Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-16
Men of Prominence Are Looking
Nebraska's Governor Over.
VICE PRESIDENCY THE QUESTION
Head of Ticket Conceded to Be Taft
by Practically Everyone.
FIELD GOES ON RESOLUTIONS
Proves 60 he the Only Contest I'm
OrRanisins Nebraska Delegation
and second Ballot Set ~
ties This.
(From a staff correspondence

CHICAGO. Juno l5.-(Special Telegrsm,)-
Taft and who?" is still the question star
ing the assembled delegates In the face.
The Nebraska delegation tried to help
frame the answer at its meeting this after
noon by gently suggesting that no name
would grace the combination better or adj
more to the strength of the ticket than
that of Nebraskas first native born gov
ernor, George L. Sheldon
The proposal OF Governor Sheldon's name
when brought forward by Senator Burkett
met with tho hearty and cordial support
of every delegate present, with the possible
exception of the governor himself, who In
sisted that the place should seek the man,
rather than the man the place, The con-
sensus of opinion was that in view OF the
unsettled condition of the vice presidency
Nebraska should have it's candidate out In
the onen where he could be seen and his
qualifications discussed without Ia any wty
thrusting him into scramble for prefer
ment.
The reception accorded the Sheldon boom
on the outside hss already proved more
than encouraging and men of influence
and leadership are seriously inquirihg into
his availability-iust as intimated in these
dispatches several days ago.
Few Third-Termers.
That the burning question Is lalt aho
who?" without remaining doubt as to
Taft, goes without saying, despite the
fact that a few third termers are still TAX
ing soundings for a Roosevelt stampede
The situation with respect to the presi
dent recalls very forcibly the famous re-
mark of ex-senator Thurston. four years
ago, when he exclaimed, I'VE are all for
Roosevelt but none of us want him. Sc
/ "a agitatOrg
the very ones who have been exerting
themselves hardest to defeat the legisa-
tive plans Of the president and who have
opposed his wishes at every opportunity
They are the very ones who are against
Taft, because he is too much like Roose-
Welt. That explains why their talk does
not elicit more response
! The Nebraskans reached an agreement
on all points OF organization with oompara-
: lively little friction. The only semblance
! of a contest was for the place on the reso-
! lutlons committee which was finally DE-
! termined after two tie votes In favor OF
Judge Field over Senator Burkett, because
of the feeling that the senator's invitation
to make a secondlng speech gave him a
| sufficiency of the convention honors.
! Judge Field was on the resolutions COM
/ nlittee of the state convention year ago.
/ whose platform put Nebraska on record
/ for Taft first among all the states, and
he frankly accepted the desire to help draw
the platform on which MIR. Taft should go
before the people That Nebraska plat
form, it will be remembered, was out
spoken on several Of the live issues OF the
day, and it will be easily seen where Judge
Field stands by consulting its several
planks.
All Ready for Nomination.
Everything is in readiness for the gavel
to fall on what promises to be the biggest
! and most representative national political
gathering in our history. In fact, the
country is growing SO fast and SO wide-
spread is the interest in oar political lue,
that each succeeding convention of this
sort seems TO set a new record over the
one preceding. The l9JS convention prom
ises to be no exception in this respect.
| While many of the old familiar faces may
be missing the younger leaders are notice
ably irs evidence and they are not taking
/ back seats either. 1t is this younger ele-
ment in politics which is firmly set to the
Roosevelt ideas, and its ascendancy makes
it certain that the ticket and the platform
will be thoroughly Rcosoveltian. " X.