Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-05

gates-at-large are Mayor Brown of Lin
coin, w. II. Thompson Of Grand Island.
Dan " Stephens of Fremont, Judge Old
ham Of Kearney and Ig Dunn of Omaha.
For district delegates a superabundAnce
Of candidates have secured entry cards,
but the district conventions will settle
their hash. Each district can have two
delegates to the national convention. but
more than two have filed in each district.
In the First district ]. w. Boatman OF
Sterling, George Warren of Tecumseh, ].
II. Henninger of Pawnee, Henry Geering
of Plattsmouth, II. II. Hanks of Nebraska
City. John Moorhead of Falls City and NJ.
f. Connor of Auburn all want to go as
delegates George Rogers or Omaha and
DIR. McCrann of South Omaha already
have the Second district delegation nailed
down with no opponeats. Douglas Shaw
van OF Albion, James Hughes Of Schuy-
Ter, Nick Fritz Of Pender and W. A. Smith
of Beemer are the candidates in the Third
district. In the Fourth district the list
of favorte sons include Jacob Klein Of
Beatrice, c. F. Gilbert Of York. w. H.
Barnes of Fairbury, M. H. Weiss Of
Hebron, ]. F. Gereke of Seward. Peter
Gibson of Aurora and E. o. Weber OF
Valparaiso. Fifth district candidates for
delegates-at-large are b. f. Scroggin of
Nuckolls county, r. D. Logan of From
tier county and ]. F. Modlin of Furnas
county. x. Piasecki of Howard county,
A. r. Mullin of O'Neill, A. M. Morrisy
of Valentine and Joseph Oberfelder Of Sid
ney are the candidates in the Sixth dis
| trict
| The district convention, where the hopes
of these numerous candidates win be for
ever settled, will be held ct the hours
Of 10 and IL o'clock Thursday morning.
The First and Second districts will scrap
1t out in the Dahlman. Democracy club
rooms, the Third and Fourth districts at
the Paxton hotel, and the Fifth and Sixth
districts in the Auditorium.
H. II. Hanks of Otoe county has already
been chosen temporary chairman OF the
convention, but the temporary secretary
remains to be named. Following the call
ing together of the untArrified and before
the ratification of delegates to the national
convention, DR.. P. l.. Hall of LINCOLN will
be elected national committeeman for the
state, vice Mayor Dahlman, who does not
want the berth another year. His guber-
Material bee will keep Mayor Jim busy,
he says Raymond Robbins OF Chicago,
who several years ago made a big fight
in that city for educational matters, will
also speak in the afternoon. Bryan, the
peerless" will be given free rein in the
evening.
Though the state convention will have
nothing to do with the nominating of can
didates for state offices, still scores of
those who have feltSthe sting of the office
bee are already on the ground and conduct
ing a sly campaign for themselves on the
side. In this side show the congressional
aspirants are foremost, at least, in num-
bers. No one has had the temerity so far
as to positively announce himself a candi-
date for congress in Hitchcock's Second
district, but in other districts 1t is found
that there are several favorite sons.
H. H. Hanks of Nebraska City and j. A.
Mcguire of Lancaster county have both
signified their Willingness to go to con-
gress from the First district. In the
Third district Douglas Shawvan OF Albion
Editor Richmond of Fremont. State Senator
'Latta of Burt county, p. E. McKinip OF
Humphrey and Judge Graves are all con.
gressional aspirants. Fourth district can
didates are Judge Thomas of Seward and
C. NJ. skiles of David City, while in the
Fifth district F. w. Ashton of Grand
Island and r. d. Sutherland of Nelson
want to go to congress. Arthur Mullen oi
Holt county. Jess Grady Of Broken Bow
} ana Judge Westover of Rushvile are the
congressional candidates in the Sixth dis
, trict
} Shalenberger, Berge. Dahlman and Lo
beck will also give their gubernatoriaI bee.
4 trial flight at the state convention anC
4 the promise is made that there will b,
5 politics galore. Democratic headquarteri
) are at the Paxton hotel and that will b,
the political center but reservations hav,
e been made at the Millard. the Merchants
= and other hotels for the followers OF
Bryan. The populists who have called
| state convention for Thursday have head