Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-02
Activity of Morrow Backers is Stam-
peding Boland Men.
SOCIALISTS SPENDING MONEY
Expectation of Labor Element is to
Make Democrat Third.
THREE BOND ISSUES ON MACHINE
FIFTY Thousand for Parks, Seventy
Five Thousand for Library site,
Hundred and Fifty Thousand
for Fire Houses,
General Election Today.
Polls Open 8 q. m. 60 9 p. m.


With the closing Of the local campaign
in Douglas county, It has become very
evident that the democratic leaders have
determined to center a desperate effort for
the coroner Chairman Reagan, Campaign
Manager Bob" Wolf, and the two or
three other active members OF the demo
cratic machine hope TO save one man on
the ticket
Republicans point TO this very thing as
showing democratic Generalization and In
surfing a complete republican victory. They
insist that the republican candidate, Mr.
Crosby, after a clean, energetic campaign,
will land a winner with the rest OF the
ticket
One queer feature of the closing hours of
the campaign is giving the democratic COM
mlttee cold shivers for fear that their can
dldate for sheriff may be third man In the
race when the votes are counted. Ted"
Morrow the socialist candidate and his
close friends are flush with money and are
putting it out with a free hand They are
claiming most of the democratic votes, and
the story goes that they made such an inn
pi ession on w. D. Mahon with this claim
that somebody's treasury was opened up
for a bunch Of money that will be used
exclusively for Morrow.
The attempt Of the democrats to indict
Sheriff Bradley for doing his plain duty,
while excusing Boland for near-scabbing
during the strike. has fallen flat and has
been abandoned. The switch of the labor
crowd to Morrow is so palpable among the
knowing and effective workers OF the
democracy, that It has upset all calcula-
tions of the chairman and his advisers.
You watch our smoke tomorrow is the
boast of the strikers They have workers
selected for every precinct, with some
trusty member of the socialist party to di-
rect at each polling place, and will proba-
! bly, be more in evidence than the old party
workers.
Three Bond Issues Are UP.
Members Of the library board the fire
and police board and the park board are
deeply interested in the feature of to-
days election that has not attracted much
attention among the general run Of voters.
Bonds to the amount of S275,OOO are to be
up to the electorate for Endorsement.
The park board wants $4,000 to enable
1t to continue development on the park and
boulevard system.
The library board has a proposition on
voting machines calling for $4,000, with
which it is hoped to buy ground for a
new library building to be erected by
AuuEeW Ndllit6lNt a. a bASpoeaN SSSN "a
$3.50, 900 to 100000.
The fire and police board is asking for
a bond issue of $4,000, to be used for the
erection of new engine houses to take the
place Of the present houses at Eighteenth
and Harney, Sixteenth and lizard and
Tenth and Dodge. The new buildings will
not go on the present sites should the
bonds carry, but Will be built in the inn
mediate neighborhood Of the old struc-
lures.
Beginning as soon as the city hall was
opened this morning a crowd has been
around the voting machine in the lobby
OF the city hall all day. The expert in
charge has been kept busy explaining how
to operate the machine, how to vote
split ticket, and how to vote for the four
members Of the school board and for the
bonds.
Fear is expressed that a great many
voters will devote their attention to the
candidates for county officials, To the ex-
clusion of the bond issues, but in every
precinct OF the city an effort Is to be made
today to get the attention Of the voters
concentrated on these important matters
Mayor Trains His Henchmen.
Mayor Dahlman put in Monday morning
issuing commissions and stars 70 fifty
four men who are to act as special police
men during the voting hours today
Street Commissioner Flynn was present 20
look the bunch over, but insisted that 1t
wasn't at all necessary to bring a certit-
cate Of democratic birth In order to secure
an appointment. The division Of the "spe-
cials" by political affiliation, is demo-
cratic by a large majority, naturally.
Some Of the candidates for stars are old
, hands on the Job, which probably brings
about SO for the day. but quite q sprinl-
p ling Of youngsters was noticeable. BY
many Of these the appointment az an eiec-
r ton policeman is considered the initial
breaking into the political game. which
, they may later learn to play with greater
profit