Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-26
COSCROVE WILL JOIN JIMS
Fourteen Years Leader of Jacks Quits
That Organization.
THROWN DOWN AT PRIMARIES
Explosion in Local Camp of DemOc-
Facy Almost Equal to that Caused
by Hearst in National
Camp.

Fred II. Cosgrove, for fourteen years a
leader and one time president Of the Jack
sonians, is about to desert their ranks and
cast his lot with the Jimocrats, or the
Dahlman democracy, the ancient enemy.
This disturbance in local politics takes
rank with the Hearst bomb recently ex-
ploded in the national camp OF democracy.
Mr.. Cosgrove is disguised because the
Jacks, for whom he has done everything
but wade in blood, repudiated aim at the
recent primary. He has been hidden by
such prominent Jims as Joe Butler and
John Mahoney to come into their house and
not one Jack grabbed hold of him to pre-
vent his going.
But the strongest invitation for Cos
grove came in the form OF Jim's demand
that Ed Bergman get off the Park board.
1t was this way: Ed Bergman was cred
tied by the Jacks with fixing up the slate
at the primary election on which slate
Cosgrove and the rest went dcwn to de-
feat. Then after election Bergman, they
say, tried to get from under the onus Of
responsibility and shift it to his friend
Cosgrove. That simply set the amiable
Cosgrove on fire, and when he heard that
the Jims had demanded that Bergman
take his choice between resigning and be-
ing kicked off the Park board, he shouted,
"Hurrah for the Jims," and got ready to
join them.
JIms Are Nobody.
incidentally Mr.. Bergman has managed
to show himself somewhat Of "A humorist
in this Jim controversy. Asked the other
day IL he would accede to the request that
he resign, he said, with the most bland
look on his face:
Nobody has asked me TO resign yet"
He was reminded that the Jimocrats had
asked it in their most characteristic style
of rhetoric.
"Ha, ha," he laughed heartily, "yes,
but l said nobody had asked me to re-
sign"
Wen show this silk stocking whether
we are nobody or not" shouts big Jim
Mahoney.
Meantime sweet and dulcet harmony con-
tinues to dwell in the house Of local democ-
racy.
Il do not want to appear disgruntled, IS
said Mr.. Cosgrove, but I feel that | have
nothing in common with the Jacksonian
club, that my friends belong to the other
organization, that they can be better de-
pended upon, and that the Jimsonsians
can do more real good for democracy than
the Jackson.ans. The Jacks are virtually
dead, while the Jims' are live ones ]
have always been a fighter and admire a
fighter. The Dahlman Democracy club
has shown itself 10 be a fighting organlza,
ton. / am out of politics and for that rea-
son It makes little difference whether / be-
long TO a political club or not, but / am
considering joining the Dahlmanites and
resigning from the Jacksonians.'
welcome TO Our Midst.
President Thomas J. Flynn Of the Dahl
man Democracy was Overjoyed when he
was told that Fred Cosgrove was consider
ing Joining the club and said that he would
like 20 see him taken into membership by
unanimous vote of the entire organization
Nothing would please me more than Il
see Frederick II. Cosgrove become a mem.
Der of the Dahlman Democracy" said
President Flynn. "and II he should decide
70 put in an application l will tell the boys
so, and I believe the application would 60
through a whooging.'
Secretary c. A. Hiss Of the Jimocrats