Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-07-30
DEMOCRATS SEEK
TO FIND NEW MAN
Compromise on State Chairman Al.
ready Being Talked at Grand
Island.
WANT BYRNES TO STEP ASIDE,
Columbus Man in No Mood sN ~
Such Action
SUPPORTERS q u ..cKDowN
Declare Bryan Mn Would Call it
Practical Victory.
SUPPORTERS @ ~ .cKDowN
Declare Bryan Mn Would Call j
Practical Victory.
BRYAN MAY DECIDE TO APPEAR
Dates, but IL Not Too Far Away
TO Listen to Appeal
for Help.

attempt Is being made to compromise OF
the matter of the selection Of stat'
chairman to conduct the democratic stat,
campaign in this state. 1t was staed OF
| good authority this evening that tn,
| democratic candidates in this state o.
their agents were already waiting on tn,
leaders Of both factions in an effort Il
bring them to an agreement whereby
some man besides J. 8. Byrnes could b
elected to the craftsmanship of the state
committee that would still have the con.
fidence of the democratic party Of the
state. None of the elading candidates Is
yet present except ]. H. Morehead. can
didate for governor.
1t has been. stated by those who claim
to know that Ex-Governor Shalienberger
will not be at the convention as he ID
busy with lecturing engagements. The
effort to compromise by keeping J., s.
Byrnes out of the race will meet with
q great deal of opposition. as some OF
the delegates. notably. some among the
Douglas county delegation. have said
they would consider the election Of any
man other than Mr.. Byrnes as a victory
for Charley Bryan and Tom Allen, as
those men would naturally herald the
defeat of Byrnes as q victory for them.
selves.
Chairman Byrnes has his headquarters
at the Koehler hotel and has been busy
all day and evening meeting members of
the various delegation as they came In.
Byrnes Is smiling. ~ feel very conf
dent he said. He declares he has no
definite table Of votes and instructions
OF the various delegations as they have
been reported from day to day. but that
ne has no cause to fear the result.
On the other hand it is stated by the
progressives that out of the sixty coun-
ties from which they have reports, thu
prosressives have 900 delegates and they
feel that with some thirty counties Wi
to report, they have excellent chance to
get the majority Of the votes to endorse
the action OF: w. J. Bryan at tho Balti-
more convention and to elect a man as
state chairman thoroughly in harmony
with the progressive movement, of the
democrats and who has the strength to
carry out the pledges Of the democratic
party this year. .-r.... "a;
Charles Bryan, brother; Of William J.
Bryan, together with Tom Allen, are also
stationed at the Koehler hotel. Mr..
Bryan said this evening that he could
rot say whether w. J. Bryan would be
present at the convention or not. He
said he would know definitely Tuesday
morning. He did not say where the Com
moner was at the present time.
In the meantime whether the hero of
Baltimore will appear in person on the
field Of conflict tomorrow Is matter
corner and by both factions. some of
those who oppose the Bryan faction have
a certain fear Of his presence, while
among the progressiyes his coming ID
watched for even as Wellington scanned
the horizon for the coming of Blucher
at Waterloo. Mayor ]. c. Dahlman Of
Omaha, C. e. Tanning and other mem
bers Of the Douglas county delegation
arrived yesterday and made their head
quarters at the Palmer hotel.
The remainder Of the Douglas county
delegation is expected to arrive in the
morning. 1t was principally fragments
of the various delegations that arrived
today as the convention will not be
called to order until o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
A great many of the counties are send
ing delegates in uninstructed. Both frac-
tions admit these delegations are uncer-
tain quantities as the vote Of these will
be a matter of Individual feeling Of tho
delegates.
. Custer county for example comes with
twenty-one delegates uninstructed. LIN
coin county comes with ten uninstructed.
Cherry county delegation comes iunin-
structed, Antelope comes with eleven un-
instructed. Madison and wayne coun-
ties have advanced delegates on the
ground who say their counties did not
instruct any they believe the delegates
to be mixed.
A large tent has been pitched on South
Locust street wherc the convention is
to, be held. It Is the plan now that the
matter of selecting a state chairman
shall be first fought out and that while
the committee on resolutions is at work
drafting the resolutions the convention
shall adjourn to attend the ball game.
w. H. Thompson Of Grand Island has
been selected by the state committee to
act as temporary chairman Of the con-
vention and 1t Is said there will be no
question of his being made permanent
chairman.
Progressiyes stated emphadcally this
evening that 1t was not true that Tom
Allen Of Lincoln and Charly Bryan were
being especially pushed as candidates
for the state chairmanship. but affirmed
chat all they wanted was to get man
who would be thoroughly progressive
and one that could stand out a. q man
that had been in symatphy with all the
fight the democrats had been making
against the interests, eliminating In the
great fight made by W. J. Bryan at the
Baltimore convention. 1t IL the fear
of the progressives that unless the demo-
Gratis succeed In putting up man that
is kniwn to be progressive, and II Mr..
Byrnes 10 kept in the place OF. chairman
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