Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-27
SITUATION IN NEBRASKA
TIDE SEEMS TO BE TURNING To-
WARD MCKINLEY.
Fusionists Are Alarmed-PIuralfty of
Four Years Ago Certain
to he Reduced.
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
LINCOLN, Nebr., October 25.-Nark
Hanna's tour of Nebraska. during which he
delivered twenty-eight short speeches, seems
to have been more effective than the tour
of Governor Roosevelt. Senator Hanna
made a good impression upon everybody:
Roosevelt did not. Mr.. Hanna told an in
| innate friend that his western tour was
planned with Lincoln as the objective point,
his sole purpose being to excoriate Mr..
Bryan for alleged Misrepresentation OF him
self during a tour of Ohio, two years ago.
That the people of Bryan's home town lis
tened with comparative complacency to the
denunciation of their fellow townsman by
the greatest political manager in the Union.
is but one evidence that the people of Lin
coin have reached a proper estimate of the
democratic candidate
Republicans are prosecuting vigorous
campaign. Some of the best men in the
nation have spoken in the leading cities of
Nebraska, and others are yet to speak. The
Bryanite speakers confine themselves al
most solely to the so-called question of I'M
perialism and militarism. Every attempt
to force them to discuss the money issue OF
prevailing prosperity proves abortive. They
deny the existence of prosperity anywhere.
Republican speakers, however do not hest
tate to accept the challenge and the people
are getting at both sides of the Philippine
| question. Fusion campaign managers are
becoming FESTIVE. DIR. Hall, chairman of the
democratic state committee, went over to
| Chicago day or two ago and demanded
some big speakers. He represented that his
| partiSanS were losing ground, that the re-
publicans were forcing the fight. He urged
| that Mr.. Bryan's itinerary be changed in
| order to enable the candidate to spend the
| last week of the campaign in his own state,
where he Is badly needed. The frightened
chairman was told that Mr.. Bryan makes
| his own itinerary and he would in all prob
ability not return to Nebraska until the
day before election.
The members of the populist state COM
mittee also little bit nervous and are
putting up a very earnest fight to hold the
| fusion strength for the Bryan electoral
ticket which four years ago was 1900.
| They are claiming the state this time by
| 10000. There is no doubt that the fusion
majority on the electoral ticket will be cut
| down very largely. Even bets. both in Lin
coin and Omaha are offered on a plurality
| for Bryan not to exceed 5000. The tendency
| Invariably is to the Mckinley electors. Re
ports from every section of the state in
| dictate large gains for the republican con-
gressional, state and electoral tickets. No
| certain prediction of the outcome can. how
ever, be made. State pride may influence
sufficient number of voters to give Bryan s
| electors plurality, but it will not exceed
5000 in any event.
| The republican candidate for governor.
! Charles II. Dietrich. stands fair chance
of election by a good safe majority. He Is
| opposed by Gov. W. A. Poynter, who was
|
votes behind Bryan, having been elected in
1895 by only about 300 majority Repub-
| licans have two members of Congress and
| in all probability will gain two more, max
| ing four out of the six. There is no longer
any doubt that the republicans will carry
| the legislature, as they did two years ago,
when it was a much more difficult matter
| than it is today, for several resons. The
| fusionists have, however. practically
| abandoned their state ticket and are de-
voting all of their time to the legislative
and electoral tickets. The reason of this
| is that two United States senators will be
| chosen on joint ballot Of the two legislative
branches. This fact has developed the most
| interesting situation, which is accorded as
much Importance as any other issue In the
| state.
| Should the republicans win majority OF
| the legislature, the following statesmen will
| be leading contestants: Edward Rosewater,
editor of the Omaha Bee; D. E. Thompson.
capitalist. Of this city; John L. Webster,
| lawyer in Omaha, and George D. Meikle-
john assistant secretary OF war, Fullerton.
| Should the legislature be controlled by the
| fusionists there is possible question of
the election of w. J. Bryan and VIM. Vim
cent Allen as the two senators. although
! there are two or three other smaller con-
testants for the places, encouraged in their
ambition by the fact that Mr.. Bryan dare
| not announce openly that he wishes seat
| in the Senate reserved for him.