Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-09
delegates not yet reported

This exhibit shows just how the republl-
can state convention which is to meet in
Omaha next Thursday stands on the ques-
tion Of presidential preference. That the
convention will be an Overwhelmingly Taft
convention goes without saying, and the
prospects are more than good that there
will be no division vote whatever on In
structions to govern the national conven-
tion delegates.
It is significant that although presiden-
tial preference votes were taken at pri-
maries or caucuses in a large majority of
the counties, only five or six counties fell
into the trap set by the little bunch of
professional politicians, who sidetrscked
them to Roosevelt in order to keep them
away from Taft.
The La Toilette fever which was to
sweep over the state like a prairie fire, ac-
cording to it's spokesman, failed to mater
ialize. and not a single instructed La Fol-
ette delegate will have a seat in the whole
convention. Up in Dixon county. where
the outspoken advocacy OF La Toilette by
former Congressman Mccarthy was ex-
pected to be potential Taft carried the pri-
mares and Mccarthy got up in the county
convention and declared that while he ad-
mired La Toilette, the sentiment OF Ne
braska republicans was unquestionably for
Taft, and that Taft was a big man in
every way qualified for the presidency and
that he too would be for Taft.
In fact, from all reports, the greatest
harmony OF purpose prevails among rep
publicaLs everywhere in Nebraska and the
least factionalsm known for many years.
The only dissension seems to be located in
Platte county, which has filed two sets OF
claIr IN n
republicans OF the county. But the differ
ences between them are not over the presi-
Dental candidate nor over any issues to be
decided by the convention. but really over
local leadership. Inasmuch as both factions
have commissioned delegates to both con-
gressional and state conventions, their rel
ative claims will have to be threshed out
first In the Third district convention. which
meets at Norfolk.
For delegates-at-Iarge to Chicago only
six names have been taken up in the diff
ferent county conventions. namely. Gov
ernor Sheldon Senators Brown and Bur
kett, Congressman Boyd. Victor RosewRteF
ana Allen W. Field. Senator Burlrett's Sc
lection by the First district takes him out
| Of the list, although washington county
instructed for him as delegate-at-large, Six
counties have, by resolution, endorsed VIC
tor Rosewater, these counties having
nearly 200 delegates. Almost as many are
committed 70 Governor Sheldon. Senator
Brown has his home county OF Buffalo
and four or five others, and JudHe Field
has Lancaster, johnson and York. with \
conditional instruction from Buffalo, de-
pending on his outright declaration for
Taft first, last and all the time. Burt
county declared for Congressman Boyd a.
we'll as for Governor Sheldon ana Victor
Rosewater. Valley county wont ON record
against sending anyone 10 Chicago who h
holding state or federal office.
Besides the state convention tho repub-
lioans will have four district conventions
this week. the one Cor the Third district
already referred 20 at Norfolk on Tues
day ana one for the Fifth district AZ
Hastings on the same day. The oanVen-
tions for the Second Rad sixth diatriots
will be held at Omaha on the same day
with tho state convention,
The outcome OF the First district ro-
publican convention, WHOA decided upon
Senator Burkett and farmer state soma
tor !. A. Arnhds a. national convention
delegates, seems TO have pleased Pspubii-
cans all over tho state except FEW in
Lancaster county Lancaster gets one of
the delegates. but noe the one the enemies
OF Durfett evidently wanted, rhs I.in-
coin News .h.nhs there Is grswihs dis
, posi,lon among The Elk counties outside
of Lancaster, which together with h make
up the district 10 antagOhiss Lancaster
and freese out lts fnYeFed sans and
lAmsnts the situatieA asspiA q tAu-