Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Eugene M. Bellar Addresses German
Voters in Native Tongue.
CAMPAIGN ISSUES DISCUSSED
Republican Meetings Scheduled for
Friday, Saturday and sunday
Big Roll to Bet on Taft's
Election,
IAMPAIGN ISSUES DISCUSSED

Sixty commandments were out last
night to hear Eugene NJ. Bellar of Chicago.
The fact that the speech was advertised
as in the German tongue restricted the
crowd to the Germans almost exclusively.
The various local candidates, headed by
A. w. J~efferis, were present and all made
short addresses. Wappich, Koutsky, Best,
Harvey and Silas A. Barton all had some
thing to say on the merits of their caTdi-
dacy and the party they represented.
The speaker of the evening said that he
was one Of the volunteer speakers and had
been on the road for five weeks making
German speeches daily and was pretty
tired. He spent much time in explaining
the tariff and the result Of the democratic
experiments under Cleveland's administra-
,tion which resulted in hard times in which
he had many personal experiences in Chi
cage and Milwaukee. He then took up the
promises of Organism. showing how the
paramount issues had changed regularly
from year to year as soon as they became
the least shop worn. He said he had no
doubt that about the next great issue Of
the party would be a mems Of providing
airships for each head of a family as a
substitute for the government ownership
of railroads.
Bryan had a fine, plausible statement
Of the need and as good a story of the
cure as any patent medicine fakir, but the
trouble was bound to follow with the
taking. We have had plenty Of airships
which made a fair start, but most OF them
met with considerable difficulty in alight-
ing.
He said the principles Of the democrats
had changed so wonderfully since jefferson
that that rugged patriot would never recog-
n'ze his party. on one point the party
favors state rights and in the next breath
demands a federal supervision Of private
business such as would put the hardest
headed whig of the olden days to shame.
The usual democratic picket was In evil
dence. but when he was invited to come
forward and make a speech he declined and
left the hall. His Interruptions were taken
good raturedly as a thing characteristic
Of the democratic party that could not be
helped.
No Labor Meeting.
Exhaustive inquiry yesterday failed to
show whore there had been any meeting of
the employed or unemployed laborors
Wednesday night to whom were credited
certain resolutions In the world-Herald
signed Committee" No one could be
found who knew Of a call for a laborer's
mass meeting. No one saw any laborers
In a mass meeting. No lahorer could be
found who knew anything of the origin
Of the resolutions. Suspicion points tc
Jerry Howard alone as the able repre-.
sentative Of the unemployed. The othei
wing, the employed laborer, is the person
who wrote the article as it appears. Thes,
two adopted the resolution unanimously anC
signed themselves the full committee. >
The object is a vain hope of offsetting tn,
effect OF the big successes Of A. w. JEFF
ferris and George l.. Sheldon at the pack
ing houses and the South Omaha Live Stool
exchange.
Wad to Bet ON Taft.
According to Jay Laverty and othel
prominent live stock commission men,, I
great wad Of Taft money arrived at IN,
exchange yesterday in the pockets Of al
Idaho sheepman. He had plenty Of money
and II was all his own. IL was money h.
made under republican prosperity. Their,
was no buster about 1t. He had the none.
right In his hands and promised to cove
any bet on general results up to $4,000 Il
less than ten minutes he had all the dem
ocrats up a tree looking on wistfully, bu