Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-31
CONVENTION is PERFUNCTOUY
Democrats in Nominating HitchcOck for
Congress Do hot Adopt Platform.
LEAVE THAT AND COMMITTEE TO HIN
Ne ana shsIIenberser Make Speeches
IN witch They Predict Demo-
cratic Success at Polls
This Fall.

The proverbial ease with which one may
roll off a log was as nothing compared to
the way Gilbert M. Hitchcock for the
fourth time possessed himself OF the priv
ileRe of standing as the democratic candi-
date for congress from the Second district
yesterday afternoon.
seventy-fve delegates to the congress
sionni convention met in the Creighton In
stitute building. nominated MT. Hitchcock
by a rising vote, listened to speeches from
him. and Gubernatorial Candidate Shallen-
berger and adjourned without adopting
platform OF any description. Mr.. Hitch
cock and Mr.. Shallenberger received ova-
tions; otherwise enthusiasm was not mani
Tested except when drawn out by the de-
vice Of mentioning Bryan.
d. s. Parkhurst of South Omaha was
chairman Of the convention. George P. Mil
Ter OF the Papillion Times was secretary
and John A. Rine and Louie Piatti made
the motions under fun assumption OF the
duties OF navigating officers After Mr..
Rine moved that the convention proceed to
the nomination OF congressional candi-
date the assembly was silent and thought
full and Mr. Rine himself was forced to
place the perennial aspirant in the field.
The donation was made by a rising vote
MI. f1lLClCOCk hufnlINeu ne WINS
hardly surprised at the distinction, as he
had been trying. to keep his mind re-
ceptively inclined for a number OF weeks,
having read in The Bee that he was sure
to be nominated. He remarked that he
was getting used to It. this being the
fourth time he had been called upon TO
bear the standard. He described his de-
feat two years ago as accountable TO the
Rooseveltian tidal wave. but opined cheer
fully that another tidal wave, a different
one. was sweeping over the country, boding
we'll for democracy. citing the changed at
titude, OF the New Workers towards Bryan,
whom they once regarded with contempt
Mr.. Hitchcock perceived a political revolu-
ton in the distance and bid his compatriots
be Of hope. What he did in his self-styled
kindersarten term at washington was re-
lated briefly. obviously with some dilation
on the premature undertaking he did in
the matter Of free carriage service enjoyed
by cabinet officers. Followed the charge
that Roosevelt had stolen Bryan's ideas
and pslA them into practice and that Con-
gresham Kennedy had done likewise in
flchins Mr.. Hitchock's postal savings bank
bill. The speaker styled Bryan the nrst
citizen Sof the world. and introduced Shall
lenberger with warm words.
81 No Cry of Calamity.
Despite the fact that Hr. Shallenberser
talked livery rapidly and used the word
''trust's ssS times and the term free pass"
ls1 times his audience connected with a
large part of his delivery. He called
OmahaTthe imperial city and said It ought
20 place its interests ing MIR. Hitchcock's
shapely and lunealloused hands No cry
OF calamity would be raised by the demo-
All
MFR. shsiienberger, said. because II was 30
plain that every child might see, that the
greatest measure OF prosperity In twenty
Eve years was being enjoyed. He touk
some time to prove to his hearers that
Nebraska Is an agricultural state and that
tho farmer rs the great man. He. too.
was Of the opinion that republicans hero
at home are plagiarists in the matter OF
platforms and principles. He uttered a
pcrorstion to Bryan attributing to him all
the virtues and graces of which mankind
IL endowed and said he had won the hearts
OF all the nations of the world.
MS. shallenbergeT then attacked the rail-
road pass the railroad rebate. the robber
tariff. unjust railway taxation and high
freight rates in the savage and orthodox
way; attacked the republican party and
state platform, and declared I'm favor OF
two-csnt passenger fares, home rule for
cities and towns and the government own
ership. Of railways. He quoted from an
editorial In The Bee to prove his asser-
ton that the two-cent fare plan had been
ss0oess In Ohio. -
ny q motion Candidate Hitchcock was
authorized to select his own congressional
committee 81. 9,a
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