Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-26
BIG FIGHT IN 4sCOMMITTEE
WOOSTER GIVES AL EIvERs
Merrick Delegate PrOpo traV
Vote on President
HARRINGTON SAYS OUT OF ORDER
Dick Metcalfe saueeEes in Commen-
datiOn Of Service PensiOn-Har-
mon Manager Advises No
Endorsement.
tFrom a statf correspondent.l }

FREMONT. Neb.. July 25.-(Special Tele-
gram. )--After- much strenuous saving OF
the nation in conferences among leaders.
the democratic state convention adjourned
this afternoon without. even the hint OF
an open fight The oriflamme Of Bryan
was not once raised in the convention, ex-
cept by Chairman Harrington. when he
spoke of tho Lincoln man as the splen-
did leader OF the Nebraska democracy
which allusion evoked scattering cheers.
Underneath was an easily felt current
Of threatening restlessness, but the cap
tains on watch did not fall asleep and
there was no apparent break in the agree
ment to keep stili.'
W. II. Thompson, candidate for senator,
had his opportunity TO shine before the
delegates, while Former Governor Shallen-
berger was WRESTLING for peace with Met
calfe, over the Coloriess platform.
The Bryan editor was stubborn in his
argument for an Endorsement of his lead
er's work and instead of being out a few
minutes, as expected, the platform COM
mittee was out over two hours
Platform RadieaIly Changed.
When Shallenberser announced before
reading that the platform had been adopted
unanimously by the committee, the an
nOuncement was greeted by cheers and
sigh of relief went up. The instrument had
been radically changed from its original
outline, but Bryan's name was not in 1t
anywhere. II was adopted with a hurry
By the convention, which then adjourned.
IL was 2:2O o'clock when Chairman Byrnes
OF the state democratic committee called
the delegates to order
Rev. w. IL. Buss invoked the Divine
Blessing. Chairman Byrnes declared that
those who had come to the convention
looking for dissensions should have to go
to Lincoln Mayor Wolz was then intro
duced and welcomed the convention to
the city. The mention by Chairman Har-
rington O fthe names Of Mr.. Bryan and
ts.anp Clark brought the convention to
cheers, no greater than that which greeted
the name ~of Ssnator FIitrhcock. The ~gov-
ernor OF Ohio @as Casually referred to by
the speaker and bronht out a hearty re-
sponse lN
speech of Chairman Harrington.
Temporary Chairman NJ. f. Harrington
began with the remark that For once in
seventeen years we are assembled in con-
vention at a time when we have control OF
even one branch of congress.
During all that long and dreary period
there have been, he said, mo loaves and
fishes to divide, there has not been either
the sustaining Influence Of patronage or
the cohesive power of public plunder held
out as an lnducement to any democrat. The
only reason why the party has remained to-
gether, undlsmayed by successive defeats,
Is because of the conviction of its members
that In standing for Jeffersonian democ-
raey they were standing for that which
was eternaly right.
During those sixteen years there was
much of division and discord in our ranks.
In every election there was disunion.
Neither Mr.. Bryan nor Judge Parker re-
ceived the support of a united party.
Finally the turmoil seemed to cease, the
democratic minority in the house of repre-
sentatives have evidence OF such good
sense, such q patriotic sense OF duty, that
great independent newspapers and maga-
zines paid tribute to the splendid service
that this democratic minority was rendering
10 the people OF the United States Differ
ences there were even in congress- but
under the splendid leadership of Champ
Clark this struggling minority became a
magnificent fighting force.
Roast for the Tariff.
The securing or the house of represen-
tatives has been to us of inestimable value.
II was the boast of organized greed, acting
through republican politicians and news
paper, that the democratic party was In
fCoo4ir,,ed On Pare TvoN