Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-25

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DETERMINATION to get the United States
ring the party in the different states that have
senatorial seats at stake this year to bring out
their strongest men, making it already certain
that the new blood to be infused into that body
will carry vigor and force The primary in Min
nesota has furnished as definite assurance as can
be given in advance that the next representative
in the senate from that state will be Frank b.
Kellogg, who, to those who know him. is a man OF
exceptional ability and peculiarly attractive per-
sonality. Mr. Kellogg has been visitor in Omaha
many times coming here always on law business
except once when he accepted an invitation to
address our Palimpsest club. Physically small,
he is mentally giant. He is lawyer through
and through and yet, at the same time, has been
active in politics. ! served with him on the ma
tonal committee through two laborious sttings
beset with the hearing OF contest cases and we
were together on subcommittee that worked
out the convention calls with view to avoiding
conflicts with the fast accommodating direct pri-
mary laws, no two OF which were alike.
While Mr.. Kellogg has more than once con-
fessed an ambition to serve in the senate, know
that it took great persuasion on the part OF his
friends to induce him to run this time. What he
objected to most as he told me, was the necessity
OF making vote-seeking canvass for the primary
and then second canvass for the election.
81 would not mind making a campaign as the
nominee Of my party" he told me- "But appeal
ing to people for their votes as personal favor
is distasteful to me, and l do not feel inclined
to 60 in"
That was six months ago, however, and he
was later compelled to see that it was his duty
to respond to the popular call for leadership, with
the result, as the returns showed, decisively to
his advantage. In other words, Mr.. Kellogg is
being drafted" in almost the same sense as is
Mr. Hughes.
The nomination Of Frederick Hale for United
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also attests the sincere efforts Of the republicans
in that state to put forward their most promising
talent Colonel Hale is a much younger man
than Mr.. Kellogg, and much newer in public
life but Of the same aggressive type He too,
has had service on the national committee and
but maintained his regularity and has been po-
tent factor in the get-together movement. He
was one Of the early recruits in the Hughes
movement this year and the deep-rooted Hughes
sentiment in Maine and the adjoining, New Eng;
land states is due to the stand taken by him and
others like him. 1t will be only fair if the
strength Of the Hughes ticket takes Colonel Hale
along with it into the United States senate.
Missouri has had only one republican United
States senator since the Civil war but the pros
peet Is so promising now that an interesting
S: Dickey Of Kansas City and Thomas J. Atkins
Of St Louis. Mr.. Dickey is much better known
here for his active part In the waterways agita-
ton and for having organized the company which
inaugurated the barge line up to Kansas City.
He has acquired snug, fortune, begun by the
manufacture OF sewer pipe and incidentally OF
the clay pigeons which trap shooters know as
"Dickey birds" Mr.. Atkins, on the other hand
has no such wealth Of his own or financial back
ing OF others. but has been one Of the party war
has been postmaster at St. Louis and has been an
indefatigable worker for other candidates in
way that has made him hosts of friends With
considerable perspie.eity,, Mr.. Atkins took off his
coat and rolled up his sleeves to help organize
the Hughes sentiment In Missouri never stopping
his efforts until the nomination was landed In
Chicago, while his competitor for the senatorial
nomination sat upon the side lines This, it is
expected, will help make the contest brisk if it
does not give Atkins positive advantage. At
one time it was thought that Ex-Governor Hadley
would try for the senatorship in Missouri but
the poor state Of his health is keeping him wholly
out Of politics.
Over at Chicago I got word Of our former
governor. George L. Sheldon, who has become
planter IN Mississippi that warrants the belief
that we will hear from him in his new location
lnquiring OF some Of the Mississippi folks, they
told me, oh yes, Captain Sheldon is doing very
nicely. We had him over to our state convention
and he made US fine speech. We would have
had him here with US on our delegation but the
seiseuons hdo aIeaoy oeen agreed 10 ana ne did
not seem specially eager to come. We expect
to have his help in building up our party and we
wish we were strong enough down our way to
make him governor of our state as he was Of
yours"
The time and care devoted to the selection Of
chairman to manage the republican national
campaign recalls the difficulty Mr. Bryan had in
making his selection the last time he ran for
president, and an apt remark Of his heard with
reference to the difficulty encountered in realizing
his ideal, which l have recited before This is
glad that we were unable to find the ideal chair
man; for If we had man in our party able to
meet all the requirements of the ideal chairman,
he would have been nominated for president in.