Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-06
HOPE OF DEMOCRACY FADES
Bryau's Visit, Inst, I'D Of Helping, KpOok'
Holss in the Skinner
VOTE is EXPECTED TO BE A LARGE ONE
Republicans reel Confident OF Carry
ing All But the first, FIfth
and sixth Congressional.
Districts.
UFrom a stan Correspondent)

DIES MONIES. Nov. -Cspecial.)-Head-
quarters Of the republican and democratic
committees in this city are deserted today
and all have gone home to vote and the
work Of the campaign is ended Tomorrow
both headquarters will keep open house and
receive returns up to late hour tomorrow
night About the republican headquarters
the last few days there has been every air
Of confidence. the confidential feeling grow
ing perceptibly. There is no question but
that the speech OF w. j. Bryan, in which
he said that a. there were men on the
state committee not favorable to rate legis-
lation they should resign, and "if' there
was money received from the railroads for
the campaign Il should be returned, has
had a bad effect on the democratic strength
and did much for Cummins. The repub-
lican newspapers of the state have had
no trouble In producing the editorials of
Louis Murphy in the Dubuque Telegraph,
a democratic paper and have produced the
page from the proceedings Of the runp
convention in Chicago, showing the name
OF c. w. Miller, chairman OF the demo-
cratic committee, as delegate to the con-
vention which voted I'm opposition to giving
to any commission power to fix railroad
rates. 1t is confidently anticipated that the
vote tomorrow will be a large one on both
sides. New elements, however, make It
very difhcult to make prediction as to the
probable plurality for Cummins. Boies was
elected governor on the democratic ticket
the second time by 10000 to $4,000. Aside
from this. the largest democratic vote for
governor was in 1897 when Fred +. White
got 1883, against pa, 729 for Leslie NJ Shaw.
The democrats are counting on big
increase in the democratic vote over that
Of 1903 for Jerry Sullivan for governor,
81.
to indicate that this increase in democratic
votes will be as large as the democratic
estimate their figures being 1900 increase.
To elect Porter governor the democrats
are counting on an increase of 10000 in the
| democratic vote and on 10000 republicans
scratching Cummins This means change
OF 300 republican votes in each county
on the average, and II their hopes come
true Porter would get 100000 and enough
to elect him, based on the vote of 1909.
! This allows no change OF votes from the
democratic column for Cummins. Conser-
vative republicans admit that Cummins
will be schratched some but put the figure
at less than 200 to the county and believe
that Cummins Will get a democratic vote
for every republican vote that he loses
II the republican predictions come true,
| Cummins and the state ticket will be
elected by about the figures of 1903. when
Cummins got a vote of 2Ss, sO4 and Sull-
van, the democratic candidate, 159 125.
There is no possibility Of the democrats
getting majority in either house of the
legislature and they do not claim they
will. On congressman three districts at
least are in doubt. Every Iowa congress-
man now is a republican. The election
tomorrow in the First, Second and Sixth.
however, is in doubt. Some republicans
go 80 far. as to say that the First will
| surely go democratic. The next greatest
doubt is in the Sixth, where Lacey has
been making hard campaign, but with
odds against him. There is some slight
question as to the Fifth. but for the most
part 1t is expected TO go republican and
return Cousins.
Meat Producers After Big Men.
Officers of the Corn Belt Meat Producers
association of Iowa are making an effort.
with a show of success. to get Judge Cowan
OF Texas the attorney for the National
Association Of Cattle Growers to come to
Des Moines next month to address the as
ISOLATION. The meeting will be held at
the same time as the meeting OF the State
Agricultural society. In addition to Judge
Cowan. other notable cattlemen are to be
brought to the state for that meeting, and
with the excellent program that is being
arranged for the State Agricultural society
1t is expected that wide attention and a
large attendance will be attracted to the
meetings. The State Horticultural society,"
meets at the same time.
Race Riot QueIIed.
A race riot broke out among the work.
men on an addition to the plant OF Dodd
e. Struthers in this city today and police
were called to quell it, Negro workmen
dropped several wheelbarrow loads of
bricks down a shaft and were accused Of
doing 1t purposely to injure the white men
at work on the building Words led 20
blows and knives were drawn and free
for-all fight ensued In the alley between
the Chamberlain Medicine company plant
and the Dodd & Struthers plant. Several
We're badly bruised, but none injured IA
tally.
Almost Riot at City CounciI.
When the question OF paving Forest ave-
nue. was raised at the meeting OF the city
council today il nearly lead TO a riot
Charles Kranz declared to the council that
George J. stebel had come To his house
and almost forced Mrs Rranz to sign a
petition for creosoted blocks. He claimed
that Mrs Kranz was very sick at the fine
and that Stebel's actions was hastenin4
her death aud that she would probably die
soon. lie made spring at stebe ana
trouble Followed. Aldermen separated the
eomoatants' but the prolonged discussion
OF the question by the aldermen was with
the bitterest feeling.
! CENTRAL FLOUR-H15 Evsr, ..oL
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