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leaders In tho Party All Over the
Country Quit the Nebraskan
! Of6ce-Seeker and Come -
: -. Out, for Taft.


party adtts Practically Sof them give az !;
fsason that they cannot support the s
ehficsaoRered candidate and his, change !.
nbles and sunstahle theories OF govern
ment. They simply cannot bring them
be identiaedt with Bryan. rs
sSPerhapss the most Smortifying Incl. j.
dents which the Democrats have expe
rienced in the present campaign. were =
ii Massachusetts, where two big men
named as Democratic presidential cleo
tors declined to serve on the ground
that they were unable, to support Mfr. 4
Bryan and greatly preferred Mr. Taft !;
These men were Ferdina nd Strauss anda
G. 81. P. Gould, Of Lyons Falls, both
business men of the first rank. Mr.
Strauss, especially, has been prominent Z
in the Massac husetts Democracy for a
long time. Their .declination to- serve !,
as Bryan electors caused sensation in
the old Bay State and throughout the
country: ~. -. ~ |
Democratic Congressman for Taft
Eugene Walter Leake, Democratic
Representative In Congress from New
Jersey, called. at Republican National
Committee headquarters early this
month to offer his services on the stump
for William H Taft. : Though he. has
beenSa stanch Democrat all his,1ife he
Is bitterly opposed tossWilliam Jennings
Bryan and because he. believes that the
election of Bryan TO the Presidency
would mean the greatest calamity to
the, country since the civil war, he is
ready to exert himself to the utmost to
aid the election Of Judge Taft. He is
speaking at Republican rallies through.
out the Eastern States. =! p
Democrats Organise to Fight Bryan.
That the sentiments felt by these men
are shared by many in New York Is
shown In the organization OF the "Cleve-
land Democracy" an association whose
principle are anti Bryan, and whieh,
has been formed, according to the ;arti-
cles OF Incorporation, ito revive the true.
spirit, of Democracy among the voters
Of Harlem and Of the whole city"
Headquarters have been opened and the
club ID doing active; work, not; It is al.
most unnecessary to say, In the inter
ests of the continuous Nebraska Office
seeker. - 80 sz3Sjs $1,000 ~ : =
John r.. Dos Passos, a leading New
York lawyer and author, who. has al
ways; been a Democrat, has come out
in a long statement announcing his al
legiance to Taft and .denouncing Bryan
ism and the remnants Of the party which
Bryan controls, IT: am a Democrat, VI, he,
Says, II e.speetsto cast my vote for Mr.:
Tart" william b. Davenport, y well
known Brooklyn d Democrat, for many
years Public Administ *of Kings
County, has denounced The Dem cratic
and is now. q vice president of
the Taft-sherman Lawyers Club. 5a.;S
Anti-Bryan Sentiment Widespread.
Former Special Cit Judge Irving;
&. Baxter, Of Utica, RI who has
always been d Democrat, and was
elected on that ticket not only has re
pudiated Bryan, but Will take 3 the
stump ana advocate the election Of
Taft and Sherman. Even up In Maine,
whore the members Of the Democratic
minority are supposed to be hopel essly
I bidebound, there 10 Direction w. H.:
IMcLangh Min, of rboro, for instance
announces that ha has become 40 dis:
gusted with Bryan in thu Haskell con,
troYeFsy that he, has swung over 20
the Republican party. 6
Ist Eosiis, 4. d. Houseman, Of Denver
| Colo, wei known railroad builder
Eannounced9 his conversion to the RE
EEpnblicansp party and ltB eandi dates. Mr.
l|EIonseman had been a loyal Democrat
E1or many years This lncid lent of
course, d IA Direct ribnts 70 Judge
ETaft's powers as campai gner, of
which many evid ennaees Fa,re produced
on hi now famous western trip
ia shs ess.
4 AZ ST. Joseph, One sof the feat.
a5ures WAS me 81 Of y.
1 Eavia, prominent fosnoerat who
/ went ito ~ at attahe stock yards
A 2tsoS nee Mr. Taft. aizing MP the
HITTER I,avis declared ::3s5ss..II
J, thought would yots sssor Bryan,
3 but this man aurely leokks good % me
1Anothsr Missouri sDan,ocr E. B.
IayYyood, a Burlingt abroad con:
v ductor III s,uiis, IN was
4 tlnilariy iinlpr q at aas hi
lhas announced that aft get his
abls anon the vice a,rasii,
4 saenta at the Tafft receipt on at Sst
8 louis were Ianles smith lliea ID oi
u the souis Business Men League
and Fred derrick Illds Oh. well known
Y LAWYER both Demo Gratis who have siie
slaTed their iinfelas ion 81 sI.aa
Il
sssoIns readers WIN rsEsiernber that II
1900 Webster IoagIs former iaa d
anaaa ansii aaaIas ais