Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01
SWEDISH VOTERS NoT FOR BRYAN.


| OF Nebraska.
SWEDISH VOTERS NoT FOR BRYAN.
| His Ion would lie Looked Upon
Calamity.
Svenska Journalen THE Swedish Journal
in order to ascertain the position OF the rep
rcsentatlyc men among the Swedish popula-
tion of Omaha has undertaken to interview
the most influential and far-sightcd men and
found them all standing unanimously for
Mckinley. The first man visited by the re-
porter was Rev. Z. J. Sward. u. D.. prcsi-
! dent OF the Swedish Augustnua synod of
| America. and Knight OF the Royal order
, Of the North star. His views are as fol-
COWS:
Il will, of course. vote the republican
| ticket generally make a selection OF those
! | believe to be the best candidates, but this
year | have no reason for not voting the
! republican ticket straight. My con
science would not permit me to vote
for any other party. wish to see
J that side win which gives 100 cents on the
dollar and not SO cents and this also for
moral reasons, because the moral influence
Of the dishonest financial system would tend
| to destroy the peoples idea OF right and
| honor.
Since we have for so many years sought
! to elevate America to just as honest and
honorable country as any country on earth
| | would consider 1t an insane act II we now
! would thrust our country down into the same
! condition where 1t once was. | can never
| forget the pitiable scenes | saw on Wall
| street in New York during those times. Men
| would be millionalres in the. morning and go
| home as beggars in the evening. and would
never wish to see those times again"
The Svenska Journalen representative
| asked DR.. Sward's opinion about the out
come Of the election here in Nebraska as
! well as his opinion of Governor Holcomb
and p. o. Hedund. the republican candi-
date for auditor of state To this he re-
piled: 81 believe the republicans will win
in Nebraska; as to Hocomb, | have found
that he is a man upon whose word YOU
cannot rely. Hedlund. on the contrary.
have found to be a good honest man. He
! is of an excellent, pious family, and is also
true friend to our religious work. He is
always a friend of the Swedes and is not
ashamed of them after he has attained
prominence, as is often the case. | am con-
ident that he will be victorious in the cleo
ton"
The interviewer asked the doctors opin-
ion about the outcome of the national
ticket and the result which. according to
his opinion, would follow the victory of one
party or the other. To this he replied:
| Judging from the ballots that some Chi
cago papers have taken by means OF postal
cards | believe that Mckinley will come
out victorious. II the free silver party is
victorious | believe the country will come
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bile, in order not to say that we may have
revolution and bloodshed. IT, on the con-
trary, Mckinley is victorious | believe our
industries will flourish and we will have
better times. The American industries are
to great extent dependent upon foreign
capital. If Mckinley is elected the capital
that has been withdrawn will come back,
but II Bryan is elected what is left of the
foreign capital will also be Withdrawn and
commerce as well as industries will be at
a standstill. The wholesale houses have
now a large number of orders that read
thus: Send the goods If Mckinley is
elected; If Bryan is elected cancel the or
der"
Rev E. A. Fogelstrom, the founder and
superintendent of the Swedish Deaconess
Institute of America, gave out the follow
ing statement: 1T will hurt the state OF
Nebraska IL Bryan Is elected McKinley's
defeat would be a great loss to Nebraska (,
Mckinley does not need Nebraska, but Ne T,
braska needs Mckinley. | consider il both I
shameful and harmful to vote for Bryan. /,
| do not believe that any mans conscience
can allow him to vote for Bryan, unless he .
does because of ignorance"
Rev. +. q. Huffman of the Mission church. /
who Is known to be very conservative and /
far-sighted man. says: II believe it will be /
very hard to get along If Bryan is elected. |
But Mckinley will no doubt come out vic !
toriOus. Some time ago. | thought that all :
the people in the country districts were for /
free silver. but that is not | have just q
returned from Hamilton county, and ! did
not find many men for Bryan and free sill
yer. And IL this Is the right here In
Nebraska, there can be no doubt about the
result of the election. Mckinley will GER /
tainly be elected"
No business man Is more careful or far
sighted than Mr.. p. E. Flodman, the prn-
cipal member OF p. L. Flodman Il Co. He
expressed himself as follows: This country
would certainly not see any better times If
hN oil FAA alNsa
would take place in all conditions. II is
my full conviction that it would be very
difficult for workmCn and the middle classes
to get along. Mckinley is certainly just the
right man. and he will in all probability be
elected"
C. A. Blomberg said: at will most prob
ably be better times If Mckinley is elected,
because the confidence in the commercial
world will be restored. can certainly not
vote for Bryan"
G. A. Lndquist. one Of the oldest and best
known Swedcs in the state. was also in
terviewed. His verdict is as follows: THE
republicans will most likely be victorious.
and that is the only thing that can save us
from the hard times. We have repeatedly
had evidence Of this. When the democrats
have run the government we have had
hard times, and when the republicans have
guided the ship Of state we have had plenty
of money and good times"
DR.. A. johnson, physician and surgeon for
the Union Pacific railroad said: THE cleo
tion next Tuesday will come out right, that
is, honest Bill Mckinley and all those with
him on that ticket will be elected. That
is what l call right, and there are so many
reasons why this result is desirable that it
would take a very long time to enumerate
them
There is no more prominent prohibition
list than j. f. Helm of the firm of HELM a
Thompson, but this year he works for a re-
publican victory, and here are his reasons
for it. as stated to the Journalen representa-
md INV mn tslNar in ha h,,-t Z
ness lost $4,000 by the democratic free
trade, | must consider the free trader
Bryan's election as the greatest mistake
and a great calamity to the country. |
hope Mckinley will be elected, so We may
get better times"
GUN Club Joins the Parade.
The sound money members of the Omaha
Gun club have decided to join the parade
on next Monday night to augment the en-
thusiasm and show their interest in the /
election of Major william Mckinley. Mem
bers will meet at Parmalees store at 1880 l
Monday evening Is slpggstCl n Wp1r |