Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-16
tFrom a Stan Correspondent


LINCOLN, Aug. 15.-(Speclal THE DEM
ocratic state convention, which met this
afternoon in the Auditorium at 2.S0, took
a recess at o'clock for fifteen minutes
and then at o'clock adjourned until
without doing anything toward nominating
a state ticket. The usual order Of thinss
was reversed upon motion OF McKillip OF
Humphrey, and state chairman and sec
retary were selected Immediately after
the convention met. T. s. Allen was re-
elected chairman and II. 8. Daniels secre-
tary.
The excuse offered for the adjournment
was TO give the resolutions committee time
to draft a suitable platform 1t is believed.
however, both sides-the Shallenberger and
the Berge-were afraid to come to a test
vote. and each is sparring for time. The
convention SO far has developed that
Mayor Dahlmanfs the most popular man
here. sharing the honor with McKillip.
These two have gotten everything they
have asked for and got 1t with whoop.
though nothing of Importance has come
| up except the selection OF a chairman and
secretary, first on the call The motion
was very objectionable untll Dahlman made
a speech in it's favor. Omaha attempted.
besides getting the secretary. to land
George Rogers as chairman. but that
| for Allen. Rogers withdrew his name.
Hitchcock Working Hard.
The convention is peculiar in that no one
| seems to know what will happen. Shall
| lenberger developed considerable strength
during the night and this morning. and yet.
| Just before adjournment, II looked as
| though Berge had good lead. Hitchcock
has made a fight for the Alma man such
I
with the railroad or conservative element
OF the party cheek by jowl and personally
all day he distributed Shallenberger badges
and solicited votes for his man. Dahlman
| and his crowd OF fellows on the delegation
were for Thompson. and the mayor said
he would place him in nomination whether
| he would accept or not. It is thought they
will go to shallenberger in preference to
/ Berge.
Two familiar faces in the convention this
afternoon were Judge England and Joe
johnson. who occupied conspicuous seats
among the delegates. They represent the
fake reformers'' here and It Is said Eng
land. who this year is republican.
strolled into the convention through force
OF habit
IT is told on good authority that the
Burlington railroad is helping shallen-
berger for all It is worth and that the Gus
ter county delegation has been swung into
line for him Through threats made by this
road. The Hitchcock-railroad crowd has
been working hard all day on the prejudios
OF the old-time democrats against a pop
ulist 20 defeat Berge and nothing has been
left undone to turn the trick.
Hitchcock Loses First Round.
g. NJ. Hitchcock lest out in the nrst round
NJ tn
atorial candidate by placing the names Of
the candidates on the state ticket The
resolutions committee late this afternoon
voted down his motion and adopted an
amendment by Loomis to have the conven-
tion endorse a candidate. The fight was
fierce and Hitchcock was ably assisted by
Dan Corcoran OF York. Loomis. Edgar
Howard and w. II. Thompson advocated
the adoption of the Amendment. Metcalfe
objected to both motions. but voted for the
Loomis amendment after voting against the
Hitchcock plan. Hitchcock tonight will
submit TO the convention minority report
asking that his plan be adopted.
The debate at times in the COMMITTEES
meeting became personal the members be-
coming irritated by the methods used by
Hitchcock TO defeat any Senatorial prefer
ence. When Loomis moved his amendment
1
on nrst explaining when Thompson de-
manded a reason that he wanted to vote
for the amendment provided his own mo-
tion was lost. Metcalfe started TO put the
motion as indicated by Hitchcock and was
called down hard by Thompson. who In
sisted on parliamentary practice being fol-
lowed Explanations followed and then the
Hitchcock plan was defeated, only the
author and shallenberger voting for II.
POpuIists Wait on Democrats.
The populist convention met and organ
ized and then adjourned TO walt for the
/, democrats 10 do something. There 10 much
/ talk that IL Berge Is turned down by the
! democrats he will take the populist nomin-
alton and run as populist. Berge will
not discuss this now.
I Among the interested spectators here
during the day were Tom Majors !ARa ssp-