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CONSUL REPORTS
SITUATION IS BAD
Gunboat Paducah Still lying Off
Coast Expecting Trouble
Will Appear.
MISERS ARE ABANDONING WORK
Spanish-American Company's Or
ganization is Broken Up.
STEAMER BRINGS IN REFUGEES
Three Hundred Come from Rebel
Infested District. .
STORY OF FIGHTING WRONG
Report of Capture of Two American
Held for Ransom Near Daiquiri
Receives No . Confirmation
In Later Neves.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, June 2.-That the
situation at Daiquiri II very serious is
evidenced by the fact that the United
States gunboat Paducah is still lying off
that place. The American consul . at
Santiago, Ross E. Holaday, who went to
Daiquiri this morning to ascertain the
exact status of affairs, returned this even
ing with a report that conditions were
critical
The miners employed by the Spanish-
I American Mining company are abandoning
. work and leaving at every opportunity
1 for Santiago. The organization at the
' mines has been completely broken up.
' The steamer Frank Tenney has arrived
; here from Daiquiri with 300 refugees.
' Many others were left behind on account
' of lack of accommodation. ' "
Explosives Demanded.
General Ivonet has sent a letter to the
, superintendent of the mines demanding
explosives, electric . batteries and wires
! and declaring that if these are not de
! Hvered to the insurgents Jut will not be
' responsible for what may follow.
Cavalry under Captain Jgleslaa today
attacked a body .of rebels near El Cobre,
dispersing them and' capturing one man.
Later the cavalry -dispersed another band
near Altos de Elena. -I'i-It
is reported that Colonels Consegueda
and Semldey are preparing for a heavy
attack against the insurgents at Dai
quiri, which may take place at any mo
ment. The government is especially anx
ious to disperse the insurgents at that
point, where they are menacing American
property.
HAVANA, Junel-Government troops
have now been for two days in touch
with the rebel bands in Oriente. Skir
mishing has been constant, but without
important results. ' ' . -
The report from Santiago of severe
fighting near Palma Soriano, proves er
roneous. The dispatch describing the
bombardment by mountain guns of a
rebel encampment in Which 127 men and
eighteen women were said to have been
gagement near the same place en' Thurs
day, of which only confused accounts
have been received. The government
has not yet Issued an official account of
this engagement..
There is no confirmation of a report
- which reached here this morning of the
capture of two Americans, Wheeler and
Collister, near Diaquiri.
Fremont Man Badly
Hurt in Collision
FREMONT, Neb., June 2.-SpeciaI
Telegram.) Cleve Douglas , was quite
badly hurt by colliding with another
party on a bicycle on the main street
crossing of the Union Pacific, this Af
ternoon. The fire department, was re
sponding to an alarm south of the tracks
and Douglas was coming north on his
wheel, and the other party south. Both
turned to the west to pass ahead of a
passenger which was Just pulling out
and came together squarely on the
crossing, Just ahead of the engine which
stopped Just as it hit the wheels. Doug
las was picked up unconscious and was
badly bruised. The other party escaped
unhurt.
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KANSAS CITY STRAPHANGERS
TO VOTE ON SMOKING
KANSAS CITY, June 2.-To decide
t-'o
whether it will allow smoking on the
street cars in Kansas City the Metropoli
tan Street Railway company today be
gan taking votes of all paying passen
gers. Each car carried a ballot box.. The
balloting will, continue for a week when
the decision of those who ride will bo
made known. The company has promised
to be guided by the vote. For a year no
smoking has been' allowed on street cars
here, but recently the city council re
pealed the ordinance that prohibited
smoking. The company refused to obey
the new order.
The Weather
Forecast for Monday:
For Nebraska and Kansas Fair.
For lowa-Fair.
For Missouri Fair.
For Wyoming and South Dakota Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. ' Deg.
5 a. m 52
6 a. m 67
7 a. m 57
8 a. m 60
9 a. m 64
10 a. m.. ;.. 69
11 a. m 74
12 m V7
1 p. m . 79
2 p. m SI
m stf
m JS
p. m 83
i p. m 82
7 p. m 79
Comparative Local Kccord.
1912. 1911. 1910. ISO!).
Highest yesterday.- 83 98 8 76
Lowest yesterday , 52 68 50 69
Mean temperature 8 83 1 59 8
precipitation 00 .00 T T
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal:
Normal temperature 67
Excess for the day 0
Total deficiency since March 1..... 76
Normal precipitation 17 Inch
Excess for the day .' 43 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 5.73 Inchoa
Deficiency since March 1 3.51 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1911. 2.91 Inches
Pefictency for cor. period. 1910. 6.7a Inches
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Work of National Committees
How the Body is Constituted and Its Functions in Connection
With Campaigns and Conventions Explained
in the New York Independent. .
SY VICTOR ROSE WATER.
Editor of Tbe Bee and Acting Chairman Republican National "
The approach of our - president-nominating
conventions ' . directs attention
again to the national committees of the
big political parties, upon which devolves
the duty of making up the' temporary
roll of the delegates. Where there are
many seats contested, as there were four
years ago and as there will be again
in the republican convention, with inevit
able charges and countercharges of bias
or favoritism or so-called steam-roller
methods, this particular function of the
committee takes on altogether dispro
portionate magnitude in the public mind.
In point of fact, passing on contests
constitutes but an incidental part of the
committee's work, which would be al
together eliminated if the party machin
ery in the various states and territories
were in a normal condition of stable
equilibrium, But the provisional deter
mination of the contests arouses an in
terest that Justifies an attempt to ans
wer the question of the how, why and
wherefore of the national Committee.
PartleaFollowOnePlan. '
. It Just happens that in the makeup oft
their national committees the two great
parties follow one and the same plan.
The committee comprises one member
from' each state, territory and insular
possession. In numbers therefore it
varies, Just now counting up fifty-three,
exclusive of officers, who are not neces
sarily members. This formation' of the
committee dates from the inception
of the national convention system. Copy
ing the custom of the party organization
in the separate states, the first conven
tions saw the need of a permanent body
or duly accredited representatives au
thorized to act for the party in the inter
vals between the sittings of successive
conventions which are supposed to be in
possession of plenary power, such per
manent body exercising delegated au
thority within specific and specified limi
tations. The Immediate purpose was to
take charge , and conduct the campaign
for the presidential ticket Just put in the
field, which explains why it was origin
ally called the National' Executive com
mittee. " It was perfectly natural, too, in
those days when states rights Ideas were
dominant, that the equality of the states
should be recognized, and the committee
made up from one member of each state
chosen on recommendation of the dele
gates present from that state. When the
territories were accorded a voice in the
nominating conventions, 1 they likewise
acquired representation in the national
committee, and the same is true with
reference to the much later advent of the
insular possessions. Whether, this equal
representation plan is good or bad, war-.
ranted or unwarranted, I do not venture
to discuss; strong arguments can be ad
duced for and against It; It is a fact
only that I wish here to recite.
Creator of tbe Convention.
Let it be understood, then, that the j
national committee- in each political
party Is the creature of the convention;
that the convention prescribes the num
ber of members, how they shall be
chosen, what powers they may exercise,
and imposes duties to perform. The
charter or fundamental law of the com
mittee, then, is to be found in the resolu
tion, or rather in the rules adopted by
each succeeding convention. Reverting
to the convention proceedings, taking the
republican convention as the type merely
because it goes more into detail, we find
these salient points:
Its Part In Campaigns.
XII A republican national committee
shall be appointed to consist of one mem
ber from each state, territory, Alaska,
the District of Columbia, Porto Rico and
the Philippine Islands. The roll shall
be called and the delegation from each
state, territory, Aaska, the District of
Columbia, Porto Rico and the Philippine
Islands shall name, through its chairman,
a person who shall act as member of said
committee. Such committee shall issue
the call for the meeting of the national
convention within sixty days at least be
fore the time fixed for said meeting and
delegates to the national convention shall
be chosen in such manner as the national
committee shall provide. An alternate
delegate for each delegate to the national
convention, to act in case of the absence
of the delegate shall be elected in the
same manner and at the same time as
the elegate is elected. Twenty days
before the day set for the meeting of the
national convention the credentials of
each delegate and alternate shall be for
warded to the secretary of the natfonal
com'mittee for use In making up the tem
porary roll of the convention. Notices
of contests shall be forwarded' in the
same manner and within the same limit
of time. And when the convention shall
have assembled and the committee on
credentials shall have been appointed, the
secretary of the national committee shall
deliver to the said committee on creden
tials all credentials and , other papers
forwarded under this rule.
XIII The republican national commit
tee is authorized and empowered to select
an executive committee to consist of nine
members, who may not be members of
the national committee.
Between Times.
For several .months after its creation
the national committee is actively en
gaged in the management of the cam
paign. Yet here attention is devoted ex
clusively to the national standard-bearers,
although In close co-operation with the
state committees and other constituent
party organizations, but leaving to them
the untrammeled direction of matters
relating to candidates within their res
pective Jurisdictions. The national com
mittees do not take within their pur
view the election even of congressmen or
senators, another ' set of committees,
known as the national congressional com
mittee, being charged with this special
province. The actual planning and exe
cution of campaign plans really goes to
a still smaller body consisting of the
chairman and his executive committee,
and the other members of the committee
for tho most part confine their labors to
their own states for which each Is usually
the medium of communication and Inter
relation for the national body with state
organizations. - .
. rlmm for Sext Convention.
The presidential election copcludes the
work of the natioral committee as a
campaign committee, unless, Indeed, as
in 1876, follow-up measures to insure
fruition of a victory are needed, in which
event the inauguration and Installation of
the president wouli
point. After thAJ..
.viee, . as
such, lapses into a i v V
inanition for
almost four years, v ; -not mean to say
that the members of the committee be
come individually functus officio, for they
are expected to keep in touch with the
party in their states, and in some in
stances, notably in the south, wherever
official party representatives are wanting
they serve as advisors to the president in
the distribution of patronage. Such con
sultation, however, is by -courtesy, and
not by right; whatever may have been
done in years gone by, the committee as
such does not now undertake to award
patronage or exert the slightest pressure
upon the candidates after they enter
office.
The national committee has its next
function to perform when preparations
must be made , for nominating another
presidential - ticket. The committee le
convened about six months in advance of
the customary convention time to formu
late and promulgate the convention call.
-Generally rivalry is precipitated over the
selection of the convention city and the
fixing of the convention date, the other
feature of the call necessarily conform
ing to the conditions laid down by the
preceding convention, The laws recently
enacted by various state legislatures de
signed to modify the whole convention
system In some of Its) vital points
and to subject presidential nominations
to primary ' preference votes, have intro
duced complicating factors-which prom
ise to force still further changes, if they
do not eventually supplant the conven
tion altogether with some new piece of
nominating machinery. It 'fa enough
merely to remark that the formulation of
a call avoiding conflict with ..these many
divergent laws, and at the same time pro
tecting the integrity of the party, is a
delicate and difficult task,' and becoming
more so all the time. The physical ar
rangements for the convention are de
volved upon a subcommittee, which su
pervises equipment of the hall, provides
the badges and tickets, engages the em
ployes, ' selects temporary offices, re
strains the rapacity of hotel keepers,' and
holds the convention city to the terms of
its invitation. ; v -v -
Control of the Convention.
The preparation of the temporary roll
of convention delegates is, then, the last
work of the national committee in its
four years' cycle. It goes without say
ing that if a convention is to be an or
derly assemblage for the transaction of
serious business, rather than a mere mass
meeting or a mob gathering It must Jjave
a fixed membership, and that while the
convention, like other representative
bodies, is the final Judge of the qualifica
tions and credentials of its delegates, a
temporary roll is a practical necessity and
the national committee the only tribunal
provided to do the work. The contest
cases are conducted on the nature of
quasi-Judicial trials at least they were
for ; the republican convention of four
years ago, and doubtless will be- again
this year with opportunity to all aides
to present evidence and argument.
Stress is, of course, laid on compliance
with the call, upon party regularity, upon
free and untrammeled participation by
the rank and file without race discrimina
tion, upon charges of fraud, Intimidation
or violence. It is, of bourse, the privi
lege of any defeated contestant to appeal
to the convention to reverse the decision
of the committee. Along this line the
most important reversal, on record was
the seating of the previously rejected
Bryan delegation in the Chicago conven
tion In 1896, without which the "cross-of-gold"
speech would never have been
made to win the nomination for its ora
tor. The common impression is that it
is the political conditions prevailing in
the south that alone produce the con
tests, but this is only partially true. Con
tests come up from the north, too, to
plague both democrats and republicans.
There are' real contests legitimately
waged, and faked contests shrewdly set
up or a purpose, and somebody must
sift them out and pass upon them. Or
dinarily the temporary roll as made up
by the national committee' is accepted
unchanged by the convention as the per
manent roll. Four years ago the repub
licans were confronted -with the largest
number of seats ever contested, but not
a delegate declared by the national com
mittee to be entitled to sit was later de
prived of his place, although In quite
a few cases the- conflicting and contra
dictory evidence might have Justified a
finding el&er way. , . " ,.
Qaestio nof Permanency, '
As already , indicated, the ' national
committee has no feature - of perma
nency, but is succeeded every four years
by a newly constituted committee. It
would be desirable to have an overlap
ping tenure similar to that of the sen
ate, but this permanency is secured by
retention of members for repeated terms;
for here, as 'in other public service, ex
perience and familiarity with the duties
count for much. State and national
legislation is fast encroaching on the law
and customs of our political parties, but
so long as. we adhere to party govern
ment our national committees, or some
similarly empowereu bodies, must be
constituted to serve for their respective
parties as the administrative authority
in the nation for the larger and"1 less com
pact organization, Just as do the state
and local committees In the state and
smaller areas. '
WAY BEING CLEARED FOR BIG
LOAN TO CHINA BY POWERS
WASHINGTON, , June 2.-Although
rnther reluctant to discuss details of the
negotiations fer the $50,000,000 loan by
representatives of the six powers to
China, In advance of a conclusion. State
department officials today admitted there
were Indications that the hitch that
had been experienced owing to tbe ob
jections advanced by Russia and Japan
was about to be overcome.
' y S$$Ov you're NO P&ESIOENTlAL pm
From the Minneapolis Journal.
AVIATOR PARMALEE KILLED
"Safest" American' Aviator Refuses
to Heed Warnings. ,
HI- f,
FUNERAL OF .WRIGHT IS HELD
All Industry Stop In Dayton During;
,Tlaie . tae Church, Services Are
Vnder Way Ceremony
Is Private.
NORTn YAKIMA. Wash., June 2.
Wlth a smile and a wave of his hand to
the thousands who watched him, Philip
O. Parmalee, until recently one of the
Wright aviators, took the air in the teeth
of a wind here yesterday. Three
minutes later, his broken and life
less body was dragged from beneath the
wreckage of his biplane in an apple
orchard in the lower end of the Moxee
valley, two miles from his starting point.
The exact cause of the disaster that
plunged him to his death probably never
will be known.
. As he rose from before the grand
stand at the fair grounds, Parmalee
swung to the west over the Yakima
river. He rose to a height of about 400
feet and his speed increased to almost
a mile a minute, although it was noticed
that his plane dipped and rolled and
seemed to be controlled with difficulty.
When he had gone about two miles
from the fair grounds he swung In a
wide circle to the eastward for the re
turn Journey.
As he squared away before the wind,
the great plane checked in its course,
fluttered a second like a wounded bird
and plunged below tr.e line of trees.
It ' is thought by Parmalee's mechani
cians that a sudden gust from' one of
the draws, or small canyons, that notch
the sides of the Moxee valley, struck the
machine and rendered the elevating
planes unmanageable.
The body . of the unfortunate aviator
was dragged from beneath the wreckage
of the machine by farmers who were
working in the orchard, but his skull
was fractured and he must have died' In
stantly. ' .
Among the first to reach the scene
of tbe disaster from the fair grounds was
Miss C. K Turpln, a sister of J. Clifford
Turpln, his brother aviator. Almost hys
terical from grief, she gathered his
broken body in her arms insisting franti
cally that, he was not dead. Even after
the body had , been examined by physi
cians, she insisted that a spark of life
remained, and demanded that efforts be
made to resuscitate him.
' "You remember how it was with
Hamilton," sen repeated over and over
again. She refused to leave the body
until It was necessary to turn it over
to the undertakers. .
Before he prepared for his last flight,
Parmalee was urged to postpone the exhi
bition, at least until the wind quieted,
but he laughted at the persistent and
fatal misfortune that previously had
dogged the Wrights and their aviators,
Mrs. Turpln, mother of Parmalee's fel
low aviator, who was injured in an acci
dent at Seattle Thursday in which two
spectators were killed, had accompanied
Parmalee to North Yakima and notified
his father at Los Angeles. J. Clifford
Turpln is expected to arrive from Seattle
tonight to take charge of the body.
, Parmalee was regarded by experts as
the "safest" of American aviators, as well
as the most successful financially of those
employed by the Wrights. He was said
to have earned 1187,000 for the Wright
brothers during the year 1911, and he quit
their employ only a few weeks ago.
In Chicago last August Parmalee estab
lished a world's altitude record, flying to
a height of 10.600 feet, but the record was
broken on the succeeding day by Lincoln
Beachey.
, Body of Wright Hurled.
DAYTON, O.. Juts 2.-Wilbur Wright
wag burled Saturday after the body
(Continued on Second Page.)
No Cause for Such Aqtion,
Seven Americans,
Castaway on Isle,
Victims of Wreck
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile, June. 2,-The
government has sent a warship to search
for' a party of American castaways. This
action is in response to a note in a bottle,
found on the beach, ' saying that an
American . steamer, the name of which
was badly blurred, but might be de
ciphered as Vlrgenes, had been -wrecked
off Cape Horn. .. " . .
"There are Beven of us on an islet,;'
says the note,"'' "with provisions for one
month. We have a boat, but are afraid
of cannibals. Send help; our government
will pay." ", ' ,
Commissions Held t
Not Subject to Duty
WASHINGTON, June 2. Commissions
paid on account of goods purchased
abroad are not dutiable. The United
States customs court of 'appeals so de
cided v this Important question today
against the government. '
The' contention of Importers that com
missions were not dutiable was vigorously
fought by the Treasury department.
The Issue was decided on an Importation
of cotton and worsted from England by
George J, Bauer. An agent of the im
porter was passed a commission of 2
per cent in connection with the purchase,
his duty conaistlnR primarily of compar
ing samples of goods ordered with those
tendered for delivery.
QUEEN WILHELMINA GIVEN
WARM WELCOME IN PARIS
PABI9, June 2. Queen- Wllhelmlna of
the Netherlands and the prince consor
arrived here today for a three days' offi
cial visit. They were greeted by a great
crowd at the railroad station and cneer,l
as they drove through lines'-of troops
to the Foreign office, where they wlll
stay. A banquet given In honor of the
royal visitors this evening by President
Fallleres at the Elysee palace was fol
lowed , by a gala performance at the
opera.
VIENNA. June 2.-Klng Ferdinand and
Queen Eleanore of. Bulgaria nd their
two sons arrived here this evening and
were welcomed at the station by Em
peror Francis Joseph, Archduke Franz
Ferdinand and other dignitaries.
WIZI, FAMOUS LEADER OF
CROW TRIBE, IS DEAD
SIOUX FALLS, & D., June 2.-(Spe-clal.)
At his home on the Crow Creek
reservation, in central South Dakota, oc
curred the death of WIzl (pronounced
Wezze), one of the most prominent of
the older Sioux Indians of the state. He
we 81 years of age, and since a young
man always had taken a prominent
part In the affairs of his people. He was
a leading figure in conferences between
his people and representatives of the na
tional government, when the policy of
securing tbe surrender of surplus In
dian lands was Inaugurated, so the lands
could be opened to white settlement. For
thirty-five years WIzl had been a mem
ber of a church denomination, and dur
ing turbulent times on the frontier was
a tried and true friend of the whites.
B0URKE OF SCHOOL BOARD
MAY RESIGN THS EVENING
It Is probable that W. T. Bourke,
chnlrman of the teachers committee of
the board of education, will hand In his
resignation at 'the meeting of tho board
this evening. He will resign to compete
with J. F. Burgess for election to the
secretaryship, .
ROOSEVELT PLANS CAMPAIGN
Organization of Forces of T. R. Will
Be Effected. '
MAY DROP FIGHT AGAINST ROOT
8ace of Sagamore Hill Saya Will Go
to-' Chicago .. If Emergennji - In
' Shape of Unfair Play
Sbonld Arise.
OYSTER r BAY, N- J., June l.-The
Roosevelt line of battle for the repub
lican national convention was formed yes
terday. ! :
At a "council of war" at --Sagamore
Hill, which lasted most of the day, there
was mapped out a campaign which It U
hoped will result In the capture of th
convention. '
' The first step is to be the organization
of the Roosevelt forces throughout the
country. It is planned to send to Chi
cago a week or so in advance of the Con
vention an executive committee from
every state In which Roosevelt delegate!
have been elected or In which there is a
contest. By this method It is expected
to mobilize and drill an organization
which wilt act as a unit on every matter
which comes before the convention.,
As a part of this plan the Roosevelt
delegates In every part of the country
will be canvassed as to their views on
the temporary chairmanship that a
harmonious agreement may be reached.
Although Colonel Roosevelt had decided
to opoose the selection of Senator Root
and . had asked Governor Hadley of Mis
souri to be his candidate for the place,
he indicated today that he would walvt
his objections if it seemed wiser to his
supporters to reserve their fire for the
more important contests.'
May Go to Chicago
Whether Colonel Roosevelt will go to
Chicago to lead the fight in person 13
nowan open question. The colonel vir
tually served notice on his opponents
that under certain circumstances , he
might go. He said he did not intend to
go "unless some grave emergency In the
shape of unfair play should arise."- ",
"If there Is unfair play I may' show
up," he said to Robert McCorralck of
Chicago, one of his visitors today.
Two other points were agreed upon.
Every effort it to be made to have the
hearings before the national committee
to settle contests for Beau held publicly
and the Roosevelt supporters will fight to
secure what they term an equal dis
tribution of tickets. Colonel Roosevelt
said he had been told that some of his
delegates felt that the action of the na
tional committee "indicated a deliberate
purpose to use 10,000 or 12,000 tickets to
stuff the gallery with ahouters who will
try by clamor to overawe the conven
tion." . k , '
The men who conferred with Colonel
Roosevelt today in regard to these plans
represented the Roosevelt delegates from
Illinois, Maine and North Carolina. Sen
ator Dixon, Colonel Roosevelt's campaign
manager. Is expected here shortly to go
over the program. j
The Illinois delegation numbered four
teen and was piloted by Alexander H.
Revellpf Chicago, chairman ' of the
Roosevelt national committee, and Medlll
McCormlck of Chicago, Senator Dixon's
right hand man.
From Maine came Colonel Fred Hale
and Morrill Drew of Portland. S. S. Mc
Nleh was 'the representative of North
Carolina. All said they assured the
colonel the delegations from their states
were solidly for him.
The plan for organization of an execu
tive committee In every state was
presented by the Illinois delegation. It
met with the, enthusiastic approval of
the former president.
"I heartily airove of It" he said. "I
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POLK COONTi TO
DECIDE FIGHT
Notable Contest Between Young and
Kenyon in Iowa Primary Has
Climax Today.
EDITOR'S FRIENDS SEE VICTORY
Holden, Clark and Proadfaot Ask
Nomination for Governor.
ROOT OPPOSED BY WISCONSIN
McGovern . Answers Telegram
Barnes of New York.
of
FIRST TEST TO BE ON HOWELL
Roosevelt Managers Prepared to Vna
Every Means to Seat Supporter,
on Committee Before C'oiv
tests Are Heard.
' " ; '.
DCS MOINES, la., June 3.-Interest In
the statewide primaries to be held to
morrow centered tonight in the contest
between United States Senator W. S.
Kenyon and former Senator Lafayette '
Lafayette Young, with the situation even
more complex than It has been.' Man
agers of both the candidates werx -equally
insistent in their claims of vic
tory, v h :
Leaders of both factions were agreed ,
that the real battle would come in De
Moines and Polk county, and that who
ever won the majority here would carry
the state, Lafe Young, Jr., son of the
former senator, said: "If we carry Polk
county we will carry the state. Then ho
added, "If we break even in Polk county
we will carry the state.".
The Seventh district, In . which Des
Moines and Polk county are located, is
said to be Cummins' territory, and the
appearance of Senator Cummins . at a
mass meeting here last night is counted
on by the Kenyon forces to give them
the majority in, the district
The republican nomination for governor
Is sought by three candidates, George W.
Clark, a present lieutenant governor,
Perry tl. Holden, ' formerly of Ames
Agricultural college, and State Senator'
A. V. Proud foot of Indianola. Little in
terest Is being shown in the congres
sional situation, except in one or two
districts where opposition has developed
to the present Incumbents who are seek
ing renomtnatlon. '
Democrats, at tomorrow's primaries,
will make their choice for governor be
tween E. G. Dunn of Mason City and
John T. Hamilton of Cedar Rapids. Full
state, county and township tickets are to '
be named by all of the parties.
Refuse to Support Root.
MADISON, , Wis., June X-Govewor
Francis McGovern of .Wisconsin, chair
man of the Wisconsin delegation to the
republican national convention, In a tele
gram today answering an appeal by Wil
liam Barnes, Jr., of New York, refused
the support of Wisconsin for Senator
Elihu Root as temporary chairman of the
convention. Governor McGovern' s reply
said Senator Root represented "political
views and methods that should not? be
sanctioned at the Chicago convention,"
and that Root's selection would invito
defeat In November.
In a telegram to the governor, Mr.
Barnes had sought the support of the
twenty-six JWlsconsln delegates, all of
whom had been pledged to Senator La
Follette's presidential candidacy, Mr.
Barnes declared the contest to be "the
most serious one which has afflicted the
republican party .and that the attempt to
nominate Mr. Roosevelt can lead only to
difaster."; r "-. ; ' . ' '
CHICAGO, June 2. Friends of Colonel
Roosevelt announced today that the first
real test of strength between their candi
date and President Taft will commence
Thursday, when H. B. Howell of Omaha,
national ' republican committeeman-elect
from Nebraska, will demand to be seated'
as the successor' of Victor Rosewater, act
ing chairman of the national republican
committee, prior to the hearing of con
tests by that body.
The Roosevelt managers are prepared
to make a determined fight to have Mr.
Howell seated, and if they succeed they
will demand that Borden D. Whiting of
New Jersey, Thomas K. Nledrlnghaus of
Missouri, and other national committee-men-elect
chosen either by direct primary
or state convention, be seated. ,
By this mans they desire to control the
national committee.
Harry S. New, chairman of the sub
committee on arrangements for vhe con
vention, declined to discuss the plans of
the Roosevelt leaders, but Intimated that
he believed the national committee would
not seat Mr. Howell or any other of the'
commttteemen-elect until after - the ad
journment of the convention.1
He also expressed tlie opinion that the
national committee would approve the
selection of Senator Root as temporary
chairman and endorse the plan adopted
for the distribution of seats. ' '
YOUNG RECEIVES AN OVATIOX
Holds Big Meeting at Des Mfclucs to
Close Campaign.
DES MOINES, June 2.-(SpccIaI eTle
grom.) Lafayette Young was given a tes
timonial of home appreciation last night
Hunting for a house
bargain? Want to sell
your house quick?
You can easily satisfy '
either wish by inserting
a small ad in the classi
fied section of The Bee,
under the heading of
"Real Estate Wanted,"
or "Real Estate For
Sale." This is the
quickest and most eco
nomical way to sell "or
buy, The Bee is the
real bargain center of
Omaha.
Tyler 1000