The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-31

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2S.-(Spec1al
"A feeling of abso-
lutte confidence in the election of Bry
an pervades the breasts of the men
who have been intimately connected
with the management of his campaign.
This confidence is born of the thor
! ough unification of the democratic
party, the discussions in the republic
! can party, the magnificent campaign
of Bryan, the "me too" echo of a cam
paign made by Taft, the rallying of
the workingmen to Bryan, the popu-
lar demand for revision downward
of the tariff, the explosion of the old
theory of panics coming only under
democratic rule-and a thousand and
one other things the presage the tri-
umph of the principles espoused by
Bryan.
| Personal letters and public state
ments from leading democrats who
are in a position to know every phase
of the situation all go to show that
Bryans election is assured.
| lin many respects this has been the
most unique campaign in the history
of American politics. On the one
hand is candidate who was not the
choice of the rank and file of his
party, but a selection foisted upon
them by a president who seeks to en-
| force the law of entail and, and i'm
pressed federal Office holders to help
enforce his will. On the other hand
| is a candidate who was unanimously
nominated by the rank and file of his
party; man who had nothing to Of
| fer save his own unstained record, his
ability his honesty, his sincerity, his
| patriotism and his love of popular
\ rights. On the one hand a candidate
backed by the rusts and syndicates
and supported by a president who
has loudly boosted of his opposition
to those same trusts and syndicates.
On the other hand candidate who
has fought special privilege, who Of
fers an adequate remedy for present
injustice. On the one hand a man
who says an appeal for the right of
trial by jury is "the most insidious at
tack ever made upon the integrity of
the courts" On the other hand man
who says that an honest workingman
should not be denied right guaran
teed the most confirmed criminal.
There has been little of the spectac
ular in this campaign-unless the
tremendous ovations rendered Bryan
everywhere may be called spectacular
The people are not making much
noise, which may be taken as an indi
cation that they are keeping up {
dell O. thinkin'.'
But there is something doing the
4 last week of the campaign. The rail
roads are threatening to reduce wage
if Bryan is elected. Manufacturer
who employ the profits of an iniquit
tories if Taft is defeated. "Calamit,
walls" loud and long descend from tn
lips of tariff b"rcns, political banker
and trust Der e.iciaries who see tn
signs of Bryan's triumph. Everythin
that will coerce, browbeat and clu
workingmen into voting for Taft
being brought into use. Millions hav
been poured into the republican slus
fund during the last ten days. Ever
cabinet officer is on the stump in a
effort to stem the Bryan tide. Roost
welt is working like a ward politician
and working hand in glove with tn
interests that he has claimed along t
I be fighting to the finish. But despit
4 it all the tide is still running Bryal
ward, and a victory for the people
in sight
1 The other day, George L. Sheldon