Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-19
TWO DEMO GOVERNORS MEET
Governors Marshall of Indiana and
Burke of North Dakota Here.
MARSHALL MET BY COMMITTEE
Thtrty-Five Democrats Made Up
from Dahlman Club Meet the
Democratic Wee Presi-
Dental Nominee.

! Governor Thomas r, Marshall of In,
diana, democratic candidate for vice
president of the United States, arrived at
O'Clock yesterday morning over the Rock
Island, spent an hour and forty-five
minutes with some of the democrats of
Omaha and left at 9;45 o'clock over the
Union Pacific for Grand Island where
he delivered an address in the after
noon. Mrs. Marshall is travelling with the
governor.
Thirty-five men and women constitut-
Ing the reception COMMITTEES met the
party at the station with seven auto.
mobiles. The committee was appointed
by the Dahlman club of Omaha and
every member Of the reception commit
tee was labeled with a silk ribbon with
the words, "Dahlman Reception. commit
tee"
What's the meaning of all this ?''
said the governor, as the crowd gathered
around him at the station, shaking his
hand, Nts4 sF a X ~
+, 1--WE heard YOU were coming through
and we came. down to say 'feiio, ="
called one OF the COMMITTEES,
| Coed: | accept the nomination" re-
piled the governor, joklngiy. .
No Effect on Vote.
When asked what effect the assassin s
assault on Roosevelt would have on the
vote this fall, Governor Marshall said,
None at ALL" He said the attempt of
the progressives to make any political
use Of that event would be so tno-
roughly displeasing to the peopls
that 1t would make no votes w. j.
Bryan, the governor said, had said some
very pointed things on that subject IT,
speech in Indianapolis, some things
that did not get into many of the news
papers He said Bryan told the people
there that Senator Beveridge had dipped
his hands in Roosevelt's blood and had
exhibited them to the public In an ef
fort to make votes. The governor said
Bryan had also referred to those who
attempted to make political capital out
Of the shooting as the "cowardly fol-
lowers who had taken the body OF their
wounded leader and had made a barri-
cade to protect themselves from political;
attack"
Meets Governor Burke.
Governor and Mrs. Marshall were hur-
ried to the Paxton hotel, where they
breakfasted. AT the hotel the vice presi-
Dental candidate shook hands with Gov
ernor Burke of South Dakota and
oLnt+oa 1,,;th him. Through hraoLfos+ w
H. Thompson, chairman of the state
democratic committee. and others also
visited with the guest through break
fast. Mr. Thompson accompanied him to
Grand Island.
In the reception committee there was
so-called silk stocking democracy Of
Omaha. 1t was a strictly Dahlman
crowd. ]. w. Woodrough. chairman OF
the Woodrow Wilson league, was not a
member of the committee. Neither was
Herbert Daniel, secretary Of the league
to the Douglas county democratic GEN.
tral committee a few days ago, saying
he would be here to meet Governor Mar
shall and added. Il would be glad IL
some Of you would get together and go
with me to meet him as reception COM
mittee. 1t was exhibiting little of the
careful not to go outside the ranks Of
the Dahlman club in selecting their COM
mittee.' They did SO. But they were
get even" spirit toward the Woodrow
Wilson league for the. action of that
league in selecting few of the Dahlman
club as members of the reception COM
nittee when Woodrow Wilson came here,