Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-11-06
These Show Difference Of 113 Be.
tween the High and Low Men.
sALINE's VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS
Holt Will Also Favor the Democratic
Ticket Slightly.
OFFSETS FROM OTHER COUNTIES
Final Canvass in Adams County
shows Loss of Five Hundred for
Fawcett-BBrnes and
SedEwIck Sure.

Returns from seventy-seven counties OF
Nebraska Indicate that the finish in the
judicial fight between the high man on
the democratic side and the low man on
the republican side will be extremely close.
The totals in these counties give Sullivan
1886 and Fawcett So 4s9, a difference OF
11S. The figures include Adams county,
where the democrats gave the republicans
a hard Jolt. There yet remain OF the larger
counties which may favor the democrats
Holt and Saline. Saline went about 200 for
Sullivan and about $50 for Good and Dean.
Holt county will probably give $50 for
Sullivan, but the other counties yet out
will more than offset these two according
to iucompleter eturns.
Barnes and Sedgwick are elected be-
yond a doubt
LINCOLN, Nov. 5.-(speciaL) william
Hayward, chairman Of the republican state
committee, made the following statement
today:
I'VE are Of course very much gratifics
at the clean sweep our entire state ticket
has made. We have stuck TO our origlnll
figures of about 1000 majority for our low
men and 1900 for our high man. Regent
Allen, and this will not be far from right.
I'VE started into the campaign on the
theory that Nebraska was a very close
state When It is considered that we lost
our governor by a big majority. our prcsi-
Dental electors by a substantial majoritJ
and that the legislature was overwhelm-
ingly democratic, with an even break of
three and three on the congressman, those
who say the state is republican by 1000
must have poor memories. The highest
majority we ever received on the head of
the ticket. not counting Roosevelt, was
less than $4,000 Since we redeemed the
state in 1900 our average ma1orities on the
head Of the ticket have been about 10 OOO
as shown by the following figures:
Starting in 1900 and giving majorltles
in round numbers on head of the ticket
straight through as follows: DIETRICH, 800:
Sedgwick, 1900; Mickey. 5000: Barnes 1o-
900; Mickey, 1900; Letton, 24OOo; Sheldon.
1000; Reese. $4,000; Sheldon lost by 1000;
Barnes over Dean, 5000. In my Judgment.
with complete fusion against us, the state
is about 10000 republican.
I'm this election It is again proven that
the republicans on county and state offices
are good deal more inclined to be non
partisan than the democrats This is proven
by the fact that in solid republican coun-
ties all over the state the court house
is half full of democratic county officers,
while in the solid democratic counties, like
Platte, no republican ever gets a look
in"
1T would be interesting to know how
many republicans were voted for in this
election by such men as Mr.. Bryan Cover
nor Shallenberger, the World-Herald force
and other leading democrats, In spite of
their specious declaration In their state
platform advising all men to vote for the
ablest judges regardless OF political party.
There is no question that many republicans
voted for the democratic candidates, being
deceived by the nonpartisan fake. / call
It q fake for the reason that the republl-
can party from president down, is the only
party which has ever appointed any of
their opponents TO office when they had
the power. The democratic party is nom
partisan only In soli3ly republican states
and at times when the republican party is
in power in state or nation.
THE fraudulent circular, signed Prog
ressive League" also hurt us materially
where we did not have time to answer It.
The vote was very light and we lost many
votes by reason Of this condition
"On the whole, you may say that we
are well satisfied to be in tne clear with
all of our ticket at the end OF a cam
paign in which we were up against an
unusual number of roorbacks. frauds and
deceptive allurements put forth by the
democratic managers, by which they hoped
to win by deceit as they did in 1908. Their
non-pertsan theory was no. intended by
them to be give and take proposition.
but one in which they expected to take
without giving.
1T was only our complete organization
in the counties and precincts, our loyal
republican press throughout the state and
lovel-headed republicans everywhere that
enab ed us TO expose their frauds and get
enough Of our vote to the polls to win
complete victory and take Nebraska out
Of tho awkward squad in which It was
plsc by the democratic victory last
year.