Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-20
DENNISON WITH MASK OFF
Third Ward Boss Tips His True Position in
Present Campaign.
ORDERS HIS sATRApS FOR sRoATCH
Democrats Insist Their Paxton Hotel
Confab ~ TO he strictly
Harmonious for Coll
oneI Jim.


Tom Dennison's real position in the fight
over the nomination for mayor on the
republican ticket is disclosed by his talk
with some of his lieutenants one night
during the week. Mayor-maker Johnny
Lynch had taken one or two other city
employees to see Dennison, the ooJeC'
being to frame up the meeting in the lehtn
Ward Equal Rights League club that re-
scinded the resolutions endorsing Jennings
and passed a new set endorsing Broatch.
"Hennings will be the hard man to beat
said DennIson, in giving his final instruo-
lions to his men. I'VE want to skin MN
for the nomination, any way we can. Iheh'
il Droatch or Benson pulls out, we can
all turn in for Dahlman and elect hin
easily. Benson will be the easiest man
for Dahlman to beat, and if we can't get
Broatch, he is the man we want to get
nominated"
Different versions are given Of the pur-
poses Of the democratic meeting called
for Tuesday at 1880 in the Paxton hotel
cafe. The Dahlman people say the session
will be of the harmony variety ana with
b the idea of laying out plans for the cam
naign' notwithstanding the fact that Dahl
man will have no opposition for the demo-
cratic mayoralty nomination. The bunch
that would like to see Dahlman badly
whipped declares the Dahlman crowd is
alarmed about a possibility of the other
faction controlling the city committee TO
be elected at the primaries. some Oh
the strongest of the former Smith faction
have filed for places on the committee and
this gave rise to the story that Dahlman's
enemies in his own party had laid deep
Mot to get control Of the committee and
do evil things to him in his effort TO get
elected.
Danlman has pledged to stand on a plat
form made by the successful primary candi-
dates. the committeeman and leading
democrats" IL the element opposed 10
him should control the committee 1t might
be able 10 frame up a reform platform that
would make the mayoralty candidate look
ridiculous to the voters and of a character
with which personally he could have no
conscientious completely. Hence the anxiety
to be sure that Dahlmans friends keep
tight grip on the mechanism that is TO
be in power after the primaries
At this same meeting the "clean" council
manic ticket Will be trotted out for ex-
hibition and the news broken to the public.
one of the politicians most actively con-
cerned in getting up this clean slate is
Walter Noises attorney, l. j. Dunn. In
fact it is said Ignatius Jehovah appeared
at all the meetings to have the most to say
shout the deal This rather disguised
them, they were free to admit, and they
have not been quite so jealous about the
''clean'' slate as they might have been.
The clean slate upon which the Dunn
bunch have been making such ado had
not been completed up to Monday after
noon Holes still existed in the Fifth,
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authorities, and n difficulty of choosing
between two men in others Here is the
outline as given by one who said he knew:
First Ward-Andy Hansen, in the brick
manufacturing business.
Second Ward-Dr. Frederick j. Wearne,
Third ward-rred Elsasser or John
Brant both professional politicians, Ell
sasser being now in the coal business.
Fourth Ward-Judge George u. Lake or
w j.. Dermody. Former Is the pioneer
attorney and the latter Is in the real
Sixth Ward~w. S. Sheldon, piemakor.
seventh Ward--Dr. Elmer r. Porter,
Eighth ward-Frank J. Burnley. print
Hinth ward~Warren switzler. attorney
Eleventh Ward-M. +. Funkhouser, in
surance.
Just how this councilmanic slate will
hitch with the Dahlman leadership is u
problem TO which no one seems 10 know
the answer. But all the clans promise to
have delegations in the pow-wow. and the
session may have it's own compensation.
THE local end of the state organization
y Getting OF democrats at Lincoln March 6
LAS been confded to J. c. Dahlman. may
atty candidate. and his lieutenants.
trunty Chairman Cosgrove, il seems, has
Teen overlooked so far in the arrangements.
The Dahlman people are preparing to sell
the banquet tickets and TO stir up as much
enthusiasm as they can, figuring that re-
nected sympathy from the party throughout
the state will have a good effect upon the
municipal campaign. The plans are TO send
down a delegation of not less than seventy
five and preferably about 100 from Omaha
TO participate in the session, which is in
tended to perfect nondestructible and ir-
resistible machine. Up to tho present
neither the tickets nor literature on the
subject is in the hands of Dahlman and his
friends and no one has yet sgnifed his in
tention of going to Lincoln March s. In