Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-13

how he fought in the A%byssinisn war and
challenged French fencing masters to a
duel a Ia outrance.
Tonight is the big meeting in the
town hall at Florence. T.. A. Hollis,er,
nominee for county attorney. will speak
at Florence as we'll as Mr.. Jefferis.
Wednesday evening a meeting will be held
at Twenty-fourth and Burdette streets
under the auspices Of the Sixth Ward Re-
publican club. Judge Ben Baker and Mr..
Jefferis will be the speakers and music
will be furnished by the Veteran Drum and
Fife corps.
Two meetings will be held Thursday
evening. one in Omaha and the other at
Waterloo. W.. f. Wapplch, nominee for
representative, and w. @. IRE, county
commissioner, will be the speakers at
Waterloo. The other meeting will be held
in Idlewilde hail, Twenty-fourth and Grant
streets, under the auspices of the Foraker
club. Mr.. Jefferis will be the only speaker.
Friday evenings meeting will be held at
Eighth and william streets under the aus
pieces of the First Ward Republican club
and Mr.. Jefferis and other candidates will
talk. On Saturday evening at Twenty
fourth street and Ames avenue Mr.. Jefferls,
II. II. Bsldrige and C.. E. Herring will be
the speakers.
Because Of the heavy registration in some
Of the precincts in Omaha, County Clerk
Haverly may decide to use printed ballots
in the county precincts at the coming cleo
ton and put the extra voting machines in
the congested precincts. Mr.. Haveriy said
Monday the registration so far in some
of the nrAafnrVa indicated A.. -.z.Va
be heavier in these precincts than one
voting machine could take care Of. Unless
two machines are used In these districts he
fears 1t will be impossible to register the
entire vote.
The polls will be open from 8 until 6
o'clock, or 600 minutes. Experience has
shown that not more than one vote a
minute can be registered. In some Of the
big precincts the registration promises to
run up to 300 or 900. according to stimate
made by Mr.. Haverly, and in order to give
all the voters a chance Mr.. Haverly is OF
the opinion he will nave to double I'D the
voting machines.
Ballots are now used in C~lontarf precinet.
and the only remedy seems to be, according
to the county clerk, to extend the use of
printed ballots to the other country dis
tricts and put the extra machines in the
big Oman districts.
Jtmocrats are sore again at Gilbert M
Hitchcock, who did not even saw as much
as by your leave" to the Dahiman men.
and even the democratic county commit
tee did not know thar the presidential can
uldate would be here this week until they
read 1t In the congressman's paper under
naring headlines Saturday evening.
NO, L did not know that Mr.. BRYAN
would be here this week until / read II I'm
Mr.. Hitchcock's paper" said Mayor Dahl
man. Mr.. Bryan's closest personal and
political friend in Nebraska. 'I don't thinl,
that even the committee knew auythins
about 1t. Mr.. Bryan Is evidently coming
ON the personal invitation of Mr.. Hitchcoel
himself, and that is the reason why Won
and the committee were 'scooped' satur-
day night"
Tom Flynn. the county chairman and
also president OF the Jlmocrats, was Their
asked ABOUT the coming visit of Mr.. Bryan,
and he likewise professed ignorance.
Il heard about his coming in a round.
about way a little while before Mr.. Hitch.
cock flashed his coup in the paper" SAID
the chairman. The committee had ar.
ranged for an address by Mr.. BRYAN ir
Omaha the night before election. bepevins
mat 1t could do more good at that time
This arrangement by Mr.. Hitchcock I hon,
VIII not deter Mr.. Bryan from coming at
later date. for without doubt he could a,
more good then than now"
III MIR. Hitchcock needed help. whv AZ,
ne not come to us and not 20 direct :,
Mr.. Bryan and therefore let it be know,
mat he, OF all the candidates on III,
ticket needs extra support?" asked one n
the DahlmaD men who was on the commit
tee which drew up the resolution
AFTER the primaries endorsing the con
gresham to stay at home and make O
ms paper a real democratic organ and no
one that must of necessity carry the can
uon' An Independent Newspaper M,
hitchcock might just as well tell the peo
= pie OF the district that he fearH he VIII
not be reelected as to ask the most prom
inent man in the party to come here an
/, make an address in his behalf. / woul
, ike TO tell him that he can rise or sin
with the rest of us; he's no better tina
Jim Dahlman."
Several local democrats expect 10 az
company Mr.. Bryan Tuesday morning o
his trip to Blair and other nearby towns
the pilgrimage to occupy a week. w. "
n Brardon, auditor of the state OF Alabam,
arrived Monday to Mr.. Brya
also. Mr.. Brandon will attend the demo
cratic meetings scheduled for tonight. on