Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-02
w. L. EATON, DAVID J. PAIazna
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From a Stan Correspondent
DES MONIES, Aug. 1.-(special Tele-
gram m.)-Harmony was forced upon about
800 delegates to the republican state con-
vention today. The delegates did not like
It, They grumbed and growled. but the
program was carried through. Hon
Thomas u. Healy, a Cummlns man from
Fort Dodge moved and State Printer Ber-
nard Murphy seconded a motion to accept
unanimously the report OF the credentials
committee to seat Perkins delegates in JEFF
ferson county, and the Cummins delegation
from every other contested county. Before
the vote was taken up Mr.. Murphy and
other leaders of the stand-patters went
among the stand-pa, delegates and urged
them to vote for the motion. Their action
was cheered by the progressives The mo-
tion was carried, but it can not be said
that II was unanimous.
The credentials committee was in session
| TIL $50 before reaching report. The state
| central committee which adjourned last
| night at midnight to meet this morning at
Z o'clock was unable to get any nearer
n solution of the problem and II was
finally decided to allow the matter to 90
/ to the convention with the recommendation
| Of the committee standing for the seating
of tho Perkins delegates from Audubon.
Dallas, Jasper. jefferson and Wappello and
the Cummins men in the other counties.
| This would still have given Cummins a
majority, but II would have been small.
| Through deals which there is every reason
to suspect were handled by the leaders
of the party on both sides the Second dis
trict caucus accepted the CummIns dele
gates from Scott county and this gave the
committee on credentials to the Cummins
men. Delegates from the Eve counties
given to Perkins were heard by the cre-
| dentials committee and the report finally
reached II was not a unanimous report,
though there was no minority report. Sem
ator Healy reported for the committee that
| five OF the eleven members dissented from
the action as to Jasper and wappello and
three as to the action on jefferson.
One Ballot on Each Contest.
The report OF the credentials committee
gave Cummins 932 votes. Perkins 6O4 and
Rathbun lO4. A delegation Of one vote in
Muscatine county resulted in giving Cum
minis 933 on the nominating ballot For
the entire ticket the vote followed closely
the vote on governor one vote was suf-
fcent on every can, ate and half OF the
ticket was nominated by acclamation. The
vote for contested places follows:
For governor, Cummins, 9S3; Perkins. 603; ;
| Rathbun, 104.
For lieutenant governor, Garst el7; Ray
mond, 722.
Secretary of state-Hayward, Ss5 49,
Richards, 4761s; Hites. SOS Is
Attorney general-Byers. 992; Cloud, 5iO
Mackenzie, lO1.
Railroad commisaoners-w. L. Eaton,
l,S4S; d. j. Palmer, 922; Buttles. 64l; sitz
1856.
II was after s o'clock before the conven-
! nd n tav bo Iast
speech of Temporary Chairman.
| The republican state convention met in
the Auditorium. There were not seats for
the l6i0 delegates in the parquet circle so
one district delegation was assigned chairs
on the stage and two other delegates were
given seats in the dress circle. Every seat
and all the available room was occupied by
spectators. No previous state convention
exceeded such interest In Des Moines or
Iowa.
Judge Towner, who was introduced e
temporary chairman, spoke in part e.
! follows:
! desire to congratulate the republicans
| Of Iowa In this most prosperous year Of
that We see in this swelling flood OF pros
perity the consummate triumph and vim
| dicatiOn Of republican principles and poli-
] cies. We live under republican admins
traton, with a republican president a re-
publican house and a republican senate
In a republican nation from ocean to ocean
and a republican state from river to river
/ with republican national sentiment so
! strong that even democratic state conven
tions endorse the administrations and a
republican state sentiment so strong that
not single county Of the nnety-nine can
be longer Classed as democratic.
/ These two words. republican" and
I prosperity seem formed for union They
are the harmonious complement one OF
the other, so that with the success Of one
comes the triumph Of the other, and with
| the failure of either the downfall and dis-
! aster Of the other. Happy the nation that
! can harness such steeds 10 its car OF
| progress. II is like the yoking of Phoebus
and Aurora to the chariot OF the sun
! Happy the party whose very name Is
/ synonymous with JOY.
Control of Corporations.
The president in his message 10 congress
last December put first in Importance the
question Of government control OF the
great corporations doing an Interstate bus
mess. For many years this has been a
most important and difficult question not
only in this country, but n others In re-
sponse 10 this the original interstate trafic
act and the Sherman act were passed.
Later the Elkins law and the rate bill
passed by the last congress has been
placed upon the statute books. All these
laws are republican laws-framed by re-
being enforced by republicans.
The additional powers given by the new
laws will greatly strengthen tho hands OF
the government And the work Is not
over; IL is but begun. They will hardly
turn from Roosevelt TO Bryan
| The position Of the republican party a
| Of IT'S president Is that the power Of goV-
eminent over corporations. trusts and cora
blnatiOus b. absolute that. as they a =
creatures OF the state thew must bs e.
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