Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-13
TAFT STIRS STATE POLITICS.
from All Over Nebraska
Get Inspiration at Banquet.
DENVER DINNER IN CONTRAST
Demand for Tickets of Admission TO
Republican National Convention
is Already Unprecedented,
says Chairman New.

says Chairman New.
The visit of Secretary Taft to Omaha TO
attend the big cKinley club ganquet was
the overshadowing political incident Of the
week In Nebraska. The secretary's coming
was the signal for tho assembling in
Omaha of a large number of the most
prominent and active republicans from all
parts OF the state, not less than 800 from
outside of the city being i'm evidence, thus
making the largest political gathering of
the kind, with the exception of the state
convention, which is likely to be pulled
off for many a month. 1t is needless TO
| say that everyone who came caught the
| inspiration of the man who is certain to
! lead the republican hosts this year as
presidential nominee and that as
stimulator of party interest, the affair
was monumental success.
The occasion of the Taft reception was
also utilized for meeting OF the Ne
braska delegation to Chicago at which all
members were present but the two SEN
ators. detained at Washington and three
other delegates who found themselves
unable to be on hand. AS was chronicled
at the time. the delegation organized
| temporarily with Governor Sheldon as
chairman w. N. Huse as secretary and
j. II. Arerds al treasurer. National Com
mitteeman Morrill, explained the arrange
ments made for the headquarters at Chi
| cago, which are to be in the Auditorium
Annex on the first floor above the main
| lobbp, where commodous room has been
| engaged. Nebraska will have good neigh
bors on this floor and corridor. Iowa
being on one side. Maryland, Minnesota,
New Jersey and other important states
having rooms I'm close proximity. The
Nebraska headquarters is to be equipped
with an electric sign that will make it
| easily discernable and accessible both day
and night.
! The question of tickets to the convention
hall promises to be unusually trouble
same because of the assurance that the
supply will be inadequate to the demand
Mr. Morrill, hah been getting information
on this subject too. for the delegates and
informed them that the regular allotment
gave each only one ticket in addition to
his own A letter from Chairman New
OF the Republican National committee
declares that the pressure for convention
! admissions from all over the country is
unprecedented and never in all his con-
nection with national politics has he ever
known anything approaching II. National
| Committeeman Hart of Iwoa, who like
wise attended the Taft demonstration, hav-
| ing just returned from Chicago on busi-
ness connected with the subcommittee on
arrangements of which he is a member
corroborates this statement of the
situation and says that he is keeping a
special letter file OF requests for con-
vention tickets 10 which the only answer
| ne gives Is that he promise nothing
but will do the best he can.
The Nebraska delegates who taak
| luncheon together at the Omaha club
came away with two unique souvenirs. one
an autograph card with all the signatures
headed by that of the war secretary and
the other group photograph of Ne
braskas Taft delegation, surrounding Mr.
Taft.
The almost perfect details OF the Nc
Kinley club banquet at which twleve hun
dred people were easily and smoothly
served, are said to contrast with a similar
but smaller banquet given to Mr.. Bryan
on the same evening at Denver The
| Bryanites feast at Denver came near COM
ing under the heading of "The Feast that
| Failed" If the dispatches wired out about
| II do not exaggerate. Here is an exerpt
from news item under Denver date in the
Chicago Record-Herald. describing the
occasion:
Just after $50 geusts at the Bryan BANQUET
! sat down tonight the 200 walters who had
been hired for the occasion struck because
| his restaurant
Three nonunion men were secured. and
| they began to serve the big crowd. Later
few more were obtained and, with volun-
| teers from among the guests. they eked out
meager number which were able TO COM
| plete the dinner.
Mr.. Hyman was the carterer. He tried to
| get the 200 men for 80 each for the night
but couldn't do IT, Then he promised ss
| Just before the dinner a committee of the
! men went to Hyman and said they had
! heard he was going to pay but 81. Hyman
assured them they would each get 81 and
said he would sign an agreement to that
| effect. Then the men said they would not
| 20 to work until he agreed to unionize the
| restaurant. He refused.
| Shortly before 10 o'clock Hyman sent
| word to the walters that they would be
paid $3.50 II they would come back They
accepted, but the banqueters had already
decided to do without most of the dinner
| and the men again left.
Congressional politics in Nebraska are
only simmering although the Henshaw and
Aldrich sharp shooters are occasionally fir
ing away at each other in the Fourth dis
trict In the Third district Judge Graves
OF ePnder, who took the nomination on the
! democratic ticket the last time against
Congressman Boyd. has announced defI-
nitely that he win not try again this year
and the democratic organs seem disposed
| to turn TO State Senator Latta of Teka-
nah. II Is said also that up I'm the Sixth
| district State Senator Sibley is taking
under advisement the question whether to
contest for the republican nomination with
| Congressman Moses p. Kinkaid