Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-06
OMAHANs sAoK FROM LINCOLN
All Profestsnts Against Closing Bill
CONFIDENT.

vi AAANHH NADNNuk III
CONFIDENT
The crusaders have returned from the
capital. They struggled back from Lincoln
on several afternoon trains, though this
bulk Of those opposed to the daylight
ssloon bill came on me especial at 5;45
while most Of the Anti Saloon league people
returned on the regular at $40 p. M.
Neither army came back with victory
perched on their banners. though both laid
claims to pltinsate success However, the
A~nti-saloon league fpeopleF seemed much
more cheerful on their arrival In Omaha
than did the-other and larger army. though
those opposed to the bill mustered a brave
smile and while many said they believed
their CAUSES was hopeless, others said they
hoped for the best, and a few expressed
themselves as believing Governor Shallen-
berger will veto the bill.
The governor gave an audience to both
factions. despite his Announcement follow
ing the unexpected death of Former Gov
ernor Poynter that he would not consider
the bill Monday. Those in favor Of the
bill were heard first, being given an
audience in the morning. The opponents
we're heard in the afternoon. Each side
was given a half hour.
Thirty men composed the committee OF
business men chosen by the 800 crusaders
against the bill to lay their case before
Governor shafIenberser, the governor ex-
planning that It would be utterly impossi-
bic for him to give an audience to the
entire army OF interested Omaha citizens
sent to protest. Rome Miller and Mayor
Dshlman we're chosen as chairman of this
committee and tw~enty-three other men
from Omaha. and five from South Omaha
we're chosen to form the committee.
Committee Had strength.
The oman men chosen from the regi-
ment of crusaders TO march around the
governor, break their pitchers at the psy-
Geological moment and let their light In
on him were: John Drexel, w. A. Paxton,
jr.; Thomas J. Flynn, Ralph Kitchen, F.
L. Halter, Thomas J. O'Bnen, Lee Bridges,
G.. +. Brucker. F. A. Nash, T. j. O'Con-
nor, L. J. TePoel, F. w. Judson, C. ].
Karbach, p. Z. Redman, John e. Reagan,
Harry 3D. zimmaRs d. &olen, Joseph Hay
den, /. J. Dunn. J. b. Rahm and C. B.
Liver. The South Omaha men on the CON-
mlttee were3 pr. " j. McCrann. Ever
cit B~uckinghAms &c A. .Melcheor. Jack
Walters and J. b. Watkins.
!. ]. Dunn was chosen as spokesman
and pgesented, the entire case for the dele
CATION none of the others talking on the
bill et the time, though many Of them, as
wellfet other menlbers of the delegation.
talked with the governor later. Mr.. Dunn
called the governors attention TO the fact
that the large delegation was composed
of s9lfd business aud professional men
who have the best interests of omaha at
heart; that there was not a single saloon
man In it. and that'W the bill. as passed
by the le eislsture. received executive ap-
proval II will work great hardship on this,
the only metropolitan city between Chi
cago and Denver. While calling his at
tention to the nonpartissn complexion OF
the delegation, Mr.. Dunn told the gov
ernor that the approval OF the bill would
not only wreck the executive personally,
but that IT would harm the democratic
party to an untold extent, inasmuch as IL
was passed by a democratic legislature,
and " approved would. be by a democratic
Drys Are COnndent.
Governor sballenberger listened patiently