Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-18
CUSTER APPROVES OF TAFT
Republican County Convention En-
dorses Presidents Administration.
GOVERNOR AIDRICH SPEAKER
states Executive Praises the indie
pendent Voters and Advises
Against Endorsement OF PresI-
Dental Candidates.

BROKEN BOW, Neb.. July l7.-(speclal
Telegram)-The republican county convcn-
ton convened I'm Broken Bow today and
was well attended. Governor Aldrich ad-
dressed a crowd OF 1,OOO people in the city
hall in the afternoon. The convention en-
dorsed Senator Brown, Governor Aldrich,
Congressman Kinkald. Treasurer George
and President Taft.
motion was made to have the, Taft
endorsement stricken from the resolutions
after the committee had made its report
but the motion met with no second and the
resolutions were adopted as read
Governor Aldrich said In his speech:
TO the party man who believes in an
insurmountable party wall, such a situa-
ton is indeed unfortunate But to the
man who believes in low party wall. who
believes that when his political party fails
to respond to the demands OF the times
that 1t is his duty to leave that party and
go elsewhere and thus vote independently.
the situation is different To such a man
the present conditions are ideal.s
Nebraska Voter Discriminates,
Education in Nebraska is so widely and
| thoroughly diffused and reading matter so
generally and thoroughly disseminated that
practically every voter in our state knows
something OF or has an idea Of what ought
| to prevail and how things ought to be
managed. He familiarizes himself with is
| sues, with public men, with party prin-
| ciples; and from them all he gathers unto
himself what he thinks is best for himself.
And the result is that he picks a man
here, and he picks man there, and thus
going down through a ticket he comes 10
the conclusion that no one party possesses
all OF the virtues, and that there are men
outside of his party affiliations who stand
for some things and possibly more things
| than his party nominee Therefore he
thinks he must vote a mixed ticket and
thus, the issue, after all. is the man. for
what he stands for what he can do and for
what he has the ability to do
II am proud OF the fact that Nebraska
has equally as many, IL not more, pro-
gressive laws upon the statute books thar
has any other state in this union. There
is no other state in which the people par.
ticipate more directly and emphatically in
| the government of the state than do the
people Of Nebraska, and the result is that
the people have government here today
that gives them the widest scope for every
| legitimate undertaking. The corporations
have been made to take their proper place
| and act in their proper sphere. 1t has moi
hurt them in. any. sense OF the word from
a business standpoint. 1t has been q
mighty help to the people in that justice
and the square deal have been promoted
Power I'm Peoples Hands.
For a long time we have been electins
United States senators in Nebraska by {
direct vote OF the people, even though
there has been no law FOR It, go
I'VE have been having state conYen
| Hons. vUbOea. dalapafau Yarie ar
Of a few self-appointed leaders. gotten to
gether some place in a. back room. and
appointing themselves to represent a great
party at great state convention. w,
have made It of vastly greater importanc,
than this because the people, have ,giver
to them. a statewide primary. law. enacted
ny a "repubfiuan leg1elatrEe.sih 400 anC
EVERY Nominating convention has had FOL
its delegates every. voter in the state ol
Nebraska. And so we'll and so satisfac
torily has this worked out that the las
legislature, without regard to party. at
filiatiohs, amended that primary election
law and gave to the people OF this stat
the opportunity to vote In April at a state
wide primary for the purpose of instruct
ing their delegates to the national conven
ton as to who was their choice for presi
dent. And we went even further and pro
vided for the people to. select their, owl
national committeeman. This machinery
Of representative government, from thu
nominating OF the president of the United
States down through all the various In
tricacles, has been handed in Nebraska
directly over into the hands Of the people
Therefore, say that since we have thi
law upon our statute books, 1t should b.
given a fair and square and thorough