Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-09-24
POLITICIANS co TO LINCOLN
Indications Point to Well Attended
Convention.
HOLD A MEETING
Conference shows Interest, but De-
cIines TO Make Any Recommended
tions to state Committee as
to Chairman.
CFrom a staff Correspondent)

LINCOLN, Sept. 23.-(Special Telegram.)
United States Senator Norris Brown of
Kearney was among the arrivals in Lincoln
today to attend the state republican plat
form conventions with the senator and
one of the earliest arrivals on the scene
was +. 7. Westervelt of Scott's Bluf
county. The republican candidates for re-
gent George Coupland of Elgin and c. B.
Anderson of Crete, arrived today.
Several names are being mentioned for
the position of state chairman and secre-
tary Of the state committee, but the move
ment for no one candidate has assumed
moro than embryo form Senator Brown
has nothing to give out for publication. He
says the convention will be well attended
and he thinks the republican outlook was
never better in Nebraska.
Only a very few of the delegates to the
republican state convention reached the
city during the day. though all of the can
didates on the state ticket were here. The
candidates met this afternoon and con-
ferred. but decided to make no recommen-
dation to the state committee in the mat
ter of a chairman. There is nothing in
the law providing for the candidates to
recommend a chairman. and consequently
the candidates, until invited to do so by
the committee. will make no move toward
selecting the head of the committee.
Caldwell Not n Candidate.
Among those who arrived today to at
tend the convention were Orlando Tefft OF
Cass county, Judge Paul lessen OF Otoe
and e. T. Westervelt of Scott's Bluff. p.
A. Caldwell, defeated candidate for nomi-
nation as railway commissioner on the re-
publican ticket. is also here. One or two
newspapers have been trying to get Cald-
well to run for railway commissioner by
petition. Regarding this, the Clay county
man said:
'I have no intention of making the race.
was defeated at the polls by Mr.. Clarke,
and as I said before, IL Clarke had been
nominated by only one vote, 1t would have
been enough for me. Several parties have
suggested to me the advisability of run
ming by petition, but 1 have never con-
sdered such thing seriously. In my in
terview given over the telephone regard
ing the nomination of Clarke, the impress
sion was given out that l felt very much
dissatisfied at the action of the governor.
evidenced by the Cass county vote I
did not mean to give out that impression.
do not charge the Cass county vote to the
governor. OF course, It was an endorse
ment of him. but what mean is that he
did not get out and campaign for Clarke"
Ohio for Taft.
Walter D. Guilbert, state auditor of Ohio
and Taft booster. is among the arrivals.
Mr.. Guibert said today that Ohio Is for
Taft and that Foraker Is only making a
little fuss over there occasionally. Mr.
Guilbert is meeting and talking with the
delegates in behalf of the secretary OF war,
and he may attempt to get resolutions
adopted endorsing the Ohio man for the
presidency. He said he would prefer not
to say whether this was the object OF his
visit. He expressed himself as being we'll
pleased with the Taft sentiment in Ne
braska
Numerous resolutions will be ready far
the resolutions committee. Westervelt has
one to petition congress to put a tax on
sugar shipped from Cuba, while Judge
lessen may try to get adopted a resolu-
tlon petitioning congress to pass a law
making a railrad having the right of emf
nent domain. or which files it's articles OF
Incorporation in a state, a citizen of that
state. The result of this would be to stop
railroads rushing into the federal court
whenever a little damage suit is filed.
Usually the plaintiff has not enough money
TO take his witnesses 20 Omaha or Lincoln
for an indefinite period and the Judge be-
lieves such a law would result In much
benefit to the people OF the various states.
The republicans will meet in representative
hall at the state house.
Fusionists Are Scared.
Only few democrats and one or two
popuists have arrived Representative Cone
of Saunders represented the populsts party
and George Rogers, p A. McKillip and
Henry C. Richmond the democrats. The
latter will meet in the senate chamber