Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
eoss EXPECTS IT TO Be A LANDSLIDE
But Chairman of Republican Committee
Declines to Give His Estimates
Mr.. WEST SURE OF DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS
He Says Mercer Will Be Badly Beaten
Throughout the District
ALL OVER EXCEPT LINEUP FOR ELECTION
Tail End Fakes and LOOr backs Gotten
Ont TO Boost MERGERS Falling
Hopes Relate Themselves
Their Face.

The political campaign in Douglas county
has closed with the exception of the de-.
livery of the bushels of letters and circu-
lars deposited during the day in the post
Office and Bryans speech tonight at South
Omaha. The interval remaining before the
polls open will be devoted by both parties
TO lining up for election day work At both
republican and democratic headquarters
most sanguine expectations OF complete
success expressed, so that the public
may take its choice. It is noticeable every
where that the Mercer pluggers are par
ticularly downcast and the refusal of Chair
man Goss to make any specific statement
only reflects the desperation on which Mer-
GERS candidacy hangs
Chairman Goss, when asked yesterday for
forecast, said: The registration is very
satisfactory. 1t is difficult to prophesy ex-
act pluralities, but l will say in general
that there seems no possible way that our
adyersartes can prevent the election of
cur whole state, congressional, county and
school board tickets by very decided plu-
Ialities. In fact, l look for landslide In
favor Of the republican ticket. have the
figures In my pocket to support what
Lay but, In my judgment, II is not ex-
pedient for me to give them out to the
public at this time, as do not wish to
furnish any point or place where the op.
position may center its energies, and
could not give you any figures without
Swing you the true ones upon which
have based my conclusions"
Chairman c. l.. West Of the democratic
committee said: II am quite conservative
when | say that we expect to elect the
state ticket by a plurality Of from 10000
to $4,000 In the congressional ballotlng
we expec. the First ward Of Omaha to
give Hitchcock 200 plurality; the Second
ward to give him 500 plurality; the Third.
800; the Fourth. 200 plurality for Mercer;
the Fifth, 100 for Hitchcock; the Sixth.
200 for Mercer; the Seventh. 400 for Msr-
Ger; the Eighth, 200 for Mercer: the Ninth,
200 for Mercer at the outside. South Omaha
Will give Hitchcock 600 plurality and tho
country precincts will give him another
100, sarpy county will give him still an
other zoe, but Washington county we con
cede to Mercer by 100 plurality. Thompson
will carry the county by from 1000 TO
$500. Our legislative nominees viii be
elected by pluralitieB ranging from Hitch
cocks on upward to 1000, and the county
attorney may run ahead Of the legislative
ticket. We claim also that we will elect
both county commissioners. The only other
prediction we would care to make now ia
that there will be very few ballots scratched
in this election"
Secretary Fred II. Cosgrove Of the demo-
cratic congressional committee is even
more sanguine OF the success Of Hitchcock
than Is the county committee. He has
figured out still greater majorlties against
Mercer.
The attempt TO project Senator Hanna
NJ ne "a mn fg1 In ha fs
a piece Of audacious imposture. The al
legged dispatch over the signature Of NJ. A.
Hanna is fake. When Secretary Wilson
was in Omaha an attempt was made to get
him TO express himself as favorlng any can
didate, Mr., Wilson was at The Bee ONCE
for some time and later went to the ofhce
of Mayor Moores. AZ the city hall he saw
reporters for the News and World Herald
and to both Of them said that he would take
no sides In the present contest and that
the republicans must tight ii out among
themselves, lie said this in the presence
OF the mayor and others. Later it was re-
ported that he had expressed a preference
for the reelection OF Mercer, and this re-
port was given circulation BY the paper
which is now sprlnging prepaid kilograms
from the chairman OF the national commit
tee. Mr. Hanna has steadily refused TO
ldhb part IN any IhtllOHdl uknl In any
state. He certainly is not breaking a rule
which he has strictly adhered to in the
past
Two weeks or more ago the News claimed
to have a telegram similar to that they
printed Sunday morning This fake was
shown to several whom it was thought
could be Influenced, but It was then not
late enough in the campaign to spring Il on
the public, so Il was carefully preserved
and re-edited before It was printed.
Talk about ingratitude-that billboard
cartoon Of Mercer's handing II to Tom
Dennison is the worst case / know about '
said man about town. In past years
one OF the first men Dave would hunt ul
every time he came 20 town on his biennial
visit was Tom Dennison. on whom he has
repeatedly relied for his Third ward sup
port. Before he went TO congress Dave
was kept a-golng as an attache of the
United states court by Skip Dundy. yeputeC
at that time to be a partner of Dennison' s
and Dundy put up the money on which
Dave made his hrst campaign-which, BY
the way, has not yet been paid back.
saw Dennison yesterday and asked hin
what was up between him and Dave, anC
he said; oh, nothing. | have been work
ing and spending my money 10 pack Mercer
through Ave campaigns and keep him II
congress ten years while he drew $50. .OOt
in salary. besides the graft, and now be
cause ! won't pack him any more he ha
suddenly found out what a bad man / am
He is just like skin gambler who hai
been caught and starts "hollering" abou
everyone who has been on the square.
Mercer thinks now be can play few people
for suckers by using Dennison as a scare
crow and that explains his cartoon an,
the yelps Gurley' is making"
At the meeting az Schlitz hall Saturda,
night W. F. Gurley attempted 70 sprini
a sensation by producing men who hat
been referred "a IN The Bee as havint
voted a. the primaries September 10 an,
giving as heir place OF residence addresse
at which they could not be found. Asid
from those evident mistakes which hav
been Acknowledged and explained. Mr.. Cur
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