Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-22
RIVAL FACTIONS ON
y EDGE FOR SET-TO
Demo Political Caldron Warns
Up as Jacks and Jims
Sharpen War Knives.
-...4y MEET SATURDAY

The Jacks and the Jims are sharpen
ing their battle blades for political
set-to today. Each side claims
a benediction from above and each
charge. the other with all sorts OF
sinister and Interior motives. With
wild west show in town, and two
democratic county conventions sched-
uled, there should be plenty of enter
tainment for the weekend jewellers
on the morrow.
The Jims, attaches of the House
Of Dahlman, will hold their session at
Washington hal at 2 p. m. Officially
this will be known as a meeting of
the democratic county central COM
mittee, called by Chairman Bennett,
to select new central committee.
chairman and $50 delegates to the
state convention to be held at Hast
ings next Tuesday.
Jacks Meet in Evening.
On the sixteenth floor of the City
National bank building at 8 O'Clock
Saturday evening the Jacksonian club
will hold its own county convention,
name county committee and chair
man, select state convention delegates
and transact such other business "as
may properly come before the con-
vention." ...'
This Jacksonian convention is being
called Tin the interest Of decency." as
Chairman F. L. Weaver stated in his
public notice.
This will give Douglas county two
delegations to the democratic state
convention and will add somewhat to
the political interest of this commu-
nifty. -
Here is pronouncement by H. L.
Mossma, Jacksonian leader, active
in arranging for their convention:
Our purpose is to take the county
committee out of the hands of the
machine. 1t means the beginning of
the end of Dahlman, whose feet are
now slipping. There is no regular le-
gally-constituted county central COM
mittee at this time. We do not repre-
sent any faction, but represent the
democracy of the county. We have
asked that ward caucuses be held in
the regular way, but at our convention
we will not shut out any ward if it
has not held a caucus. We are dem
ocratic in every way. We are demo-
Gratis"
Statement by Jirns.
T. J. O'Connor and J. P. Butler, au-
thorized to speak for the Jims, made
this statement as one man: Our
methods have prevailed for ten years
and are approved both by law and Gus
tom. We will ignore the Jacksonian
club convention and will not attempt
to stampede their little party, not at
all, not at all. We represent the DEM
ocracy of the county and do things in
an orderly and legal manner. When
Frank L. Weaver was chairman of the
county committee the affairs were
handled just as we are now doing. He
has no kick coming. As matter of
fact, we do not believe the Jacks will
send delegation to the state conven-
ton. 1t costs too much money and
we don't think they will pay the mon
ey to gosto the convention" -.
mayor DdHiliidH Will uC uoHiSu 90
the new chairman of the county COM
mittee BY the Jims. Frank L. Weaver
in all probability will be named by
the Jacks.
Harmony Dove in Republican Camp.
For the republican convention,
which meets in the big court room in
the court huose, harmony with big
H is supposed to be scheduled.
Everybody is agreed upon Frank S.
Howell for the new county chair
man, and the new county committee
and state convention delegation are to
, be made up with a representation of
all elements, the lists being under
preparation BY the subcommittee
commissioned for that task at the
meeting of the county committee two
weeks ago.