The Irish standard., 1896-10-31
OUT IN NEBRASKA.
Actual Facts Concerning the State In
Which, Bryan Lives. -

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Washington. D. c., Oct. 27.--(SpeciaD--
The Evening Star, a gold bug paper mere,
got a very unpleasant surprise from its
special correspondent in Nebraska. His
letter is out-aild-out in it's statements ia
! Vorable to Bryan, as follows:
Omaha, Neh., Oct. 24.-Nebraska mas
|, eight electoral votes. Both Republicans
and silver fusionists confidently claim the
election, the former by not less than 5000,
the latter by not less than $4,000. lhe
chances today seem to favor the 1uslon-
lists, albeit the state OF Nebraska has al
ways gone Republican in presidential cleo
tions. 49,
There is a panic in Republican circles.
The campaign has been nothing but q
series of blunders from the day the stare
central committee was named. Inc great
est sensation yet sprung upon the lhIlt'r
circle, however, was the report that the
state committee is $4,000 in the hole, not
withstanding the fact that the nationa!
committee has sent into this state, ali
told, little over thirty thousand dollars
to help defeat Bryan in his own state.
The exasperating feature OF the case Gas ~ IS
that the army Of clerks employed by the
state committee are clamoring for money,
as they have not been paid a cent since
they were first employed. Many Of them
brought tfehir families to Lincoln ana put
up at the best hotels, the LANDLORDS OF
which are now QSIldlOluS pay, o1iA Ale1S~
been put off with promises SO long that
they were forced to give the exact state
of facts to the chief candidates and to the
party leaders in Omaha and In ChlcaSo.
REPUBLICANS DEMORALlzED.
Men are asking, What has become OF the
1000 in cash hWhich Mr.. lama sei ~ 10
Nebraska? There is no evidence OF It IN
Omaha, where the Republican managers
seem to have made no impression what
ever upon the labor vote.
In the previous years this vote has been
largely Populistic, and has averaged. about
$1,000. The Democratic vote in the city Is
about 1000. These elements, together with
silver Prohibitionists and Republ1calas,
have formed absolute fusion. There never
was time when Republicans were calsed
upon to do harder or more effective work,
yet they are discordant, incompetent, de-
noralized. Some money has been spent IN
this city for hustIers, halls, street demon
strarions and polls, but little or nothing
has been done to win back Republicans
who deserted the party for tree silver:
Cur heavy work will not begin untM the
last week of the campaign said local
leader. today. land then Cur critics will
have no further cause for complaint. All
we lack is money" Tt is understood that
SIC. 900 will be forthcoming from the ma
tional committee for use in Omaha alone.
To this will be added the sum of $500
raised by the local non-partisan sound
money league anu LllC ~ AAAoS'
11pon#a !. long list Of local Republican can
didates. s
Sunday evening there was a. great con-
ference of party leaders in the interest OF
the Mckinley electoral ticket The unsat-
isfsetory reports coming from Lincoln re. re
spectIng the work of the state committee
and the alleged misappropriatio ton OF cana ~
paign funds were the occasion Of the meet
ing The upshot of 1t all is that the big
men of Omaha have leagued together for
herculean efforts to defeat the Bryan cleo
tors AMI. to save the state ticket. Omaha
is particularly interested in having q Re-
publican governor and treasurer Local
bankers have always had intimate rela-
tfons with the transactions OF the state
treasury, ana are bondsmen of the present
treasurer II the Populist candidate for
treasurer were elected 1t might lead to
troublsSwhich can be avoided by the cleo
ton Of the Republican nominee In short
Omaha is thoroughly aroused at the dan
ger Of Populistic supremacy In the state
The business men are nearly all tor Nc
Kinley, but the labor unions are Tor Bry-
an, The problem which confronts the Re-
publican leaders is how the labor vote can
be reached. The solution Is awaited with
great anxiety, for the vote Of Omaha will
decide the fate Of Mckinley in Nebraska.
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