Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

These were formally placed in nomina.
ton at the session of the grand aerie Of
Eagles Wednesday morning and during the
session all contests except two were elm.
mated.
John S. Parry and John A. Cline, aspir.
ants for grand worthy vice president
dropped out of the race Wednesday morn.
ing and threw their support to Senator
Thomas f. Grady OF New York, insurins
Grady's election without a contest.
There still remain eight candidates for
the four vacancies on the board of trus.
tees to be filled and four cities are in the
race for the convention in 1910. These will
be the only contests to be settled by the
delegates today when the polls open.
Nominating speeches took up practically
all of the time Wednesday morning and II
was 1880 before the convention adjourned.
Twenty car loads Of delegates and visitors
were hurried off to South Omaha where
they spent the afternoon as guests Of the
South Omaha aerie. The packing houses
were visited first and then the Eagles were
taken to the rooms of the aerie where re-
In we're served. The South
Omahans spared no pains to make the
visit of their out of town brothers a sue
cess, over $1,000 being expended for the
entertainment.
No show of Fireworks.
1t became evident before the session OF
the grand aerie began Wednesday morning
that the contest for grand worthy vice
president. which promised to be the spec
tacular one Of the session, was over with
out even q show Of fireworks. Parry and
Cline both announced their withdrawal
and their action left Grady alone in the
field. Parry's boom interfered with the
aspiration Of Past Worthy President Theo-
dore A. Bell of California for trustee and
of his home city, San Francisco for the
convention in 1911 and he decided to with
draw, though his state delegation had just
given him a reimbursement for the place.
1T narrowed down 10 a situation where
the interestf Of the state seemed to con.
tlict with nv candidacy at this convention"
said Mr.. Parry, "and consequently / with
drew my name"
San Francisco also got balky when the
fasteners tried to make them change their
request for the convention IN 1911 to 1910.
President Kennedy of the San Francisco
aerie announced in very positive Language
that his city did not want the convention
in 1910 and would not take 1t under any
conditions. He said, however. It wa ready
to show them the time of their lives In
1911.
Frisco Helps 81. Louis.
This action on the part OF the Califor-
mans is helping out the boom Of St Louis
and II is now believed the contest will lie
between Louisville and st. Louis with the
conditions favoring the latter. Buffaio's
ambition to get the convention In 1911
practically eliminates all eastern cities
from the race for the 1910 meeting and
San Francisco's desire to get the conven-
ton the same year also puts a dAmper on
the western cities for next year. This
makes It highly probable that a middle
continent tow will be selected and 80 far
st. Louis and Louisville nave put up by
far the best fight. The arrival OF a train
load of Kansas Cityans who organized
themselves into ST. Louis boosters will give
added impetus 10 the Mound City boom.
The close Of the morning session was
varied somewhat by a series OF raps at
Omaha hotels for alleged rate boosting
during the convention. The matter was
brought up during the nominating speeches
for the various cities aspiring TO enter
tain the next convention. Theodore A.
Bell OF California led off with the charge
that the delegates had been charged ex-
orbitant prices for accommodations and
demanded that before the next convsn-
ton should be located the favored city
ought 10 give a guarantee that prices
would not go up. The Indiana delegation
was also sore" and several other took
side shots at the local hostelries.
The nomination OF Thomas r. Grady for
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