Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-06
Peerless Leader is Meekly Followed
by Democrats in Convention.
PLATFORM HE BRINGS IS ADOPTED
Pops Fall in Line and Make it
Unanimous for w. ].
BERGE sCAIPs W. H. THOMPSON
Through Intimate Bryan Man Defeats
Little Giant for Delegate.
REVENGE FOR TWO YEARS AGO


Is Dunn, SO bitterly GnIped Down
by JIms, Next to High
Man for Delegate ate
Large.
National oommitteoman-pr. p. Z. nan
NATIONAL. ooEvENTroF DE1E0ATEs
At-Large-L J. Dunn, Douglas county,
=, w. Brown, lancaster; ID. v. StephenE
Eieotors-st-LarEs m. r. Warrington
Eolt; Henry 0ering, Cass.
DrsTR1cT DELHoATEs AND HLECr,
oNG.
RirHt District--John EEorehead, RiOh.
ardsoni Monroe T. Conner, Nemahs.
Altsrnats-John X. Hennigsr, Pawneel
George Warren Johnson. ..
Richardson.
second Dtstriot-Georgo Rogers, Doug
last Dr. w, J: Mocrann, Douglss
AlteruRtos--Tom Kelly, Washington; q
A. Peterson, sarpy.
Presidential EiectOr - saphus Nsbis,
Douglas
rhird District-Phn H. Kohl, wayne,
W. A. smith, Cunning.
AltSrnateg--B -Bensaundsrs, Knoxi James
PreSidentiai EleOtOr-DOugias shawvau,
Boone.
Fourth District-F. J. aerke, Seward;
bartholomew Koehler, fillmore.
John Byrne, Thayer.
Presidential Elsctor--Tom Smith Hamil-
ton
Fifth District - benjamin soroggins,
Nuckollsi o. =. HRrmon, Phelps
Alternates = n. d. Logan, Muokols;
presidential Bicctor-D. +. Swanson,
Clay.
sixth Distriot-A. w. 1Korrisssy, chsrryi
James y. swain, Greeley.
Alternates - Joseph ob0rfelder, Chey-
enne; A. I. Woodson, Dawson.
Prudential Eleotor-A. D. Cameron,
Greeley,
The democratic state convention yester-
day adopted a platform which William ].
Bryan brought up from lincoln the night
before in his pocket, threw the harpoon
into w. II. Thompson, the Little Giant
of Grand Island, tossed the customary
sops to the .popullst brethren in separate
perfunctory convention elected D. p. L.
Hall national committeeman to succeed
James c. Dahlman, delegates. alternates
and electors named above, listened to
speech by Bryan in the evening and ad-
iourned. The deliberations came off at the
Auditorium.
The popullsts held a session. adopted q set
of resolutions the purpoIt " witch was
to endorse Bryan. named national c9nven-
ton delegates. denounced in resolution
generals scope Of power SO as to enable
him to exclude certain publications from
the mails and agreed to "be good" The
two elements of fusion got so close to-
gether that the democrats elected NJ. f,
Harrington, the old-time pop wheeihorse
OF O'Neill. delegate to the national oonven-
tion
BeFge Defeats ThOmpaOn.
The defeat Of Thompson was the most
exciting incident of the day. Hts friends
charged a conspiracy had been formed to
kill him Off while the slayers said he was
defeated merely to give room for younger
man in the person Of r. j. Hale OF o'NeilI
While some OF the Thompson men laid
his defeat to aggrived Omaha politicians
over his recent attempt to make peace be-
tween the warning Jacks and Jims, point
ing out that he got but q votes in Doug
las county, theory more generally ac-
credited is this That the fight dates back
two years and was engineered in behalf
of George w. Berge by a business asso-
ciate and intimate friend of Mr.. Bryan,
and was Berge's revenge for an alleged
throw-down by Thompson when Berge
wanted TO be governor 1t was worked
through the Omaha bunch by one who
knows it. The story is that Thompson haa
pledged his cooperation to Berge, but that
when the convention came to a head at
Lincoln Thompson Joined the Hitchcock
railroad crowd and allowed Berge to paddle
his own canoe. The man who is said to
have slipped the harpoon into Mr.. Thomp-
son for Mr.. Berge. II is an open secret
has not been on the most friendly terms
with Hitchcock for some two years and
himself. SO the story goes, derived con-
siderable satisfaction out OF the harpoon-
Ing.
Dunn Next 10 Highest.
Another live wire was touched in the cleo
tion of Ignatius Jehovah Dunn OF Omaha.
the Jacksonian who was swallowed with
such wry faces by the Jims during the
late war. Mayor Brown Of Lincoln was
high man, receiving sa votes for delegate
at-large The others stood: Dunn. $40;
stephens, S27i Hale. 749: Thompson, s7s.
Douglas county's vote on these candidates
was: Dunn. 1856; Brown, 1923; Hale, i2s;
Stephens 12s, Thompson. %.
The name of Judge w. D. Oldham Of
Kearney was proposed as a delegate-at-
large. hut the Judge refused 10 stand for It
and made those proposing him withdraw
his name. He said he had had honors
enough and cast a meaning glance over
toward w. II. Thompson.
Loud calls arose for Thompson to follow
the example OF Oldham, but the Little Giant
stood like lamb at the slaughter. dumb.
and opened not his mouth.
Mayor Dahlman was in the convention.
but as he had forewarned every body not to
precipltate a riot by naming him for a con-
vention delegate OF any kind. there was no
stampede In his direction. The mayor pro-
tested innocence In the ant-Thompson plot.
District Action Hatined.
Prior to the electing Of the delegates-at-
large. the convention chose its presidential
electors. Henry Gering OF PlattHmouth and
NJ F. Harrington OF ONeii. securing the
piums as electors-at-iarge. being elected by
acclamation. The congressional districts
nominated their preference for electors from
the various districts and the convention
merely ratified the nominations. but In the
Fourth district a serious bluder was made.
Delegates IN that district forgot that they
could not name a man who II connected
with a national bank and therefore named
Tom Smith Of Hamilton. The nomination
was ratified all right enough, but just be-
fore the convention adjourned for the din
ner hour tho irregularity was discovered
and the district eaueused % 50 toSstheF