Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-21
HOTEL MEN OF NORTHWEST
Association Opens Convention at Nillard
and is Welcomed by Dshlmsn.
MAYOR TELLS JOKE ON ROME MILLER
Says He Lost Eight Cows I'm bet
Fourteen Years Ago and Has
Used Condensed Milk
Ever since.

The fourth annual convention OF the
Northwestern Hotel Mems association met
in the reading room Of the Millard hotel
Monday morning with President Rome
Miller of Omaha presiding. The session
opened with brief Introductory address
by President Miller, who introduced Mayor
Dahlinan under his new tite Of Rev"
Mayor Dahlman. to obviate the necessity
of calling upon the regular clergy for an
invocation.
Il do not know hardly how to answer
Mr.. Miller, whom have known for TWEEN
ty-five years, or just how to punish him
for his levity on so solemn an occasion
as this" said the mayor. However, /
think I can work him In on the general
punishment that am about to inflct upon
all OF you this hot morning by talking to
you eight hours. My first Acquaintance
with Mr.. Miller was at Chadron fourteen
years ago when he was running an eating
house up there. 1t was during the Cleve-
land campaign Of 1892, and by some means
Mr. Miller had got possession of eight
cows. He was a rampant republican and
wasn't Miller was so certain Of the
defeat Of Cleveland that he offered to bet
those eight cows against his election.
heard OF Il and took up the bet and OF
course won the cows and Rome Miller
has been feeding his patrons condensed
milk ever since" Is !.
Retort From miller.
President Miller before introducing G. l..
Kingsley of Waterloo. Iowa, to respond to
the address of welcome said.
las Rev. Mayor Dahlman has endeav-
ored to ring in a personal matter at the
outset Of this meeting In reference to the
cow DEAL must in justice to myself say
that he has told only his side OF the story.
But he and l will fix this matter up per-
sonally later, in order that history may be
kept straight"
Mr.. Kingsley of the Hotel Irving of
Waterloo was then introduced and briefly
responded to Mayor Dahlman's address of
welcome He said:
II propose to get even with the executive
committee for appointing me the duty Of
responding to the address of welcome Of
Mayor Dahlman by talking eleven hours or
less As matter OF fact. II will be q
phenomenon to hotel men to hear me make
speech. But I see some OF you do not
know what a phenomenon is, and In order to
illustrate l will have to tell a story. An
old darkey preacher injected the word phe-
nomenon into one of his sermons and mys-
tilted his hearers, so he said to them I
see you'ens don't know muffin about what
a feronomous is. You knows what a COW,
thistle bush and a singing bird Is,
nachully. Well, IL you'ens should see a
cow sittin' on a thistle bush singin like a
singin' bird, dat would be feronomous.' SO
1t IL with me, II make a speech II will be
a phenomenon. But l want to say this
much, we kindly appreciate the
warm words of welcome Of Rev
Mayor Dahlman. We know that
| a..
to have a warm time; the prevailing
weather has already demonstrated that.
We shall go away from Omaha with the
knowledge Of its being a broad gauge. city
We are glad we are here and shall carry
the praises of your great city with US to
our homes and spread them broadcast
|, 4.-. wiIes of Hotel Beats. 80
Edward w. Hart of the Grand hotel
Council Bluffs. was given the opportunity
to break in from the regular order because
of the necessity of his having TO return tc
| Council Bluffs, to speak briefly upon the
question of organization. He remarked thai
the chief end of hotel mems meetings was
TO devise ways and means of meeting tht
wiles of hotel beats and getting what money
is coming to the hotels from that class Of
men. He favored the employment of Z
competent attorney to act as a collection
agent for doubtful or bad accounts and Il
tput the hotels on their guard against tn,
professional hotel beat.
President Miller concurred in Mr.. Hart
suggestion, which he believed was for tn,
benefit Of all the hotels and suggested tina
the matter be taken up during the bushes
sessions
The afternoon session was devoted {,
the reading Of papers on hotel topics. b!
C. A Klaus OF the Gladstone, jamestown
s. D.: B. NJ. johnson Of. the widmann
Mitchell, S. D.: ]. ]. Bohn of the Hote
World, Chicago, and others. During tn
later afternoon the visitors were give
an automobile ride about the city, whc
was succeeded by visit to the Lininse
art gallery.
Tuesdays session will be wholly a busI
ness meeting, the session closing at 4:3
I in the afternoon, when the visitors Wi
be. taken to Lake Manawa and entertaino
as the special guests of T. ]. oBrien G
the TJanRhaU