Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-05
MOVE TO BLOCK NOMINATION
lRailIoad Politicians Hops to Relegats the
senatorship to Legislature.
INsNCtHrY OF THE FAKE RtFoRMERS
Secretary of state Galushn wires
Papers in Each County 20 Get Out
Extras Containing Amend
ment Notice.
CFrom a star corresnondentl


LINCOLN. Aug. 4.-(SpecialD THE talk
Of the railroad politicians in and out Of
Lincoln is to the effect that there will be
no nomination of United States senator In
The republican state convention, nor any
" he democratic state convention, either
for that matter. The pins are all set
so they say, to head of instructions in
enough counties to leave a working ma
jority that will vote the senatorship off
the call altogether. Said one Of them
yesterday, who usually talks by the card
I'VE have the senatorial candidates where
we want them now and there will be no
nomination at all. The orders have gone
out to that effect, and they will be car
ried out IL it is possible to carry them
out. and we have not lost our grip to that
extent yet. The first stroke is to be
played in the democratic convention. The
democrats have not put the senatorship
in their convention call, although a lot of
them will try to get the convention to
nominate anyway on the ground that it Is
in line with democratic doctrine and has
been promised repeatedly in platforms de-
claring for electing senators by the peo-
pie, but nothing will be done. After We
have headed off the democrats from put
ting up a senatorial nomination it will be
easier for US to fix the republican con-
vention, because the argument that It
must be done to meet the democrats will
be destroyed
Eyes, we expect the influence OF Burkett
and his friends to be thrown for a nominal
ton, because Burkett was nominated in
the convention two years ago and confirm
alton Of the precedent would be desr-
able from his standpoint, with a view to
repeating at the end of his term. But
@the Burkett crowd will not show much of
= hand in this convention-the chances are
ne won't be here himself, and he is the
only one who realizes the Importance of 1t
to him"
Vest Pocket Delegations Multiply
1t is said that the vest-pocket delega-
tions are part of the railroad program to
Sidetrack the senatorial nomination, and
the fact that Norris Brown has himself
set the example by hiding away his list
of Buffalo county delegates until the eve
OF the convention gives an excuse for pur-
suing the same tactics on the other side.
Browns home county held its convention
way back in June and authorized him to
name the delegates, but he has not yet
done so. The same condition now prevails
in Cass county. which turned the job over
to Sheldon; Lancaster county. which is
waiting for Winnett; Webster county,
WHICH belongs TO NfdiuSnd, NeNla ma county,
e which is turned over to Good, with proba-
ply some more coming, The organ of the
Bake reformers here at the outset of the
campaign viciously assailed the practice
of vest-pocket delegations, but it has not
bad word to say on this question of late.
~ As TO Direct Primaries.
In This connection it is notable that the
Journal-News spokesman has become IN
ardent advocate of the direct primarT.
Commenting on the primary held in From
tier county 1t would have 1t understood
that the crowd it represents was for di-
rect primaries all the time. - .'.
Did you see. that article in the Journal
about the direct primary" asked a state
house employee. "They have theft nerve
to pose as the champions of the direct
primary when everyone knows that di-
rect primary proposition was presented 10
the state committee by Victor Rosewatcr
with the very purpose of getting an our
right expression on a candidate for SEN
ator from all the republicans throughout
the state and was voted down by a com
bination among the committeeman, in
Guiding not only those known to be under
railroad influence, but also several who
are In with the fake reform crowd. ]!
these people were sincere for dire .,
primary the state committee would have
Nedopted the plan proposed and instead Oi
.Naving primaries in only three or foul
counties they would have been held in
every county in the state"
Pre-COnventiOn Platform Committee.
There has been considerable debate pro
and con over the appointment of the res
olutions committee by the executive com.
nittee of the state committee. So fan
only one member of the committee, Ed
Burnham of Norfolk is sure of being
delegate in the convention, and another
member, Representative Perry of Furnas
has been left OF his delegation, so thai
ha Is sure not to be a delegate Chai.
man Warner in an interview the other
day, said he thought the plan OF APP
pointing a resolutions committee to draft
Q platform ahead of the convention wa,
good, but that the requirement for nam
ing them thirty days ahead of the con
ventlon assumed too great a provision
on the part of the appointing power ant
that II appointments were made a weel
for ten days ahead of the convention
lsJwhen the membership of the different del
egations would be fairly well known, tn
effect would be much better Some of tn
extreme radicals talk of rejecting tn
names selected by the state COMMITTEES al