Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-15
DAHLMAN WARNS HIS STATE
Declares Shallenberger Traitor to
Bryan and the Party.
NOTHING BUT RAILROAD TOOL
organs Most Intimate Friend says
Democratic Nominee for Cow
ernOr IL Not Safe Man
for People.

Is Ashton C.. shallenberger democratic
nominee for governor, trying to sell out
william j. Bryan in order to secure his
own electlon7
Mayor Dahlman. Bryan's most intimate
personal and political friend, has said he is.
Is Ashton c. s~hallenberger the tool OF the
railroads?
Mayor Dahlman has said he is.
Is Mr.. shallenberger a political pirate,
trimmer, four-flusher7
Mayor Dahlman has said he is.
The violent hostility OF the Dahlman
forces to Congressman Hitchcock has a
parallel in this campaign and that parallel
is the eloquent and caustic arraignment
Dahlman has made OF Sh~allenberger
II Shsllenberger should be elected gov
ernor Of Nebraska the voters could GER
tainly not blame Mayor Dahlman, for he
gave them fair and full warning. He stood
on the watch tower and cried aloud when
he saw the danger ahead. He hung out
the red light signal. indicating that the
old ship was in peril.
Dahlman Was Frank.
Mr.. Dahlman was perfectly frank with
his fellow citizens of Nebraska. He con-
ceived the idea that they wanted a man
they could trust for governor and that II
a man they could not trust was running for
the office they would want to know it.
So the mayor candidly warned them.
Though the man whom he believed could
not be trusted was In his own party, the
mayor of Omaha did not falter in his grand
purpose to warn the people. He took the
stump and proclaimed to the voters of
his state that Mr.. Shallenberger was a
traitor trimmer" "four-flusher," "polit-
ical pirate that he was the tool of the
railroads. and that these pirates are try
ing to sell out Mr.. Bryan to secure Shall
lenberger's election"
They sold out Mr.. Bryan in 1896 and
again In 1900," declared Mr.. Dahlman,
land they are trying to do it again this
year."
Then Mr.. Dahlman called on the demo-
Gratis Of Nebraska who love their party
and Mr.. Bryan to know II they would
stand up and support a traitor to the
party and a traitor to the party's peerless
leader"
These words Of Jim Dahlman, though
spoken before the primary election Septcm-
Der /, have come laundering down through
this campaign and are as potent and po-
tential today as the night they were ut
tered. They have never been taken back
by the man who spoke them and probably
never will be, since he is not a man who
takes back" things very readily.
Mr.. Dahlman's warning has had its eff
feet. The thousands OF democrats in Ne
braska who stood Loyalty by him in the
race for the governorship nomination, be-
lieved he uttered the truth about Shallen-
berger and think they have no reason to
believe otherwise now. just because It hap
pens to be after instead of before election.
How Can Voters Doubt
cit would seem to me- says Chairman
Crawford of the republican county COM
mittee. that II as sound and loyal a demo.
crat as Mr.. Dahlman will stand up and
make these charges of Mr.. Shallenberger
the voters of Nebraska, regardless of party
will believe what he says and cast their
ballots accordingly. How any man who
pretends to have the best interests of his
state at heart can vote for shallenberger
after the Dahlman arraignment is beyond
my comprehension. Dahlman has been a
leader in political affairs Of this state for
may years and one of the most prominent
men in the national councils Of his party
for years. He stands closer to Mr.. Bryan
than any living democrat. That we all
know. 1t has been conclusively shown
this year since before the democratic ma
tional convention where Mr.. Dahlman was
Mr.. Bryan's personal representative"
The fact that Congressman Hitchcock
fatty refused to support Dahlman, but gave
all his influence to the nomination of Shall.
enberger for governor. allowing his paper
to become the shallenberger organ-this
fact serves to intensity the Dahlman feel.
ing against shallenberger. Since it is pub.
| lIaIy Gpnuyn that the nobi,,.u .tl A.
militant force of local democracy, is max,
ing a vigilant effort to beat Hitchcock fol
congress, 1t is conceded on all hands tina
the Observation-Disclosures alliance will
not help the nominee for governor.