by
the victors in the convention. II was
Douglas county that put the fixing to Mr..
Galusha. 1t was also Douglas county that
carried Mr.. Brian through for treasurer
over the opposition of Kyd and Cool each
of uhn he RrOwn hOOSter9
to make good on their promise to land
them delegation of Boone county men,
including Mr. Brian, requested greetings
be sent to Omaha and whatever Omaha
wants Boone county will help land 1t.
The most talked of Incident OF the con-
vention was the speech by Mr.. Rosewater.
The fake reform sheets here had tried to
make the people believe everything evil
of the Douglas county candidate, but to
day all over Lincoln nothing but ex-
pressions OF commentator are heard for
him. on the other hand the failure of Mr..
| Brown to even mention the Douglas county
candidate. is commented on. Judge Eng
land who has been one OF the great Brown
| boosters. said:
mr.. Rosewater's speech was a gem. II
WAS one of the greatest speeches / ever
heard In any convention. Never before
have the hearts of the people Of Nebraska
heat so kindly for him. He is without
doubt the best qualified man in Nebraska -
Bright Outlook for Fair.
! Present indications are that this year S
state fair will be a record breaker. The
| applications already received for space in
| the various departments exceed last year
to a surprising degree. William r. Mellor,
secretary of the state fair board. said
Thursday morning that many applicants
for space cannot be accommodated. The
animal department this year will be an
interesting exhibition. For the draft
horses. four barns with 1b6 stalls each are
provided. while there are 126 stalls for
speed horses. Five hundred and fifteen ap-
plications for cattle stalls have been re-
ceived. with only $50 stalls available al
the present time. The swine pens were al
assigned in March and go applications re-
ceived since that time. Twenty-slx counties
at least will be represented with collective
exhibits in the agricultural han as against
,wenty-one last year. This years exhibit
Of farm machinery and vehicles will sur.
pass any previous year. An annex fol-
the machinery department has been pro
vided. In the speed department there will
be IO1 harness horses entered, last seasons
number being fifty-three.
Secretary Mellor said the interest in thi:
years fair has been in keeping with the
general prosperity OF the state and is q
good index Of general conditions.
Normal Board Contracts.
The state normal board met at the
residence OF l. p. Ludden today and lei
contracts for ccal fer the Kearney ant
Peru Normal schools. Havens of Omaha
got the first contract and Robinson bruther,
OF Omaha the other Shaul & Assenmacher
contractors. were allowed $500 for worl
on the Peru normal library building
Greek Letter Society Meeting.
The thirteenth grand conclave OF the Phi
LAmda Epsilon fraternity began here thk
evening and will continue until Saturday
evening. Twenty-seven chapters are repre-
scented from a dozen states. The program
this evening included an address OF wei
come by r. NJ. Burruss OF Nebraska Alpha
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