Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-14
Looks for Governor Shallenberger to
Line Up Against Bryan.
LOCAL LEGISLATORS ARE DEFIANT
Senators Ransom and Tanner Toss a
Few Weedy Bouquets.
PEERLESS LOSER IS A DEAD ONE
Such is Unanimous Declaration OF
Douglas County Men who Were
in Last Legislature, Formerly
DevOut BryRnites.

Mayor Dahman and Governor shailen-
berger in the same bed And Bryan on the
floor
The Omaha mayor returned Sunday from
Excelsior Springs, Mo, looking fit as a fld-
die. The first thing that gave him the shiv-
ers, mentally, he admitted, was the declar-
alton of William J. Bryan for county OPP
ton.
Mr.. Bryan's declaration will not affect
my plans in any manner" said Mayor
Dahlman. Il have expected such action by
him for some time AS view IT, he held
himself back this subject just as long
as he could. It's pretty warm down where
Bryan is now, you know, and apparently
some of the climatic heat has got into his
editorial.
Il have followed Bryan, and fought with
and for him a good many years. Now we
have come to the parting Of the ways, on
this subject. He may win some prohibition
republicans, but he certainly will lose the
support of a great many democrats Our
party is composed very largely OF the So
called liberal element. and men with that
belief will not follow Mr. Bryan or any
body else into the camp Of the county op-
tionists, shall positively maintain my po-
siton and do all can to defeat any such
proposition"
! Asked II he expected Governor Shallen-
berger to be with him in the coming fight
to keep county local option plank out of
! the democratic PLATFORM Mayor Dahlman
said
| Yes. do, judging from an interview he
! gave out some time back, and believe we
will be able to keep out OF the platform any
plank looking to that end. OF course this
latest utterance OF Mr.. Bryan means a
! fight In the primaries on delegates, as well
as fight IN the convention. We are ready
| right now to take up and meet the issue.
That we will win have no Doubt
The mayor spoke with considerable regret
Of the break with Bryan that Is now I'M
avoidable; but while cautious in his re-
marks, he left no room for doubt that the
! fight thus protected fnathe democratic party
of Nebraska will be to a finish on the
county local option issue
Local Legislators scOrnfuI.
Mr.. Bryan's charge in the course Of his
declaration for county option that the
liquor interests exercised too much in
fluence in the last democratic legisla-
ture and controlled the democratic ma
Jority in the senate did not pass un-
needed by Douglas county members of
the Legislature. The Bee interviewed
most of them yesterday and in several
cases got the prompt reply, II am just
Have just read that"
One thing on which all those inter
viewed were practically agyeed was. ''Mr.
Bryan is dead one politically" Also
, Ievery member was outspoken against
Bryan's avowal for county option but
not every one of the house members was
ready to deny his charge as to how the
initiative and referendum was defeated
in the senate.
| M n.
bell wether OF the esnate, said: 'Mr.
Bryan insisted ON running the legis-
lature and we objected, He urged
us TO pass the initiative and referendum
, and we refused. He is peeved and that is
, all there is to this whole thing. He had
/, the support in the last presidential cam
paign of the very element he Is now fight
! ing. He refused to sign petition res
olution asking the legislature to pass
county option bill, but now he comes out
for it.
b Hard Words for Pet Measure.
a "As TO his initiative and referendum,
! which is un-American IL he thinks 1t such
{. good thing why didn't ne have it placed
Q in the Denver platform on which he ran
for president? Why didn't he have it
o placed in the state piatformr He could
have had It placed in either, but he did mt
simply because he was running for office
d and was afraid 1t would lose him some
votes. Now. having been defeated three
! times and probably convinced he is dead
politically, he is willing to endorse shalien-
berger county option and everything
= else"
Senator j. NJ. Tanner, South Omaha:
: What Bryan says wouldn't have any in
fuence on me, whether It be praise or
. any more effect on the democratic party.
:, I was and am opposed to the bills against
a which voted"
Representative James p. Connolly: "WS
all know Bryan. We have followed, him
for good many years-elways to defeat
We are through with him. / think, as
Jim Dahlman says. He's a four-flusher
think his county option policy is bad
for the party, or would be II the party
were TO take II up. So far as the initiative
and referendum is concerned. think, my
self, it was a very bad thing to defeat the
bill / thought so then. But / don't cars
to hear from Bryan on the subject II
he was not straddler he'd come out for
5 prohibition instead OF county option"
j Peerless Loser In Wrong Pew,
e Representative w. +. Stoecker, "BryaT
I will find no support among Intelligent
: democrats either in his attack on the demo
4 cratic legislature or his county option pol
icy. He gets into the wrong pew this time
s / would rather wait until have fully dl
; gested his criticisms 10 say more"
y Representative w. p. Thomas, Il ap
n prove neither OF his structures on the legis
5t lators, nor OF his declaration for count!
le option and other such laws. or course
IS since the house, of(whlch 1 was a member
'e passed the initiative and referendum
e feel that It is not up 10 me 10 reply muel
l. TO his attack the senate for killing II
81 We all know that the senate was IL
d Waterloo"
d Representative J. p. Kraus OF soutl
Omaha said: Personally, never made an,