The Washington herald., 1908-07-04
DEMOCRATIC SIDELIGHTS

Denver. July 3.-Simon Guggenheim'
United States Senator from Colorado, was
around the hotel lobbies to-day, greeting
old friends
Among them was Capt. Jack Rowland.
a pioneer Denverite who paints pictures
Of buffalo, elk, bears, and scenery Of the
plains. and. according 10 friends Of SEN
ator Guggenheim and capt Rowland, the
latter had a great deal to do with the
bringing about the Guggenheim election
TO the Senate.
The story they tell IS that one day
about the time when GuggenheIm's as
piration 10 wear the toga was just be-
ginning TO bud. Howland said 10 him:
simon. I want to sell you a picture of
buffalo. can assure you that II you rub
the buGalo's hump every day. you are
certain 10 be elected 70 the Senate"
This seemed good 20 Guggenheim, and
he paid Rowland $1,000 for the painting.
On the night of the Republican legislative
caucus which decided 10 make Guggen-
! helm Senator. Guggenheim and Rowland
met in the bar of a nearby hotel, where
everybody had adjourned for refresh
ments.
simon" said Rowland, "did you rub
that buffalO's hump every ccy?'
'T did Jack" answered Guggenheim,
"and I was so anxious 20 be sure that l
rubbed all the paint off Of it. / want you
to paint the hump in again"
"An right. Simon" said Rowland, but
it will cost you Just another thousand for
the work" and Guggenheim was so
happy that he forked over the money
right away.
| Ii would never do TO refer 70 the Hon.
Jim Dahlman in any other way than as
the cowboy mayor Of Omaha. Everybody
out here does It, but it is pretty hard 10
make strangers believe that jim ever
was a cowboy. He is short. mild in
manner, soft spoken. and very bald. and
there is nothing about him TO suggest
that he was once a free-and-easy broncho
| buster Of the arid plains In addition 20
| being the cowboy mayor OF Omaha,
Dahlman is the head OF the Dahlman
! Democracy. an Omaha organization whose
members are affecuonately described by
their leader as the Short Hairs" There
are 500 Of them. and they are coming here
Monday TO whOop it up for Dahlman and
/ Bryan.
| To-day the cowboy mayor heard that
| Comptroller Herman a. Metz. Of New
York, was one Of the thirty or forty who
wants TO be nominated Tor Vice Presi-
dent on the Democratic ticket and imme-
dlately Dahlman gave his unqualified sup
port TO the Metz boomers and made prep
arations 10 see that a proper amount OF
enthusiasm was collected for the New
! Yorker Dahlman and Metz have never
met, but that made no difference TO the
! Omaha man. II was the name and not
the personality Of Metz that caught hi.
fancy. In Omaha there is a brewery own
ed by man named Metz. and this Met,
is very partial to the Dahlman Democrats
When the Dahlman short hairs hav,
a celebration Metz. the brewer. alwav,
comes forward with a sufficient amoun
lOf free beer and a sufficient amount mean,
a good deal, for there are 500 OF the shor
hairs. The Omaha Metz thinks tha
Dahlman is about the finest thing in IN,
world, and in his opinion nothing is 10,
good for the former COW puncher.
So when Dahlman heard to-day that ,
man named Metz from New York wante,
to be the Vice Presidential nominee n
was reminded Of his good friend. Met
OF Omaha Therefore. and thereupon. tn
, honorable Jim wrote telegram TO Comm
troller Metz assuring him OF the suppor
Of the Dahlman Democrats. What is go
ing TO happen when Comptroller Metz an,