Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-06
oNDER WHICH FLAG
ultiplcity of Prophets Further Myst hes
Already Pewildered Democrats
ilSSIDtNCE OF THE PARTY'S LEADERS
harmony Flees Affrighted from the Coun-
Gil of the Pourbons.
iAlN EFFORT At A FINAL JUBILEE
What Should Have Been Love Feast
Almost Ends il Row.
N DEEP TROUBLE OVER FUSlJN
Boyd's Pet scheme Tangled Up Between
the Irony of Miller and the Logic OF
MortUn-What Can tho
Party DO?

Ifanyone has an idea that the ivy vine Of
harmony has wound its clinging tendrlls
round every beam ana rafter OF the demo-
ratio wigwam aud blossomed in luxurant
.nanimity with the fraternal convocations
" its schemes, they should have attended
he final council OF the Douglas county de-
nocracy at Exposition hall last evening.
There was political meeting which was at
cast novelty.
"Come and hear the gospel" said
he announcements, and the phalanxes
# the unterr!ted continued to gather
until the hail was filed They
heard not ono gospel but two, with princi-
'oles as widely divergent as the doctrines of
he new testament and of Tom Paine's age
Of Reason D." They heard Governor Boyd
declare that the state was irreparably lost
to Cleveland and urge them in no qualified
language to cast their ballots for the leader
I 1.-THE calamity pand, General Weaver.
t( Anon they listened to DR.. Miller and j.
,Gterlng Morton, who pleaded with them TO
be true TO their principles and candidates
anet if they must die in the last ditch to greet
the lend with a straight Democratic ballot,
firm claspcd in their nerveless fingers.
1t mad Been Growing.
state central committee at which the effort
to throw the electoral vote of Nebraska to
Weaver MAS decided on and the incidental
snubbing Of old limo leaders, an antagoniStic
sentiment mas rapidly developed and unified.
There were Snany democrats Of twenty years
standing whip did not hesitate to boldly
stigmatize theNattempted fusion cow
ardly and traiLoSous act unworthy of any
party. The two ,autagonistlc elements came
together last night with a sulphurous clash.
Governor Boyd was on hand to defend and
propagate the measure of which he claimed
to be the original propugator.
DR.. Miller and Mr.. Morton were there to
voice the feelings of the resistants, the one
inspirited By the momo.y OF n recent slight
that still rankled in his heart and the other
by the gnawing fear that the proposed fusion
would lead tho state ticket also TO disaster.
The crowd heard them hll. received tho ad-
vice OF each with apparent acquiescence and
applauded each with commenaple unau-
unity.
DIR. Miller Presided.
Tho meeting was called to order by S.
r. Rush, who introduced DIR. George l..
Miller as chairman. In accepting the honor
DIR. Miller said that he did not intend to
mako speech, but proceeded to say few
things that in the light ofrecent events were
possessed of no little Significance After
eulogizing Governor Boyu and Mr. Morton,
ne exhorted the voters present TO stand by
tho ticket.
~ have heard many rumors OF alleged
fusions and political deals" said the
speaker, "but they passed by my cars like
summer air. Democrats of Nebraska,
stand by your principles and your honor,
and do not strike down in this campaign
the men VINO have stood by you. TIE is
but one coarse for honorable men, and l. at
Is to stand by your candidates without re
gard to political jobs and secret conclaves
AS goes Douglas county next Tue
day will so Nebraska, aud | Gb-
peal TO every democrat to let nothing
deter him from voting the straight demo
cratic ticket. also want to appeal to my
Irish Catholic follow citizens. There are
issues in this campaign OF which need not
speak, but which are of special moment TO
you. Vote for n man who stands ready to
defend YOU IN this respect and with q party
that believes In religious liberty"
And Then Game the Fireworks.
After singing by quartet, Judge Doane
Tas introduced and spoke briefly. He SAID
that he had reason to believe that before
election certain things would oe said to COM
promise his position before the people, and
ne asked his audience TO treat these state
ments with no more consideration thaa a
campaign canard deserved.
Governor Boyd was the next speaker and
announced that he would confne his ntten-
tion to state issues. he scored the republi-
can administration of the state departments,
in which he claimed he had found gross
negligence and systematic robbery of the
ha to, ba
seemed TO he a text for the evenings per-
iormance.
He said that tho democrats mad completed
asystematc poll of tho state, which showed
conclusively that the republicans were in
the majority, About 10 per ceut OF tho in
dependents would vote for Harrison anu 10
sect the Cleveland electoral ticket was an
.npossibility. In this emergency every
democrat should vote the Weaver ticket and
so defeat Harrison. He urged the audience
10 this course in tho strongest language aud
assured them that they could do 50 without
5eing untrde TO their party or their princi-
lies
"siand by Your Guns."
j. Sterling Morton delivered the principal
ADDRESS oil the evening aud expounded a very
different doctrine as TO the duty of democrats
from that enunciated by the previous speaker
lie mado the somewhat unique declaration
that II was the republican and not the dem.
pcrats who We're dlckerlng with the popu.
lists. They had entered into combine to
slect that "wid'eyed anarchist, Schrader,n
md had spread many and various rumors
calculated to disturb the harmony of the
Democratic camp. But there were no differ
hnces In the democratic party.
why" said he with engaging caudor II
would rather lose ten votes myself than that
our talented young congressman, Bryan,
should lose single one,n aud the crowd
forthwith applauded his self-sacrlfcing
spirit.
Then the speaker poured hot shot into tho