New-York tribune., 1908-06-06
THAT CAMPAIGN FUND
POPULIST GOT FAT SLICE.
DahIman 4dUises Peerless One Not
to Return the Money.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Omaha June 5-Reiterating that he got the
s15 600 from New York in the campaign of 1904 and
that he spent the entire amount in vain effort
to elect George Washington Berge Governor OF
Nebraska, Mayor Dahman. Democratic national
committeeman from this state. says that he doesn't
know where the money came from, and
that far he knows it might have been Ryan
money. The Mayor is confined to his bed by i'll
ness, but welcomed interview and a chance TO
state his part in the transaction.
Il have not seen Bryan or talked with him., said
Dahlman. but 1 would advise him not to send
back that $4,000. 1t is none Of his affair
"As / said before, Sheehan offered help in Ne
braska That before the state convention, and
1 told him that could not tell what the show was
for carrying the state for Parker until after II
was held. When the convention held L saw
that there use in working for Parker III
Nebraska and wrote Sheehan TO that effect.
I'm October l saw there hope of electing
Berge. 1 called in T. S. Allen, chairman OF the
state committee and told him 1 had earlier in the
campaign been offered New York money, and asked
him If he had the time to go to New York and see
Chairman Taggart and Trey Woodson, OF Ken
lucky, secretary of the committee, and see if he
could get some help. Well, Allen went to New
York and them, but he did not bring the
money back with him. The $15ooO was sent later
in three different payments The checks were not
signed by W. F. Sheehan T. F. Ryan. but by
the treasurer of the committee.
''Of course Ryan and Sheehan may both have
contributed the national campaign fund but the
money l. got ana the money l spent III lLe Stoieo
campaign all from the national committee
and not from either of these two men.
II reaffirm that Mr.. Bryan knew nothing OF the
transaction. and also that he campaigned for
Parker from the very start"
More light is thrown the disposition Of the
now famous $4,000 by statement given out to-day
by Thomas H. Tibbles, the Populist nominee for
Vice-Presdent in 1904.
At that time Mr.. Tibbles editor of The In
dependent" at Lincoln. and Bryan's "Commoner
was printed by THE Independent plant. Bryan's
editorial desk in The independent office.
Mr.. Tibbles says:
I know right where 5000 of that New York fund
went 1t went into special edition of 5000 copies
Of THE Independent,' which got out for
the purpose of electing George Berge Gov
ernor The entire paper was given up to his can
Populist, and Berge the fusion candidate for
Governor. This amount handed US by Tom
Allen. James c. Dahlman and Colonel John G.
Maher, and they secured the funds from the Demo
cratic National Committee on a trip which they
made to New York ~
1 do know what became of the other $1,000,
but know positively the disposition of that S.
| also know something about that charge that
the $1,000 sent to Nebraska to get Bryan to
support Parker The day after Bryan returned
The. independently ofice.. sat down at his desk
and began writing editorial. The first words
were. Il shall support Parker" We put that edl-
torial in type and ran it in THE Commoner the
following week. All that done long before
there any talk of needing money IN the Ne
lous talk about Bryan being paid to support
Parker.