Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-08
FEN AND FAR APART
EEos 70 orEHzius Kew Party IN OmAha
Puvsu Dismal Failurs.
NOT ENOUGH DscONTENTs TO UNITE
MeetiaG af WsahiaEtsa Han Develops
ss@e Latent O~rafsrfcaI Tal~at-.
bua Doesn't nremfsn EEfstfnE
Political Csadit1sns-

Viewed from the standpoint q the ad-
vance guard q the National A1ied party,
VIM cane I'D from Missouri 70 show Ne
braskans something new II politics. the
'meetinE at washfnEron hall last night left
mach to be hoped for. As a meeting IL was
not a success- II was lop-sided. being
heavy On the side q socialism The at
tenda1cs was scant The audience someho~
didn't seem to be enrappoTte with the SPEAK
srz. There was not a -rou1d q applause.
not q hurst Of enthusiasm" not q spell
bound hush. and II there was any happy
spontaneity'' loahng about the hall il was
not visible to the naked eye. In short, the
shot that was fred AZ Washington haIl last
night win not be heard around the block
II vas given out that Dr.. James T. Cham
bers 81 ST. Louis and J. h Cook R Garth
age. No. would -orEanizs the politically dis
satisfied elements q Omaha. into q homo
geneous party. which was to farm the
nucleus Of the state Organization. but II
the periphery Of the party isn't more tang
fble than the nucleus there won't be enough
substance to II to Jolt the wheels OF the
old party bandvaeons. The two aEitzt1rs
left Omaha without attempting to form any
arrantEatioa- When volunteers we're called
for to take Up the work where they ieft
OF izst two men stood ~. snd one OF them
sat down Immediately and looked ashamed.
This leaves Just one allied partyist in
Omaha He refused TO give his name
Details sf the Revolt
The can for volunteers was made By Dr..
A J. Cook Of Omaha. who acted a. chair
man Il the nesting When Il was seen thst
the call aid not meet with enthusiasts
response. ! r. Cool repeated Il. cOuched IN
Different words
A who are in favor Of the initiative
and r~eferendum.- said he. ~znd q ths
public ownership Of public utilities. vii
please rise"
Ten men. most Of them with pOpulistic
boards. stood up
This was the signal for q cross-hre ..
~oratory. The moment They were o theil
feet they felt At home, and the talk bursi
from them Ike pellets from a machine gun
Heretofore an ominous calm had pervadst
the statesmen They had listened aAt
sc0~led znd shifted about unessIly. Blu
nov they talked al At once as only ter
popuIiEts car, with socialists. tusiunists. Ia.
boriets. BryanitsE a1d others shouting theii
various kinds Of dissent.
I'm a repudiatiouisti" screamed 4 trebli
voice above the Babel Of tongues.
~rm not = rsformeri Tn = revolutionistf
came another.
Jason Lewis undertook to resUrrect pop
ulisn by sheer farce of lung, while P. J
ForEzn leaned against = post and sh0ute,
for the referendum J. W Logan wantel
the initiative without the referendum DR.
Cook voctferated, Socialism il an iridescen
drsAmf-
This il a composite picture Of the pro
posed Homogeneous" party
Meanwhile a consciousness BEGAN to stez
ever the senses Of the company that 4 largs
handsome man over by the west wall va
making what Looked like a sustained an
systematic attempt At oratorg. and bsfnr
this the spssmodIc thrust and parry tAe
tics Of the ofhers gradually gave way
"ToaiH And us tncreastna ten 10 you
one" he vas saving. Socialism VIII b
here in znsthG decade
Socialists Left An CsntroL
Then. apparently awed ny the sudde
? hush. he ceased speaking, and sat dowr
He was George A Baird. secretary Of n
, socialist party Of the state. At the hea
Of ten followers. whs had been holdtu
q meeting down town. he had dropped in I
see what the Allies we're doing = themes
forth he E1d his eontt1gent Dominate
the meeting There were only eighties
others, 80 this vas not q difficult Tea
Others took up the theme where he le
OF. and the sOcialistie propaganda was Q
the boom, when the tive Allies held U
their hands and announced that they had
3 catch = train for Lincoln
, MessrA- Chambers and Cook. during n
early stages OF the meeting. devoted the
remarks TO municipal and D<ernmen oxz
: ership q public utilities. and to the initil
{ tive and referendum hobbies. They adv.
Gated the holding Of ~kftEhea conventions
4 home schools for the study Of this "cou
mon ground" - they called II.