Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-03-30
CRIST OF NEBRASKA POLITICS
Position Of Governor Sheldon on the
Vice Presidential Nomination.
HOWARD ACCUSES THE PoPUIIsTs
Press Bureau Papers Are BOOSTING q
for Uncle Dan NettletOn for
Republican National Com
mitteemanshIp.

The statement given out at washington
by Governor Sheldon that he does not want
himself considered in the light of vice
presidential candidate, while the first pub
lie expression from him on the subject,
only reiterates the position he has taken
with his friends from the first that his
name was mentioned in this connection.
OF course, IL the candidate who should
be nominated at Chicago should urge the
wisdom OF taking western man for Sec
ond place, and Of naming him from Me-
braska, In order to strengthen the repub-
lioan position in Mr.. Bryans own state,
neither Governor Sheldon nor any other
man could refuse. But the governor real
ICES thoroughly that should Mr. Taft be
nominated, for whom he is himself de-
votedly enlisted, the logic OF the political
situation would make It desirable to send
the vice presidency to the east and prob
ably to New York. IL Governor Hughes
could be drafted for that service Gov
ernor Sheldon will in all probability be
the chairman of the Nebraska delegation
to Chicago and be well up all the time
to the front, where the lightning could
find him If it insisted on coming his way
The popuhst national convention is to
meet in ST. Louis this week, but whether
any of the delegates selected to represent
Nebraska there will be in attendance is
not certain. 1t will be remembered that
the Nebraska populists held their state
convention as a sideshow to the demo-
cratic circus at the same time and place
and commissioned bunch of demo-pops
to go to st. Louis and vote for Mr.. Bryan
to Head the populist ticket. The demo-
hair ligt
of recommended presidential electors and
the whole game was set up to make It
Bryan love-feast The fact however, that
most of the delegates to st. Louis from
other states are under instructions to re-
nominate Tom Watson would indicate that
the Nebraska populists would find them
selves very lonesome if they felt II worth
while to buy tickets to the convention
city. Ex-senator w. V. Allen, who was
to head the Nebraska delegation, has pub
licly stated that he had no intention Of
attending the st. Louis convention and
that he will be a Bryanite this year, no
matter who was officially labeled on the
populist national ticket.
While on this subject. it is interesting to
note that Judge Edgar Howard. in his
paper. which poses as a democratic oracle
vciousiy attacks the Tom Watson popu-
lists and the Hearst Independent leaguers
in the same breath. and accuses them in
so many words OF taking Wall street money
to help split the Bryan support. ut is
safe" he says. "to look with suspicion on
every man who claims TO advocate the
principles OF Bryan while at the same time
advocating the nomination of an Independ-
ence league or a mid-road populist ticket"
He says the Bryan Volunteers are being
organized to guard the ballots from the
time they fall into the box until counted.
''but such volunteers will not be able to
guard against the buying of Independence
leaguers. mid-road pops and corporation
democrats"