Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-19

/ given five minutes in which to address
! the convention. Another motion prevailed
| which in some respects resembled the
/ state convention OF two years ago, when
half OF the convention walked out All
| candidates for office in the county and
/ for state offices were invited to the plat
form and when they got up to move It
| semed that the whole convention was
leaving the floor for the stage.
Candidates Given Chance.
| W. w. Anness, the first candidate for
congress to speak, reviewed the work Of
the republican party and said that vic
tory was assured as all over the district
where he had Travelled the differences Of
1912 had been forgotten.
c. F. Reavis Of Falls City, touched on
the tariff and the disaster It was bring
ing to the farmers They are now
threshing an immense crop of wheat
which, because of the democratic tariff
will bring them 30 cents bushel less
than they should receive" said Mr.
J Reavis
Mathew Gerng Of Plattsmouth reviewed
the past and gave his reasons for leav-
ing the democratic party. It was ignor-
ance and southern prejudice that caused
him to stay in it so long, and It was
intelligence and full understanding of
what the republican party stood for that
caused him to leave the democratic party
and affiliate with the republican party
since 1900
IF l should be elected to fill the
vacancy which has SO long existed in
the First district. I will always be found
fighting for republican principles" said
Mr.. Gering.
Kennedy 60 the Front.
Crawford Kennedy of Lincoln was in
a humorous mood. He said that he
recognized the fact that he was not an
orator. Il couldn't be congressman
like my friends Frank Reavis and Matt
Gering." said Mr.. Kennedy with wave
of his hand, ''and l wouldn't want to be-"
The convention caught the joke and
applauded loudly. while the two candi-
dates Joined in the laugh
Kennedy said that tho great things
done in congress were not always
accomplished by the men who could talk
He referred to the passage of the Kin
kaid homestead law as one OF the great
works Of congress, yet its author never
made a speech in it's behalf and with
the president against him and with q por-
ton of the cabinet the same way, and
with two-thirds of the members Of the
house opposed to his bill, he finally won
= out, beacuse of his ability to meet them
and convince them OF the merits of
the bill
]. e. Delzell spoke for a few moments
on the outlook for success and was fol-
lowed by George Tobey. who prophesied
republican victory.
EdKertOn Closes.
Frank Bdgerton closed the talk for the
congressional candidates by referring t.
the conditions which farmers here in Ne
braska, with a big crop Of corn before
them must expect as q result OF the
tariff and free trade with other coun
tries He said that the country wen
back on President Taft because he sdvo
Gated reciprocity with Canada, yet the
democrtic party had eacted a bill which
had made free trade with all the world
He said there was ready to be shipped
from Argentine $50, ,O0O, 900 bushels of corr
to this country and it would be landed In
New York, which would take from Ne
braska the privilege of supplying the
whole eastern section OF the United
States.
Won't Hear Howell.
: At the conclusion of the Congressional
: speech-making, r. b. Howell was brought
to the front Of the platform with otheI
candidates for state offices, but the GROVE
. refused to listen to them and called fol
! the report of the resolutions committee.
The report was short and In substance
= congratulated the republican party on be-
. ing once more in complete harmony and
J pledging loyalty of the entire party t.
! ! all candidates.
Fifty-nine candidates were elected L
the state convention, among them being
: representations from both of the factions
> which split two years ag Ex-Governor
. Aldrich, l. L. Lindsay, H. NJ. Bushnell
e. G. Maggi, Judge Frost, Ed Sizer
Allen W. Field and some others promi
nent in the factonal fight of two years
ago are on the delegation
Democrats and bullmoosers hanging
J, around the edges who had been prayinl
: for a scrap were sadly disappointed. anC
republican chances have gone up 100 pc
. cent on account of the convention
]. Reid Green, formerly secretary of th'
d, county committee, was elected chairman
: Of the county committee with power t,
select his secretary.
Brakeman Has Leg Cut OFF.