Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-23
JOURNAL INCLINED TO BALE
Intimation Paper May Refuse to
Print Democratic Matter.
LATTER WILL APPEAL TO COURTS
Insist They Have = Valid Contract
and II Must BE Lived Up To-COm-
mittee VIII to Trade Every
thing for bryan.


LINCOLN Oct. 22.--(Special.) 1.-THE matter
prepared under the direction of the demo-
cratic state committee to be inserted In the
self-tyled republican newspapers Is well
under way and By the first of the week the
readers of these sheets will get the first
installnent and will be able to see what
they are going to be up against until the
close of the campaign.
In its editorial page this morning the So
called republican State Journal had this to
say regarding its contract with the demo-
cratic state committee, by which the demo-
Gratis are to use space in that paper to say
what they please:
zone Of the campaign yarns that will be
proven false before election day is the
story that the democrats nave made a con-
tract with the Journal for the insertion of
a large amount of their literature, begin
ming with the coming week No such con-
tract is in existence. The Incidental refer
ence in the same story to federal office
held by somebody on the Journal is equally
misleading. No officer or employe of the
State Journal in any department can hold
office or become a candidate for office
without resigning his position with the COM
pany."
A prominent democrat, who knows the
facts Of the contract having been made by
the State Journal and the democratic state
committee, said this:
"The journal will either print the mat
ter the state committee furnishes II or 1t
will be forced to, II there is any law by
which It can be reached.
"Or. the democratic state committee will
not insist upon the fulfllment OF the con-
tract providing the state Journal will agree
to support Mr.. Bryan for nothing"
The democratic state committee will Offer
the copy to the State Journal shortly In
accordance with the contract which was
made by the committee and the Journal
In case the Journal has cold feet and /,
afraid to publish the copy then a man.
damus suit is contemplated by the com
mittee.
While no official statement has come from
the Journal except the faint-hearted chirI
above quoted. It is said that sheet is get
ting cold feet and is preparing to gig bach
on its trade ii there is any possible way
out Of 1t.
Exposure Blocks One Deal.
| The exposure Of the use Of the corrup
tion fund Of the democrats, It is said OF
! good authority, prevented one republican
newspaper from getting a slice Of tn
melon. This paper, which has had lean
| ings toward Bryan, If not his campaign
fund, was carrying on negotiations, It 4
said, with the democratic committee t
| sell out It's columns, but was scared ou
by the exposure of the contracts made b!
the committee with other so-called repub
| lican papers.
The fact that even so-called republican
newspapers would sell their space to tn
democratic state committee Just before al
election was disgusting to republicans, bu
J the news came not as a complete surprise
because the help Of these sheets has bee
! so little as to cause frequent comment
The republican state committee Is handi
capped for funds and cannot meet the &C
tion Of the democratic committee and bu
up newspaper space, so a special appea
is being made to the country papers TO off
set for principle the damage that Nigh
result from a sell-out of so-called repub
lican space.
Incidentally the federal officer referre
to by the oJurnal is the editor Of the Jour
nal Mr.. VIII owen Jones. He was an
pointed by Senator Burkett a member q
the visiting committee or board to IN
Annapolis Naval academy, and Mr. Jone
accepted the appointment and he did nc
resign from the Journal, though the rul
he referred 70 was In force In that offic
then. 1t Is possible that Mr., Jones. CON
mission may have expired by this tim,
He was given the job 50 the files Of III
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