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POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME LIFE
Vol.19. No. 949.
Lincoln, Nebraska, August 16, 1906
Subscription $1.00
FUSION TICKET NAMED
Democrats and Populists Hold State
Conventions and Name a
Full Ticket
The democratic and populist con
ventions occurred in this city, yester
day and la3t night, completing their
work late this morning. At the d?m
ocratic convention there was a full
attendance from all the counties and
much enthusiasm. A fiercely fought
battle occurred between the friends
of George W. Berge and A. C. , Shal
lenberger for the nomination of gov
ernor, during which the friends of
both candidates worked so hard that
the situation was constantly shifting
so much so that no reliable predic
tion could be made of the outcome
until the final test was made early
this morning, resulting in the nomi
nation of Mr. Shallenberger.
W. H. Green of Creighton was
nominated for lieutenant governor.
Carl O. Goucher of Wahoo for sec
retary of state.
: Frank B. Babcock of Hastings for
treasurer.
Ed. H. Luikhart of Tilden for aud
itor, by the democratic convention,
when a recess was taken and a con
ference committee sent to confer with
the populists.
The Populist Convention
The populist convention consisted
of about six hundred delegates rep
resenting over sixty counties, and is
' said to be one of the best and most
enthusiastic conventions held by the
party for a good many years. The
populists asked for the nomination
of George W. Berge for governor by
the democrats in which case they
would accept the entire democratic
ticket, thus making it complete fu
sion. But after the nomination of
Mr. Shallenberger by the democrats,
the populists were in no humor to
consider the question of fusion and it
was several hours before an arrange
ment was finally reached which re
sulted in the populist convention en
dorsing the candidates nominated by
the democrats, and putting the fol
lowing populists upon the ticket:
Uncle Jake Wolfe for superintend
ent of public lands and buildings; J.
S. Kennedy for auditor.
George Horst of Polk county and
John Davis of Fillmore for railroad
commissioners.
The ticket as finally made up in
cluded Mr. Watson of Cherry county
for superintendent of public instruc
tion, and Dr. A. P. Fitzsimmons of
Tecumseh for state treasurer.
As the convention adjourned mere
ly in time to make this brief sketch
before locking up our forms to go to
press, it is impossible to give a full
account of the convention this week.
Next week, however, the convention
will be reported more in detail.
The conventions were earnest and
stormy, giving evidence of the deep
interest the people are taking in pol
itics which is not only marked in Ne
braska, but in all other sections of
the country this year.
T. J. Doyle for Congress in First
District
The first congressional district dem
ocratic convention held its convention
in Lincoln yesterday and nominated
T. J. Doyle for congress. Mr. Doyle
is a Lincoln attorney.
SANTA FE REBATE CASE
The Famous Case Considered Closed
By Payment of Fines
Under date of Washington, August
9, the Associated Press carried the
following dispatch:
In a statement issued today by the
interstate commerce commission re
garding the conviction of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railway com
pany for violating the law with respect
to the giving of rebates, the commis
sion says "the avowed purpose of the
practice tends to support the views"
that there was no criminal intent on
agreeing with Messrs. Harmon and
Judson, who had been employed by
the government to make a preliminary
investigation, acted plainly with fore
knowledge of the legal difficulties that
attended every step in the attempted
prosecution of Mr. Morton and other
officials in this peculiar case, which
really grew out of a long-standing
practice intended primarily to develop
the coal industry in Colorado and New
Mexico, which really did have that ef
fect and which only became conspicu
ously unlawful after the passage of
the Elkins law in 1903 and the cour
ageous investigation and the report
of the facts by the interstate com
merce commission to the attorney
general. . .
"There was a technical violation of
the law involved in the transaction,
as has always been plain, but that
there was criminal intent on the part
of Mr. Morton and the other officials
involved has always been denied; and
the avowed purpose of the practice
tends to support that view."
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Address, THE INDEPENDENT, Lincoln, Nebraska.
the part of Paul Morton, formerly
secretary of the navy and former head
of the traffic department of the Santa
Fe and the other railroad officials in
volved. The statement calls atten
tion to the fact that with the imposi
tion of the $15,000 fine on the rail
road "the history of the famous Santa
Fe rebate case is practically closed,"
and praises President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Moody for carrying
out with success the administration's
declared purpose to enforce the stat
ute in all such cases.
Regarding the criticism which fol
lowed the refusal of the administra
tion to prosecute Paul Morton the
statement says:
"Too much praise can not be ac
corded to Attorney General Moody in
carrying this case through to a suc
cessful termination, and that, too,
after the adverse criticisms in many
journals because of the refusal of the
administration to undertake the prose
cution of Paul Morton, then secre
tary of the navy, and formerly head of
the traffic department of the Santa Fe
svstem. The attorney general, in dis-
Further on the statement says:
"It will be remembered that the de
partment of justice first sought to
use this case and others in the Kan
sas City federal court to establish con
tempt on the part of the Santa Fe,
which was then under injunction is
sued in omnibus form and covering
all traffic against that carrier and nu
merous other carriers engaged large
ly in carrying grain, grain products,
live stock and live stock products on
account of rebates shown to have
been granted generally on such traffic
in a former investigation by the in
terstate commerce commission. This
attempt to establish contempt by
showing rebates in coal failed, the
court holding that a general injunc
tion could not lawfully issue. Later
on a civil case brought against the
Santa Fe by coal mining companies
discriminated against, in favor of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company was
settled by the payment of something
like a half million dollars and now has
followed the conviction as above stat
ed of the railway company and the
fuel and iron company."
DUBOIS WINS IN IDAHO
Democrats Renominate Dubois for
United States Senate, Mor.
monism in Issue
Couer d'Alene, Idaho United States
Senator Fred T. Dubois, Bingham
county.
Member of congress Rees Hatta
baugh, Idaho county.
Justice of the supreme court Stew
art S. Dening, Latah county.
Governor C. O. Stockslager, Blaine
county.
Lieutenant Governor George C.
Chapin, Bingham county. .
Secretary of state Flourney Gallo
way, Washington county.
After a strenuous two days' con
vention the democrats of Idaho
placed in nomination the foregoing
ticket and adopted a platform in
which anti-Mormonism Is the keynote.
It was a Dubois convention from first
to last, but he did not have his way
in all things -by.. anym6ans, and in
but few things did.Jie triumph with
out opposition. The ticket which he
and his closest friends had selected,
was badly disarranged by the con
vention. There was no suggestion of oppos
ition to his nomination for senator
or the nomination of Judge Stocks
lager for governor. They were ac
corded spontaneous demonstrations
following their nominations. Senator
Dubois' speech ' of acceptance was
cheered until the rafters rang.
WOOD TO COMMAND IN LEYTE
Personally Conducted Campaign De
cided Upon
A dispatch from Manila says that
Major General Wood commanding the
Philippines division, has ordered ad
ditional troops into the disaffected
region of Leyte and he will take com
mand personally of the forces oper
ating against the Pulajanes. General
WTood is convinced, since the recent
defeat of a detachment in which an
officer of the Eighth infantry and
several soldiers were killed, that a
vigorous campaign is necessary in
Leyte. It is said that the success
of the natives against the troops will
encourage the natives of Samar to
become hostile.
A battalion of the Thirteenth in
fantry and a battalion of the Six
teenth infantry, both stationed at Ft.
Kinley, Manila, have been ordered to
Leyte.
Orders Cut in Crude Oil
The Standard Oil company has or
dered a reduction in the price of
crude oil. Ohio and Indiana oil was
cut 2 cents per barrel. Princeton oil
went down 5 cents on the barrel and
the productions of Kansas and the ter
ritories went off 3 cents. The new
quotations are as follows: North
Lima, 92c; South Lima, 87c; Indiana,
87c; Princeton, 69c; Kansas and In
dian Territory, 42c; Kansas heavy,
29c