Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-03
HOW MONEY TRICK WAS DONE
More Entertaining Facts About States
men and Campaign Funds.
BROTHER TOM TRIES TO DUCK
Explanation Gives Rise to Question,
Was Bryan the Basis OF Capt.
t~aIisation and Berge
s~capeEOatf

s~capeEoatt
Was Bryan made the basis Of capitaliza-
ton and Berge the scapegoat or not7
Mayor Dahlman,- democratic national com
mitteeman for Nebraska, says he made no
sworn statement Of how the $4,000, secured
from Thomas F. Ryan or w. F. Sheehan,
was spent. as he claims the law does not
compel statements being made by national
committees.
Addison A. AFTER. chairman Of the demo-
cratic committee for Douglas county in
1904, says he recovered 1900 or 5000 Of the
SIS, 900 received rom the New York men.
Bryan says lac never saw any Of the
money. Dahlmsh and Arter confirm him.
George Washington Berge. candidate for
governor in 1904, says he never knew any
thing of the receipt of the money and that
none Of It was spent in his campaign. He
filed a campaign expense account of S2.
AFTER says Berge certainly knew Of the
receipt of the money and also knew that
most Of it was spent in his behalf.
Brother Tom Tries\tO Duck.
Brother-in-law Allen, chairman Of the
state committee seeks to wash his hands
Of the whole transaction and says that he
turned the money all over to Dahlman.
AFTER says his committee secured a
loan from Allen on the condition that
Dahlman would get the money from Ryan
and Sheehan and pay It back.
fhe expenditures of the republican state
committee, as shown in the sworn state
ment Of A. II. Hennings, treasurer, on file
in the office Of the county clerk, for the
year of 1904 were sS,5Os.sO, with receipts
amounting to ~Ss,4Ss.57. This is for the
whole state.
The sworn expenditures OF the demo-
cratic Douglas county committee are
81. 9Os.S9. Chairman AFTER says he received
this much from the Dahlman fund in ad-
dition to local subscriptions and all was
spent in Douglas county.
I'VE had to have money that year to
carry this county. the hardest county n
the state, and on account Of Berge's tenn
perance proclivities we could not raise
enough in Omaha" says former Chairman
AFTER. I'VE then sent to Allen and told
him we must have money. Allen said he
had some, but needed 1t all elsewhere.
Finally he made up a loan op the condi-
ton that Dahlman would get money out of
the state with which to pay 1t back. This
was done.
ForRets Exac Amount.
Il forget how much Dahlman gave me,
"a 4 Nuluk " wa aOOuI N0rNVV VI NoiNOe
This, in addition to what was subscribed in
the county, was all spent in the county
and we carried Douglas for Berge, despite
the fact that Roosevelt carried 1t over
whelmingly.
II don't know what to make of this state
ment from Berge, as he certainly knew OF
the expenditure of money in his behalf,
else how can he explain how he made
' such a strong run"
Dahlman, in explaining the filing Of a
schedule of expenditure said:
I THE law does not compel the filing OF
! expenses by national committees, therefore
1 did not file a record. The money was spent
l by me as national committeeman, because
it came from the national committee. Ma
9 tlonal campaign funds. even though spent
in state campaign. are not turned over to
the state committees"
5 How the Trick was Turned.
> IT heard about this Parker Doodle in Ne.
braska some time ago." said a local demo.
crat who insists that his name be not dis
closed. but who has unquestioned source Of
y Information. 1.-THE way I understand II, the
l transaction was substantially a payment
g for the influence Of Dahlman, Brother-in
lay Tom Allen, and others to get Bryan
= enlisted in the Parker campaign.
> at will be remembered that Immediately
u after the st. Louis convention In 1904
: Bryan took to the woods In Texas, or Colo
RADIO, or some other place. to recuperate hi
. health and there were grave doubts
g whether he would recover in time to par
ticipate In the campaign and say a goot
word for Parker. Taggart, Sheehan & Co.
promised to help out the Nebraskans II
e nanclally. II they would get Bryan bacl
h on the reservation. and later made thei
word good. y
e IT heard also of another card played II
r the game, which was supposed to hav,
netted an additional 5000 to the pot. Tag
CART had an idea he might carry his owl
It state of Indiana IL he could yet Bryan
s personally. to round up his followers Their,
o Just before election. Nebraska's spokesmeI
o claimed that Bryan had promised this tim
to Nebraska, and would not release hin
unless they got something in return, whicl
something proved to be $500 for the trans
fer Of Bryan from Nebraska to Indians
d and Ohio.
n TT is possible that Dahlman and Brother
in-law Tom simply traded on Bryan with
out his knowledge. but they could not hav
N gotten the money from the Parker crow,
without using Bryan as their asset.
"
A mar who is in perfect health, so h
can do an honest days work when neces
sary, has much for which he should b
h thankful. Mr.. L. c. Rodgers Of Branch
IF ton, Pa, prites that he was not only un
able to work. but he couldn't stoop owe
70 to tie his shoes. Six bottles Of Foley
II Kidney Cure made a new man Of him. H
lie says. Success to Foley's Kidney Cure.
rs All druggists.