Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
SLUSH FUND TO BUY PAPERS
Bryanite Doodle Will Go Into Golfers
of Purchasable Organs.
DEMOCRATS DEAL WITH SHEETS
Lincoln journal and News and Omaha
Daily News Reported 10 Have
Sold Their Columns
to Tom Allen.
(From a Staff Correspondentl

LINCOLN, Oct. 2O.-(Speclal. THE demo-
cratic state committee has bought space in
some near republican newspapers and be-
ginning the first OF the week this boughten
space will be filled with matter advocating
the election of Mr.. Bryan.
The papers which are reported to have
contracted for a consideration to permit
the democratic state committee to use
their columns in opposition to republican
candidates and republican principles are
the Lincoln State Journal, the Lincoln
Evening News and probably the Omaha
Daily News. The latter two claim to be
independent though the editor of the Lin
coin News until recently has been a mein-
Der OF the republican state committee
The story Of this purchase OF republican
newspaper space follows the announcement
that Tammany had contributed $4,000 to
Mr.. Bryan's campaign fund. Just how
much OF the tainted money is to be used
In an effort to influence republican news
papers cannot be learned at this time,
though from one usually reliable source IT
is said the amount is $4,000
The contract for the space In the Lincoln
State Journal has already been signed and
by the time this story reaches the public
1t is reported the contract will have been
signed by the Omaha Daily News
Having paid for the space out Of its cor
ruption fund, the democratic state COM
mittee will publish what It chooses in the
space. 1t will denounce republican prin.
ciples. republican candidates and the acts
OF republican officials These will all be
misrepresented. The fallacies and foIIies
OF Mr.. Bryan will be CLOSED over in beau
tiful rhetoric by competent writer's who
draw big pay for their work. So the read
ers of republican newspapers which have
sold space at an enormous rate to the
democratic state committee may know
what 10 expect when the mud batteries
open next week. II is the understanding
now that the first gun through the re-
publican papers named will be fired next
Monday, but the exact date has not been
learned for sure
The democratic state committee Intended
to keep quiet the fact that It had spent
money with these republican newspapers
but one big democrat to whom It was told
was so tickled at what he termed the buy
Ing up Of republican papers" that II leaked
out. The committee expected to spring the
matter as complete surprise In the hope
that such matter being published in So
called republican newspapers would STAN
pSuS lVpupllCdn voters INTO supporting MT
Bryan. But this democrat could not keep
1t. He Dragged about the action of the
committee.
Suppose 1t becomes known that these
papers are going to publish Bryan matter.
will they not cancel their contracts?" he
was asked.
mot on your life" he said, 1.-THE contract
has been signed and the goods will be de-
ivered."
What will the people think Of repub-
hean newspapers that sell their space to
democratic campaign committees Just be-
fore an elecuOn?" he was asked.
We'll the republican state committee
bought space in the Omaha World Herald
just before election one time and the
people are still cussng that sheet You
can imagine what they will think OF these
republican papers that sell space to the
democratic state committee"
No Country weekIies In.
So far as could be learned not one single
country republican weekly has contracted
10 sell its space 10 the democratic state
committee though in view of the above
information, which came from the most re-
liable sources and which cannot be contra
dicted. there Is no doubt republican county
CONTINUED on Second Pagsl