Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-15
lore COUNTY CONVENTIONS
Delegates Selected to state COnven-
tfons by Both Parties.

lions by Both Parties.
HASTING, Neh. ept. 14-(pecial.)-
The Adams county republican committee
yesterday afternoon elected the following:
j. p. A. Black, chairman: A. p Allyn,
secretary; w. A. Taylor, treasurer; dele
gate to state platform convention, Senator
A. L. Clarke. There was a large attend nee
OF members Adjournment was taken to II
a. m. September a.
The democratic committee elected the fol-
lowing: F. C. Babcock, chairman; d. r.
Bigelow, delegate to the state platform
convention: Lem Tibbets, secretary of
county COMMITTEES.
O'NEILL, Neb., Sept. 1S.-(special.)-At a
meeting of the republican county central
committee held in this city Saturday aft
ernoon D.. H. Cronin OF O'Neill was elected
delegate to represent Holt county at the
state convention to be held In Lincoln Sep
TENDER %. DR.. ]. p. Gilligsn was reelected
chairman and Roman Saunders secretary
of the county central committee.
FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 1S.-(special)-
Both parties held conventions yesterday
for the selection of a delegate to the state
convention. r. b. Schneider was the unan-
imous choice of the republicans. 1t took
seven ballots to select a democratic dele
gate, the first six votes being q tie. On the
seventh, after considerable discussion, the
chairman cast the deciding vote for Wal
lace Wilson. The delegate was instructed
to oppose a plank In favar OF local option
BLAIR, Neb., Sept l3.A(special.)-A big
county option" picnic and convention was
held in Arlington yesterday to bring out
a candidate for senator in the Tenth dis
trict, composed OF Washington and Dodge
counties, who is in favor OF county option.
since both W.. d. Halter OF Blair, the
republican nominee, and Fred Volpp of
Scribner, the democratic nominee for this
office, have declared themselves opposed
to county option.
The choice fell upon A.. F. Schafer of
Kennard and he will go on the ballot "by
petition" Mr.. Schafer is one OF the leading
business men OF Kennard and has always
been a leader in the anti-saloon fights,
which finally resulted in Kennard going dry.
Warm Option Fight al BarnestOn.
TECUMsEH, Neb,. Sept. 14-(special.)-
One of the worst fractional fights ever
carried on in a little town in this section
of the state is the saloon and anti-saloon
tight which has been on in the little town
of Barneston since early last spring. Sa-
looms were voted in and were ruled out by
TWO decisions Dy tne uiSLflCl court on re-
monstrance proceedings, so, at the present
time, the place has no saloon. About one
half of the business men favor the saloon
while the others are opposed. The senti-
ment has entered the business and social
relations of the place and Is very bitter.
Sam Mccoy, formerly of Lincoln, was run
ming the towns paper, the Barneston
Herald, when the fight came on, and it is
said he favored the saloon. II is also stated
the temperance men. withdrew their sup
port from his paper, inJuring his business
to the extent ne sold the Herald some two
months ago to Z. ID. Tressler. Tressler
endeayored to steer clear of the saloon
figh$, but 1t seems he had a compositor in
his employ who was an ardent temperance
man and was not slow about expressing
himself. The result was the withdrawing
from the Herald of the support of the sa-
loon men. Tressler announced two weeks
ago that unless be was given a better
patronage he would move his newspaper
plant, but tins better business was not forth
coming. Instead. representatives OF the sa-
loon clique called upon Mr.. Tressler and
informed him that he must make a change
in his h~elp-dismiss the outspoken com
positor. This Tressler absolutely refused
to do, and his Fridays issue announces
that the plant will be moved.