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i I Mk . VOL 49 NO. 288. km The -Omaha Daily Bee faterM mmi-cIu Miter Mir tt, ltd. t OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920. R Mill II ntrl. llliM 4HI ZM. Dili H . Dally Only, TWO CENTS on-nma omaba and atm ou, Buurrs. rivi cams r. o. Mr Mi ! tn s. iwa. UMd 41k Zwn (I jrur). Dtllr SuXty. lit; Dill Only, : I2 $aiy Oily. U. fo) o) I? ' ! : 1 v.. 7? ;Si m -i I? . HPGRDUPS IS OUTLAWED AFTER FIGHT Regular Delegations From Lancaster and Douglas Counties Are Seated' in Dem ocratic State Convention. HITCHCOCK AND BaYAN, ON RESOLUTIONS BOARD Charges of Republican Boss ism and Pernicious Activity I Of Wets Enliven "Secret" I. session wamen bpeaK. t At the close of the afternoon's session of the democratic state con .yentiion yesterday, the temporary or lanizyition was made permanent and tie following resolutions committee bs rifemed: ' G. M. Hitchcock, 10uglas C. W. Bryan,- Lancaster; Daj Stephens. Dodge; Charles G. RyH, Hall;-Keith Neville, Lincoln; Tohn( A. iRine, Douglas; Con Mc Carthy York.- Aftcft a Spirited hearing over the contestM delegations from Doug las and vLaitaaster, the credentials Committed Reported unanimously that the VontTstants in both cases had been eyerr-uled and that delega tions elected hy the county con ventions held oi May 11, should be seated. This meant the seating of the Bryan elegation from Lan caster and he Mullen-Hitchcock delegation froqi Douglas. The mem bers of the credentials committee were: Dan Kvaisaugh, Jefferson; Frank J. Taylof. 'Howard; Franz C. . Radke. Cedar; F- J. Munday, Web ster; Emil Placed. Saunders. Hold Noiy Session. The following offers of the tem porary organization of the conven tion were made pernent: A. C. Shallengerger, chairman; Katheryn Laughlin o Kearney.V secretary; A. P. Sprague o York, asS'&ant secre tary. ;, ; , . The hearirig o the Di?"felas and Lancaster contests beore tfte creden tials committee, behind tlt scenes o the Auditorium stags, wa! more a show than the main attraction Roing on in ront The contestants becae so loud at times . that Mrs. NT. J. Boyle o Lincoln, one o the speakers beore the convention, an nounced that she believed she would have to abandon her eorts to be heard. About Anti-Saloon Element. ' ' Douglas county came to oat irst beore the committee with Lysle I. Abbott, Harland L. Mossman, I. J. Dunn, E. E. Thomas, T. B. Mur ray. Mrs. E. B. Towel. Mrs. H. J. Bailey and Mrs. Jennie Callas as the protestants. Mr. Abbott opened by making general objections to the Mullen-Hitchcodc delegation. Ar thur F. Mullen, national committee man, asserted that some p the com plaining deocrats were appointees o republican-controlled city admini stration and that Elmer Thomas was the hired man o the Anti-Saloon league and he added that the com- plaintants were under the domina tion o "Bill" Ure "We represent the democracy of Omaha," Mf. Mullen informed the committee, whereup Helene Bixby, membef of the dry democrats, arose and said: ; "Why Not Wet Delegates?" "Mr. Mullen tells you merely how he saw it, I saw it, too. I was at that county convention and Em ma Nelson sat beside me and she told me they were framing on her. I voice the sentiment of the right minded women of Omaha. Why should they go to illegal means and seat only the wet delegates? I "will tell you the funny side of the county convention they held here. The credentials committee was either conscience stricken or they used camouflage, because they were out only half an hour and they brought in a typewritten list and I did not see any typewriter there. "Did you attend the county con vention here?" asked Mr. Placek of the committee. "Well. I guess, I sat in the front row," Miss Bixby quickly replied. Engage in Hot Repartee. "Didn't you campaign for a re publican before the primary?" asked C. F. Bossi,e. , "I no more campaigned for a re publican than you are a bolshevik. You utter a defiebrate falsehood and you think you can get away with it,' was the spirited rejoinder. kfr. Mossman denied the Bill Ure efty hall domination and Mr. Thomas asserted that he is not a yellow dog democrat and, that he will not be ruled by Mullen. The Lancaster county contest be fore the committee resulted ih drag ging out of democratic skeletons and aa.indulger.ee in many personalities. Among the central figures in this ''hearing were C W. Bryan, chairman of the so-called regular delegation, which won over F. C. J. Campbell, secretary of the state central eorti mittee, and J. S. McCarty, member ' the state committee from Lan caster county. Seating of Delegates. Sterling F. Mutz, chairman of the Lancaster county central committee, and Clarence Harmon of Lincoln urged the credentials committee to recognize the' Byran delegation. 1 he Protestants in this hearing were the leaders of a rump convention which Rump Faction Leader 'Breaks With His Wife, Who Sides With Bryan One of the most striking human interest sidelights of the demo cratic convention yesterday after noon was the action of J. S. Mc Carty of Lincoln, appearing be fore the credentials committee in an efforts to unseat his wife, who was a member of the Bryan dele gation from Lancaster county. Mr. McCarty was a member of the rump convention, which was held at Lin'coln Monday after noon. In fact, he was one of the seven men who called that con vention and in that capacity he was one of the leading protestants before the credentials committee to contest the seats of the Bryan delegation. , Seated a few feet from him was his wife, who was with the Bryan delegates from Lancaster, having been regularly elected by the Lan caster county convention which was held on May 11. Mr. McCarty, who also is a member of the state democratic central committee, made a stron 'rilea against what he asserted was the illegal manner in which the Bryan delegation was named. If hevhad won his wife would have los her seat in the convention-. Mr. McCarty lost and his wife won! IMMIGRATION LAW NEEDS CHANGE TO IMPORT LABORERS ; Temporary Modification Urged By Senator Edge to Relieve Shortage in Industries. New York, May 18. Temporary modification of the immigration laws to permit an influx of desirable immigrants to meet America's labor shortage, was urged here today by United States Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey in an address before the National Manufacturers' association. He also advocated a process of Americanization to pre vent new immigrants from falling under the spell of "worldwide an archists and bolshevists." Reds Capture Immigrants. " Quoting" Cmmissioner...i Jmmi-I. gration Caminetti as stating mat me radicals have " a wonoertui organiza tion for capturing each immigrant, almost at the moment of landing, and bringing him under their in fluences," the senator said that less than six weeks is needed to prepare "his mind for welcome reception of communist doctrines." America needs common labor in all of its industrial fields, Senator Edge declared, adding that "indus tries of all kinds are handicapped and in some instances almost crip pled" by the shortage of workers. Would Not Affect Wages. There need be no fear of immi grant labor lowering the American wage scale, Senator Edge asserted, adding that "it seems more likely that these newcomers quickly will be enlisted in the ranks of those who periodically demand higher and still higher wages, without regard to the stimulating effect on the high cost of living or the welfaje of the mil lions of citizens not combined to coerce employers into frequently advancing their pay." ' Costa Rican Bride Of Rich American Suing for Divorce Chicago Tribane-Omsha BVe Lenud Wire. Aurora, 111., May 18. Herbert F. Crane of St. Charles, III., wealthy clubman, who is beine sued for sep- ! arate maintenance by the beautiful voung wife he carried off from Costa Rica, must answer charges of infidel ity made in his wife's bill, even though she admits she cannot name the woman, Judge Slusser ruled in the Kane county circuit court at Geneva today. The court overruled 22 of 25 exceptions Crane made to his bill. Crane insisted that the ac cusations were trivial, her complaint that her husband would not let her dance or drink coffee and that he divided the house into locked and barred apartments, denying her en trance to his rooms, will have to be replied, to by the husband June 1. While Judge Slusser was hearing arguments of the attorneys in cham bers, Mrs. Crane was a few blocks away at the Colonial hospital watch ing over her 18-months-old son, Antonio Rafael Crane, who has been seriously ill. Prohibitionists in Convention Favor League If Amended Lincoln. Neb.. May 18. Prohibi tionists in state convention here to- dav adooted a olatform favoring the league of nations "with such reser vations as will safeguard legitimate American interests." Other planks in the platform dis approve use of tobacco by youths under 18 and oppose Sunday amuse ments. ( Nineteen delegates' and a like number of alternates to the party's national convention here July 21 were named, along with a new state central committee, of which J. A. Murray of University Place was re elected chairman. A committee to have charge of arrangements for the national pointed conv.enti V) FLOOD CREST IN MISSOURI IS RECEDING Water Gradually Returning to Normal, Although Cartel! Lake Is Rising Federal Bureau Reports Decline.. HIGHEST IN TEN YEARS; SIMILAR TO 1881 FLOOD Farms and Truck Gardens Heaviest Suffereit. Rail road Yards Inundated Fam ilies in District All Escape. The crest of the floor over the bot tom lands of north and east Onwha has fallen. Though the waters are receding gradually, Carter lake is rising at the rate of an inch and a half an hour. The main inlet of the flood waters is through the dredged chan nel near Larson's landing. Reports from the federal weather bureau indicate the river has fallen several inches since noon yesterday. Highest in 10 Years. The flood was the highest in 10 years, L. A. welsh, head ot the fed eral 'weather bureau said. It is a repetition of the disastrous flood of 1881 pioneer residents state. The sudden bursting of the Wil low creek dam, north of Carter lake and west of the county road, at 11 o clock Monday night, caused the most damage. The quickly . rising waters over hundreds of acres of bottom farm and truck garden lands soon ran in channels toward Carter lake. A general alarm for escape from possible overflow of water into the Carter Lake club, was sounded at midnight Monday. Families in cottages at the club remained awake the rest of the night for fear of the surging waters. Rises During Day. A gradual ' rise was- notieed all day. Willow land bordering the north shore of the lake is complete ly' submerged. The Lake Shore boulevard was inundated at points'. The Fowler avenue bridge over the channel leading to Carter lake was threatened with destruction all yesterday. Municipal employes re inforced the bridge with sand bags and rocks. A railroad bridge over the channel was washed away. Farm Lands Suffer. The most serious damage was done to farm lands between Carter (Continned on Tuge Two, Colnmn Four.) COUNCIL PLANS DIKE PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODS Appeal for Aid to Battle Mis souri River at Omaha Sent Washington. Protection of Omaha residents against intermittent npods from overflowing of f lorence lake was advocated 'by city commissioners yesterday during a discussion of conditions resulting from inlnuation during the last three days of wide areas in the northern and eastern sections of the city. Threatened loss of life, great in convenience to flood-marooned fami lies and thousands of dollars of property damage have resulted from the overflow during April and the flood of the last few days, commis sioners asserted. "Damage to gardens alone in the flooded area will amount to thou sands of dollars," Commissioner Butler asserted. Commissioners " believe adequate protection can be provided by build ing dikes of sufficient strength and height at Florence lake. The flood ing of North Omaha lowlands, they point out, is inevitable each time Missouri river currents break through the present weakened atid inadequate dikes at the lake. , , They propose to obtain both gov ernment and county co-operation in obtaining the needed projection. A special committee, headed by Mayor Smith, was to appeal to United States Senator Hitchcock to day to secure his aid in. presenting the proposed improvement at Wash ington. Senator Hitchcock also was to be invited to be present Thursday at a "joint flood conference between City council members and Douglas county commissioners. ' Unless government ajd is ob tained, the proposed reinforced dikes would have to be built from county funds,' swelled by whatever volun tary financial support Omaha resi dents were willing to offer. Red Cross Seeks Relatives Of Man Kflled by Fall Janesville, Wis., May 18. The local Red Cross sent telegrams to several parts of the country seeking relatives of Earl O. Balland, who was killed here by a fall His dis charge papers show he enlisted in Denver, Colo., in March, 1917, and served in this country until Decem ber 11, 1919, receiving his discharge at Fort Leavenworth. Nothing 1 Listening in on the Party Line $ jlTf? STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO HAVE 6 6 MEMBERS Republicans Vote to , Double Size of Body to Permit Woman Wiember From Each. District. Lincoln, Neb.. May 18. (Special Telegram.) Unless the law forbids there will be. 66 members of the re publican state committee instead of 33. The state convention authorized the doubling of the committee to day in order to permit the selection of one' man and one woman from each senatorial district. When doubt was expressed as to the legality of the increase the convention directed that, if the increase be impossible, the women act as an advisory com mittee. ' . Douglas -county, having five mem bers, named two womrn and three men as its quota of the main com mittee. It named three additional men and two women as its addition al representation if the committee be increased. The preferred five on the Dduglas county list were Robert Smith, Clin ton Brome, T. J. McGuire, Mrs. Draper Smith ahd Mrs. Z. T. Lind sey. The second five were Mrs. Frank Carmicheal, Mrs. John N. Baldwin, Mrs. W. N. Berry and Amos Thomas. The following are the men elected to the state committee from outside of Omaha: C. B. Thompson, Alden; H. A. Snyder, Plattsmouth; F. Dav idson, Springfield; T. L. Matthews, Fremont; E. A. Wiltz, Pender; F. O. Robinson, Hartington; George Will iams, Albion; James Ualik, Powells; C. N. McElfresh, Columbus; E. G. Hall, David City; W. W. Scott, Be atrice; H. L. Boyes, Hebron; A. N. Dodson, Wilbur; Arthur W. Thomp son, York; W. F. Paul, St. Paul; Charles H. Epperson, jr., Cay Cen ter; Howard S. Foe, Red Cloud; R, H. Rankin, Cambridge; O. G. Smith, Kearney; T. W. Bass, Broken Bow; R. H. Harris, Lynch; S. M. Souders, North Platte; A. Galusha, McCook; F. L. Hus, Wayne; E. E. Richards, Bayard; W. R. Harper, Alliance; Jack Mathews and E. P. Corrick of Lincoln. Followirfg the the auxiliary com mittee members: Miss May Mattox. Falls Fity; Mrs. A. P. Ginn, Nebraska City.; Miss C. Cook, Wahoo; Mrs. I.. O. King, Blair; Mrs. F. O. Hopkins, Oakland; Mrs. C B. Brand, Pierce; Miss Fannie Debow, Coleridge; Mrs. E. B. Penny, Fullerton; Mrs. Gene Whitney, Norfolk; Mrs. John .Tungue, Stromsburg; Miss Helen Ross, Beaver Crossing; Mrs. H. M. Bushnell and Mrs. Anna M. Chap burn, Lincoln; Mrs. J. D. Cpngdon, Pawnee City; Miss Grace Bee, Fair bury; Mrs. Nellie. Nichols, Fair mont; Mrs. Belle C. Doremus; Au rora; Mrs. Roy Kingsburg, Grand Island; Miss Stta Cayton, Hastings; Mrs. Emily Buerkle, Franklin; Mrs. Amanda Peterson, Bertrand; Miss Eva Larson, "Axtell; Mrs. Peterson Mortenson, Ord; Mrs. Olive McKee, Atkinsont Mrs. Anna Lautzenheiser, Gothenburg; Miss Elizabeth Burke, Imperial: Mrs. A. C. Brown, Mina tare, and Miss Elizabeth L. Smith, Chadron. ' Senate Speeding Up. Washington, May 18. In, an ef fort to prepare for a recess or ad journment of congress by June S the senate will meet aa hour earlier daily. hcrejf.tet SLAYER OF WIFE AND BABIES KILLS HIMSELF ON GRAVE Harley Beasley of Webster City, Iowa, Commits Sui cide in Illinois. Greenville, 111,, May 18. Harley O. Beasley, 25 . years old, alleged murderer of his wife and two boy babies,1 Tuesday committed suicide over his wife's grave in Bethle hem cemetery three miles east of here. Beasley shot himself in the right temple. w Beasley had been hunted by about 30 possemen . almost continuously since last Friday. A woods near here had been combed twice, but Beasley was not found. Shortly before noon he emerged from the woods, accompanied by his brother, Demar, and visited the graves of his wife and two sons. His eyes became tear-dimmed, his brother said, and before he could be restrained he had drawn a revolver from his' pocket, and kneeling at the graveside, pulled the trigger. Two farmers were working in a field nearby and rushed to the grave. "He died game.'i. the farmers quoted Delmar as saying, "he said the authorities would never get him alive." Delmar said he and his brother had been in the woods since , last Wednesday, although they knew the woods was being searched. Beasley was charged with having murdered his wife and babies in a pasture near Webster City, la., May 8, after failing to effect a reconcili ation with Mrs. Beasley, from whom he had been separated. Officials of Bond county said no charge would be placed against Del mar Beasley, as they felt satisfied he had no part in the crimes. Allies Counting On America's Help to Liquidate War Debt Paris, May 18. Co-operation by the United States is very largely counted upon by allied circles and particularly by the French for suc cess of the scheme of liquidation of war debts and reparations, the prin ciples of which were laid down -by Premiers Lloyd George and Mil lerand.at the recent conference in Hythe.x ' French official circles consider that the German bond issues on which the whole plan rests must largely be accepted by the United States in payment of French debts or the system will fail. Great Britain's acceptance of these bonds in payment of the debt of France also depends upon their acceptance by the United States. It was said today that suggestions vould be welcomed since the Hythe conference left all the details to be worked out by experts. Chicago Labor Leader Killed by Assassins Chicago, May 18. The latest vic tim of Chicago' labor feuds is John Kikulski, head . of the stock yards labor- council, who was today in a hospital suffering from wounds re garded as probably fatal, was beaten and shot; last night on his way home from a labor meeting. He named two other officials of the stock yards labor council as the men he thought were his assailants. Recent charges and counter-charges of embezzle ment were said to have caused bit terness among stock yards labor leaders and were hliwJ resoon sible for the attack) MEXICO TO NAME MAN TO SUCCEED CARRANZA MAY 2 Gov. De La Huerta Calls Con gress to Select Temporary' President Federal . .Troops Flee. Mexico City, May 13. (Delayed.) Full details of the conference held by the liberal revolutionary leaders at the national palace last night (May 12) reveal that Governor de la Huerta will call the congress into extraordinary session May 24 for naming a president ad interim. General Obregon was named by the conference as commander of the forces in northern Mexico and Gen eral Gonzales as commander in Mexico City and southern Mexico. All the leaders promised to ac cept the ad interim president chosen, whoever he might be. . Opposes Agua Prieta Plan. Mexico City, Tuesday, May 11, Via El Paso Junction, May 18. (By The Associated Press.) That he saw no reason for the plan of Agua Prieta, in which are embodied the aims of the new revolution, was the declaration made by General Pablo Gonzalez, in an exclusive in terview given to the Associated Press, which was the first granted by him to any foreign correspond ent. "General Obregon and I are hold ing daily conferences with a view to bringing aboutr a moral revolution against Carranza to a successful fin ish, without interrupting constitu tional order." General Gonzales said. Elections Will Be Regular. "With the legislature naming the president ad interim, the candidates for the presidency can pursue their campaigns, elections can be held successfully and the successful can didate legally can assume the pres idency and obtain the recognition of other nations. "Regarding my attitude toward the United States and other foreign nations, it has been fully set forth in my previous utterances, especially when I openly 'declared for the al lied powers when the German offen sive was at its height in 1917. Mexico City, May 14. Via Laredo Junction, May 18. Occupation of Monterey, Victoria and Zacatecas by the Liberal revolutionary forces was reported at headquarters of Gen. Gonzalez Thursday night. Gen. Humburto Barros entered Monterey, Gen. Juan Guerra took Victoria and Gen. Martin Triana captured Zacatecas, the report said. Generals Ricaut, Davilla, Santos coy, .Osuna, who have been hold ing the Monterey region for the Carranza government, are believed to be fleeing toward Matamoros with the intention of entering the United States. Gonzalez yesterday ordered military chiefs not to name new of ficials for collecting national funds of any government department He took this step, it was saidf to prevent payments to untrustworthy persons and avoid later claims by foreigners for indemnification. ' Bluebeard Begins Life Term In Prison at San Quentin San Quentin, , Cal., May 18. James P. Watson, confessed mur derer of nine women he married bigamously, arrived at the state pen itentiary here today to begin a life sentence, imposed on him in Los Angeles. . G. 0. FOR CAMPAIGN OF 1920 Knox Resolution for Immediate Peace Endorsed and Passage of Fordney Bonus Bill for Soldiers Favored Code Bill and Primary Changes Are Approved Support Pledged to Suffrage Proposal of State Con stitutional Convention. Lincoln, Neb., May 18. (Special Telegram.) Plan, and fearless words were used by the republican convention in writing the 1920 campaign here today. On no essentia) issue did the convention quibble or dodge. The convention placed Nebraska republicans on record as opposed to the league of nations covenant with or without reservations. It declared in favor of the immediate enact ment by congress of the B'ordney soldiers' bonus bill. It commended the acts of the various republican state officers and legislature, especially endorses the principle of the civil administrative code bill and it recommended amendment oi , the primary law to give greater powers to state and county REPUBLICAN PLATFORM Lincoln, Neb-, May 18. (Spe cial Telegram.) Following is the republican state platform: First. The republican party in delegate convention assembled do hereby again reaffirm our faith in the party of Lincoln, McKinley and Roosevelt, and pledge our un divided support to the principles of Americanism for which the re publican parly now stands and has ever stood, ' Second. We congratulate the republican congress upon its ef forts to bring order out of the chaotic condition evolved through the democratic mismanagement of affairs during the world war. We urgently commend our senators and congressmen from the state of Nebraska to exercise their efforts to the fullest extent to bring about adoptoin of -a,., budge system which will reduce the cost of gov ernment and lighten the burdens of taxation. . Repudiate Leaeue Pact. Third. The republican party, true to its traditions and ideals, pledges itself to the defenders of our party's case, that it will pro tect and provide for the depend ents of those who fell or were disabled' in our country's service. To that end we favor the im mediate enactment of the Fordney adjusted compensation bill now pending in congress. Fourth. We repudiate the cove nant of the league of nations as brought back from Europe by the self-appointed American delegate and would only accept the com promise alternative of the cove nant as safeguarded by the Lodge reservations as a last resort in the interest of early peace. We' en dorse the Knox resolution provid ing for an immediate peace. Favor Dry Laws. Fifth. We favor the strict en forcement of all laws, state and national, enacted for thep urpose of placing in operation the state and national prohibition consti tutional amendments. Sixth. The republican party in Nebraska reaffirms and pledges its hearty support td the proposed amendment to the state constitu tion known as proposal No. 18, which reads: "Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years and has re sided within the state six months and within the county and voting precinct for the terms provided by law shall be an elector." Seventh. We commend the leg islature and state administration for the redemption of all the party's pledges made in the plat form of 1918 and we endorse the principle of the civil administra tive code. Commend Code Bill. Eighth. We especially commend Governor McKelvie and all the state officers for their successful efforts in the fulfillment of the duties devolving upon them as such officers, and for their success in presenting an efficient and eco nomical business administration. Ninth. We favor material amendments to the primary elec tion laws which will increase the functions and broaden the juris diction of the county and state convention and favor further amendments to the manifest abuses of said primaries. Tenth. We urge upon all republicans- the faithful and united support of the party and its can didates in nation, state, county and municipalities. This is the time when the people look to our party for relief, and we need only make the effort to bring to our banner of the greatest victory the party has ever known. The Weather Forecast. " Fair and cooler Wednesday. Hourly Temperatures: 5 . m .M t p. m .77 8 a. m. 7 . m. Ra.ni. a. m. M . ...M ....ft-! ....tt 1 p. m. S p. m. 4 p. m . K p. m. ft p. m. 7! 77 71 ......71 70 ! a. m. It a. m . -T 7t .16 T p, P. FEARLESS ITS PLATFORM V pnnvpnr.ions. But a single vote was recorder against the motion to adopt the plat form, that being Mrs. James Rich ardson of Omaha, who was opposec to the repudiation of the league ol nations covenant. Not a voice was raised to even suggest an amend ment to the section endorsing the civil administrative code law, de spite the fact that an undercurrent of opposition had been present dur ing preliminary meeting of conven tion delegates yesterday and today Opponents of the code were consid erably discouraged by the enthu. siastic greeting given Governor Mc Kelvie when he addressed the con vention and by applause which me! every reference to the bill for whost enactment he was responsible. The feeling grew that the overwhelming majority was in favor of the code bill principle and the minority final ly decided to make no fight which would achieve no result save the embarrassment of the party. ' No Delay on Vote. . , It was after 5 o'clock that the plat form committee finally reported the result of its deliberations. The con vention had been awaiting it and brooked no delay. Quickly it tabled suggested amendments by Mrs. H. C, Summey of Omaha and R. B. Austin of McCook. Then Charles Reed, president of the state univer sity American Legion, proposed an amendment to endorse the Fordney bonus for former soldiers. He de clared the prepared platform to be too indefinite on this point. "Move to table,", shouted an im patient delegate.' Then it was that Clinton Brome of Omaha, active American Legion member, saved the one amendment which won again the committee's re port. Brome niade a 2-minute speech, explaining the terms of the bonu bill. Then he started to argue for it. Favors Bonus Plan. "Cut it out," shouted A delegate. "We are for you without any more talk." . . And the amendment carried over whelmingly. Mrs. Sumney and Mrs. Richard. of Omaha, championing an indorse ment of the League of Nations cove nant, did not fare so well. Tht . committee's report favored the en tire repudiation of the covenant and accepted the compromise 1 alterna tive of the Lodge reservations only "as a last resort" in the interest ot early peace. It specifically indorsee the Knox resolution to end the war without a peace treatv. Mrs. Richardson, as a member of the committee, had opposed thii secttion of its report, but was out voted. Mrs. Sumney accordingly of fered the following substitute from the floof: One Sentence Speech. "We favor the adoption of the League of Nations covenant as con stituted by the Versailles treat with such reservations as may be agreed upon by the majority of the republican members of the United States senate." . , " In support of this amendment made a speech of a single sentence: 'If you want to lose the women vote of Nebraska, you will be wise if you pass thsi platform as it now stands; if you wish to hold the women voters in the republican party, you will pass this substitute." The convention did not agree. A motion was made to table the amendment and carried overwhelm ingly, few outside the Douglas county delegation voting for Mrs. v Suinney's proposals. R. B. Austin of McCook met with a simalar rebuff when he undertook to ,vn'n favor for a proposal to repeal the entire primary law. The platform as adopted, with the single exception of the soldiers' bonus endorsement, was prepared by a tentative platform committee appointed by the retiring state cen tral committee. Oppose Picked Committee. It was planned that Chairman N P. McDonald of Kearney should make this tentative committee the official platform committee, but pro tests by Douglas county delegates led to the substitution of Anan Ray mond and Mrs. James Richardson in place of James Walsh and Mrs. Fowler as the Douglas county mem bers. Raymond and Mrs. Richard son secured no changes, however it' the form of the platform as pre viously outlined. The Douglas county delegation's (CooUnued m fwi Two, CfUvmm Tw) .,: .J- . '. "'i ' . 3 I 1 " " " 11 ' - " ' "' 1 ' " - v"; lt"'
