Omaha daily bee., 1907-09-25
CFrom a Stan Correspondent


LINCOLN, Sept. 2A-(SpeciaL)-B incor.
porating into the platform an expression of
confidence in Secretary William II. Taft as
pre-eminently fitted TO contiue the policies
of the Roosevelt administration, the re-
publican state convention in session here
today took stand within the arena OF
national politics, and fred a signal gun,
which will without question be heard from
Maine to California. 1t developed early
that the delegates present were all favor
able to the secretary of war as a successor
of President Roosevelt, although some of
theH were not ready to relinquish the idea
that Mr.. Roosevelt himself shduld be chosen
again for another term. nd still others
fearful that they might take stand before
the presidential entries had all qualified,
preferred to put, off alt, declarations refer.
ring to national SUBJECTS The platform
as printed in full elsewhere. including the
tribute to the presden and complimentary
allusion TO Mr.. Taft, was finally adopted
by unanimous vote but not until after 6
motion had been made to strike out that
particular section and lost by about
two to one vote.
Sheldon PresIdes at Convention.
All this was the climax. of course. of the
convention proceedings. The meeting was
Cdlitu W OIuSI INepitothbaNNt bS
Chairman Rose of the state committee
and Governor George l.. Sheldon promptly
installed as temporary chairman, on mo-
tion made by Senator Norris Brown. Gov.
ernor Sheldon gave voice to his thanks
very briefly. saying that it was an espe-
cially gratifying honor to be called upon
to preside over the first platform conven-
tion, held under the provisions of the new
Nebraska primary law A. H. Kidd of Gage
county was made temporary secretary, and
the formality of a credentials committee
dispensed by motion to accept as members
OF the convention all who had filed their
credentials with the secretary.
Roll call disclosed twelve counties with
out representation. and a general remark
circulated about the hall that the missing
counties were the same for the most part
as were usually missing from nominating
conventions. To get down to business Ross
Hammond moved the appointment OF q
committee of eleven on resolutions, but
before It could be put II was amended to
make 1t twelve, so that each congressional
district contributed two members.
Platform Committee Named.
DR.. Jennson OF Clay wanted to add Gov
ernor Sheldon as exLoficio member in
order to make IT thirteen and avoid tie,
which raised a chorus OF laughter and
shouts of 'hoodoo." while the governor
wsrded of the honor by saying ne was
not afraid OF thirteen, having been in
itiated into Ak-sar-Ben, but that the mo-
ton had not received second. He prompt
/ ly appointed the committee of twelve, as
follows
First District--Judge Paul Jessen OF otoe:
NJ b. Reese OF Lancaster.
Second District-Victor Rosewater OF
Douglas; Representative /, c. Eller OF
Third District-Ross Hammond OF Dodge;
Congressman John r. Boyd of Antelope.
Fourth District-state Senator c. f. Aid
rich OF Butler; c. II. Sloane of Fillmore
Fifth District-Congressma w r. Nor
ris of Red Willow; DIR, A. J, Jennison OF
Clay.
Sixth Dstrict-senator Norris Brown OF
/ Buffalo; f. T. Westervelt OF Scoots Bluff.
Applause for the Platform.
Ross Hammond as chairman invited the
| delegates to unload their resolutions into
the committees hopper and recess was
taken until o'clock and later protracted
until o'clock In the interval. while the
resolutions committee was formulating the
platform, the work OF making up the state
committee was taken up and completed,
and the platform was finally reported, be-
ing read by Chairman Hammond and re-
ceived with punctuations OF applause A
particularly noisy manifestation OF approval
came after the endorsement of President
Roosevelt and again after the reference
10 Secretary Taft. Another round Of ap-
Dlauso was elected by the resolution de-
manding legislation 10 make railroads ac-
eept citizenship or purposes % federal
court jurisdiction In the states In which
they were enjoying their privileges, and
finally after the section relating 10 cur
failing the power OF the federal courts to
enjoin state officers from enforcing state
laws
The motion to strike out the reference
to Secretary TAFT was made by former
Representative Charles Mcleod OF Stanton.
and was followed by a .dense silence.
The second seems to have been audiblo
only TO Governor Sheldon in the chair. He
nevertheless put the motion and declared
II lost on the viva voce vote. Mcleod was
not satisfied until he had demanded a di-
vision, but the division showed no chang