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VOL. XXXIX NO.
50.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOIININO, JULY 28, 1909-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
HIDES AND OIL
WILLBE FREE
Gloves and Hosiery to Carry In
creased Duty as Fixed by
the House.
LOWEE COAL, LUMBER AND ORE
Express Rate
Hearing is Held
in South Dakota
JIM 1IILL COMING
TO CORN SHOW
Great Northern Magnate Gets Behind
National Corn Exposition with
His Cash.
Well, Look Who's Back!
NEBRASKA LEADS
FOB TAFT AGAIN
Republicans of State Line Up in
Support of the President's
Policy.
GIVES TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
STATE CONVENTION UNEQUIVOCAL
i
Lumber Lower Than Dinley Bill,
but Above Home Rate.
TO CUT DOWN LEA ,
Special Rule Will Be N ''
that Purpose.
'UTY
for
WESTERN SENATORS
They Feel that Senator
llaa Done Everything Pni
tor Tkrir Hide Proposl
tlon. WASHINGTON, July 27. From the best
Information obtainable tonight It appears
that tha house haa won Ita tan If for frea
hides and oil. and Increased on glove and
hosiery. In return for a surrender to the
senate on lumbar, coal, Iron ore and print
paper. The rates on these schedules, an
they hava been tentatively arranged, pend
ing the acceptance by both houses of the
program for a reduction In the duties on
manufactures of leather below the rates
fixed by the house, are as follows:
Oil, free; hldea, .free; coal, 46 cents a
ton; print paper, 13.60 a ton; Iron ore, 15
rente a ton.
Lumber, rough, 1150 a thousand feet; one
side finished, $2; two sides finished, $2.26;
three sides finished, which may Include
tonguelng and grooving, ll62Vi; four sides
finished, 13.
Gloves 14 per dosen pairs, not exceeding
fourteen Inches In length, which Is the
standard length. Exceeding fourteen Inches,
86 cents per dosen Is added for each pair.
This rata doea not apply to the Bohmaachen,
or cheap glove, on which the senate rate
of $1.25 per dosen pairs Is retained. The
latter rate Is a reduction from tha Dingley
rales, but the house rates accepted on the
higher grades of gloves represent heavy In
creases over existing duties.
Increase on Hosiery.
Hosiery valued at II orless per dosen
pairs, 70 cents as agalnat the senate and
existing rates of 60 centa. On values up
to $2 the rata la still In excess of existing
duties and a shading below the rates fixed
by tha house. On the hlgheat grades the
senate and house rstes were Identical.
Although new oaths of secrecy was taken
by every member of the committee before
today's session adjourned, it la well under
stood thst the foregoing rates represent the
understanding that has been reached on
all of the subjects, which engsged execu
tive attention during the last few weeks.
'The chief- victory on by the sermts was
the retention vdt its duties on lumber. These
represent reductions from Dingley rates,
but are not nearly aa low as th houss
rates, which began with $1 on rough lum
ber. Likewise a victory wss won by the
senate through the acceptance by the con
ference committee of a rate of $3.50 a ton
on print paper Instead of the $2 rats fixed
by the house.
The placing of oil upon the free list was
a foregone conclusion by reason of the
atrong opposition In both branches of con
gress to making this article dutiable.
There seems to ba no doubt tonight that
tha houaa leaders will be able to put
throng ha rule permitting the conferees
to make reduotlona in tha ratea on manu
facture of leather. .
Irnatt Is Danker Paint.
If thers Is any danger of tha program
falling ths trouble is in the senate. Sen
ator Aldrloh talked with a number of the
western senators today, and some of them
still oppose putting hides upon ths free list
under any circumstances. It is generally
understood, however, that the western sen
ators feel that Mr. Aldrlch did all he could
to continue protection for tha cattle In
dustry, and that enough of them will vote
, to support the program for free hides and
reductions from tha houae ratea on leather
and leather goods to insure Its adoption by
the aenata.
Tha conferees wilt meet sgaln at 10 a. m.
tomorrow to wind up their labors. Every
member said tonight that none of the five
big questions which engaged the attention
f President Taft had been closed.
HOUSE HOLDS inORT SESSION
Champ Clark Declares He la Betas;
Deviled to Death."
WA8HINOTON. July IT After a session
of forty-nine minutes tha house today ad
journed until Thursday, at which time it Is
expected that tha much talked of resolu
tion authorising tha tariff conferees to re
duce the ratea on leather goods below
thoss of ths Fayna bill will be brought in
and acted upon.
When tha proposition to adjourn over waa
submitted by Mr. Payne some laughter was
created by Mr. Clark, ths mtronlty leader,
remarking that ha waa being "deviled to
death" for Information aa to when the
demooratle conferees were to be called in.
"If you can tell Ms I will tell you," was
tha only consolation ha got from tha ways
and means chairman.
Mr. Tawnay of Minnesota orused the
house to a hlgft Ptl of excitement when
he denounced Dr. Charles Richards Van
Hlse. president tha tTnlvarslty of Wis
consin, for having, aa Mr. Tawnay aald.
made falsa charges against him regarding
his attitude on tha eonaervatlon of tha ra
tional resources'
INDIANS AS CHURCH WORKERS
Convocation Declares that Woman
Edaal White HWtera for Rais
ing Money.
rTTnnn. n. t.. July n.-peeiai.-At
the reoent church convocation of Indiana
held at Lower Brule there waa a large
attendance of Indiana from all tha reser
vations In tha state, and at the meeting
the Indian women showed that they have
learned one of tha features of church
work from their white sisters, as they
turned over tor church extension work
$.'.M0, Which they had accumulated for
that purpose through the needlework of
their women Societies. While tha Indians
who take up church work appear to be as
close attendanta at ohurch service as do
the white men. It appeare that they also
look to the feminine portions of their con
gregations to get busy when there ia money
o raise just as do their white brethren.
Wells Fargo Company Insists that
Schedules of Other Companies
Are Too Low.
MITCHELL. S. D., July 27. (Special Tel
egram.) This sfternoon waa held the hear
ing between the Btate Railroad commis
sion and A. J. Ludlow, the traffic manager
of the Wells-Fsj-go Exprees company, the
company being called upon to show why
It should not comply with the state law
adopted by the last legislature requllrng It
to reduce Ita rates 20 per cent. Mr. Ludlow
assumed the position that on January 1
the Wells-Fargo company was not doing
business In tha state and nad no rates to
be adjusted under the Btate law, that It
did not asaume to recognise the ratea of
the United States Express company a
being of a character high enough to make
the business self sustaining. Ths rate
question waa discussed freely by both sides
and a comparison of rates waa made be
tween the Wells-Fargo and those of the
America n.
Mr. Ludlow stated that when his com
pany came Into the state.lt made Its rates
on the mileage basis, making them about
three times as high ss the first clast
freight rates of the railroads In the stnte
He was much opposed to making the
minimum rate of any package less than
60 cents, while the other companies'
minimum rates was 86 cents.
The result of the conference was a
declaration on the pert of the commis
sion that while the present schedule
of express rates established by tho
American and other companies aside
from the Wells Fargo doing business
in-the state were apparently In line with
the law passed by the legislature.
The Wells- Fargo comnanv mtnnA nut
against the compliance with the law. In
oraer to torce that company to adopt the
same schedules In force in other lines it
might be necessary for the railroad com
mission to make up and establish a tariff
covering express rates based on distance
and If so it might mean some slight
changes on the part of the other com
panies. If the Wells-Farm rnmnnnv crn.
cedes to placing Its rates under the llks)
law the case will be dropped.
Commissioner Ness on behalf of the Com
mercial club made a statement to the
commission asking for Joint freight rates
from Mitchell to the Black Hills country
snd also requiring the Milwaukee and the
Omaha roads to oonnect their tracks In
this city. A hearing on this matter will
be held here on August 24.
Gliddcn Cars
at Hugo, Colo.
White Steamer and American Simplex
Draw Penalties for Delay and
' Repairs. !
Ht'GO, Colo., July 27.-Speclal Tele
gram.) Right out on the Colorado prairies,
In a little settlement of perhaps 600 popula
tion, the Glidden tourists are camping
tonignt.
In the run today from Denver, 165 miles,
two clean scores were lost, one In the
Glidden ranka and the other the last acore
contender for the Detroit trophy. The
former waa the White Steamer, driven by
Searles, which was delayed by sand In Its
lubricator pipe. The penalty for this and
for lateness waa 18.1 points, and thla leaves
but six with records untouched in the tour
ing car division. The other penalisation
was to the American Simplex for labor in
repairing the damage done to ita steering
gear and radiator from hitting a gully at
high speed. Its penalty Is 1.4 points and
this places it second in the competition
for its class honors. Tha Glide car will
hava its penalty for today announced to
morrow. At present it haa 131.1 points
against it, 119.8 sf.whlch were gotten In
the run to Denver for lateness and time
In working on Its front spring. The Brush
runabout, driven by Trlnkle, turned upside
down before reaching Colorado Springs
and it was righted by other contestants.
and after repairs are made to ita steering
system, it will continue.
This was one of the picturesque daya of
tha contest, for the route led Into the foot
hills of ths Rocky mountalna from Denver
to Colorado Springs. At this famoua resort
a stop of two hours was made and each
car was required to stsy that long while
the crewa took advantage to visit Manltou
and the Garden of the Gods. Up to the
springs the roads were generally flna and
at all times good, but as soon aa the ma
chines were turned eastward Into the prai
ries the roads were of a varied and un
dependable nature. At times they were
splendid, but there were sink holes, gullys
and bumpa which could hardly be aeen
far away. This was the cause of the
penalisation to the American Simplex,
whose driver did not sen the washout In
time to save the car from going into It.
Tha damage waa of a serious nature and
may be mere so Inasmuch aa the radiator
waa smashed and leaks badly.
BANDITS KILL TEN SOLDIERS
Esmrmrit Occurs Between French
Troops and Robbers In Cochin
China.
SAIGON. French Cochln-China. July 27.
During an engagement today between
French troops and Pet ham bandits Captain
Petthuis and ten men were killed and
twenty wounded. The bandits lost fifty
men killed and 100 wounded.
Client of Senator Jeff
Davis Killed at His Side
LITTLU ROCK. Ark.. July 27.-Shootlng
over the head of United States Senator
Jeff Davis. W. T. Ellis, a resident of Pine
Bluff, fired a bullet into the heart of
Nathaniel Parker Willis, owner of ailiquor
habit cure at Indianapolis, In the circuit
court room this afternoon.
Tha shooting waa tha tragic ending of
a law auit brought: by Willis against his
divorced wife, who had subsequently mar
ried Ellia. Tha auit waa for the posses
sion of Willis' child. Willis died in his
mv tier's arms almost Instantly after being
shit.
V.illls yesterday secured an order from
llrcuit Judge Fulk to take possession of
fi'he child, and today ths panics to the
Donates Large Sum to Be Used for
Special Prizes.
GREAT NORTHERN TAKES SPACE
Railroad Will Make Exhibit from
Alon Its Lines.
J. J. HILL WILL MAKE ADDRESS
Promisee to Re Present In Person
and "Call a Spade n Spade'
While the Exposition
Is On.
St. Paul, Minn., July 27. Speelal Tele
gram. James J. IfllT today gave $2,600 In
cold to be awarded as prizes for small
Trslns snd grasses at the National Corn
exposition to be held In Omaha next De
cember. "Omaha has started something which
deserves our support and we gladly con
tribute to the premium list, not only to
Intensify Interest In small grains, but we
wmt to offer some prizes for corn from
the northern states, even Washington,
where some people do not believe corn will
grow." said Mr. Hill, as he Increased the
contribution, which he at first contemplated
and offered substantial cash prizes for
northern corn, peas and spels.
The announcement that James J. Hill
had become greatly Interested in the Na
tional Corn exposition, followed a confer
ence between James J. and L. W. Hill,
with T. F. Sturuess, peneral manager of
the corn show and Will A. Campbell of
the Commercial cluh of Omaha, who has
charge of the publicity for the National
Corn exposition.
IIIII Is Deeply Interested.
Roth the chairman of the board and
president of Great Northern met the
Otr.ahans by appointment at 11 o'clock
Tuesday and spent three hours working
out a plan by which the great railroad
builder and his son, could do the most
effective work In behalf of the corn show
and the great movement It represents.
James J. Hill also accepted an Invitation to
go to Omaha In December and addresa the
visitors at the corn show, saying:
"You may put me on that program, no
one knows where I will be. but I will go
to Omaha if It be possible, and make an
effort to so arrange things that I can be
with you."
This promise to attend the National Corn
exposition is an unuaual one. Mr. Hill
has gone ont of the public speaking busi
ness, according to L. W. Hill, and is com
pelled to decline three and four invitations
to address meetings every day. His in
terest in the corn show movement, im
provement of grains, retaining and restor
ing the fertility of the soli, together with
his kindly feeling toward Omaha, are the
argument which appeal to him, and he
accepted the Invitation to go on the pro
gram and call a spade a spade instead of
an "agricultural Implement," which he
says he will do when he comes to Omaha.
Railroad Will Exhibit.
In addition to the snug sum of gold
given by Mr. Hill, the Great Northern
railroad contracted for space at the exposi
tion, where an exhibit will be made.-show-lng
the agricultural resources of the em
pire through which the Great Northern
railroad passes. It will cost $6,000. An
agreement waa also made whereby the
Hill road will route baggage cars from
northwestern points to bring the exhibits
of farmers to Omaha free of cost, which
is permitted under the interstate commerce
law.
"I feel confident the farmers of North
Dakota, Washington and Montana will win
many prises," said Mr. Hill. "In barley
and oats Montana and Washington .will
furnish samplea which will , take your
trophies far from the places where trophies
are usually expected to go."
Dividing IIIII Prise Money.
The matter of apportioning the $2.00 and
arranging the classes was placed In the
hands of Prof. S. P. Bull of the Minnesota
Agricultural college and Prof. Thomaa
Shaw of ths Dakota Farmer. Mr. Hill
selected these men to arrange the prizes,
Prof. Bull being the superintendent of the
small grain aectlon of the exposition. The
suggestion as to the number of prizes was
made by President L. W. Hill, who be
llevea about 200 will be cared for with the
amount mentioned, but he gave Prof. Bull
to understand that If $2,600 waa not suffi
cient to give prizes as large aa the exposi
tion had planned to offer, the Hill Interests
had some more money in another pocket.
The zone outlined from which the grains
will be collected to compete for the Hill
gold Is figured by James J. Hill to com
prise 214.000.000 acrea.
Means Much to Show.
Mr. Sturgess aald after the long confer
ence with the heads of tha Great Northern:
"It is Just Ilk James J. Hill to take hold
of the National Corn exposition. He ha&
been In advance of his time for yeara In
talking of ths work and policy which the
National Corn exposition represents. Ills
offer to put up $2,600 in gold comes In
good. Just as we are working to put on
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suit met in ths court room to decide where
the child was to ba delivered. Ellis ap
peared for his wife, the former Mrs.
Willis, and Senator Davis represented
Willis.
Ellia suddenly drew a revolver and fired
at Wlllia. who was aatad at a table. A
court attachs knocked up hla arm. Just
as tho weapon waa discharged, and the
bullet was embedded la the wall.
Ellia ran around tha table. Ths latter
rested his pistol against tha door Jamb,
Just aa Wlllia ran out, and fired a second
time, thla time with almost Instantly fatal
effect- Sheriff Roberts seised Ellis, who
surrendered his pistol to Judge Fulk, and
j w aa at ones taken to Jail,
WRIGHT MAKES NEW RECORD
He Carries Passenger in Airship for
Full Hour.
GOES AT WONDERFUL' SPEED
Teat Is Same as that In Which
Lieutenant Selfrlue Lost His
Life Top Month
A go.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The world's
aeroplane record for two men, both as to
time and distance, was broken this even
ing in a beautiful flight of one hour, twelve
minutes and forty second, upwards of fifty
mllea and at a speed averaging about forty
miles an hour, by Orvllle Wright at Fort
Myer, with Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm of
the army signal corps as passenger.
The former record was made last year
by his brother, Wilbur, Joint Inventor with
him of the machine in which both flights
were accomplished, at Lemans, France,
with' Prof. Palnleav of the French Insti
tute as passenger. That flight was one
hour, nine minutes and thirty-one seconds,
Wilbur waa an eager spectator of today's
flight by his brother.
The cheering which heralded the setting
of a new mark in the conquest of the air
was led by President Taft In person, who
had sat an intensely interested spectator
throughout the flight, and who Insisted at
Us conclusion upon personally congratu
latlng the brothers upon their success.
Meets Government Teat.
This success was all Important to the
Wrights In that It completed the first cf
Two crucial tests of their machine Imposed
o nthem by the United States government
the so-called "endurance test," which ro
quired them to remain one hour continu
ously In the air with one passenger. Orville
did nearly thirteen minutes better than this
and could have kept on Indefinitely three
hours and a half, the limit Imposed by the
gasoline capacity of the supply tank.
The other test, that for speed, will be
completed with tomorrow, when Orvlllo Is
to take Lieutenant Benjamin Foulls of the
signal corps on a cross-country flight to
Alexandria and return, a total of ten miles,
over a measured course and at a speed re
quired to average forty miles an hour. Or
vllle could have made that flight thia even
ing, but it was almost dark when at last
he alighted, after a flight which would
have carried him almost twice across the
English channel.
Polgnacy was added to today'a achieve
ment of Orvllle Wright by the realization
by everybody present upon his last attempt
to navigate the air with a passenger, '.hat
pai-sens-er. Lieutenant Selfiidge. was killed
nd he himself terribly Injured.
Ills devoted sister, Miss Katherlne
(Continued on Third Psge.)
The accident of
energy has made
more millionaires
than the accident
of birth.
Business energy shows Itself In
advertising. The roan who adver
tises wants your trade and If be
gets It, will do what he can to
hold it.
Many big and little firms
advertise under the head of
"Announcements" on the first
want ad page. These will
give you valuable information.
Read them every day.
Have you read the want ads, yet,
today I
Senator Stone
Strikes Negro
On Buffet Car
Missouri Solon Arrested at Baltimore
and Will Be Tried for
Assault.
BALTIMORE, July 27. United States
Senator William J. Stone of Missouri was
arrested here tonight, charged with assault
ing Lawrence J. Brown, negro porter on
a buffet car.
Police Lieutenant Cole telephoned Magis
trate Grannan, and on his authority, re
leased Senator Stone on his own 'recog.
nlzance, to appear for hearing tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The senator said that when he ordered
lunch on the car, Brown was offensive,
and he rebuked him. Afterward, he de
clared, Brown failed to serve him with
the lunch, and, when he again rebuked
him, was impertinent. Senator Stone says
that he then slapped Brown with his open
hand.
Senator Stone had been to Philadelphia,
and was returning to Washington when
the incident occurred.
Plot by Castro
Comes to Light
Had Revolution in Venezuela Cocked
and Prime, but Arrests
Interfere.
CARACAS, Venezuela, July 27. The op
portune imprisonment yesterday at Maral
calbo of a German subject named Theo
dore Houer, who recently arrived here
from Europe, and Raymond Porpacen, his
Caracas lawyer, disclosed a dangerous
Castro revolutionary plot to overthrow
Gomez.
Herr Hauer ostensibly represented Gen
eral Castro In an attempt to sell the for
mer's stock in various Venevuelan com
panies, but in reality he was organising a
Castro revolution. This has been proven
by correspondence and secret codes seized
on his person.
Important arrests are expected soon and
Cactro's adherents in congress are greatly
alarmed.
CIGAR MAKERS MAKE PROTEST
Boston I'nlon Objects to Admission of
Smokes from Philippine
Islands.
BOSTON, July 27. Tha Boston Cigar
makers' union today sent tha following
telegram to President Taft:
"Two thousand clgarmakera of Boston
respectfully petition sgalnst the admission
of 100.000.000 cigars from the Philippines
free of duty."
Bloody Riots in Spain
In Protest Against War
BARCELONA. July 27. Barcelona ia now
under martial law. Serious rioting has
occurred following the declaration of a
general strike yesterday in protest against
tha military operatlona in Morocco, and
the dispatch to that country of large
bodies of troops. Several persona havs
been killed and a large number wounded,
lolent meetings havs been held during
the last few daya and tbs general atrlke
followed. There haa been much fighting
In the streets, snd practically all com
munications have been destroyed. The
food suppllea have been cut off, resulting
In great hardship and suffering, especially
among lbs pour. The piics of tbs neces
MAW BLUSHES WITH SHAME
Evidence of His Beating Young Girls
is Introduced.
HUSH MONEY TO SUPPRESS IT
More Than Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars Paid Oat to Keep Facta
lrum Being; Divulged at
Ills Trial.
WHITE PLAINS, N. T July 27. Harry
K. Thaw sat ln the supreme court here
today and heard a woman's testimony
that made his pallid face flush. He saw
a pearl-handled dog whip exhibited and
he heard the witness swear that she had
seen him wield it on the bare flesh of
young girls.
The prlsoner'a wife, Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, heard most of the testimony, which
was of such a nature that Justice Mills
preceded Its presentation with the warning
that "no woman should stay in the court
room unless she is willing to hear every
thing." Two girls left the room.
The witness was Miss Susan Morrill, a
buxom, pink-cheeked woman of about 36
years, and she opened a new chapter In
tha life of Stanford White's slayer, She
told of alleged aots of his In 1902 and 1905,
when he was a young bachelor about New
York' before tha tragedy on Uie Madison
Square roof garden.
Her testimony was In marked contrast
to that of two alienists who went on the
stand and gave Thaw a clean bill of
health, declaring that in their opinion he
was sane. Summarized, her testimony was
that during the three years named she
kept In succession two New York lodging
houses, where Thaw rented rooms under
assumed names, and to which he brought
at varloua times more than 200 girls.
Paid Girls for Silence.
After Thaw's imprisonment, she said,
she paid these women at least 125,000 as
the price of their silence, and to "keep
them from bothering Thaw's wife or his
mother." One of the girls, who, she said,
passed as Thaw's wife, reoeived $7,000. The
money came from Thaw.
After telling of Thaw's engaging rooms,
the bearing of evidence upon the question
of the prisoner's mental condition became
apparent. For at this point the mysterious
package, which waa brought to court yes
terday by Clifford W. Hartrldge. Thaw s
former counsel, waa unwrapped and a
pearl-handled whip, about three feet long,
waa brought into view. With this before
the eyes of court and spectators the woman
related a series of stories about finding
Thaw on several occasions lashing the
girls upon their bare arms and bodies.
"Thaw," she said, "had pored as a theat
rical agent and had lured the girls to hla
rooms with promises of engagements.
When she remonstrated with him," she
testified, his excuse was that the girls
"wer"nt smart enough and couldn't fill
their positions, and deserved a beating."
She testified further that Thaw had fre-
(Continued on Third Psge.)
saries of life are almost prohibitive.
The strikers cheer the soldiers, but have
attacked the police of Barcelona and
suburbs. Several serious engagements
have occurred between the police and the
rioters and the former havs not hesitated
to use their pistols freely. As a result
many innocent pedestrians have been shot
aa well as rioters.
All commercial activities are prostrated
and service on tha tramways and railroads,
as well aa cab and carriage service, has
ceased. There is great uneasiness here
and fear of much mors serious disorders
Trouble is also reported from the lutsrior
tOMM
Platform Pledges the Party in Terms
Most Emphatic.
INCOME TAX SPECIALLY NAMED
Brown Resolution for Constitutional
Amendment Endorsed.
NO FRICTION AT ANY POINT
l tmoat llarninny Pcrvndea I, arse and
Karneat (iathrrlnu; of the State's
Representative Citterns at
Lincoln.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neh., July 27.-(Spcelal Tele
gram.) It wr.s a remarkable convention
tliat nssembled at the Auditorium In Lln
ecoln. Tuesday afternoon, at I o'clock; re
mnrkalie In that It was so largely attended
at this time of the year by busy business
men, crop-making farmers and hustling
artisans from every section of Nebraska.
There were upward of ROO delegates In their
seats when the convention was called to
order, somewhat remarkable In Itself when
nothing of a startling or a national tinge
was anticipated, aside from the adoption
of a platform which It was expected would
be devoted merely to a dlsousslln In a
skeleton form of Issues suitable for Judi
cial and university governing candidates
to stand on. The convention was remark
able, too, for an abiding, solid enthusiasm,
and for the freedom of speech Indulged In
by the chairman and other party leaders
tochlng matters usually considered too
delicate to he broached out loud In ptiblla
talks In a party convention.
DohrIss t'oaatr Organises.
Previous to the meeting of the conven
tion the Pouglas county delegation, which
was on hand almost to a man, met in the
ordinary of the Lincoln hotel and elected
Francis A. Brogan chairman. Victor Rose
water was selected for memher of the com
mittee on resolutions, and Myron L.
Learned, Charles L. Saunders and Otto
Leptln were named for presentation as
members of the state central committee
from Douglas county.
Governor Sheldon started off his brief
talk by saying: "I assure you that I would
rather be defeated, aa I was, snd receive
this recognition, than to have been elected
by trickery and deception." He assured the
delegates that at no time alnce his defeat
had there been a desire In his breast for
vindication. "There Is vindication enough,"
he said, with emphasis, "in the knowledge
that the pledges of the national republican
platform are to be redeemed as were tha
pledgee of the Nebraska state platform of
1007. -This country can adapt itself to any
sort of tariff, If it haa to, but what we
want is a settled proposition, and a settle
ment that will win the approval of the
American people, so that they can take ad
vantage of the great prosperity sure to
come as soon as this bill shall be passed
In proper shape."
Secretary Ilayward of the national com
mittee made the assemblage sit up and
take notice when he asserted In hla open
ing sentence almont that "Nebraska was
lost to the republicans In state and nation
by the practice of deceit, fraud, chicanery
and dishonor." And In the next breath ha
burst out with: "All the devils in hell and
all the angels in heaven seemed to have
Joined hands In a Virginia reel of political
abandon. I am tired of having the re
publican party In this state dominated by
Bryanlzed near-republicans. Ws must
stand squarely behind the national plat
form of our party, for its pledges aro to
be redeemed by the congress, with Presi
dent Taft strongly In the game with his
300-horse power brain and personality.
The national platform Is good enough tor
any state and any community."
Mr. Hayward and others won the most
enthusiastic applause when they hotly de
nounced the bank guaranty as framed up
by the democrats as a fraud and a delu
sion, in the same clasa with free stiver
and railroad ownership and other Isms
sprung by the democratic leader aa vote
catchers.
Chairman Whedon'a Sentiment.
Chairman Whedon got some applause for
his advocacy of the bank guaranty propo
sition, but he won the most generous ap-
! plause when he disclaimed any leaning
toward democracy by saying: "The title
j to the republican party is in the party 1t
j self. The title to the democratlo party is
In the individual, with all its reversions
snd reminders. And the Individual, once
in four years, gives out a new password,
Issues a new hailing sign of distress. There
Is no hope in the democratic party. The
; action of democratic senators on tha tariff
olll shows that their opposition to trusts
is purely vocal."
Most of the delegations Tiad caucused
before the meeting of tha convention, and
a common understanding had been reached
that the matter of county local option
should be barred absolutely, together with
sny and all allusions to temperance legis
lation. It had also become the general
understanding that President Taft'a po
sition on the tariff revision bill should
be definitely endorsed, and Nebraska thus
lined up with ths progressive notions of
the president now, ss It hsd been In bis
campaign for the presidency.
Anplanae tor Platform.
This sentiment of the delegates was given
voice In the unmlstakeable pronouncement
of the platform committee, when It waa
later read to the convention. And while
Chairman Victor Rosewater waa reading
the report of the platform committee there
waa keen and concentrated Interest evinced
In every word. It was actually true that
a pin could almost he heard to drop dur
ing the reading, except where sincere and
Joyous applause greeted the paragraphs
as they were put forth.
Adjournment came at a seemly hour,
about 6:30, with every man In a happy
and satlsflnd frame of mind. Perhaps no
lirillur bunch of men of many differing
ideas on general political subjects ever
wnlked out of a convention hall. They
were completely at ease, with a very ap- '
parent sense of duty well discharged
showing on every face.
When the convention was called to ordtr
and prayer had ben offered by I"r. Lud
den, there waa a quick announcement of
the selection of C t). Whedon of Lincoln
as temporary chairman and J. M. O'Neill
of Lincoln as temporary secretary. Later
this organisation was made permanent,
with Clluion Ujoius t Douglas county as
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