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Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-20
Text of Resolution.

Text of Resolution.
The resolution adopted was as follows:'
Whereas. In our opinion the welfare OF
the country and OF the democratic party
viii be best served by nominating July next
at Denver the candidate for the presidency
and vice presidency who shall at that time
telligence and judgment of the delegates
gathered from all parts of the country. and
Whereas, We believe that before a choice
so full of Importance TO the people shall be
made the delegates representing the differ
ent states should receive and should avail
themselves of the benefits coming from
consultation and dliberation with one an
other and should have before them the po-
litical situation as II may exist at the time
OF the holding Of the convention, therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That We the democratic state
call upon the democratic electors of the
state to choose as their delegates to the
national convention OF the party the ablest
and strongest men In their ranks. and to
send these to the convention unfettered by
condition and unpledged and uninstructed as
to candidates to the end that may help to
select as the standard bearers OF the party
the men best qualified by character, expert
ence and training TO advise and protect the
welfare of all the people of this country.
Counter Move by Bryan.
LINCOLN, March l9.--(special )-Lincoin
republicans and democrats received today
in great numbers copies of circular and
letter sent out by the Organization OF Real
Democrats of New York" in which It is
set out that these real democrats are go
ing to send to Denver a Bryan delegation
to contest the seats OF the regularly ac-
credited delegates selected in opposition to
the nomination of Mr.. Bryan. The letter is
taken to mean here that Mr.. Bryan is be-
ginning to take some stock in the stories
of the growing popularity of Governor
Johnson OF Minnesota and that he has I'M.
structed his friends in the cast to get busy.
| The letter says:
| We have effected an organization, and
| are busily engaged In enlisting the support
/ of representative men throughout New
York state. Our officers however are only
temporary, We thought II unfair to elect
| permanent officers until all sections OF the
state We're fully represented In this move
| ment. AS soon our organization shall
| have become truly representative, II will
arrange for the manner of electing dele
gates to Denver.
| We are fully convinced the regularly
| accredited delegates from this state should
| not be seated in "A democratic convention,
and should a contesting delegation not ap-
pear, the convention would ba justified In
| declaring New York not represented.
-, IT is our hope that we may make you see
| the great danger ahead, and take such ac-
tion as will avert II.
| We propose to fight upon the floor of the
convention Respectfully yours,
JAMES T. COUGHLIN
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-20
FRED CYRUsLEUBJsCHER
Chairman Executive Committe
DAN'L 'CAVANAUGH, Secretary.
Bryan Has Nothing to Say

CHICAGO. March 19,-Mr. Bryan, who is
in Chicago today for the purpose of ad-
dressing the members Of the Bryan league
here tonight was shown the dispatches an
nouncing the action of the New York state
democratic committee. He read the matter
through attentively and upon being asked
whether he had any comment to make re-
piled: None whatever. thank you for
the information, but have absolutely moth
m saw with rafaranca IN ffW
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-20

CHEYENNE, Wyo, March is.-The re-
publican state committee in session here
today called the state convention at
Lander May 7 to elect delegates to the
national convention and indorsed the can
didacy of Secretary Taft for president.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-20
More Instructions for Thft.

LOGAN, o., March 19.-The Eleventh
district republican congressional conven-
tion today renominated Albert Douglas for
congress. c. l.. Poston and Zane Burley
were nominated delegates 70 the national
convention d. A. Russell and C. r. Doll
Brandt of Fairfield was chosen presi-
Dental elector. The delegates were in
structed for Taft The administration OF
President Roosevelt was indorsed
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-20
the interest OF WhOmg'
Attitude of Department.

''Ihey asked me about the attitude of the
department. / told them what / had done
and what l proposed to do. No suggestions
were made by them to me in any way
They simply felt. they said, Il was to the
interest OF the government TO have two
companies building boats"
Mr.. Metealf and Chief Constructor Capps
both declared they knew OF no excessive
profits being realized on the submarines
and the former held that the Navy depart
ment should be allowed TO arrange the
details OF the types OF boats.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
JUDGE TAFT'S RELIGION.

JUDGE TAFT'S RELIGION.
There are rumors that the ultra or.
thordox people in the country are 60
ing to fight Secretary Taft on the
ground that he is a Unitarian, and
hence is not orthodox. We can hard
ly believe that any considerable num-
her Of right thinking church people
can be induced to join such . move
ment. There was time in the world
when we made an iron bedstead for
everybody. Those who were too short
for it were stretched out and those who
we're too long were cut of: But that
time went by several hundred years
ago. The rigid orthodox people are
certainly going to hurt their own cause
by making spolitical campaign again.
st = man who does not happen to think
as they do on all religious questions.
We imagine that the leaders of the
advanced thought Of the church will
be among the first to rebuke this mar
rowness. Ifnot the injury to the cause
of the church will be far reaching and
permanent.-SiOux Falls Argus-Lead-
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
SIDETRACKED.

The drayman drove up to the cold
storage house at Lincoln with an enor'
nous dry goods box, heavily nailed
and fortified with iron straps around
both ends.
"Mr. B. said to tell you that these
goods were to be kept with great care,
under lock and key, until after the
election" said the driver to the man
in charge.
Have you an tented statement of
the contentsi"
HE said it would not be necessary"
answered the driver.
"Go back and tell him that l can
not receive the goods without" was
the rejoinder.
And this is what the driver is said
to have brought back.
Three hundred and ninety-two
speeches, delivered in 1906, maintain.
ing that the only hope Of prosperity
lay in the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at Q ratio of is to l. Eight
hundred and seventeen speeches, let.
ters, and editorials Of various later
dates reiterating the beliefs Of 1896.
One statement, under date of19OO, as
,erting intention not to AK for anoth-
er nomination for the presidency. One
assertion that I could not accept the
support of the Illinois Democrats on
INV other condition than the utter re-
pudiation thereby of one Roger Sulli-
van. One speech delivered in New
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

bunch of politicians who, while crying
"reform!" in the name of the Republi'
cans from the hill.tops in the day time,
are raising hell with the party in the
valley at night. Harrison is . bench
men of Ross Hammond, who edits the
organ of Rube Schneider, head Of the
grain trust, and one of the chief pro-
motors of what is termed the Lumber
Combine, which appears to be immune
from prosecution by the Attorney
General of this state.
IfSchneider and Hammond, through
Harrison, Thompson, King and others
in the bunch, can force the Republic
can party to endorse state prohibition
and detract the attention of the peO-
pie from the burdens imposed upon
them by the lumber barous, their OBJ
ject in starting the publication Of the
Capital, through Henchman Harrison,
will have been accomplished.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
ENEMY KNEW eULLER'S PLANS
English General Understood Only
Fighting by the Book"

1t was one Of the dearest desires of
the scrjptural writer that mine ad-
versary had written . book" 1t was
one Of the comforts and safeguards Of
the Beers In the Transvaal war that
their early adversary had actually
written and published a book. officially
Endorsed and widely circulated. The
volume In question was the standard
OF tactics of the British army, and the
author of 1t was one of the notable in
cidents of the BOer war.
Capt Fritz DuQuesne. of the BOer
army, who was captured and sent to
Bermuda as a prisoner and afterward
escaped to New York. told the other
day. In speaking Of the death Of Bull
Ter, how the BOer army managed to
beat him SO badly when he was sent
to South Africa. He gave Butler credit
for the very highest order Of courage
and the most indomitable will to do
his best for his flag. but asserted that
Butler was SO handicapped by his own
writings on military affairs that all
the enemy had to do to beat him was
to study his own textbook. Butler
was the author of the book by which
the British army fought. and he fol-
lowed 1t religiOusly. The Beers had
an abundant supply of the books and
were to follow them up. BY consult
ing the book the Beers could tell pre-
cisely what Butler would do next after
he had done a certain thing. II he
shelled q position with lyddite. the
book would tell what would follow.
and the Beers had only to look at the
text to inform themselves as to the
nature of defense or attack that 1t
was necessary to make.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

Mr.. Bryan believes that he ought to
be considered the heir to the reforms
inaugurated by President Roosevelt.
Whyi What right has Mr.. Bryan to
assume that he should be elected to
continue the work begun by the Pres
ident. Up to the time Of the Chicago
convention the President had been
harshly condemned for many of his
Official acts and utterances by Mr..
Bryan and his good intentions ridi-
culefi and condemned. 1t was not un-
til after the Presidents renomina-
ton became impossible, that Mr..
Bryan discovered that Theodore
Roosevelt was really . great man who
was sincere in the fight he has made
fe certain reforms.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

Hon. p. Bee has been hired to tour
Oklohoma and sing campaign songs
and gathered "honey" for the Bryan
campaign fund. Nebraska also has q
Bee, but not the kind of . bee they
have down in Oklohoma. The Nebr-
aska Bee has . good sized singer out
for the Fairview farmer.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
PROPOSED Constitutional
AMENDMENT.

The following proposed amendment 20
The constitution Of the state Of Ne
braska, ~ hereinafter get forth In fun.
Seuerai election t. =" seid Tuesday.
IovembsR 3rd, 4. .. 1895 !
A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose an
Amendment to Section 3. Article 8 of
the Constitution of the State Of Ne
=" n SosolvsA ana Enacted ~ the zss~
islaturo Of the state OF Nebraska:
Section I. (Amsndmsnt.) That at the
general election for state and legislative
officers to be held on the Tuesday sue
ceeding the first Monday in November.
1903. the following rr"vis':' -" p--.'"-"f
and submitted to the electors Of the
Gle Of the constitution of the State Of
section 8. Educational Funds, Invest
nsnt.l All funds belonsins to the state
for educational purposes. the interest and
income whereof only are to be used. shall
be deemed trust funds held by the state.
and the state shall supply all losses
20 that the same shall remain forever
lnviolate and undininished: and shall not
be invested or loaned except ON tinted
county bonds Of this state. or registered
school district bonds Of this state. and
such other securities as the Legislatures
may from time to time direct. And such
funds with the interest and income there
Of are hereby solemnly pledged for the
purposes for which they are granted and
set apart and shall not be transferred to
any other fund for other uses.
Section 2. (Dalloto; Adopt1oA.) That
at said election In the year 1893. on the
ballot Of each elector voting th.r"at tha-e
shall be printed or written the words:
For proposed amendment to the COnstitu-
tion with reference 70 the inveS''"er' ="
the permanent school fund" and against
said proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton with reference to the investment Of
the permanent school fund And il a
majority Of all voters at said election
shall be for such amendment. the same
sh. n,1 be deemed an1, 70 1 Ss adopted
I Geo G. Junkin. Secretary OF State.
Of the state Of Nebraska. do hereby Ger
tifv that the foregoing prODOsed amend
ment to the Constitution of the State OF
Nebraska Is a true and correct COPY Of
me original enrolled and enRrossed bill.'
a passed by the Thirtieth session of the
legislature Of the State Of Nebraska. a.
this office. and that said proposed
amendment II submitted to the qualified
voters Of the State Of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection At the general cleo
tion to be held on Tuesday. the "a day,
Of November. A. d. 1898
In testimony whereof. have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
coin this 18th day Of July. In the wear
Of our Lord One thousand Mine Hun
dred and Eight, and Of the Independence
OF the United States the One Hundred
and Thirty-third. and OF this State the
GEO e. JUNKIN.
vSsaN Secretary Of State.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
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The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
ENDORSED BY BRYAN.

In 1888 the Democratic orators
were advocating . large navy, and
abusing the Republican party for hav-
ing neglected to build up the power of
Uncle Sam on the sea. When the
war closed, the government had q
thousand fighting ships aaoat, nearly
all of them wooden vessels. The war
cost the government $1,000, OOO, 900,
and it was not until after the Republi-
can party had reduced the debt more
than one-half that attention was turn.
ed to rebuilding the navy to take the
place of the wooden ships which went
out of commission soon after the war
closed. When Cleveland entered up
on his first term he found several fight
ing ships under construction and his
administration continued to work al
ready commenced by . Republican I'D.
ministration. During his second term
he found no obstructions placed in his
way by Republicans in continuing the
work on strengthening the navy.
Since the last Democratic administra-
tions, the Republicans have been &C
cused of extravaganza and attempts
made by the Democratic party to dis
credit every move made to make this
. first.class power on the sea.
After all their smoke and thunder, the
Democrats at Denver declared for an
adequate navy" which can be con-
strued, when the occasion demands, to
mean q large navy. After all his
knocks, Mr.. Bryan, when he dictated
the Denver platform, dorsed the
Republican naval program.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
A LETTER FROM w. R. HEARST.
eGood Luck and God Bless You, and May You
Be Able Keep Up With Your Mule"

Then you came nobly to the front
again and affirmed undyine devotion to
the everlasting principles Of the initia.
tive and referendum: but now you have
. platform in which there u no free sill.
vss. in which there 10 no public owner
ship, in which there IL no initiative and
referendum. and still You arc informed
by the old Dr. 0rind.e of Democracy
that only that platform with the owners
trade mark pasted on the front and the
owners name blown in the bottle is gen.
uins Democracy, and that il you don't
subscribe to that you will be read out of
the Democratic party.
Friends and ex-brothers of the Iro-
quois Club, there 10 no Democratic par
ty. There 10 only . Bryan party, and
the followers OF that party don't known
when they 60 to bed at night what they
viii be called upon to believe when they
wake up in the morning.
Once there was Q man Who had an old
carving knife which he said had been
handed down to him from his Rrandfsth.
er. A friend said to him, 1T looks
rather new. Ravens you ever done sny
thing 70 i,?" and the man said, "Oh, I've
had the blade changed once or twice,
and the handle renewed . couple of
times, but otherwise it is just the same
knife my grandfather had"
Mr.. Bryan tells % that his variable
doctrines are the Democracy OF our
fathers, but I say that both the blade
and the handle have been changed 60
often that there is no recognising the
original principles.
Once. again, there was . farmer who
had balky mule and he couldn't make
the mule 90. A strsnger came along and
offered to help, and the farmer told him
to 60 right ahead. The stranger had 4
bottle OF turpentine. and he opened the
mules mouth and pushed back his head
and poured about half Of the bottle into
the mules stomach. The mule gave one
startled gasp and struck ont across the
prairie. and was lost to sight. The sur
prised farmer stood for while immersed
in deep thought, and then he said:
stranger, please give me the rest Of
that turpentine; I've got to catch my
mule"
Friends and ex-brotbers of tho one
time Iroquis Club, have always stood
just where I stand nov, squsrsly upon
the principles of the founder Of the
Democratic party and the Trainer Of the
Declaration of Independence, but the
Democratic donkey has gone galloping
over the political prairie until it is lost
to the sight OF its original sdherents.
sm not in the race to cstch that don.
key, and if you are, You will find that
you have to keep plumb full Of differ
emit kind of turpentine in every cam
paign.
And 80 received your communication
with gratitude. and 90 withdraw from
your club with pleasure and without the
slightest hard feeling.
Good luck and God bless you. and may
you all be able to keep up with the mule.
Sincerely.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
WHERE DOES MR.. BRYAN
STANDs

A Platform is binding - to what it
omits . we'll % to what il oontains.-
From Ar. Brysn'S acceptance speech.
This declaration Was made in that
part Of Mr.. Bryan's speech in which he
to discredit Mr.. Taft's de-
clarations beyond those made by his
party in convention. The Chicago
convention was guilty ofseveral serious
OMISSIONS, bat it cannot Be overlooked
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
WILL FURNISH INSPIRATION.
The notorious Frank Harrison, late

WILL FURNISH INSPIRATION.
The notorious Frank Harrison, late
lobbyist for the Union Pacific Rail-
way Company, who turned "reformer"
when he lost his job when blank pass.
es commenced to appear in the ticket
scalpers' Offices of Omaha, St. Joe and
Kansas City. has commenced the pub
LEGATION of the Nebraska Capital for
the purpose of furnishing inspiration
for the alleged progressive press and
to assist in defeating Republican can.
didates for the Legislature who refuse
to declare their intention to vote for
the so-called local option measure
drawn up BY another paid lobbyist,
Tom Darnell, attorney for the Anti
Saloon League.
Harrison's paper is the organ of .
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

the Dingley law as q "robber tariff"
bnt talk about reforming it by revis-
ing the schedules, and placing hides
and wool on the free list in order to
secure the votes and influence of New
England manufacturers.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

Evidently Mrs. John Kern of Indi.
annapolis, is not in political sympathy
with her distinguished husband. She
refused to issue an invitation to Tom
Taggart to q pink tea at her home.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

San Francisco, CAL, Aug. 24.-The
Iroquois Association, an essentially
Democratic organization Of San Fran.
cisco, q few days ago suggested to Mr..
William Randolph Hearst that since
he had decided to oppose the election
of the Democratic candidate, Mr..
Bryan, he could not consistently re-
tain his membership in the organiza-
ton. In reply to this suggestion Mr..
Hearst to-day sent the following letter
to the association:
To the Iroquois Association, San
Francisco, GAL:
Gentlemen-I received your letter
with both pleasure and surprise. Iwas
surprised to know that Nh. Bogart was
sending 81 dues to your organization.
but pleased to learn OF it. - am ex-
oeedingly ready to stop that. was
pleased and surprised, too, to learn that
the Iroquois Club was still in existence.
for thought that it had died the death
and had been peacefully buried along
with the last remnants of the defuDct
Democratic party OF California.
But, since the Iroquois Club still in
. way exists, I am glad to resign from it,
and the situation suggested in your let.
ter seems sufficient reason for me.
You imply that l sm not q Democrat.
and 1 strongly suspect that I am not,
according to the Democratic standards
OF to day. worked hard for the Demo-
cratic party at one time and contributed
many thousands OF four-dollsr checks
and cheerfully suffered much abuse and
aud much injury for the Democratic
party, but I believed in it then, and l
don't now.
You imply, furthermore, that you are
Democrats, and I cannot help wonder
ing what kind Of Democrats you think
you are. Are you 1899 Democrats, or
1896 Democrats, or 1900 Democrats. or
1904 Democrats. or 1908 Democrats?
Are you Cleveland Democrats, believing
in the tariff reform that We didn't get,
and the military suppression Of labor
unions that We did get? Are you Parker
Democrats, supporting the trusts if they
contribute and opposing them If they
don't? Are you Bryan Democrats,
believing in free silver sometimes and in
government ownership sometimes, and
in the initiative and the referendum
sometimes? And If you are Bryan De-
mocrats and believe in these things do
You slso believe in Bryan platform
that contains none OF these things?
Dear friends and brothers Of the Iro'
quois Club, you all remember how the
Democracy Of free silver was taught you
and how you got intensely excited over
it and cheered for it and marched for it.
and then we're informed that free silver
way not true Democracy after all, but
that public ownership was.
Then you remember how You threw
your hats in the air over public owner.
ship and worked up an almost hysterica
enthusiasm for it, and then were inform
ed that this wasn't true Democracy eth
er, but that the initiative and referendum
were.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02
The Cost Of Being Presented.

Jno Co8t o. 801n0 Pr000nte0.
The average cost of being presented
at King Edwards court Of q lady Of
good position varies from 920O 10
E36o. On one occasion . lady paid
$1,000 for q court costume and $159
for q bouquet. and 500 was the cost
of . lace handkerchief In fact. the
presentation outfit of a rich American
bride cost over 5000.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

Compare the present price Of wheat
with the price of silver, and see how
the figures compare with the assertion
made by Mr.. Bryan in 1896, when he
said that the market price of silver
governed the market price of wheat.
The Columbus journal., 1908-09-02

Wouldn't it make you smile to see a
Democratic politician eat q four dol.
lar meal in . diner and then step to
the rear platform and howl about the
tariff on salt making living SO much
more expensive.