Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-14
MAY NOT NAME ELECTORS
Sound Money Democrats Of Nebraska viii
Support Mckinley.
SEPARATE TICKET WOULD HELP BRYAN
Tobias Castor Points Out His Position
ON the Proposition and snSs He
H. Opposed to Action
Here.

LINCOLN, Aug. 1S.-CSpecial.) .)-Whatever
the sound money democrats may do at In
dianapolis, it is quite evident that the state
Of Nebraska will not put up any sound money
democratic electors 1t is well known that
Tobias Castor n. S, Harwoud A. J. Sawyer
and John A. Ames of Lincoln, d. I. Cook Of
Beatrice and other honest money democrats
are opposed to any such move. They con
tend that such action would help Bryan
more than Mckinley. Today MIR, Castor
said Il am not aware what Chairman Mar
tin proposes doing, There has been nc
meeting called OF the state committee yet
and ] don't know when there will be ]
don't know whether or not democratic cleo
tors will be put up in this state For my
part / am opposed to it. In other states
further east and south such action will be
good thing for sound money"
Chairman Post Of the republican state
central committee was, as usual, busy man
this morning at state headquarters but
he found time to reiterate his firm belief
In the success OF the republican ticket this
fall. and also to advance some cugent rea-
sons for such belief He said: Il am mere
confident than ever that Mckinley and the
state ticket will carry Nebraska by a
good, round majority. The free silver senti-
ment in Nebraska reached high water mari.
some time ago, and the tide is now clearly
and Enthusiastically turned our way. Two
weeks ago ] said Nebraska would go repub-
lican, and today ! am stronger in that be
lief than before While there are repub-
1can defeCtiOns in some counties, they are
more than Offset in others by republican
gains from democrats and pCpulists. Long
before the campaign is ended Nebraska
will not be regarded doubtful by even
.
republican success, and as the campaign
progresses these indications will become
more pronounced and stronger"
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the Peter Jansen meeting tomorrow
night. II will be under the auspices of the
German Mckinley club. although ii is il
reality q meeting for the Russians and Ger
mans of Lincoln and the speaking will he
in German. Fred Beckman will preside
The principal speakers viii be Peter Jansen
and f. A. Boehmer. Seats in the main hall
will he reserved for German and Russian
laboring men who desire to hear the fnan.
Cial question discussed in their own Ian.
guage and by their own countrymen.
Under the supervision of A C. Wright
the work of sending out campaign litera-
| ture is being rapidly pushed at republican
headquarters This morning four large
boxes containing over 10000 documents
wore received from national headquarters
at Chicago. They will be sent out into ths
state a. once.
Chairman Post desires to- announce thai
all orders for campaign literature should bt
addressed by clubs to the state committee
instead Of the national committee. This an.
nouncemert is in compliance with request
from the national headquarters. the officers
OF which desire to conduct the distribution
of documents through the state committees
The executive committee OF the populisi
state central committee held a meeting this
afternoon at the Lincoln hotel and elected
q successor TO Chairman j. A. Edgertun
who has been chosen secretary of the na-
tional committee and gone on to Washington
to assume his position al national headquar-
ters. State Oil Inspector J. H. Edmster
was elected to succeed him and 3. T. Web
ber Of Valparaiso was chosen secretary