Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-28
DOWN TO CONFIDENCE CAME
G. o. D. Packages Containing Picture
Being Sent to Voters.
NEAT SCHEME OF BRYANITEs
Lincoln star Also Hears from It's
Constituency and Backs Ont o.
Bargain to Sell Space to
Democrats.
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent. }

LINCOLN, Oct. H.-(Special )-Bryanites
are raising money by sending C. o. d.
packages to unsuspecting persons.
One man in Lincoln, John A. Scott,
painter, has just paid 81 for a c. o. d.
package which came by express from Butte,
Mont. When opened 1t was discovered the
package contained dozen or more neatly
printed pamphlets, containing a picture
of Mr.. Bryan, some OF his sayings and
the democratic platform.
Mr.. Scott is a democrat and intended to
vote for Bryan. After having been film
flammed out of the dollar he came out
for aft and is now working against
Bryan.
Mr.. Scott was notified yesterday that a
package was held at the express office
for him and there was a charge of 81
against It. The package the agent said,
was from Butte, Mont. Mr.. Scott knew a
friend who lived at Butte and thinking
it was something he sent, he called a boy
and sent the 81 to the express office. When
he found he had bought green goods. Mr..
Scott became justly indignant.
If the democrats are compelled to re-
sort to such tricks to raise campaign
money" he said, Il am through with that
party. / was for Bryan, but since / have
been done out of money on such a scheme
as that l shall certainly not vote for any
one who is In anyway a beneficiary of
such a trick
Across the top of the package in big
black letters were the words &C. o. ID.
$l.0O." Then in small letters were these
words, "PreDaid-Allow examination" II
the package was refused it was to be re-
turned TO Butte. Mont.
BY sending out fakes from Butte, the
public could easily be deceived. No one
would connect Butte, Mont, with the dem
ocratic committee and naturally would not
suspect he was being held up in the in.
/ terest Of the candidacy of Mr. Bryan
! Mr.. Scott Is not a wealthy man and
could not afford to lose the dollar which
1 was filched from him.
! How many others have bit on the same
game and have helped out the Bryanite,
the same way no one around here, OF
course knows, but 1t is probable the schem,
has been worked by the wholesale.
Star Also Backs out.
The peculiar noise heard over south.
east Nebraska this morning, which
sounded something like escaping steam
was not from a steam engine. but was
9'''hAJ Wv SibN u Nlt AAlHeoll IJdllg Dldl
as IT eased away from the democratic
slush fund.
This paper, like the Lincoln Journal
according to the democratic state com
mittee. had agreed to sell its column,
for the benefit Of Mr.. Bryan. nut go
scared when the scheme was exposed anC
is now afraid to deliver the goods.
So Tom Allen win not insist on .
fulfillment of It's agreement as long a,
the Star gives 100 good words for Bryar
to one for Taft.
When the Star agreed to publish tn,
democratic dope it evidently never oc
Cured to the Bryanized money mad ten
porary management Of the sheet vii a
embarrassment its action would caus
d. f. Thompson, ambassador TO Mexico
chief owner OF the paper. Either tina
or the management did not care. Any
how according 10 the democratic com
mittee officials. the Star and the demo
cratic state committee had made arrange
ments whereby the committee would III
certain space in the star during thi
week
| Then came the exposure. The Star 20
scared. II got badly scared. II had sol
its space in congressional and In
county fight but this was a bigger prop
osition. Selling out it's columns to figh
the party which had honored ID. 1
CONTINUED on Second Paga)