Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13
TAFT GIVEN
SUPPORT OF
NEBRASKANS
REPUBLICAN DELEGATION TO
800 SOLID"
UNANIMOUS ENDORSEMENT is A
FEATURE OF CONVENTION
Slate Goes Through with Rush-Or-
ganized Labor Makes Demon-
stration at the Second Dis
trict Gathering
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
OMAHA, March 12.-Without a voice
of dissent, the candidacy of William
II. Taft for president of the United
States was indorsed by the Republican
state convention of Nebraska today,
and a solid delegation for the secretary
will go to Chicago instructed to vote
for his nomination, first, last and all
the time"
1t was Taft convention from start
to flnish despite talk of a division, and
when the question of selecting dele
gates-at-large came up for considera-
tion the slated elegation--Governor
Sheldon, Senator Norris Brown, Victoa
Rosewater and Judge Allen w. Field of
Lincoln-went through with a rush.
The Second and Sixth districts held
their conventions at the Rome hotel
during the forenoon and representa-
tives of organized labor made a de-
monstration on the floor of the Second
district gathering.
Tony Donahue an Omaha labor
leader who was delegate to the dis
trict convention made formal pro-
test against the candidacy of William
H. Taft.
He addressed the convention briefly,
saying that he represented 5000 voters
in the Second district who were unal-
terably opposed to Secretary Taft, ana
asked that himself and fifteen other
delegates be placed on record as op-
posed to sending delegation 10 Chl-
cago instructed for the war secretary.
Donahue was heard respectfully, but
the convention took no action. The
matter was not brought to the atten-
| ton of the state body.
Platform Adopted
.-to4e..,., 90 oJoptad ,tpracarN-
edly indorses the administration of
President Roosevelt and pays him
high tribute. 1t then says:
I'VE declare ourselves irrevocably in
favor of a continuation of the wise
policies inaugurated and carried for
4 ward by the Roosevelt administration
I'VE demand the nomination of
successor of President Roosevelt who is
committed to a continuation of the
! Roosevelt Republican policies
''WhiIe we realize that our party Is
rich i'm craftsmanship, we nevertheless
declare our belief that the candidate
who best meets the demands OF the
hour is Hon. William ii. Taft OF ONO
Possessing personal, moral and lntel-
Iectual endowments of a high order. to
these he adds judicial and adminis-
trative training that pre-eminently hts
him for the worldwide duties that may
| devolye on our executive. Therefore,
be it
"Resolved. That the delegates Sc
1acted NV this convention to the ma
tional convention be. and are hereby,
instructed to vote for William III. Tart
for president, and that they give nm
their support until he is nominated
"We are strongly in favor of re-
vision of the tariff and believe, that
this should be done by special ses-
sion of the next congress- along llnes ,
1
true nrinciple of protection which is
given expression in the following
Declarations of the Ohio Republicans ,,l;,i
".By imposing such duties as VIII VIII
eoual the difference between the. cost
~ ,,roduction at home and abroad, to-
getber with a reasonable profit, to the ,
end that without excessive duties
American manufacturers, farmers pre- pro,
ducers and wage earners may nave
adequate protection: ~
journed sine die.