Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-09
BIG NOISE FROM NEBRASKA
Men from the Antelope State Organize
Parade in Denver.
BEATS THE RECORD UP TO DATE
started Rs a Bryan AFFAIR, but Mayor
Jim Appears In Time to Turn it
Into "A DahIman Demon
stration.
CFrom a staff Correspondent)

DENVER, Colo, July S.-tSpeCial Tele-
gram)-Far and away the biggest demon
stration made by any delegation Of visitors
or representatives of favorite sons during
the convention was that pulled off at noon
today by the Dahlman Democracy Of
Omaha, the Lincoln Bryan club and the
Bryan Volunteers Of Nebraska. other dele
cations have paraded the streets, marched
through the lobbies OF the hotels and re-
ceived their share Of the impartial applause
that the convention crowd has on hand for
anybody who wants to start something, but
the Nebraska turnout created about the
warmest bit Of enthusiasm that has marked
the proceedings outside convention hall thus
far.
with bands playing and banners flying
the procession marched from the Welcome
arch to the Brown hotel, the democratic
headquarters. Each man carried a paraso
of patriotic colors, with Bryan and Dahl
man banners 1t was the first parade to
maintain much semblance OF marching or
der and the crowd took up the cheers and
gave the Nebraskans a warm ovation all
along the line.
There were perhaps $50 to 800 men in line
when the parade started, but every Ne
braskan in town apparently insisted upon
getting into the fun and the final result
was a parade that seemed to be participated
in by all of the convention visitors.
OF course II was originally a Bryan dem
onstration, so far as the outward appear
| ance went, but when the crowd marched
into the Brown hotel and Mayor Jim ap-
| propriately posed in the first balcony and
bowed his welcome, the demonstration
quickly developed into Dahlman guberna-
torial hurrah. The visitors did not under
stand what it was all about and cared
less but they Joined into making it a dem
| onstration bigger than that which has been
| shown to any distinguished or near dis
| tinguished statesman. and bigger than any
one will get unless Mr.. Bryan should be
prevailed upon to come out from Fairview
and see how we'll the work he ordered has
been carried out
other Candidates Busy.
While the surface indications are all for
| the Dahlman boom, the other aspirants for
Governor Sheldon's shoes are not sleeping
Mr.. Shallenberger has been lining up the
state visitors and doing a lapel hunting
stunt that is masterpiece Of its kind. He
is making no claim, but remarks pleasantly
that the primaries will be held in Ne
braska and not in Colorado and that when
the returns are in 1t will be found that
voters may De captured by other means
than a lariat. Berge is also exceedingly
busy, very hopeful and slightly confident
He insists that Nebraska democrats will
want to have an accounting yet over that
campaign fund of 1904 and that they will
not hold him responsible for something he
didn't get He promises to have something
to say later on that subject that will make
an Omaha candidate wish that he had
acted paying rather than receiving
teller.
c. o. Lobeck got by the washout and
offered new proposition today just to lei
his rival aspirants for the governor nomi.
nation know that he is working on thf
job In the mixup over the vice presi.
Dental fight, Mr.. Lobeck suddenly discov
cred that the crying need of the country
was a Scandinavian for vice president. H,
son. governor of Virginia, and proceeded
promptly to launch the Swanson boom.
The plan took pretty well for a time. w
II. Thompson of Grand Island secondinl
Lobeck's motion and the word was passed
around among the delegates. who have
been hoping and looking for some compro
mise candidate. The boom flattened ou
and when it was discovered later in the
day that Governor Swanson is not an ad
mirer of Bryan and has no trace of Scan
dinavian blood in his veins, but the nam,
sounded good to Lobeck and furnishes as
surance to his fellow Scandinavians in Ne
braska that he is doing the best he car
under The circumstances. w. H. II.