Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-29

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not TO endorse Vases.
Whereupon the fireworks exploded A
dozen or more addresses were made for
and against the general proposition. When
loud cries Of question: question:" shut
off fifty or more attorneys who too would
have talked, there snsued pretty little
parliamentary wrangle.
Things happened this way:
rising vote was demanded on the sub
stitute motion.
Mr.. Burbank insisted on a roll call
Five men sustained him and the chair
ruled the demand valid.
Then It was moved to suspend the rules
and take rising vote
Mr.. Burbank rose 10 = point Of order
and declared the motion invalid
President Ryan said the point was well
taken. An appeal followed, Mr. Burbank
asserting this last appeal was out of
order The chair now overruled him and
was sustained, 60 to "a
Then the roll call was taken on the sub
stltute to the original resolution. The
substitute was defeated. SO to 10.
When about to vote again by roll call
on the original resolution TO endorse r..
w. Simeral slipped in motion to adjourn
10 o'clock On the ayes and noes the
result seemed extremely close. President
Ryan declared the ayes had IL.
.t. Mr.. Cobbey crates some.
The most fiery anti endorsement speech
was made by j. r. CoBbey of Beatrice,
Judge = p. Davidson Of Tecumseh sup
porting Cobbey in a niider talk. John l..
kennedy, c. b. Keller and c. ]. smyth
were among the speakers In support of en-
dorsement. Mr.. Smyths speech was par
ticularly vigorous. Endorse now or you'll
never get a chance again" he Numbered
as he closed, and the convention, broke out
INTO heANN, applause. bnvery' time one
speaker finished from E1Ve tor fifteen men
were on the floor claiming for recognition
and no such scene has been observed in
omaha since the primary faw Killed the
old-fashioned caucus and convention IN
tho afternoon Lynn Helm Of Los Angeles,
president OF the Calforn a. Bar assocta-
ton and member Of the'exeeutlve commit,
ice OF the National Bar association, read
a study Of the principles Of the American
constitution and the growth OF constttu-
LOnal law, t""
Meanwhile the endorsement question re,
NAMED pending, to be settled at the close
Of tho day.
VhlteIOck on Ex-Presidents.
The address by George Whitelock OF Bal
umore, secretary of the american Bar as
ISOLATION, dealt with "Precedents In Tx
PRESIDENTS 800 After a general discussion
Of the theme Mr.. Whtelock rapidly
sketched the posi- 7pfsslaenHal lives OF al
men who Hyed after theit TERMS of offce
i,r the White House had expired, but he
did- not mention ths only living former
president Those sketches which were eff
fective COMBINATIONS q many biographies
were followed BY a SUMMARY as drawn
from the individuals. Mr.. Whitelock said
~ precodett Is Of value, an. ex-presideni
may travel or devote himself eXpedienty
10; htep,turstop agriculture or to education
or pnlanth. olY, Assurediy, he rs an APP
proprtate ugpHe in national celebration
ne may eYen he sage adviser In con-
sltuuOnal onvention-certainiy an orna-
mental menaber OF II.
Perhaps 4 Particular ex-president might
perceive a ehance TO return-a second
OlgVeland-etU cnief magisuaCy on the ma,
uoa hut hislown eye Viii see the, chance
patriots. tGsihie Harrison, an CX-presideni
uas ready been lawyer OF transcendani
AGILITY and feco6niZed leadership there l.
hope Of return to the bar with renewed
success But the records are all abso-
luteb agailtst any mans coming back,
either professionally or politically, after
and gaugsd - historic tests an ex-presi-
dent must expect his pubic utterances "a
he without nrb' OF persuasion.
a4. Bei9pEs to the Pastf
y recent NfjteT on America and Ilel
EA-PtesideRtss} has said, that zone OF tn
viarras " stuiplc society has always beer
thu case With Which great servants return
TO- o6scuritN when their duties are ended
CiuciHNanIs al the pillow has been eN
tolled as tim model OF republican virtu,
aitG an eNanlnle FOR republican imitation,
James BryCe saw clearly that an expires
ident In Ilapular conception belongs al
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