Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-28

DENVER, June z-Two important meet
ings were on the program today for the
subcommittee on convention arrangements
OF the democratic national committee. The,
first session was held early in the day and
only matters OF routine ia connection with
the convention were taken up.
The members of the committee, In COM
| pany with Sergeant-a alarms John l. Mar
! tin, visited the Auditorium and discussed
details In connection with the handling OF
| the crowds at the convention, some slight
alterations in the arrangements made for
! the telegraph companies and newspaper
men and the distribution Of convention
! tickets.
This last matter promises to develop into
! a serious problem for the members of the
national committee and the officers Of the
convention. There Is a tremendous demand
for admission tickets and every incoming
mail adds to the pressure and increases
the perplexity of the men who are to
dispense the admissions.
Everybody Planning to Attend.
From present indications it seems as
though every party man in this and all
adjoining states expects to attend all the
sessions and wishes tickets for himself and
a party Of friends every time. A national
convention is more Of novelty here than
in Chicago and the interest in it outside
of political quarters Is keen and universal.
All the subcommittee, with the eNcep-
ton of McGraw of West Virginia and
Howell of Georgia, were present at the
meetings held today Both OF these gentle
men were, however represented by proxy.
Those who participated in the two confer
ences were Chairman Thomas Taggart,
Secretary Urey Woodson, Roger {. Sulli"
van Of Illinois, r. W. johnson, Texas;
James c. Dahlman, Nebraska; Norman E.
Mack, New York and John c. Osborne
wyoming.
The chief matter slated for consideration
at the afternoon meeting and by far the
most important of the day was the selec-
tion of officers for the convention.
No preliminary conferences we're held
and the meeting began with the chairman
ships entirely open.
Gossip early in the day concerned chiefly
for temporary chairman the names OF
Theodore A. Bell Of California H. D.
Clayton of Alabama, Free p. Morris OF
Illinois, Governor Folk Of Missouri and
Judson p. Harmon OF Cincinnati. The
friends OF Mr.. Bell outside of the mem
bers Of the committee seemed to be con-
; fident that he would be named, but there
was also a strong rumor to the effect thai
his name might be dropped, Mr.. Clayton
I was strongly favored and II he is not made
D the temporary presiding officer It seemed
! possible that he might be given the gave
J when the permanent officers were named
Dahlman supposed TO Know.
!. The arrival of James c. Dahlman OF
. Omaha was expected to throw some ligh
: on the mater OF selecting officers 1t being
generally believed that he would be abl'
to inform the members of the committed
of the wishes OF Mr.. Bryan. 1t is said II
some quarters that Mr. Bryan would bt
pleased with Bell and Clayton for tn,
chairmanships being willing thai eithe
man shall fill either position. This Il
known to have been his attitude som'
days ago, and no announcement has sine,
been made that ne had changed his mind
This has not been taken, however, by th
members of the committee TO mean that h.
was disposed to insist upon these men
They would be satisfactory TO him ant
u beyond that he has not expressed himself
! Such Johnson men are on the groun'
i expressed themselves today 20 beinI
= greatly cheered by reports they were re
> ceiving from the east to the effect tina
II Bryan will not be able to control vote
e from there. The Bryan people, on tn
. other hand, merely laughed and asserte'
that all opposition TO their man win no
total more than 126 votes.
o Mayor James c. Dahlman of Omaha ar
n rived this morning, after a recent confer
ence with William J. Bryan at Lincoln. ]
was reported that Mr.. DahlmAn ha
brought with him a draft Of the platform
, but this he denied.
= II discussed the platform with Nj
y Bryan" he said, but did not bring any G
1t with me. l believe the public general
= have a fair comprehension of what 4,
provisions will be-"
Mayor on Chairmanship.
When asked concerning probable seleC
tions for temporary and permanent chail
m men, Mayor Dahlman said:
II is entirely possible that the temporar
| chairman will be Bell OF California Repre-
sentative Clayton of Alabama has man
n excellent qualities that splendidly equip hil
N TO act as permanent chairman. / thin
= also that It would be well for the conver
Is ton 70 afford some recognition TO n
Is Pacific coast, and the awarding Of the ten
a. ! porary chairmanship to that section woul
be a very satisfactory method Of doing thi
/ cannot tell, however just what the con
mittee will DO, as no state has been Al
ranged. II Is likely, however, that onl
4 I one vote will be taken no matter who ma
be named. There have been no diffe
"a ences in the committee thus far, and
90 anticipate no division on any subject thl
W is likely 10 come before II this afternoon.