Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-25
PROGRESSIVES GETTING BUSY
Will Meet Here in June 10 Talk Over
\ Political Matters.
Will MAP OUT A CAMPAIGN
n !. Kennedy for senator, Roosevelt
or In Toilette for President and
AIdrich for Governor Being
COnsidered by League.

To nominate ex-Congressman John l..
Kennedy OF Omaha for United states SEN
ator. Governor Aldrieh FOR rec election. and
either Theodore Roosevelt Of Robert NJ
LaFollette for president. the Progressive
Republican League Of Nebraska win begin
q Years campaign within a few weeks.
IL long start which the progressive re-
Ibllcans are getting for the race which
noes not become an issue until the pri-
maries year from this month. is occa-
stoned by the provisions OF the Gustafson-
Evans primary law which was passed by
the recent legislature. This law provides
that at the primary in April. 1919, a pre-
ferential vote viii be cast TO discover the
peoples choice for the presidency. The
progressives OF this state are anxious to be
early In the field and get their men before
the voters as soon as possible.
To that end the executive committee Of
the Nebraska league viii meet in Omaha
on or before June / and draw up plans for
tine campaign. The members OF this com
mittee are Charles o. whedon Of Lincoln.
A. w. Ladd of Albion, John l.. Kennedy
Of Omaha, Harry Sackett Of Beatrice,
Charles skaIla OF McCook and w. s. Mat
tley Of Ansley Il. L. Correll OF Hebron IL
president, u. G. Van Dusen OF Blair is
vice president and Franklin A. Shotwell OF
r.
The primary OF April. 1919. will decide not
only the preferential choice OF the Ne
braska republicans for president. but will
also name delegates 70 the national con.
vention. II will be the first preferential
vote to be cast anywhere in the country on
the presidency and will be closely watched
by the east to determine the temper of this
part Of the west
Kennedy or Norri.
The progressive republicans" SAID
Franklin A. shotwell. secretary, "woulC
probably be willing TO stand for either
Roosevelt or La Toilette and II 1t seem,
like that the wisconsin senator can b,
elected he viii get their support. Fol
senator from this state IL ls impossibl,
for the progressives to support Norris
Brown because he has lined himself up witt
the present administration. We want eithe
John L. Kennedy of Omaha or a
"a possibility, George w. Norri7 Of McCook
The present activity in this state fol
lows the movement begun in New Yorl
several weeks ago when Clifford Pinchot
Rudolph sprecIxels. Senator Cummins an,
Senator Jonathan Bourne started coun
try-wide campaign for q progressive presi
dent in ls1a 1t win be the purpose of tn
Nebraska proRressives to begin within
few weeks a campaign which will put Il
congress six progressive republicans tho
roughly In sympathy with this program
republican senator, and TO support
republican progressive president. To bosi
y our work toward that end the exeoutiv
COMMITTEES will meet here about June l.
The candidacy OF John 1. Kennedy 70
the senatorial toga is q hitherto unknow
possibility. lie has 30 Ear signified no del
mite determination TO make the race, oI
his friends say that he may be prevaAle
upon TO accept the support of the League