Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-27
ALLEN THREATENS TO SUE
Brother-in.Law Tom Makes Bluff
About Journals Contract.
ED HOWARD ALL READY TO EDIT
Governmental Ownership Champion
to Commence Pouring Democratic
Done on Public Through "Re-
publican" Papers.
CFrom a staff Correspondent.

LINCOLN. oct 26.- Spec 'aL)-'I shall
file suit against tie state Journal to com
pel T. to publish the m ltttr we furn IN
acc ord mfg to our a gum mt"
This was the statement Of the head OF
tie democratic state committee this mor""
ing, when he was asked what lie i'tended
"a do about the Journal ba XII out Ct lis
contract TO priEt democratic after
Mr.. Aflen said he would f'e the suit 'ust
= q soon as he had Il title time, but p OBJ
arlv he would & t TO It today.
! 1t is a 10 to / sh t, however, that Tom
Allen will not file that su t. 1t I an even
break that he is merely blufftng In 'rd T
to scare the Journal into continuance OF
its policy 10 fight the republican ticket
while pretending to aid it. That All n had
tt whip hand sheet there T. not t'e least
doubt ard there Il no doubt he is in a posi-
ton force a comp ia.ce with the contract.
He can do this or he can bv drop hl'
suit force the Journal to give 100 gool
ord for Bryan where 1t 81 es one fore
| for TAFT, Edgar Howard came back TO
| Lincoln night to get his matter ready for
! the bought space.
Howard - All Ready.
! When tie scheme vas exposed several
| days ago. Edgar Ho ward wcs on had t.
| get up the after, but the exposure and the
lack up of the "repuS.ican' sheet r,w
| the democrats up in the air and Howard
| folded up his writing pad and went bac
home Some kind of an arrangement how
ever. has been made irce tn IN which Is
satisfactory to the democrats ad so the
late defeated congressional candidate is on
the ground again with mis- tru ~ Eoverr-
ment ownership pen AMI Iepubl cans vh0
take so-called r,publican ncwsT apers will
shortly he re aiding h $ stlf
Republicans workers are anxious that
this matter be again called to the atten-
ton of the people of Nebraska, so that
they will know when the stuff is put out
that It Is paid for and at an increased space
rate. That those republican newspapers
which publish It do so for so much an inch.
| They do 1t because they love the dollar
better than they love the principles for
which they are supposed to stand and upon
which they built up their circulations.
Not n New Thing.
For their local papers to sell their
columns TO the opposition is nothing new
TO the people Of lincoln. Two years ago
the State Journal did It; the lincoln News
did It and the Lincoln Star did 1t. At that
time not only was Congressman Pollard
abused in bought space in these sheets, but
Frank Tyrrell, republican nominee for
county attorney, Was abused and villified
for days.
OF course the stuff had little effect. be-
} cause the people knew the papers had sold
the space. 1t makes no difference how good
a man is to these three papers. They per-
mitted the abuse OF Frank Tyrrell and SC
good record did that official make dur,
/ ing his first term of office that today he
has no opposition from even the democrats
They nominated no man against him. The
! Tyrrel incident Just shows that for money
a person can buy space in these so-callec
republican sheets TO abuse any republican
l candidate.
; But at this particular time the Journa
; is afraid to print the prepared democratic
5 dope as per arrangements.
. More Democratic Methods.
The democratic committee tonight sen
out men TO every precinct in Lincoln, eacl
to walk the streets and to tell every mar
] he met that Lincoln is going for Bryan
The object was to make the people her,
believe Bryan will get a good vote here
and thus start a band wagon. The schem
was discovered within very few minutes
and most OF the political beat-wslkers wer
given the laugh by the pedestrians.
Dozens OF men were accosted and urge,
to vote for Bryan on the ground OF hom
pride. but so far could be heard from
the plea made little impression.
Chairman Matson announced tonight ther
is no doubt at all that Taft would carry thE
county by as much as LOO and posslbl
more. The fact that the democrats hav
resorted to the band wagon scheme in sd
(Contipued on Pare Nlnel