Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-24


UTICA, N. Y, July e2.-To The Editor
Of The Bel have been taking some deep
soundings OF the political situation of up
the-state New York. Mr.. Bryan stands
about the same chance of carrying II in
November as he would of being struck
by lightning in a cyclone cellar in Jan
uary.
On Wednesday l met the vice president
elect, James Schoolcraft Sherman. / am
charged by him with personal mes
sages to Governor Sheldon ana MIR. Victor
R~osewater. which will be delivered in
due time. 1 find him in fine form. phyBi-
cally and mentally. Expecting to see a
pallid and trembling invalid. had l not
known OF his sickness he would have sug-
gested to me a half-trained lightweight
prize Fighter, so fun OF healthful color
was his face, and SO vigorous was he in
mind and activity. The cordiality with
which 1 was received by Mr.. sherman
was so emphatic in every way that I
venture to make a note of II. Hts nom
nation as companion on the ticket with
Mr.. Taft was so entirely wise In every
respect that 1 can not say all l would
like to say in praise Of it. lie il not
merely a great leader in the republican
party with more than twenty years of
training in the public service in congress
behind him., but he is an able man, a
practical man of business, and a very
strong ana wise man in all large affairs.
should President-elect Taft be called
hence by accident during his term his
constitutional successor in the White
House would inspire instant confidence IN
the world of business as his equal in
courage and capacity for administration
and in aggressive loyalty to the great
party In which he has sustained a power
full lpaderghfn IL, Nauy VoxL ,.l ao.u..--
for many years.
l visited the fine offices OF the Syracuse
Herald a few days ago, that l might stand
on the site of the old residence Of Or.
Hiram Hoyt, with whom ] began the study
OF medicine nearly sixty years ago. [ lived
IN that home when / was about 10. The
Herald Is an able democratic paper, boldly
and openly against Mr.. Bryan and all his
WORKS. and as Independent as the Fourth
or July under the editorial control of
Messrs Howe and Glenn. Mr.. Howe says
1t Is a walkaway In New York for Taft
and Sherman" 1 notice that a democratic
Spectator In New York City has been
offering to wager $4,000 against 5000 that
Tart will carry this state and be elected.
A very eminent republican said to me that
he did not think Mr.. Bryan intended to
make a serious contest in New York,
which is already lost to him beyond all
doubt. But "Fingy" Connors will gabble,
the universal Mack will scream and even
Pat McCarren of Brooklyn and Kings
county appears to be pulling his own back
hair for Mr.. Bryan. Watch the ballot
below the Bronx and the republican ava
lanche up the state in November and see
what II all means as a matter of fact.
Mr.. Bryan's hopes are as bright and
| hos ~ 4 q 40 agnr -, Al
They now rest on Ohio and the middle
west. Ohio will swamp him with not less
than $1,000 majority. Michigan by a CORE.
spending vote and Illinois by 75,OoO-but
who was 1t that said that Iowa would 20
for Bryan? If this is true, Vermont is
already lost to Taft and Sherman. What
fools these mortals BET"
As to the play for the labor vote.
Gompers will lead the socialistic element
to cut its OWL throat by waging blind war
on railroad and other corporations which
can alone give 1t employment at good pay,
while the wiser men, locomotive engineers
and the like, more intelligent and wisely
conservative in conterding for the better
good of themselves and their brethren, will
vote for Taft and Sherman. The majority
will vote the republican ticket in New
York and the east.
The negro vote will vote As usual, even in
Ohio, with Senator Foraker's warm ap-
proval, as my information is.
Hundreds of thousands of the Cleveland
democracy IN New York and other states
can never. and will never, vote for Mr..
Bryan.
Business is clearly r~evlving in New York.
l see no sign nor do l hear any complaint
In regard to 1t IN such large Industrial CEN
ters as Syracuse and Utica. The question
with business men must be one Of conf
dence and credit, primarily. Mr.. Hearst
and Tom Watson say that Mr.. Bryan is
a hypocrite, inBincere and Sc unstable in
character as to change his so-caiIed dem
ocratic principles" which my priceless
friend Metcalfe has been mouthing SO long
in the Commoner, every four years" Both
repudiate Mr.. Bryan. The Hearst detection
will not be limited in its Influence to New
York by any means. 1t will take powerful
root and raise the very devil with Mr..
Bryan in Chicago and Illinois from which
Indiana is only a short remove.
Mr.. Bryan is already a beaten man.
Three times and OUT
GEORGE L. MILLER.
Pleasant Ways for snInmer Days,