Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-20
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publican; Mckinley was killed because
he was a republican. Then why should
not we as republicans, in the face OF tho
sacrifices made by them, sacrifice our
feelings on certain matters and stand to-
gether as a whole for the better condi-
lions which would come when the re-
publican party once more came into
power7'
Senator e. j. Burkett was called upon
and responded in a short speech. In
which he said that the secretary OF the
treasury and the leader OF the democratic
majority in the house had been quarrel
ling over how much the democratic dc
ficiency was At the present time. The
house leader had said Il was Sl25, 0o1,0)0
while the secretary OF the treasury had
insisted It was but $4,000 600 ycpuhli-
cans when in power never quarrellcd Hs
to how much the deficiency was said
Mr.. Burkett, FOR there never was any
deficiency. when republicans found the
surplus was running low they simply cut
out the building OF public buildings and
run the government on q basis OF what
II had coming i'm, but the democratic
party could see no way to cut down OK
penses."
ThurstOn 90 Platform.
Ex-senator John NJ. Thurston was
called upon and, mounting the speakers
stand. said that he had coz" TO Nebraska
to spend the rest of his life fighting for
the party which had so honored him in
the past He did not like the present
primary system, which had not carried
out the ideas IL had been enacted into law
for--that of giving the poor man equal
rights to run for office with the rich, II
had given the rich a better chance than
formerly, alnl he would like to g back
TO the old convention days when men met
together, when there was party unity
and every candidate went out and cam
paigned for the whole ticket instead OF
going out for himself alone. lie believed
that the getting together in convention
or men from all over the state and from
different walks in life brought out better
conditions and more success.
r. d. Howell was called TO the plat
form and said that he stood before them
q defeated candidate for governor. lie
wished to thank those who had stood by
him in the fight, but at the same time
he had no i'll will toward those who had
opposed him, because he believed they
thought they were right in doing so. The
past was closed book and he was ready
to go into the fight to win against the
common enemy.
II. M Bushnell said that candidates for
delegate to the national convention should
get busy right away, for petitions had to
be gotten out, and II something was not
done right away the first thing they
would know the primary would be here
and the petitions not completed.
Take Up Collection.
F, M. Currie urged immediate action
along the same line and added that he
thought state headquarters should be
opened at once. He did not like the latter
day idea of opening headquarters few
months just before election and then for
getting about politics the rest of the
time. He thought republican headquar-
tiers should be opened tomorrow and the
ball started rolling,
State Chairman Walter George wanted
all TO understand that It took money to
run campaign headquarters. lie said he
had had lots of trouble raising funds for
the last campaign, and as a result head
quarters had quit $l.SO0 in the hole after
the last election. lie had succeeded in
paying all of this off but about $500, but