Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-19
ADVANCE DOPE ON
HARMONY MEETING
Republican Clans Getting Ready to
Respond to the Call to Go
to Lincoln.
SEVERAL WOULD BE DELEGATE

Unless signs fail, quite a delega-
ton of Omaha republicans will move
on Lincoln today to attend the
statewide mass meeting, to be held
there for the purpose of recommend
ing a set of harmony candidates for
delegates to the national convention
in Chicago in June, subject to the
primaries in April.
1t is not certain, however, It will
all be harmony with big II. at the
meeting, for the prospects now are
that the bunch from Douglas county
may be disagreed on their preferred
candidates for delegates.
started in Omaha.
1t is understood that the Lincoln har-
mony meeting took its inception from
a little gathering here in Omaha last De-
cember, at which the idea was put out.
that by dividing the four delegates-at-
large equally between representatives Of
the regulars and of the progressive ele-
ment, everything would be made ac-
ceptable to everybody. The names that
came out of this meeting were those OF
the two 1912 state chairman, Currie and
Epperson with Gurdon w. Wattles TO be
added from Omaha and a progressive
to be chosen from Lincoln. For this
fourth place, two names have been men
toned ex-Mayor Love. and now Ned
Brown.
To start the bali a rolling, petitions
were prepared setting forth the desires
for harmony in the form of call for
a mass meetoing at Lincoln on the nine
teenth. These petitions were circulated
and signed up in different parts OF the
state, not making their appearance here
in Omaha until last week, but in the
past two or three days have been quite
freely in evidence and many signatures
have been attached. In addition to this,
the Mckinley club has been active in
inviting its members to go TO Lincoln.
sending out letters over the name of the
president. Harry S. Byrne, 70 all OF the
names on its list. In the interval 1t is
said. that another element OF the party
not particularly friendly to Mr.. Wattles
have also been comforting with a view to
sending a delegation and proposing other
names. though Just whose has not been
disclosed.
To Recommend DeIegatcs
All the talk at the beginning was to tho
effect that the harmony plan concerned
itself only with delegates-at-Iarge. but
II is now intimated that II conditions arc
ripe, an attempt will be made TO recon
mend district delegates for the several
districts, the meeting being split up into
sections so that those present from eacl
of the six congressional districts woulc
propose the names Of two candidates foi
delegates and hitch the whole list int,
one ticket for a complete delegation o
sixteen to go TO Chicago, always will
the 'ff' that they receive the neeessar,
votes in the April primary.
| The delegates recommends" are al
expected to stand subject TO whateye
preference choice may be expressed 70
president and vice president The mas
meeting, however, is to be addressed b!
special invitation, by Henry d.. Ests
brook who SO far has been the Onl!
| active presidential campaigner In Ne
braska, and although not announced, tn
presumption is that ex-senator Burllett
who has just put mp his lightning rod 70
vice president, will also utilize the oc
casion to present his claims to the as
| sembled republicans. No one seems L
know whether any attempt will be mad
to endorse either Estabrook or Burkett