Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-07
CUSTER IN LINE FOR TAFT
Officer of Travelling Mems Club Finds
Conditions Most Promising.
MORE PoPUIIsTs WITHDRAW
Nothing Now Remains Officially of
the Party In This State ms the
the ConsummntiOn of
Bryan's Plans.
(From a Staff Correspondent }

LINCOLN, Oct. '6.--(Special.)--E Beacn,
treasurer OF the Taft Travelling Mems club.
who has just returned from a trip TO
Custer and Dawson counties, brought back
different story from that brought back
by Councilman Woodward, who said every
eight men out Of ten were for Bryan.
Custer and Dawson counties are for
Taft" said Mr.. Beach. 81 have just re-
turned from there and found republicans
enthusiastic and up and doing for the
I ticket. How anyone can say they are for
Bryan l can't understand. II is just like
the other claims OF the democrats though.
have covered the state pretty thoroughly
and 1 am convinced Taft will carry the
state and the republican state ticket and
legislature will be elected. AS a matter of
fact why should Nebraska want a change?
THE farmers were never in better condl-
tion, They never received better prizes for
thir products. This is an agricultural
state and the towns and cities are depend
ent upon the prosperity OF the farmers for
their prosperity. I cannot figure why any
man should vote for a change"
Governor 10 Greet Hughes.
Governor Sheldon and County Chairman
Charles Matson went to Omaha this after
noon to attend the Hughes meeting and asst
| as a reception committee for Lincoln to
| escort the New York governor into the cap
| ital city. Governor Hughes will speak at
! the Auditorium tomorrow morning for
/ forty minutes before he leaves on his trip
through the Fifth district Tomorrow night
! he will make a speech at Hastings before
4, leaving for st. Joseph. Ten minute speeches
will be made on the road to Hastings.
New Railroad Incorporated.
| h0
! railroad company is a new corporation
which filed its articles with the secretary
/ of state today. The capital stock OF the
company is 100000 which may be increased
| to not to exceed SlO.OO0OOO. The company
| will have terminal in Omaha and one in
Lincoln and will run through Douglas.
| Sarpy, Cass, Saunders and Lancaster
counties. The articles provide that the
company shall have all the powers OF a
! common carrier The directors are: El-
lery s. McNaul, L. Howard Brumbaugh, 1.
! G, Ladd, F. H. Rile, G. f. Moffat, Stephen
St. John Mslven OF New York. Dever
| sholes, Charles L. Dundey. of Omaha and
Nicholas d. Pound, Chicago.
johnson the Latest Victim,
The mailed fist OF Mr.. Bryan's chief
lieutenant. Tom Allen. has again fallen
athwart the populist party and standing
from under now is Walter johnson, pop
ulist nominee for congress In the Sixth dis
] tr!ct Mr.. Johnson swore to abide by the
| result OF the primary should he be nomi-
rated, but when he took that oath he did
not have in mind the wishes of Mr. Bryan.
Since II would divide the vote in the sixth
district and indirectly perhaps cut down
the Bryan vote. Mr.. johnson had 10
violate his oath. Judge Westover becomes
the populst nominee.
DR. Fitzsimmons populist nominee for
congress in the First district filed his
declination today and the populst com
mittee filed the name OF John Mcguire to
! fill the vacancy. Fitzsmmons violated his
oath and got out OF the way in order 10
help Mr.. Bryan at the command OF Tom
Allen.
f. B. Quackenbush, the defender of ali
good things, lawyer and lawmaker an.
nounoed today that he also would decline
the populist nomination and get out OF
way Of Harry Fleharty. who wants to
? attorney general The action OF
- 8 senbush was a surprise to many OF
his friends, who are familiar with his
record in,the last legislature, when he De.
fled Tom Allen and his gang and vsted
with the republicans for many of the re.
forms advocated by Governor Sheldon and
the republican party. Friends OF Quacken.
bush believed he would not violate an oatl
even technicallity to help out the Bryan.
J Continued on Second Psse@