Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-08-11
STATE POLITICS PICKING UP
Committees Soon to Meet to Tackle
Several Ticklish Problems.
BULL MooSERS TO GATHER AGAIN
Convention of Two Weeks Ago to
BE Reassembled as II II Had
Taken Recess and Had
Not Adjourned.

Nebraska politics which have been rather
quiescent since the platform conventions
promise to pick up some, the coming
week, although no one expects the cam
paign to get on full head before next
month.
Both state committees made by the
doublet conventions In Lincoln. and each
claiming to be the regular republican
organization. are to be convened In Lin
coin The committee named by the AL
drich-Yelser convention, which made III.
M. Bushnell Of Lincoln temporary chair
man, is to have a session Tuesday to
choose permanent officers. This commit
tee is the one that is essaying to turn
the machinery OF the republican party
so far as concerns the presidential ticket,
over to the candidate OF the new pro-
gressive party, and the pins are said to
be set to make II. p. Corrick OF Lincoln,
chairman. Mr.. Corrick was secretary Of
the state committee several years ago
and has aspired ever since to the chair
manship. He was In the La Toilette pew
In the primary, but has since slid over
into Roosevelt seat.
The committee named by the regular
republicans Of which General J. IL Gull
yer OF Milford is acting chairman. is
called to meet at the Lincoln hotel at
.. M, Wednesday. The notices for the
meeting are being sent out by Secretary
Frank Shotwell. and inform members
hat he 10 20, off nAr a mont
organization. and transact any other busi-
ness that may come up. So far as Is
known no slate has been made up for
the official places.
In the meantime the candidates nomi-
mated on the state ticket as republicans
are having their troubles, being sum
moned peremptorily by the bull moosers
to side In with them. or take the conse-
quences. The candidates themselves ex-
pect 10 hold family gathering to talk
the situation over, and discover, II they
can, just where they are at. The chief
difficulty arises over the electoral ticket.
which is divided between Taft and Roose-
welt supporters, and every one running
for state office sees the necessity of hav-
ing this kink ironed out, SO as TO make 1t
possible to vote a straight ticket II de-
sired. What most OF the candidates
would like Is to have two sets Of electors.
one labeled republican" and the other
progressive" and have their own names
carry both labels. t
Hull Moose Program.
The political wise ones are also looking
for a call to be issued fon the organisa-
tion OF straight-out bull moose party
In Nebraska. The bull moose convention
that met in Lincoln two weeks ago did
not do anything but choose delegates to
the convention at Chicago. making every
thing else dependent upon action to be
taken there 1t Is said now that the con-
vention did not adjourn. but merely took
a recess, subject to call Of the chair. and
that instead Of having brand new CON
taking no chances on having intruders
get control. This convention will name
a set of eight presidential electors for the
Roosevelt ticket. presumably five or six
of those already nominated, with two or
three names added. What 1t will do on
the rest of the ticket is uncertain, but
the assumption is that 1t will endorse
those candidates that take oath to SUP
port Roosevelt and join the third party
and either pass up the others or put In
new nominations. This bull moose con-
vention will probably be held In Omaha
the first part Of September In hope of
making better showing than was made
In Lincoln where 1t drew less than 100
delegates and spectators all told. and 1t
Is possible some blg-gun speaker may be
sent in to help drum up crowd.