Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-04
OMAHA FULL OF DEMOCRATS
City Will Be Working Alive with
Delegates on Fourth.
COOK COUNTY THE BIG NOISE
Eight Special Trains VIII Pass
Through the Gate city Bearing
Their Burdens to Denver
Convention.


HeRirH of Democracy.
Pennsylvania bryan league arrives at
9 .. m. over the Rock Island.
Cook County Democracy arrives at 8 ..
m. over the Burlington.
Alabama nnd FLORIDA delegations arrive
at $50 a. m. over this Burlington.
West Virginia delegation arrives az
IL 40 a. m. over the Rock Island.
Massachusetts delegation arrives at
ISIS D. m. over the Rock Island.
Jaoksonian club leaves at 3;3o p. m. over
the Burlington.
Pennsylvania delegation arrives over the
N~orthwesttrn az 1880 p. m. at the Union
station.
Maryland delegation arrives over the
Northwcatsrn at at ll;fa p. m. at the
Union station.
south Dakota delegation arrives over the
Northwestern at 1910 =. m. Sunday at the
Unicn station.
Eight. special trains carrying democrats
from tho east, north and south will pass
through Omaha Saturday en- route to
Denver and the democratic national con-
ventiUn. The first train will arrive al 8
O'Clock I'm the morning. carrying the Penn
sylvcnia BryEn league and the last for the
day will pun into Union station ten minutes
after midnight with the South Dakota
delegation on board.
0 The Dahlman Democracy and the Jack
sonian club unite in extending courtesies
to the delegations, both clubs having in
vited all democrats TO meet the trains Sat
urday aud Sunday and do all they can to
mDke the hours or minutes spent in Omaha
enjoyable. Thomas ]. Flynn, president of
the Eagles has also appointed a committee
TO assist in the entertainment Of the dele
cations which will pass through Omaha
on the two days and John A. Rine, ex-
allied ruler of the Elks. will appoint a
similar committed from that body.
John f. Reagan Is chairman of the Dahl
man Democracy entertainment committed
and Ed p. Smith is chairman of the Jack
sonian club Entertainment committee. On
account of the Jacksonian club leaving
Saturday afternoon for Denver It will not
have the opportunity to do much In the
way of entertaining the guests within our
gates but those Of the Jacks who do
not 90 to Denver will do what they can
in extending courtesIes. The Jims have
bought 400 Of the tricolor booster buttons,
which they will pin on the coats Of all dele
gates and have provided 1000 Ak-Sar-Ben
horns for souvenirs.
Refresh rents CT All sorts.
The visitors will be escorted to the sew
eral club rooms, the Jlms having arranged
for serving refreshments of all kinds In
their rooms. Cigars will be on tap in the
club rooms Of the Jack organization and
the Elks and Eagles lodges. Some of the
delegations will stop IN Omaha but a
short time. but those who will stay here
several hours will be taken to the city
hall and shown the enlarged photographs
OF Mayor Jim" to the stock yards in
South Omaha, the Union Pacific shops.
the s%1relter: in fact they will be shown
ANYTHING they want to see.
Geor7c T.. West Is chairman of the Eagle
entertainment committee. the remainder Of
tho committee being composed Of w. ).
stryksr, Charley 2 Blafk Emil Brandeis,
J. a. Tuthill, X. s. Fisher, II. w. Dunn,
JOSEPH Sonnenberg. DR., NJ, ]. Ford, Or.
w. A. Hcstetter. A. Matthews. Jules
Althouse. u, Asher, \. V. Dresher ami
u. W Cannon. Ills committee, aside
from entertaining their brother Eagles,
will remind them that the grand worthy
president Of the lodge for the nation.
fhc-d1re A.. Ben OF California, has been
selected temporary chairman of the con-
vent'on. The Elks Entertainment commit
tee viii be appoirted this evening in lodge
session.
Cook County Here Five Hours.
The Cool, County Democracy, Chicago,
which arrives at 8 o'clock Saturday morn
ing over tho Burlington, VIII remain in
Omaha until l o'clock in the afternoon.
The 49, members az 1.-THE party wearing
cong frock Yeats and high silk hats and
carrying rolled umbrellas, will march to
the Paxton hotel. where they will break
fast. AlaNcma and Florida delegations will
arrive at the same depot a half hour later
and viii breakfast at the Willard. There
will be l5 in the Dixie delegation.
At $50 IN tho afternoon the Jacksonian
club special will pull out from the Bur
station, arriving at Lincoln at 4:i5.
Chartered cars will take the 200 member
Of the party to Fairview, where they will
spend an hour at Bryan's home. Return
ing to Lincoln they will have supper ard
leave al $50, the schedule calling for ar
rival at Denver at 500 sunday morning.