Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-15
COLFAX IS FOR ROSEWATER
Delegates Alss Instructed for Sheldon for
Governor and Mccarthy for Congress-
LIVELY SESSION IN DODGE COUNTY
Burt County sends en- Uninstructed
Delegation and Greeley Instructs
for Norris Brown for
Senator.

SCHUYLER. Neb.. Aug. 4-(Special Tel
egram.)-The republicans of Colfax county
held a convention for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the state, congress
sional and senatorial conventions and nom
mating county officials w. ]. Higgins.
presided and c. NJ. Sunderland was secre-
tary.
Joseph Semeral was nominated for repre-
sentative, Frank b. Churchill for county
attorney. s. @. Allen for coroner and F. ].
Smith for commissioner.
A resolution was passed instructing F. NJ.
Cuba, ]. w. Kibbler and Levi Adams, del
egates to the state convention. for Hon. E.
Rosewater for United States senator: Shell
don of Csss county for governor and
instructing the delegates to the congress
sional convention, J. p. Pieper, ii. II.
Woods, d. Mcleod, William Rothes, James
Palik, Nj. E. johnson, S. G. Allen, ]. ID.
Woods and F. Verba, for Hon. J. ].
Mccarthy.
The convention was enthusiastic and har-
monous, excepting two delegates to the
congressional convention objected to being
instructed for Mccarthy as they had
declared themselves for w w. Young of
Stanton prior to and during the convention.
Strong resolutions were passed indorsing
President Roosevelt and his policy.
The convention was addressed by Hon. e
Rosewater of Omaha, Hon. J. ]. Mccarthy
w. w. Young and Sheldon. The precinct
committees were elected and organized
Immediately after the convention for
lively campaign.
Lively Session in Dodge.
FREMONT, Neb.. Aug. 1A-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The committee on credentials, after
being out three hours, brought in a report
that the caucuses were regular and the
delegates entitled to seats. The report was
accepted without a division. A motion to
appoint committee of seven to select
| delegates to the various conventions pre-
cipitated trouble. Gurney moved to amend
1t by having each ward and precinct select
| their representatives. In the course of his
talk he charged l.. d. Richards with offer
| ing to pledge the vote of the county to
Rouse for governor in return for Elkhorn's
vote for an anti-delegation. Mr.. Richards
rose to reply amid much excitement. The
| statement made by Mr.. Gurney, he said,
| is a lie." He vigorously denounced the
Brown faction.
Representative Roberts, the man to whom
| Gurney said Richards had made the prop
osition, in heated and impassioned speech
| denied that such a proposition had ever
| been made to him. Osborn Anderson, an
anti delegate, said that an attempt had
| been made that afternoon to buy a dele
gate and that the delegate was right there
| in the hall. 4.
After conpzderarie aconfusiorr . ballot was
taken and some Of the country delegations
| which had previously split swallowed the
bait and voted for the amendment and II
was carried by a majority of Ave votes.
The committee reported the following
named delegate to the state convention:
H; J; Lee, Fremont: L. H; Windsor, G. e.
Jirgen Larson. Nickerson; a. Rector. North
Bend J. II. Roberts, Fremont; Frank Ueh-
ling, Uehling: H: Biers, Crowell; A. Edel-
mair. Scribner; w. D. Holbrook, Maple; l..
p. Myers, Pleasant Valley; T. H. Fowler,
North Bend; F. f. Liston. Hooper; John
Edelmair, Hooper; Nat Johnson, Ames.
Resolutions were adopted commencing
the record of the state officers, demanding
the enactment Of an anti-pass law the
| election of a railroad commission, the
election Of senators by popular vote. and
pledging the representatives elected to sup
port the nominee of the state convention.
A strong union labor plank was also
adopted. Also resolution instructing the
| delegates to use all means in their power
| to secure the denomination of H. NJ.
| Eaton for land commissioner.
j. II. Knowles of Fremont and w. w.
Roberts of North Bend were nominated for
| representatives. and j. X. Graham for
county attorney, by acclamation.
A big crowd OF democrats were interested
spectators Of the proceedings.
Burt County Uninstructed.
! DECATUR, Neb., Aug. 14-(Special Tel
egram )-The republican county conven-
tion convened at IL o'clock today. DR..
E. A Sears was nominated temporary
| chairman, and E. ID. Wigton of Lyons and
| Logan Baker OF Tekamah were appointed
temporary secretaries. The committee on
resolutions was appointed by the chair
and the convention adjourned until p. m.
| when the committee made a report. The
resolutions were to the erect that the
delegates to the state convention favor
the nomination of the United States SEN
ator and that the representative support
the candidate nominated by the state con-
vention for United States senator.
H. d. Byram of Decatur was nominated
by acclamation for representative of this
district. w. A. Hopewell OF Tekamah was
nominated by acclamation for county at
torney of this lcounty. +. z. Ward was
nominated by acclamation for commits
z
Jens Jenson of Lyons was nominated by
| acclamation for commissioner OF the Sec
ond commissioners district. Oscar Samp-
son of Oakland was nominated by accla-
nation for commissioner for the Third COM
missioner's district.
! The delegates for the state convention
! are: c. A. Messler OF Arizona, ]. M Bovee
of Craig, John q. Ashley of Decatur, j. c.
Mackelhery Of Everett. E. A. Rolmquist OF
! Oakland. II. A. Austin OF Silver Creek,
NJ. r. Hopewell of Tekamah. C. o. Swan
son of Lyons, A. A. Anderson Of Tekamah,
| II. ID. Byram of Decatur.
! +. L. Cook of Lyons was re-nominated
as chairman of the county central com
mittee for the ensuing year BY informal
ballot S. C. Wolfe OF Craig was the unanl-
nous choice for state senator Two dele
gates from each precinct and six at large
were nominated for the congressional con
ventioa.
Greeley for Brown.
GREELEY CENTER. Neb, Aug. IA
Especial Telegram.)-The republican county
convention was held today as per call
Judge ]. r. Hanna presided. with @. w
Fitzsimmons as secretary. The following
delegates were elected TO the state con
| vention: