Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-13
HOW BRYAN HEARS THE NEWS

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will be elected by the biggest majority
ever given a candidate in Nebraska"
'Do you intend to withdraw from the
racer" he was asked.
Me! When the bell rings, I'm in 10
stay and I never fly the track. The only
way they can get me off is to defeat me-"
II was for Shallenberger," said a man in
the crowd. after Dehlman left, but Dahl
man ak mighty confident" And the
man went away undecided whether to be
for Mayor Jim or not.
The fact that Dahlman has been adver-
tised the country Oliver as Bryan's most
intimate ~palitical friend and closest ad-
mirer made the Omaha mayor overshadow
his competitors. and on every hand men
asked that he be pointed out to them. The
mayor certainly made a hit and Bryan's
friends did not attempt to counterfeit II.
How the Jacks Feel.
So emphatic was the hit made by Dahl
man that a Jacksonian who was a witness
to It said this: III Dahlman Ia nominated
1 will organize a Sheldon club"
Mayor Brown and his local committee
worked hard and faithfully to make the
arrangements for the notification complete.
but some of them will have to pay dearly
for their mistakes. Long before the hour
for the arrival of the notification COM
mittee, men and women began to appear
at the State house with cards which en-
titled them to seats on the platform. Rap
idly the seats were being filled. Then came
along the wife Of a very prominent Lincoln
democrat, accompanied by a woman friend.
She was without a ticket of admission.
You canno get in, madam" the polite
doorkeeper said.
"But ! must get In. My husband is a
prominent democrat here sndI am entitled
to a seat"
Again she was refused and again she
began to tell she was. Finally she
threw this bomb at the doorkeeper:
There are q whole lot of republican
women on that platform and their husbands
will never vote for Bryan And she pro-
ceeded to name them.
Ed Friend. who is the whole works in az
fairs OF this kind, had been called to assist
the doorkeeper. When this bomb was ex-
ploded at him he ran.
II don't take the responsibility for keep
ing them OUT he remarked as he slid.
The women didn't get in and what she
said was true.
Mayor Brown and p, II. Hall, vice chair
man of the national committee, tried to
ACCOMMODATE ali TIE newspaper men aho a
whole lot of others. But some one per-
mitted favorltes to get in the press stand
and the great unterrified had to stand out
In the hot sun for two hours without hear
ing a word or seeing a sight.
RenOunces Free silver.
~ When MT. Bryan began 10 speak the sun
came out hot and bright Chairman Mack
promptly raised an umbrella and stood with
II over them both. This was when the
photographers were getting busy. Mr..
Bryan very gently pushed the umbrella
back and thus helped the picture men get
a good likeness of him.
Mr., Bryan received a feeble cheer during
his speech when he renowned free silver
I at Ii to /, government ownership and his
: various paramount issues such as imperial
ism and a few others, His renunciatiou
/, came in that part Of his speech when In
S endorsing the. Denver platform he said:
1T contains all the remedial Legislation
we can hope to secure In the next -four
, years"
. In telling how we'll satisfied he was with
the platform Mr.. Bryan did not say II wa
prepared at Fairview.
! When he began to discuss the publicitS
plank several persons got up and left, on,
r OF them remarking:
That makes me tired when we hav'
been unable to get an accounting OF tina
$15,000 sent out here from Wall street dur
ing the campaign Of 1894. That money Ton
Allen, Mr.. Bryan's brother-in-law, ad
mitted he received"
n When he talked OF the harmony OF tn,
y Denver convention a half dozen voices sait
very audibly:
"Guffey.''
When he told about Taft adding to tn
republican platform, he took a poke a
d the republican leaders who he said pre-
a pared II and then said the republican can
didste would have to derend upon thos
leaders to secure legislation.
He never mentioned Roger Sullivan
"F1ngy' connors or Tim Murphy, tn
democratic leaders upon whom he will hav
to depend to get legislation,
a Parade Well Managed.
d The parade in which Mr., Bryan and Mt
Kern rode to the state house was rattle
late In starting. but 1t was we'll manage
d by Colonel Westervelt, the Burlingto,
right-of-way man In Lincoln. First Their
m came Chief Cooper in front OF a bunch o
cadets. Then ten minutes later came IN
escort on horseback and in this bunch wer
republicans who leaned themselves for In
occasion. Then came the carriages. !
might have been q funeral procession =
r. quiet were the people who lined the side
ne walks along the route,
II At the conclusion OF his speech Mr.. Bryal
r and Congressman Clayton held a rec ,ptio,
in the corridor OF the state house. Will
ne the crowd was large and vATiously estl
n mated, there were by actual count 3Sl
ne men, women and children VINO passe
through the corridor and shook the han
Of the candidate. Mrs.. Sheldon, wife O
ID Governor Sheldon, was the last, and sh
was escorted by Mayor Brown.
60 Governor Sheldon. who sat on the plat
form, Was the recipient Of many eompll
- ments. Mrs. Bryan came on the plattorT
ng with hrs. sheldon and had considerabl
difficulty getting q seat.
es Business Houses Decorated.
AZ Though most Of the business houses her
Is are owned by republicans. they were decc
sc rated with flags or red. white and blu
ne streamers. Bryan pictures were in CIV
p denee In many windows. as were a lot {
- Tart pictures. Yet many visiting demo
Gratis kicked. A representative OF a yer
prominent democratic concern said be II