Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1909, Page 1

y . « L] y |} A \ % | ! ) » { | \ Y . o \ ) 3 ( | ‘v ] X ot e W0 -~ $ Liaper fixea by the senate. He has figured PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska For lowa-Falr For weather report see page 3 Showers. OMAHA, NDAY MORNING, JULY 101\1’-—S];V SE( "I‘lnxr ~THIRTY PAGES. SINGLE . COPY FIVE CENTS. FIGHT TO SAVE DUTY ON HIDES This Question is Making More | Trouble for Conferees Than Any Other. [ R, W | PROBABLY GO ON FREE LIST, Warren and Smoot Make Delpcnui Struggle for Retention. RULES ARE OBSTACLE HOUSE | and on the income tax amendment will be They Do Not Permit of Reopening | Leather Schedule. E IALE IS URGING PAPER DUTY Maine Senator Refuses to Stand for | Any Reduction—Oil to Be Free ~—Probable Duty Iron Ore, WASHINGTON, July 24.—The hide ques-| tion was settled and unsettled today, and vihile there seems little doubt that event- ually hides will fall among the unpro-| tected articles in the tariff bill, the con- test over thelr status cannot be regarded as closed. When the conferees adjourned for luncheon several of them sald that it had been decided that hides should go on the free list. Tohight the same conferees declare that hides will be free, but that the question has not been decided offi- clally. None of the questions made prominent | throughout the country by President Taft's| interest In them has been adjusted, al- though the conferees have been In strict executive session since noon yesterday.| The wudjournment tonight was until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The conferees expect to spend a large part of Sunday wrestiing with these prob- lems. The indications are tonight that the conference rates upon the important questions still in dispute will be as follows: Hides, free; ofl, free; Jumber, rough, $1.25 a thousand feet, with proportionate dif- ferentlals; coal 46 cents a ton, without the house reciprocal clause; iron ore, 15 cents @ ton; print paper $.76 a ton. Hides Cause Much Trouble. Practically a full week has been cocupled by the conferees in an effort to settle these questions. Most of the time has been de- voted to hides. This subject was compli- cated by reason of statements coming from boot and shoe Interests that they were ready to agree to substantial reductions in the duties of leather goods If hides were put on the free list. These interests felt sure that there could be no reductions on boots and shoes below 15 cents ad valorem, the house rate, which Is lower than the senate rate on existing law. President Taft stated to a number of | his callers that he would Insist upon & reduction to at least 10 per cent ad va- lorem, with proportionate decreases In the rates on other leather goods. This fur- ther complicated the situation. Reports reached the conference Toom late today that Speaker Cannon and Par- liamentarian Hinds had decided it would | be impossible for the conterees to adopt a | rate on boots ‘and shoes lower than the rate adopted by elther branch of congress. Advocates of protected hides declared that there must be a proportionate reduc- tion in leather to offset the abolition of the duty on hides if their votes were to be counted upon to adopt the conference report. This statement came from such men as nator arren, who has been one of the senate stalwarts on tariff matters, and Senator Smoot, who was the right hand man of Chairman Aldrich In making up the senate tariff bill. They said similar views were held by others, Including Sen- ators Carter and Heyburn. They had just come from the hite house, where they had gone to protest to President Taft upon his Insistence that hides must be free. Ultimatum Makes Difficulty. As a result of the declaration by the men interested In protected hides, which amounted almost to an ultimatum, some of those who are looking for an early ad- justment of tariff differences, were filled with consternation. Senator Aldrich was appealed to by other conferees to learn what chance there | would be for the adoption of & joint reso- lution authorizing the conferees to adopt | rates on leather goods lower than those | fixed by either bill. Some of the western senators already sald o be greatly dissatistied with the ac- | tion taken by the conferees in decreasing senate rates on lead and its products. It was stated that it would take very little to Induce them to vote against the con- ference report. Senator Aldrich was of the opinion that the conference could reduce rates below those fixed by either house without the adoption of a concurrent resolution. He Pased that opinion upon the ground thet there are precedents for such action, but it was pointed out today that a point of order might be raised against such pro- eedure being allowed to stand, and that the point probably would be sustained In either branch. are ac- | May Amend Rules. Therefore a canvass will be made of the two bodles to ascertaln whether a con- current resolution conferring jurisdiction to lower rates below those fixed by elther | house could be adopted. Untll this in-| formation is at hand it is improbable that the question of fixing the duty on hides | or leather goods will be closed. fean ore was taken up at the .mn.oon1 sesgion today, but the rate was not fixed. | A iwpart that .the conferees had agreed upen a duty of 20 cents & ton was ac cepted as true by senators and representa- tives from states Interested In the iron ore question. Some of the conferees said tonight they did not think the rate would be above 15 cents a ton. Senator Hale 1s making & stubborn fight "r the retention of the $4 s ton on print out that the difference between the cost of manufseture in the United States and Canads, considering trensportation, labor and all other charges, Is fully $87 a ton It is generally belleved the latter rate will e named by the conference report. Little consideration has Leen given thus far to lumber, coal or ofl. The senate conferees are insisting on $1.50 on rough Jumber, while the house members say thay wil! hold out for §1 lumber. Both sides |an's skuil Washington Is Watching Nebraskans Republican State Convention and Its, Platform of Much Interest to | the Statesmen, | (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July 24.—(Special Tele. gram.)—The republican state convention of Nebraska, which meets in Lincoin next Tuesday, promises to have national signifi- cance. It will be the first state convention of the year, and its action on the tarift| looked upon as an indication of the feeling of the entire middle west on these impor tant issue It was Senator Brown of Nebraska who first proposed to amend the constitution by | giving congress power to tax incomes. That this amendment will be endorsed in the Nebraska convention next Tuesday is regarded here as very probable. The Ne- braska delegation is intensely Interested in the platform that will be adopted “I have no doubt the party in Nebraska | will take a positive and open stand on all live issues of the day, whether state or national,” Senator Brown sald today, when asked what he expected In the platform of | his party “On federal issues, 1 hope the| convention will reaffirm the national plat- form adopted at Chicago last vear. I hope it will commend President Taft for his| stand on Insisting that the pledge of the platform for downward revision must be redeemed at par. I hope that it will en- dorse the joint resolution submitting the sixteenth amendment to the constitution, which, if ratitied, will confer upon the ted-| eral government power lay and collect| taxes on Incomes. I hope the convention will go so far as to pledge the party In| Nebraska to the ratification of that amend- ment at the first session of the legisla- ture.” Senator Burkett today had a conference with Attorney General Wickersham rela- tive to complaint of Scott's Bluff county farmers regarding thelr water rights. It had been generally decided that ft is against existing law that private individu- als could co-operate with the government in digging Irrigation ditches. It is the present Intention of the attorney general to take up Nebraska co-operative cases at an early date. He is now waiting arrival of a letter from a special agent in the fleld, setting forth all the facts. Attorney General Wickersham is very anxious that some means may be devised whereby these ditches may be completed under the ex- Isting law. Should no such means be dis- covered, he will favor in his next annual report an amendment to the present law which will permit of the continuance of the socalled co-operative system. Senator Gamble today received a letter from Secretary of the Navy Meyer in which he grants permission for the “loan" of the figurehead from the U. 8. 8. Crutser | Yankton, to the city of Yankton. The Yankton 1s & converted yacht, form- erly owned by J. Plerpont Mor- gan, who sold it to the United States at the outbreak of the Spanish-A% erican war. The figurehead, which, through the efforts of Senator Gamble may be secured as a park adornment by the city of Yank- ton, is modeled In the form of a bust of “Penelope,” the original name of the ves- sel., Representative George W. Norris of Mc- Cook, was today re-elected a member of the executive committee of the Interna- tional parllamentary arbitration union and Congressman John A. Maguire of Lin- coln was also chosen a member of the com- mittee, Young Man Dies of Broken Neck Victor J. Remington of Beverly, Neb., | Expires Saturday Morning at Immanuel Hospital. Vietor J. Remmington of Beverly, Neb., Wied at 3 o'clock Saturday morning at the Immanuel hospital in this city from thy effect of an accident which fractured a cervical vertebra. The accident happened several days ago near the Remmington home. The young man was swimming in a small lake and jumped from a spring board Into shallow water, striking the bottom and breaking his neck. He was brought to Omaha for treatment, but without avail. His father will arrive this morning, when arrangements for the tuneral will be made. The body is held at the Swanson undertaking rooms and It probably will be shipped back to Beverly this mornin WOMAN'S Husband of Whe BODY EXHUMED Mrs. Henry Johnson, Died Three Months Ago, Arrest STAUNTON, I, July 24.—The body of Mrs. Henry Johnson was disinterred this week after having been buried nearly three months and an autopsy found the wom- had been fractured, one eye blackened and cuts on her hands and arm. Following this finding, Henry John- son was arrested oh a warrant charging murder, and yesterday he was held to the grand jury. He was released on $10,000 bond. Mrs. Johnson was found dead April 10. A coroner's Inquest at that time resulted in & verdict of death from unknown czuses. Mr, and Mrs. Henry Rosenthal, parents of Mrs. Johnson, caused the dis- interment. Johnson and his wife lived near New Douglass and Johnson is rich. He said he found his wife dead In bed. HIGH OFFICIAL CAUGHT IN NET Inspector McCann of Chicago Fe a8 Indicted by Grand Jury for Grafting. ALLEGED TRIBUTE FROM VICE Charge Against Him Follows Indict- ment of His Subordinate. |IS ALL BASED ON CONFESSION Half a Dozen Witnesses Testify to Extortion of Police. ACCUSED MAN MAKES DENIAL Declares that Evidence Given Against Him is Part of Plot by Viclous ement to Ruin Him. CHICAGO, July 24.—Police Inspector Edward C. McCann was Indicted today, charged with malfeasance in office in the allegeg, collection of “protection” money from illegal establishments of the “tender- loin.” McCann's predicament was foreshadowed yes indictment was turned against Detective Sergeant Jeremiah Griffin, alleged to have been the collection agent working out of McCann's office. Half a dozen witnesses testified befare the grand jury that Griffin harvested as high as §,000 a month, most of which went to men “higher up.' The aggregate col- lected under this system is sald to be $150,000. Vice of every sort is sald to have been protected. Besides McCann and Griffin, four others are under indictment. They are Louls Frank, sald to be a milllonaire, who has always been politically potent in the “levee” districts of the west side; Michael Heltler, otherwise known as “Mike the Pike;" Morris Shats, who is sald to have con- fessed astounding detalls of the alleged “graft,” and M. A. S8anchez, who 18 charged with collecting money on the pretext that he would secure protection. Inspector McCann has been with the police department for a generation, rising from the ranks to his present position. He declares that the charges come from a power? 1l clique which, despairing of forcing him to protect vice, has determined as & last resort to ruin him. Inspector McCann was arrested following the grand jury's action and soon after gave bonds for $20,000 and was released. He went at once to the office of Acting Chiet of Police Schuettler, and handed in his star. Later Schuettler ordered his formal suspension, saying that no police- man under indictment could work on the force until after the charges were dis- missed. Train Hits Auto; Three Are Killed Michigan Banker, His Wife and Niece Are Struck by North- western Passenger. rday, when an re- MENOMINE, Mich., July 24.—Three peo- ple were killed at Birch Creek today and four miraculously escaped without serfous | injury, when the automobile of Ole Erick- | sen, president of the State bank of Escanaba, was struck at a grade crossing by a northbound Chicago & Northwestera passenger train. The dead: OLE ERICKSEN, owner of the auto- mobile. MRB. OLE ERICKSEN. MISS BELLE ERICKSEN, 17 years old, & niece of Mr. and Mrs. Ericksen. The others in the automobile were Ed- ward Ericksen, brother of Miss Belle; Chauffeur James O'Donnell, and Edward Ericksen and daughter, Bertha, not rela- tives of the banker. The automoblle was within three feet of the tracks when the party sighted the train coming around a curve. The machine had too much headway to be stopped in time and its momentum drove it almost across the tracks. The train struck the rear of the automoblle with crushing force and picked the car up on the pilot, where it was carried fifty feet. The four survivors succeeded in jumping from the automobile without injury, but the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Ericksen were terribly mangled and scattered along the rallroad right-of-way. Miss Belle Erick- sen was instantly killed, though her body was not dismembered by the wheels. Ole Ericksen was 68 years old and a native of Norway. He was prominent a republican politiclan, was mayor of Escanaba two terms and served two terms in the lower house of the Michigan legisla- ture. LOCKER CLUBS TO HAVE TEST Two Sults Are Filed Against Fash- fonable Topeka Organi- =ation. TOPEKA, Kan., July 2.—Two suits were filed against the Topeka club, the most fashionable club in the state today to test the right to keep liquors in lockers at the club house. The purpose is to test this feature of the new absolute prohibition law. One of the suits, an ouster proceeding, was filed by Attorney Genersl Jackson in the state supreme court and the other by County Attorney Scheneck in the district court. LONDON, July #.—No Hyde park demonstration of recdnt years has been able o boast of such an array of members of Parllament as spoke this afternoon from the platforms erected In London's great open air meeting place in suppert of Chan- cellor of the Exchequer Lioyd-George's budget. The crowd In the park approxls agree that they may have to split the aif- ference. Coal. It is sald, will be made dutiable (Continued on Second Fage) mated 69,000 people. The demonstrations which have been in the course of preparation for several weeks drew mammoth crowds from all parts of the country and lmmens: enthuslasm Londo}l Thousands Cheer Budget of Lloyd-George marked the proceedings. Prior to the speeches a part of & great procession esti- mated at 200000 persons formed at .he Victora embankment with its ranks extend- ing from Charing Cross to Black Friars bridge and marched through the principal thoroughfures of the city to the park. Ninety bands and thousands of banners enlivened the march. “The Earth fs .he Lord’s,” “Land for the Landless,” “Abolish Povert; “The Commons Must Rule’ and “Tax the Land and Not Food" were typical mottos inscribed on the banners, | | From the Philadelphia Inquirer. SEE THE CONQUERING AERO COMES Going Away on a Vacation in the Near Bye and Bye FORTY.ONE KNOWN DEATHS Such is Harvest of Fierce Hurricane on Gulf Coast. WHOLE FAMILY BLOTTED OUT Husband, Wife, Negro Servant Addittonal Reports Being Received Constantly. Six Children and Are Drowned— NEW ORLEANS, July 24.—With definite reports today of thirteen deaths not here- tofore recorded in the hurricane, which swept portions of Texas and Louisiana last Wednesday, the death list tonight totals forty-one, with six persons praviourly re- ported missing still unaccounted for. Dispatovhes today from Angelton, Texas, confirmed the reports that Maurice P. Wolte, his wife, six children and a negro servant had been drowned at Christmas Bayou. Added to these nine were Captain J. K. Glasscoch, who died at Angleton, Texas, from shock and exposure and Co- lumbia Maddox, believed to have lost his lite near Angleton. His body has not been found. Rock Island, Tex., swelled the list to thirteen late today with the deaths of John Finley and David Jarvis, farmers, who lost thier lives when their homes were wrecked. Those still missing are: C. H. ‘Dally, circulation manager of the Galveston Trib- une; Onezeme Hebert of Orsola, La., and | four members of the crew of the schooner, Columbus, blown out of to sea from Quintantate, Tex. Practically all hope for | the rescue of Mr. Dally has been aband- oned SIOUX GO TO NICARAGUA Chiet Little Bison Secures Unmettled Tract and Will Move Hun- dred Families. NEW ORLEANS, La., July %4.—That a colony of Stoux Indians will remove from the Dakotas to an unsettled tract of land in Nicaragua is declared by Little Bison, |a Stoux chief, who reached New Orleans |from Bluefields vesterday. He went to | Nicaragua to arrange for the concession jof the land with President Zelaya. Little Bison declares he will immediately take 100 Indian families to Nicaragua and that |his colony will soon be increased by the addition of several hundred other familles of North American Indians. PERU AND BOLIVIA AT PEACE Report Diplomatic Relations Broken Off is Officially Denied. Are | LIMA, Peru, July 24—The report pub- lished yesterday that diplomatic relations between Peru and Bolivia had been broken loff and that Senor Polo, the Peruvian |minister, was preparing to leave LaPaz, | was denled in reliable quarters here today. | United States Minister Combs and |Forelgn Minister Perras vesterday signed & naturalization convention. Omaha is grow- ing fast; therefore Omaha real estate is a safe, sure in- vestment. | The Real Estate pages today tell the story of what is of- fered on the market. It will pay you to read them care- fully. No one, who has money to In- vest, can do better than to place his money at home where he can watch it. This refers to investments—not to speculation. Buy with the idea of paying for property and there is no better, safe investment for the man with thousands, or the man who will make payments from his savings. ’ Have you read the want ads yet today? LETTERS OF TRAVEL By Rev. Adolf Hult, Pastor Swed- ish Lutheran Immanuel Church. By special arrangement, Rev. Hult, who is touring Europe, is writing his observations and pers. onal experiences for the edification of his many friends at home, to whom they will be given through The Sunday Bee. First letter Sunday, August 1. Gore Would Help Elect Anti-Cannon Members to House Oklahoma Senator Says Democrats Should Not Nominate Candidates Against Insurgents. KANSAS CITY, July 24.—Thomas P. | Gore, Oklahoma's blind senator, in an | Interview at the Unlon station here today, 1s quoted as declaring that the democratic party ought not to nominate candidates | for congress against the anti-Cannon re- publicans In the house of representatives. “And I suppose there will be those who will cry aloud ‘treason,’" Senator Gore sald, “but If that be treason let them make the most of it. I place my country above my party. “Murdock of Kansas, and those men from Towa—all the anti-Cannon twelve—thero should be no democratic candidates against them in their dlstricts. We ought at least to give them our moral influence and help them to defeat the Cannon stand-pat re- publicans.” Jealous Woman Kills Husband Dr. R. A M Collins is Shot and Killed by Wife at Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., July 24—Dr. R. A. M. Collins, a prominent physician was shot of Captain J. H. Sladen, whose house they were to oecupy for the summer. Jealousy was the cause. Mrs. Colling' jealousy of her husband, it is sald, was so great that she is alleged frequently to have threatened his life. Both Dr. Collins and his wife had been married and divorced and it is alleged that the first Mrs. Collins arrived here re- lcently from St. Louts cal department of Drake university, Moines, and of the St. Louls Medical col- lege, after which he served as an interne at the St. Louts hospital. He came to Portland about two years ago Mrs. Collins is some years his senior, Untll her marriage to Collins, she con- ducted a dressmaking business, her clientle including some of the most fash- lonable women in the oity. A son by her tirst marriage was killed in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war. and killed by his wife today at the home | Dr. Collins was a graduate of the Medi- | Des | ADVISES SUIT 0N STATE TAX Commercial Club Committee Makes Report on Law, DECLARES IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL Points on Which the Law May Attacked Are Enumerated and Payment Under Protest Suggested. After investigation of the act passed by the Nebraska legislature at its late session, providing for an ocoupation fee upon cor- porations and known as senate file No. 10, the judiclary committee of the Commergial club yesterday {ssued Its report, addresstg it to the executive committee of the club. The report was mafled to members of the club and other people directly interested In the law. The committee In its investigation finds the law is unconstitutional on several counts, and declares it might be attacked in several ways. The first point brought out to show the law is unconstitutional s that the sta‘e has no power to levy an occupation tax, which the fea in the senate file really fs, and even is called In the act itself an “oc- cupation fee. Here the committee bases its assertions on the provision of the constitution of 157 Article 9 of the constitution names certaln occupations, report holds “by the general rule of wx- clusion it (the constitution) excludes every one not of the class directly mentioncd. Under this rule corporations generally are excluded; in other words the constitution, having exbressly provided what classes of occupations or business shall be subject to the payment of the occupation tax, every other business not included in, nor falling within the provisions are directly excluded Beyond the Leg! “In our judgment,” the report then con- tinues, “the legislature had no power to pass such an act. There Is no other stat as far as we can find, which has such a section in fts constitution exactly like the section referred to. Other states have de- clared acts of the legislature providing for occupation taxes upon corporations to be constitutional, but none of sald states has & constitutional section braska, with the exception of Illinols, and the question as to the constitutionality of such an act as this has not been passed on by the supreme court of that state.” The committee says there is further ob- | Jection to the act in that it “excludes bank- |ing, insurance and butliding and loan as- soclation corporations and all corporations which are not organized for pecuniary oro- fits. This may or may not be a proper classification. We are inclMned to think that the constitutionality of this act de- pends first, upon the fact that it is nothing more or less than an ocoupation tax, and second, that under the section quoted the legislature has no power to fix an oc- cupation tax upon any business or cor- poration, except such as are expressly mentioned in the constitution itself.” In conclusion the report advises that the |tax be patd under protest and suft then be brought to test the constitutionality of the act ature's Power. American Dies on Liner. | ANTWERP, July 24.—Mrs. Maria Rook. an American, aged 42 dropped dead on board the Red Star line steamer Kroon- |1and as the vessel was leaving this port today for New York. NEW YORK, July 24—A campalgn | against questionable theatrical productions ~the first by the new police head, Com- | misstoner Baker—was started today. | The arrest of Gertrude Hoffman, the | Balome dancer, last night was the begin- | Wing of the movement. When she was arralgned In court today, charged with | #iving & performance “offensive to public | decency,” 1t became known that the order for her arrest came trom the head of the police department. Her case was adjourned | until next Tuesday. Other:arrests are to lu. made, says the commissioner, unless iHead- of New York P;)lice Objects to Salome Dance certain performances, dances, now being glven dectdedly reformed “I am going to take drastic action,” said the commissioner today, “and owners, lessces and managers must obey the law." Court developments today showed that the charge In the Hoffman case hinges upon the definition of “tights.” “I will let the show go on,” said Police Magistrate Steinert, “provided the young women wear tights" Miss Hoffman protested that she aid wear tights, but thelr kuee lengihs was what ceused police criticism. particularly In the the city are hich shall be taxed and the | like that of Ne- | \BOTH PARTIES " PICK DELEGATES Selections Made to Represent Dougl County in Platform Conven- tion at Lincoln, | REPUBLICANS DO WORK SPEEDILY | ‘Humony of Thought and Action Mark Meeting. DEMOCRATS HAVE MUCH FRICTION Program Upset in Many Places by Persistent Kicking. |REAGAN DONS FLYNN'S MANTLE 0ld Boss at Hea ps Down from High Place of County Organization Lets New Man s rt. | Ninety-five delegates to the state re~ publican convention at Lincoln were chosen by the Douglas county republican conven= | tion which met at the court house yester- day afterncon. This and the naming of & | committee, which, with the candidates named in the primary, will name the new county central committee, were the prin- clpal acts of the county convention | The state convention delegates were rec- ommended by a committec of seven named by Frank Crawford, chalrman of the con- vention on motion of J. G. Kuhn. A mo- tion by T. F. Holllster taking the naming of this committee away from the chairman was lost by an overwhelming vote. The committee appointed included W. A. Fos- ter, C. A. Saunders, Louls Burmelster, | John Schultz, J. G. Kuhn, E. L. Platz and Frank Shotwell. While the committee Wi preparing its list H. H. Clalborne offered a motion that the delegation to Lincoln vote as a unit on all propositions. A motion by T. W. Blackburn to table Claiborne’s motion prevalled practically unanimously. List of Delegutes Chosen, The committee's report on delogates was unanimously adopted, these being named: W. W. Bingham. J. C. Lynch. F. W. Bananauser. J. C. Kinsler. Clinton Bsreme. John kiinker. Fred Bruning C. 1. Kountze. T. W. Blackoburn. Frank moutlsky. Harry P. Byrne. C. J. Karbaca. J. P. Breen H. Kubat. C. W, it E. J. Mevann. F. A, Brogan. John Melntyre. A. H. Burnett. Frank Mahone J. F. Behm. John McArdle. en ' Baker C. F. McGrew. M. 0. Cunningham. C. G. Mclonald. Frank Crawford. E. M. Morsman, jn E. G. McGliton. M. Mide J .C. Pederson. Victor _Rosewater. J. J. Ryder. W. E. Rhoades. ‘G. W. Roberts. T. G." Rice. John_ Stevens. Frank Stone E. G. Solomon. Luther Drake. A. J. Donohue. 3. T. Dillon. 0. 8. Erwin. C. B. Foster. W. A. Foster. F. J. Sutcliffe. Harry Flscher. N. P. Swanson. W. M. Glass. E. W. Simerial L. G. Gibson. frpor E. Smith, E. F. Grimes. A. Searl, C. W. Haller. Dave Shanahan. Fred H. Hoye. F. L._Smith. | W. J. Hunter. J “in Steven Willlam Hartman. C. E. Herring. T. A, Hollister, C. L. 8aunders. Arthur C. Thomas. George Tunison. R. B. Howell. B. F. Thom A W, Jefferis, P. J. Trainor. |A. W. Johnson F. 8. Tucker. | George J. H. JohnsonW. G. Ure. M L. Learned. W. F. Wappich. Mike Lee. G W. Wattles. Thomas F. Lee. F. H. Westerfleld. John Larson. F. H. Woodland. T. T. Jacobson. Charles E. Walte, C. B._Little. Frank Whitmore, Otto Leptin, J. Whitlock. Martin Langdon. Harry Zimman. Henry Leavitt Decline to Inatruct Delegntes. Following the naming of delegates 8 mo- tion was offered by Harry B. Zimman that the convention recommend to the delegn- tion M. L. Learned, C. L. Saunders and Otto Teptin as the Douglas county mem- bers of the state central committee. Several epeakers opposed the motion, declaring that they themselves were in favor of the three men named, but objected to taking the matter in any way out of the hands of the delegation. A motion to table prevatled. The committee named by Chairman Craw- ford to meet with candidates and select the county central committee s as follows: First ward, Clyde Sunblad; Second, D. L. | Shanahan; Third, ©. H. Kubat; Fourth, | Thomas Lamb; Fifth, C. L. Saunders; | Sixth, W. G. Shriver; Seventh, J. G. Kuhn; | Elghth, 3. H. Hummel; Ninth, J. C. Peder- |son; Tenth, Sam Pollock; Eleventh, C. G. | MeDonala; Tweltth, W. J. Hunter; South Omaha, Frank Koutsky, Louts Btter, George Housman; Florence, E. L. Plats; Waterloa, R. B. Neltzel. C. H. T. Riepen was secretary of the convention. MAKE DEMOCRATS SELECTIONS Convention Marred by Some Frictk but Bosses Triumph. ‘Warring factions In the democratic party met in county convention at the Paxton hotel Saturday afternoon and, though they threw harmony to the four winds of heaven, managed to select members of the new county committee and delegates to the state convention, to be held Tues- day at Lincoln. They also pald thefr re- spects to the state supreme court and resolved not to let the county option forces say anything In the state platform anent | prontbition. Mayor Dahlman was placid, but Tom Flynn, boss of the local democracy and retiring chairman; Joe Butler, John J, Mahoney, Claude Bossle and some South Omaha delegates “stirred up the animals™ with their heatdd remarks and the chaire | man was compelled to rap for order re peatedly. Mahoney was the first to disturb the peaceful harmony for which the democrats are supposed to be noted. The chair had been instructed to appoint a committes to select the county committeemen, and as he proceeded read off the names of those to compose this selection eommittee | {1t was seen that he had invariably ape | pointed men of Irish nationality. Mahoney |is an Irishman, but he protested against the siighting of other nationalities and exacted a promise from the chair that a few Amerlcans and & German or two would | be appolinted Mahoney then subsided, but not for long. | The next motion was one empowering the |chalr to appoint & committee of five to select delegates to the state convention. Then he was wroth, indeed Why Muboney Hollered. “What have we got this convention for {1t five men are 10 select the delegates to the state convention?' he inquired i thune | dering tones. “4 object W this despotig