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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1904)
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Rev. 1eyers invoked divine - vine blessing J. R. Cain , jr. , of Stella was the unanimnus choice . for chairman of' the convention : Mr. Cain made a short speech in ' 44 which he explained his position 1' ' and urged the republicans to lay li aside personalities and get to- ; ; ether for the good of the party. He was frequently interrupted by appl.aus Allan D. flay was j made secretary. John L. Cleaver ; 1 was made assistant secretary. 'i The chairmen of the various delegations - ; l/ egations handed in their creden- i If . . . . . ; , , , tials which \ showed that every ( . ( ' ) I precinct In the county was represented - sen ted and as there were no contests - p tests the convention proceeded to business under the call , the tem- pontry organization having been f made permanent. John L. Cleaver introduced the following resolution which was received with great applause and was unanimously adopted : Whereas The Honorable E. J. Bu.- kett is i a candidatc for .eclection as congressman from thc First ! congrcss- ional district of Nebraska , Mr. Bur- ' kett l having represented said district in - , congress for the past six years in n 3t -A \ . manner most creditable to himself and , very satisfactory to his constituents in . this county , and r Whereas The Hon. G. J. Crook of t Falls City , Nebraska l , has for many sears taken a great interest in the welfare - ; far and advancement of tla republi- I can party in this county , and as chair- + man of thc republican county central I committec for thc past two years , , has been an an active and successtul : ; ; leader of our party to victory , for which it is : both a duty and honor for this convcn- tion to give him praise and honor , and tk Whereas The congressional com- mittccman of this county , thc Hon. 0. A. Cooper of Humboldt , by his : ; ; abil- iii and industry has done much to secure - cure thc election of Mr. Bl1l"1Ctt in f01'- i' rater campaigns , therefore be it : . - ' A , 'f # ' Resolved 'l'hat thc thanks of this { convention he extended to Mr. Burlelt for thc opcnillg'of rural mail routes and other courtesies to thc people of this rt COl1l1t ) ' . \Ve endorse him for.l fourth ' te1'1ll. And furthcl' Resolved 'rtmt that thc thanks of I li this convention bc also extended to Ml" : Crook and 1 Ir. Cooper for the i ' . . great good they have done the rcpubli- , ( J , - . . . . _ , - , . ' - " : . . " , . . . . , I . - - \aoI" ' ' d " can part and as a further mark of cs- tccmthcy bc and arc hereby authorized to select twenty-thl'cc delegates to thc congressional convention to bc held at Lincoln , Nebraska , March 22 , 1904 , amI bc it further Resolved That the secretary of thc convention present to Mr. Budctt , Mr. Crook and Mr. Cooper a copy of these resolutions. . .E 'ft'l\'I. Boss of Humboldt intro- - , 4' l lured the following resolution which was enthusiastically adopted - ed : Resolved , That thi convention heartily endorse thc nomination of Hon E. ' A. 'ruckcr for float senator for thc First Senatorial District , and as a mark of courtesy , wc extend to him thc privilege of selecting his dclega- tion from Richardson county to thc Senatorial cocvcntion. : v1r. 'rucker was called upon for a speech and thanked the conven- tion and at times was compelled to pause and wait until the applause - plause had subsided. At this point a motion was made to proceed with the nomi- nation of a county 'tic1wt. ' This brought forth considerable discussion - . cussion , some preferring to'host- : pone the nominations until a later date. A viva voce vote was taken" showing the sentiment of the convention to be overwhelming-I" in favor of proceeding with the nomina tions. This point having been estab- lished the convention proceeded with the nomination of three cah- didates for the legislature. The following names were brought before the convention : . R. E. Grinstead of Salem ; Geo. Smith of Grant ; , V. H Hogrefe of West Muddy and Cass Jones of l ulo. It was moved and seconded - ed that an informal ballot be tak- en , the three receiving the highest - est number of votes to be declared the nominees. The motion pre- vailed and the roll was called the ballot resulting as follows : Grinstead 157 ; Smith , 184 ; Ho- grefe , 1.93 ; Jones , 151. Hogrefe Smith and Grinstead having received - ceived the highest numb of votes were declared the nominees. Each appeared before the conven- tion aim niaifc a brief address. A. R. Kcim introduced the following - lowing resolution which was adopted : Resolved , 'I'hat the three members of thc legislature from this county and the state senator from this district be and they arc hereby instructed to vote for Hon. E. J. Burlctt for United States scnator. w. 1-1. Morrow vf East Muddy was made the candidate for coun- ty attorney by acclamation. He . . expressed his appreciation in a neat and very clever speech. C. P. Reiivis called the atten- tion of the convention to the fact that A. R. Keim was a candidate for state auditor and Fred Miner a candidate secretary of state and asked that the roll be called anl that the delegations express their preference. Mr.leim : hastily secured - cured the floor and declared that he was not a candidate. A motion was then made that 11.1'tLiller be allowed to select the delegation to the state con- vcntion.tIre Keil11 opposed this motion vitiorously and offered a substitute motion to the effect that the delegation be selected in the usual manner and that they be 11I1im tructe < 1. 'This drew forth a general debate atd Mr. i ( cim finally agreed to amend his sub- stitute motion so as to allow the delegates to be simply instructed for : Mr. Miller. The substitute motion was lost and the original question was called for. The motion was stated and the con- vention expressed its willingness that Mr. Miller should select the delegation by tumultuous applause - plause and prolonged cheering. W. E. Dorring-ton was called to the chair while J. R. Cain , jr read the following resolution and moved the adoption thereof : Whereas , The Republican State Central committc has recommended the endorsement of a candidate for United States senator hy the state con- ven tion. Resolved , That wc recognize iJJ HOJJ. Elmcr J. Burkett , our congrcss- maJJ ) , thc ability , integrity , and high personal qualities , which particularly fit him for thc office of United States senator Therefore , We favor his promotion from thc House of Representatives to the National Senate and hereby instruct - struct our delegates to the State con- vcntion to use all honorable mcalls to secure his 1ol'semcnt by the State con ven tion. The resolution was adopted as rea < 1. read.The The convention then took up the matter of selecting a county chairman and members of the central committee for the ensuing year. John Hossack was the unanimous choice of the conven- tion for county chairman and made a speech of thanks. The roll was called and the precinct committeeman were announced as follows \ : . Arago , Louis Suess ; North Barada , Charles Martin ; South Barada , James Stephenson ; Grant 1\-1. Riley ; Franklin , C. O. Avery , Falls City precinct , H. G. Pence ; Fans City 1st ward , \V.Abbey 2nd ward , \ V.V. . Lcekins ; 3rcl . - , ward , J. A. ' ! vIcCormick ; 1-Iu111- -4 boldt precinct , O. E. Zook ; Hum- , r. I boldt 1st ward , Irvin Shirley ; 2nd ward , Ii' IV1. Boss ; Jefferson , C. F. Daeschner ; Liberty , W. H. . " . 1\1ark : East Elmer . . : ' ; Muddy , Ray ; . . West lVIuddy , H. D. Wel1er ; Ne- ' " . . . maha , J. G. 1\1cGinnis : ; Ohio J. W. Dodds ; Porter , A. J. Wixon ; t' " Rub , B. J. Huber ; Speicer , Otto . . . . . . . ; Porr , Salem , J. P. lVloore. "a . ; The committee on the selection If''oJ of delegates to the congressional . . I . . convention to be held at Lincoln " ' ) I" ? March 22 reported as follows : _ G. J. Crook , delegate at large ; rJ Speiser . , W. J. Peake ; Humboldt : - precinct , John Leatherman ; I-I11111- 4 boldt 1st ward ; O. L. Bantz ; 2nd , ward , E. A. Tucker ; Franklin , ( " ' ) P. W. Gutzmer ; Nemaha , P. A. Smith ; Grant , W. G. Hummel ; s- : Porter , Jason Timmerman ; Salem . . A. J. Wheeler ; Liberty , J. D. r1 Grifliths ; West Muddy , J. H. . ; , . . . . . Overman ; East Muddy , lV1. ? H. . ' . . . . . : f Taylor ; Falls City precinct , B. Simanton ; b.t ward ; G. M. Bar- rett ; 2nd ward , W. Ii. Dorrington 3rd ward , J. A. McCormick ; Ohio J.V . Dodds , South Barada , James Stephenson ; North Barac1a , Jesse Ankrom ; Jefferson , H. P. Rieger ; Arago , Martin Werner , Rub , Charles I-Iuber. E. A. Tucker has announced his delegation to the senatorial convention to be held at Pawnee City , April 16 , as follows : Speiser , R. S. Conrad ; Hum- boldt 1st ward , Irvin Shirley ; 2nd ward , Kev. E. Meyer ; Grant , D. F. Harbaugh ; Salem , J. A. Shef- fer ; West Muddy , H. D. We1Jer ; Falls City prec. , W. R. Holt ; 1st ward , W. W. Abbey ; 2nd ward , T. J. Whitaler ; 3rd ward , Nick Lippold ; Ohio , B. F. Leachman ; N. Barada , Jess Ankrom ; Arago , John Kloeppfel : Humboldt prec. , A. E. Stalder ; Franklin , J. B. Babcock ; Nemaha , J as. Ayres ; . _ Porter , Jason 'l'immerma11 ; Liberty - ' : ty , J. A. Jorn ; E. Muddy , J. 1\1. Evans : S. Barada , C. : Madowse ; Jefferson , E. Dowty ; Rub , Prank Brown. Rev . Schmidli has been in Bern , Kan. , this week attending the Evangelical conference. One week from next Sunday Rev. Schmidli will preach his farewell , . sermon in this city ' Dr A. Gaiser of Lincoln has purchased the dental office of the ' late Dr. Gemme1. Dr Gaiser is the vice president of the Nebras- ' ka Dental association and stands . high in his profession. 11rs. Cecil Graham and little daughter , who have been visiting in this city left Wednesday for a visit with Mrs. Graham's father at Republican City _ . ; . . . .