Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-26

THE DEMOCRATS AND THE GAMBLERS.
While Mr.. Bryan has been delivering
THE Prince of Peace" and pleading for
the support of the church people, his
friends and political associates have
made an open deal with the gamblers
to defeat Governor Hughes in New
York, and no executive of any Ameri-
can state has made a greater fight for
moral reform than has Governor
Hughes. This is not a republican
charge. 1t is made on the authority
of the Louisville Courier-Journal, the
editor of which, Colonel Henry Waiter
son, is the head of Mr.. Bryan's literary
bureau in this campaign. The state
ment was printed in display form In
the Courier-Journal on October is, in
a telegram from New York, every line
of which is interesting reading. 1t is
as follows:
Lewis Stuyvesant CHAMBERS racing back
ers-the big race track interests of this
state-are contributing literally to an enor
nous fund to be spent in the last week
Of the campaign and on election day. II
will be turned over to William ]. Con.
ners, chairman of the democratic state
committee, early next week.
According to reliable reports, ten mer
interested in race tracks have pledged
themselves to raise a fund of $500, 600, di
viding the fund into $4,000 for each man
Among the men on this list are August
Belmont, head of the race track interest.
in this vicinity; DRY Dollar Tim Sulli
van, Patrick H. McCarren, Harry Payn,
Whitney, stakeholder in the Saratoga rae,
track; George Considine, James B. Rey
nolds, Phil Dwyer and John B. Sanford.
In addition to this fund, II is under
stood that George Rose, Sol LichtensteIn
Tom Shaw. Orlando Jones and Joe Vendig
five of the leading bookmakers at tn,
tracks in this city. who were hit hardes
by the snti-race track bill which Governo.
Hughes forced through the special session
of the legislature. have agreed to furnish
an additional 100000 among themselves t
swell the fund to $5O0,OO0
w will have money enough TO win tn
state said one of the representatives o
this group at the Rossmore hotel today.
This fund was raised. it was declare,
In racing circles. as a result Of posltiv
assurance made by Mr.. Chanler person
ally, soon after his nomination for COVER
nor. that he would sign a bill ALLOWING
race track bookmaking with certain re
strictions II it passed the legislature Will
he was governor OF the state.
1t was Mr.. Bryan. we recall, who de
clared a few days ago that the repub
licans were planning to buy the cleo
tion. Here is evidence that the rae,
track gamblers are planning to buy i
in New York, in behalf of Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Chanler. The contribution 0
100000 will not, of course, be re
ported by Treasurer Ridder, as 1t will
be made to and disbursed by hat high
minded statesman, "Fingy" Connerl
the state chairman of the New Yor'
committee. Mr.. Bryan does not lik
Mr.. Hughes any more than he like
any other man who is a doer instead @
a promiser. If he is as honest as h
processes to be In his plans for tn
|, moral regeneration of mankind, h
will either demand of Candidate Char
Ter a satisfactory statement of his DC
sition on the question raised by tn
Courier-Journal's story or, in the al
, sence of such explanation, repudiat
him as the New York World, which
5 supporting Bryan, has done.