Nebraska Republicans and Democrats Hold State Conventions
Lincoln and Grand Island hosted parallel state conventions on July 26. Delegates backed county option, initiative and referendum, and a state board of control. Norris Brown presided in Lincoln while George Norris led opposition. roll calls and adjournment followed a contested vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Grand Island
Chosing
United States
Norris Brown
George W. Norris
Brown
Norris
State
Democratic Convention Deliberates on Resolutions and Leadership
The state Democratic convention opened with Chairman Byrnes presiding and Rev. L A Arthur delivering a blessing. C J Smyth named temporary then permanent chairman and appointed a resolutions committee including Harrington, Bryan, Fleharty, Albert, Cramins, Babcock, Oldham. Bryan amendment sought to omit post platform resolutions. vote 894 to 465. Evening session featured further remarks and adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
State Committee
L.A. Arthur
C. J. Smyth
M. F. Harrington
W. J. Bryan
H. B. Fleharty
T. L. Albert
W. B. Cramins
Dr. Babcock
W. D. Oldham
G. M. Hitchcock
Resolutions Committee
Bryan
Shhaffenbderger
Nest
Populist Resolution Adopted on County Option Issue
The Peoples' Party adopted a resolution adding to its platform urging voters to support only candidates who openly pledge themselves to county option. Proposed by Elmer E. Thomas, it faced initial resistance but passed on a rising vote 67 to 3 after a passionate appeal for W. J. Bryan. The convention also named a state central committee with C. B. Manuel chair and E. A. Walrath secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples’ Party
Elmer. E. ‘Thomas
The
Resolutions Committee
Thomas
W. J. Bryan
State Central Committee
C. B. Manuel
St. Paul
E. 4. Walrath
Osceela
Nebraska Socialist Delegates Convene Set Platform
Forty delegates from the socialist party of Nebraska met on the 26th to elect a new state central committee and adopt a platform. The platform demands home rule for municipalities, equal suffrage, abolition of the national senate and state injunction, and curbs on supreme courts to rule on legality. It favors direct legislation, proportional representation, recall, old age pensions, utility owners assessing property, and state purchase of assessed values. current postal savings bank law is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party of
Nebraska
National Senate
Poetal Savings Bank
Ated
Prohibitionists Hold Lincoln Convention and Platform
The Prohibition Party in Lincoln held a "satisfactory convention" with a platform urging national prohibition, county option, anti liquor interests influence, initiative and referendum, intelligence based suffrage, direct US Senate elections, and the election of United States senators by direct vote. R Jones, state chairman, and Wilson, state chairman, attended with a 30 member state committee chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Lincoln
United States
R. Jones
D&monal
Nebraska Democrats Endorse Platform and Pledge Reform
The Nebraska Democratic platform of 1909 endorses tariff reform, economy, and trust prosecutions. It condemns tariff favoritism and cabinet conflicts, supports daylight saloon laws, Shallenberger's administration, and nonpartisan judges. The party calls for biennial elections, nonpartisan supreme court elections by district, and direct initiative and referendum. It advocates road and school funding reforms and rejects political contributions from railroads, trusts, or liquor interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iinerei
Inesana
Giag
Phundering Ag
Aldrich
Cannon
Republican Party
Sonmmvatias
Natura Resources
Alaska
Nar
Nebraska
Vernor. Shallenberger
Ashton C. Shallenberger
Seleing
Supreme Court
Rpcard
Accentul
Neé
Ly Ee Ge Trust
Populist Delegates Endorse Direct Legislation Platform
Accredited delegates of the peoples independent party meet at Grand Neb on the 26th day of June to renew faith in the Omaha platform. They demand direct legislation by initiative, referendum, and recall, and seek constitutional amendments to advance equal justice and full state control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples’ Independent Party
Grand Neb
Omaha
Neb
Doan's Kidney Pills End Weakness and Restore Strength
Mrs. George Lyjofe of Caro Michigan testifies that kidney weakness left her a mere shadow and unable to stand long, but Doan's Kidney Pills restored her health after doctors failed. She urges readers to remember the name Doan's, noting Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes the remedy at fifty cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George "Ly Jofe
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn .Co
Buffalo
There Should Here Be Steps Fritz the Gardener
Fritz the gardener, a stolid German, returns tired from a day in the marketplace. In Bloomfield the crowded train leaves him asleep and he steps off the car into the sand. He calmly notes the open door should have steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz
City Inn
Bloomfield
St. Paul Dispatch
King Edward Laughs at Poacher Incident in New York
A London correspondent recalls King Edward touring Rufford Abbey with Lord Arthur Savile in New York. A poacher, caught with a dead pheasant, is dismissed by the king who says if he were truly a bad egg he would not have poached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
London
New York
Rufford Abbey
Arthur Savile
Arthur
Lord Arthur
Seven Year Old Mary Prays For Correct Math Result
A child in school writes seven times six as forty eight in a gamination and asks God to make the prayer correct. Her mother inquiries why the phrasing was chosen, citing the school exercise as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Lippincott's
Hedging Clergyman and Bridegroom Dialog
A playful exchange between a clergyman and a bridegroom prompts a remark on marriage vows and penalties. The dialogue hints at the gravity of commitment with a quip about a minimum sentence for marriage.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ebraska Political News
Missouri
Ferr
Dahlmen
MM. F. Ha’arrington
Shalienberger
H. Fe
Congress
Commerce Court
Taft
Senate
House of Representatives
Linco
William Hi Taft
Grant
Lee
Republican’ Party
Iaw
Blican Party
Birts
Bea
Post
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!