Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-04
MOOSERS LACK IN NUMBERS
Forced to Take Recess in Conven-
tion to Hustle Up More.
QUESTION OF BOSSES COMES UP
Colonel Jenkins of FRirbury and
John C. spreachcr of schuyler
Insist the Delegates Name
th eTicket.
(From a staff Correspondent }


LINCOLN. Sept 3.-(speciai)-Buli
moosers endeavored to meet in state con-
Iveption this afternoon, but were forced
to take an adjournment before placing a
/ ticket In the field until the requisite and
legal number of subscribers To the party
tenets could be secured. only i5O nioosers
were In the convention hall, and after 4
number Of dlliatory motions were made
and objected to by delegates, Frank p.
Corrlck came out openly and admitted
that nothing could be done under the law
that would have any legal effect until
SO signers were secured When this fact
sank deep enough into the perceptions Of
the assembled mooses they agreed to ad-
journ until o'clock and o number Of the
more active members Of the party were
sent out to hustle up necessary sigma
lures.
Shall Bosses RuIef
The convention spent considerable time
wrangling over q motion whether nom
nations should be left to a committee,
which meant that the party bosses would
practically dictate them, or whether the
convention called for the purpose should
make the nominations, A committee of
an advisory character was finally named
and then the convention took a recess to
permit more active moosers to give the
call TO bring in the necessary 500.
kilograms were sent out during the
afternoon to various candidates on the
republican ticket, catechising them as to
their stand on matters that may become
issues in the campaign 1t was not so
much as to their fealty to republican
principles and nominees as to what they
might do on special questions such as
fraternal insurance rates and the like
The convention was called to order In
the city Auditorium, with Judge Arthur
May of New York in the chair
j. L. McErien moved that a committee
be appointed ON resolutions. The char
man appointed j.. l.. McBrien. Nathan
Merriam. d. G. Vandusen, j. b. Glbbon
and w. C. Bolt.
A motion that committee be appointed
on nominations met with considerable op-
position. led by Colonel Jenkins OF Fair-
bury. Colonel jenkins said II looked as
II the matter had been fixed UP before
hand and he did not believe In that way
of doing business. The mover Of the mo-
tion accepted an amendment that the
committee be only an advisory committee
and refer nominations back to the con-
yention.
Colonel Jenkins objected. saying that 1t
might not be the idea of the convention
to make any nominations at all.
Books mt Fair Grounds.
J. l.. McBrian then made announce
ment that the books of the party would
be at the fair grounds, where all could
sign who wished to join the moosers.
The previous question was then taken
up again with considerable discussion.
several being opposed to committee
doing the work that the convention
should do.
C. B. Manuel, superintendent OF the
Industrial school at Kearney, favored the
appointment Of the committee.
The idea seemed to prevail among some
of the delegates that the committee would
take away the work which the convention
should do.
John C. spreeher, who was supposed
to be the secretary Of the convention.
but who was continually on the floor,
opposed bitterly any scheme that seemed
to look like peananged plan that
smacked too much OF bossism.
The motion, however, carried about
one-fourth of the delegates voting
against.
The chair appointed w. 8. Carmen at
large; First district, w. S. Jay; second
district, c. E. Byers; Third district
J. W. Nation; Fourth district, r. B.
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