Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-09
SURE FOR TAFT AND SHELDON
Nebraska, Says Chairman Hayward,
Will Go Republican Strong.
FARMERS WANT NONE OF BRYAN
Too Prosperous Now to Be CajOled
by that WeRther-Beaten Slogan
of state Pride This
Time.

AFTER a somewhat extended trip over
Nebraska during the last two weeks l have
no h~esitancy in saying that the state 10 in
unusually good shape to so solidly repub-
lican and Governor George L. Sheldon will
get the biggest majority ever given to a
governor in this %state,' said William c.
Hayward, chairman OF the republican state
committee, who arrived in Omaha
Saturday for a conference at the Hotel
Rome with county chairmen from the coun-
ties in eastern Nebraska.
Il only found one real republican who
was not for Taft-that one has It in for
President Roosevelt and says that Taft will
be only another Roosevelt" he added.
Out in the western counties. which were
formerly populistic, the votes will be for
Taft and the republican ticket. II takes
Just what the farmers out there have not
got to make %populists. They have good
crops, their holdings have doubled or
trebled In value since the republicans have
been trusted with administering the affairs
of government and they are not going to
vote for a change. That is the main thing
in western Nebraska-the farmers don't
want nor see the necessity of a change.
They are going to vote for themselves and
their families rather than for Mr.. Bryan.
4AN W z "ANANA AN Ao9 my SAoSA
to take issue with the republican party
and are not thinking about him.
state Pride Is Dead Letter.
state pride is a thing OF the past. This
issue was worked overtime in 1896 and again
in 1900 when Mr.. Bryan was the nominee.
Outside of Lancaster county there will be
no votes secured for the democratic ticke
simply because Mr.. Bryan is the nominee.
when l asked men OF all classes what
they thought of Mr. Bryan's slogan Let
the people rule. they only laughed. Sew
eral did remark that they would like to
know who has been ruling during the
Roosevelt administrations II the people
have not had their day at running the ma
tonal government, and they wanted tC
know who Mr.. Bryan thought was ruling
in Nebraska since Governor Sheldon's cleo
ton"
Colonel Hayward attended conferences al
McCook, Hastings and Alliance. He founC
the people in those cities and the counties
about them much pleased that the progress
sive republicans in Kansas had won out
He said this was a good test OF the feeling
In the western and southwestern part o
the state. After holding the conference II
Omaha Colonel Hayward will go to Nor
folk, where a conference is to be he'd witt
county cnalTmen sunday afternoon.
Right down in my heart I feel just a
optimistic and the most sanguine OF them
but l don't care TO do too much Dragging
The fact of the matter is the state Is SAT
for the republicans, with contentmen
everywhere and the state pride issue worr
70 threads"
Those who attended the conference o
county chsirmen took lunch togeths
at noon at the Hotel Rome and CAV
expression to the most optimistic hope
for republican success in Nebrasks
During the afternoon an executive sessio
was held and the whole plan for the cam
paign was gone over by Chairman Hay
ward with the county chairmen. Those al
tending the meeting were: Douglas. NJ. 1
Learned; Sarpy, p. ]. Langdon; Butlei
William Hussentetter; Colfax. II. +
Woods; Dodge, B. W. Reynolds; Burt, ]. +
Piper; Thurston. W. II. Murray; Cunning
C. Rupp; Dakota, J. J. Elmers; Dixon, c
L. Wood.
Several other republicans who happene
10 be in Omaha from the outside. too
luncheon with the chairmen.