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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"
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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.
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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.
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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
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