Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
ADMINISTER 4 Sc.Tgise RssUKE.

The sham reformers whose signal de-
feat in the election today is now as
sured have put up the most desperate
| and disreputable fight ever waged In
this state. They did not stop Mt impos-
ture and transparent fakes, but their
most prominent leaders stopped so low
as to retail and circulate downright
falsehoods. While "Coin" Harvey, the
Peter Funk apostle of 16 to 1 reform,
has importuned farmers and laborers
credulous enough to believe him in ev-
cry town and village Of Nebraska for
campaign contributions, from which he
is Teputed to draw 25 per cent rakeoff,
the popocratlc organs and leaders have
raised hypocritical howl about Mark
Hanna's so-called slush fund, which the
Omaha Fakery actually asserted had
been shipped to Nebraska by the car.
load, consigned to the editor of The
Bee for general distribution. The value
of this consignment was given as $780,
600 and every popocratic stumper from
Bryan down to 4. j. Dunn repeated the
story, which each and all Of them knew
to be n downright fake.
1t is n sad commentary on the degen-
eracy of American politics when a can
didate for the highest office within the
gift of the American people would de.
scend to the level of ward heeler by
giving credence to campaign lies for the
sole purpose of making capital for his
party by deception and imposture. But
lie will travel seven leagues while
truth is putting on his boots. Bryan
simply repeated the fake begotten by
constituencies vagabonds hired to fabr
cate campaign material for the popo-
Gratis. Coin Harvey went Bryan one
better. With adamantne cheek he as
serted that Mark Hanna had shipped
100000 to Nebraska to be used in brib
ing popocratic voters into staying at
home or voting the republican ticket |
When it comes to lying and deception
there Is nothing small about Harvey.
Although his fakes and false figures |
have been disproved time and again |
within the past three years he still tells |
his dupes that the debt or the American |
people aggregates forty billions, which |
is more than the market value of all |
in the United States. While
is being loaned on Nebraska
farms at per cent Harvey insists that
we are in the midst of a money famine.
Such brazen imposture is, however,
only an incident Of the campaign of
the political desperadoes who scruple
at nothing to attain their object. Take
the campaign against Reese in Douglas
county for example. Everybody in Ne
braska knows Judge Reese to be an ex
emplary citizen and n man of unim-
)eachable integrity, and yet he has been
and cartooned from day
to day as If he had been public thief
md jobber of the lowest grade.
But the American people are Just in
heir judgments of public men and the
brutal assaults made upon Judge Reese
will be resented at the ballot box by an
vote in his favor. Bryan
md Holcomb, Harvey apd Altgeld,
Stone and Towne cannot with all their
,loquence and sophistry efface from the
minds of the voters the Infamous meth
JUS ny WHICH Tie iuslou CdHuiudte rs
seeking to secure an Endorsement in the
ace of record that is utterly inde-
ensible. In Omaha and Douglas county
n particular the political pirates who
lave waged an indecent and vindctive
var on local candidates and private citi-
ems who differ with them will receive
scathing rebuke at the polls as has
lot been administered in any former