Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-03
FUSlONISTS IN The DUMPS
Decidedly Downcast by Reason Of Dismal
Election Prospects.
BOZ .MlAN REVOLT ATEmPEsT IN A TEAPOT
Leadership of John Rosicky Has Lost
lbs Hold Upon the People
He IL Trying to
Deliver.

He IL Trying to
Deliver.
The dismal outlook for the fusion sham
reformers in Douglas county has cast
damper upon the ardor of the Herdman
gang. There is not CLEAN OF hope TO be
gained from the registration figures. The
first days registration was regarded by most
of the democratic workers as by no means
conclusive that the republicans we're so
largely in the majority. They tried to per-
suade themselves that the democrats had
failed to register because they were In
different or had failed to make a vigorous
effort to beat the bushes and get their people
to register. But the second days reglstra-
tion did not improve the situation very
much. although all the pressure that could
possibly be brought to bear was exerted
to bring out the full popocratic strength
The most conservative estimate. based
upon the total vote for the two days regis
tration would give the republicans any
where from 1000 to $500 majority in the
county. Taking the total republican vote as
against the total vote of the democrats.
populists, free silver republicans and voters
who have refused to give their party affili-
ations, the republican majority approXimates
1900, and computing the bipartisan vote
as two for the fusonists to one for the re-
publcans the republicans have a majority
OF nearly $500. If the republicans only
hold their own at Saturdays registration
they are sure OF more than 1000 majority
for everybody on the ticket.
Rosicky's Revolt Falls Down.
The only thing that the local fusion man
ayers still bank on Is the revolt among the
Bohemians. as they call it. under the lead
ership Of John Rosicky With view to as
certaining just what the state of facts is
concerning the Bohemians, a reporter for
The Bee has interviewed a number of Bo-
hemian storekeepers and workingmen who
have heretofore taken an active interest on
the republican side. Nest of these men ex
pressed preference not to be dragged into
newspaper controversy, because. as they
say, Rosicky has used his paper for years
in hammerng down everybody opposed to
him and in fact has lost his foothold among
the Bohemians by reason of his personal at
tacks. When asked what would be the
probable number Of republican Bohemians
who would follow Rosicky into the popo-
cratic camp one of them said:
I'm my judgment 1t will not exceed fifty,
although there is possibility that there
may be as many as seventy-ive Bohemians
in Omaha and South Oruaha who still take
stock in Rosicky's paper. Our people have
talked this matter over and most of us have
reached the conclusion that Rosicky has
made the defeat of Vaclav Buresh as a can
ddate for clerk of the district court mere
pretext for a long cherished plan to turn the
politics of his paper over to the democratic
side. Some of his most intimate friends
tell me that as long ago last February he
said he contemplated this change, because
he believed 1t would bring back many of the
subscribers he had lost The paper has
steadily lost ground in Omaha and all
through the state, but 1t is not on account
OF politics, as already have stated, but on
account of his policy in abusing people whom
Rosicky does not like or with whom he dis
j. agrees" Hr
Take No stock in the PoIkrok.
"The Bohemian republicans" said Bo-
hemian workngman, take no stock in the
Pokrok, because only three weeks ago that
paper claimed to be Influenced only by a
desire to have the Bohemians recognized by
republicans and to teach a lesson to the
party because it did not place Buresh on
their ticket. But now Roscky has openly
admitted that he Is making this fight on
account OF the annexation of the Philippines
and militarism. If that was really his mo-
tive, why did he not say so in the first place
Why did he try to make US believe that we
We're much abused and outraged by the re-
publican party in not recognizing our claims
to office? Another thing that we notice Is
this: When Holcomb nominated fol
supreme judge Rosicky came out with ar
article against him, and now he wants ue
TO support Holcomb, when nothing has hap
pened since that article was published, anC
he has no charges to bring against Reese
We cannot comprehend why he turned arounc
and wants us to follow him after saying tha
Holcomb had violated all his pledges ant
was not to be trusted"
Not to BE Led by the Nose.
'We do not propose to be led by the nos,
by Mr.. Rosicky or any other man." saic
another Bohemian. He has misrepresenteC
us when he says that We all felt outraged b.
the defeat of Buresh. We think that Bur
esh made a great mistake in not accepting
another place when 1t was offered to him
and, furthermore, Buresh was a democra
only four years ago, and there are man,
among us who have been republicans ffteel
or twenty years. Besides this. all this fus
and bowling is made to show that Rosick
can pull the Bohemans in any direction h
wants to, so that he should get his rewar
next year in tho presidential campaign. /
Ia Of greater advantage 10 us to have ou
working people employed than to have on
or two of our leaders in offices that pay b
but help nobody else. II Rosicky had onl
confined himself to asking us to vote for ou
bohemian countryman on the democrati
ticket We would not object to it, but whe
he asks us to vote for every democrat, an
even those whom he has denounced as bat
we certainly will not be delivered"
This is the substance of the talks as IA
as The Bee can learn and they indicate tha
the Bohemian detection will turn out to be
tempest in a teapot.
A woefuI Tale.
One OF the latest moves to corrall tn
bohemian vote comes in the shape of Gil
cular letter that appears ON a blank hea
with the name of " l.. Vodicka, the agent {
the Burlington road. This letter has te
fac-simile signatures OF. Bohemians 1.-the
graphed on the sheet and sets up a woeft