Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-24
DEMOCRATIC WIND STARTS
Stories Made Up in Effort to Stamped,
Voters Into Their Bandwagon.
ALL FAIL TO STAND THE TEST
Lincoln Republicans Plan to wind Up
the Campaign with Two Great
'hMeetinEs on the Eve of
the Election.
CFroni a staff C6rresponaent.l

LINCOLN, Oct 23.-(special. l-From now
until the day OF election the democratic
state committee will redouble its stories
about the number OF votes Bryan and Shall
lenberger will receive. This has been the
tactics OF the democrats since tho cam
paign started. the object being TO create
the impression in the east that Bryan would
carry this state and TO start a stampede for
him, by figuring that he alone drove the
band wagon. The stories told from now
until election will make the nlisrepresenta-
tons Of the past look like the work OF
amateurs.
one Of the big stories the democrats
scattered broadcast was that down al De-
Witt there were twenty-eight republicans
who had organized a club and all intended
TO vote for Bryan. Three different travel
ing men brought back the story TO the
democrats Finally one oemocrat who
counts noses in cases OF this kind sent a
man to Dewitt TO get the names Of these
republicans
is ii true you have twenty eight repub-
licans here who have organized club and
will vote for Bryan
Sure" he was told.
''win you give me the names OF the Of
ficers Of the club?" the stranger asked.
We'll. really ! don't know who the Of
ncers are. but II you will go down the
street Mr.. can tell you"
Mr.. So and So was called upon and he
couldn't tell. Finally the agent OF the
democrats came away from Dewitt with
the names Of four men who It was re
ported" TO him had voted the republican
ticket and expected now to vote for Bryan.
one RidieuIOus story.
/ Another story sent broadcast by the
democrats was 10 the effect that II Taft
| is elected the bottling works at Seward
would close down and -, 900" men would
be thrown out OF employment A number
( Of Seward people in Lincoln yesterday
heard that story and - nearly laughed
themselves sick. Seward has a population
OF about 2.5o0 people and the democrats
are having a hard time making the peo-
PIE Of this meek OF the woods believe 2. .00l
Of the men are employed in the botuing
I works.
I The democrats have been claiming Uni.
yersity Place solid. A house 20 house
canvass was made Of half Of that city
during the last few days and the result
showed this; Taft. l46; Bryan, u; pro-
hibition, 80. This indicates that this
strong republican community Will cast
It's usual IcpAp44Gdn lAdIuI4lg-
/ The democrats have been claiminl
Havelock practically unanimously. A
house 20 house canvass Of that thrivins
little shop town showed the usual repub
lican vote viii be Polled. A poll OF th'
farmers around Lincoln shows the re
publican vote will be increased more thar
200.
These are just few OF the cold fact,
spread over the claims OF the demOcra T.
The talk Of the democrats this yea
reminds me that two years ago" said
prominent republican. they elaine,
Douglas county would give shaIlenberge1
5000 majority over Sheldon Eyeryon,
will remember that Some Of the yer!
conservative democrats claimed only
majority OF 1000, but the big guns VIII,
had Investigated put the figures az 5000
Well the vote showed that Sheldon car
ried the county"
Democrats have sent out the word q
whoop things up. Claim everything il
sight and then some. Scare people lnu
jumping onto the band wagon.
Here is an example Of Just how niue
noise a few Bryan democrats can max.
Il was told true story. but whether
Is OF not. Il hits the nail on the head:
A republican was on a train and in hi
car il seemed everyone was for BryaI
These Brysnites jollied the republican unt