Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-06
BREWERS BACK DEMOCRATS
All Kinds Of Money Being Put Into
State Campaign.
BREWERS BARREL IS OPEN
Offer 20 Waaer LarEe suns IN the
Hope Of Dazzling some People
by Their show Of
wealth.

Omaha democrats are disbursinE money
these ante-election days with hand so
prodigal as to bcflt the typical Leadville
miner celebrating a lucky strike.
For Instance. Tom Flynn, manager OF
the Dalman campaign. went to tele-
phone Friday afternoon, and calling numer-
Gus laraRes, ordered fifty automobiles
FOR use on election day.
Were paying w a day for each ma
chine" Manager Flynn said over the
phone, anu evidently the price was saus-
factory TO the men al the other end Of
the phone. Tor In each instance Flynn
cent back a suAve. all right, old scout
thus indicating that satisfactory deal
had been arranged.
"a thousand dollars worth Of automobile
rides all Ia one dAy--thats sure enough
burning money up lntO Donzine smoke, 20
remarked a bystander.
Wonder where they set so much money
that they can afford 20 turn loose whole
thousand foF just one item Of campaign
egpenasT' odaried another listener.
Flynn didn't seem 20 hear the question,
aud having completed mis- telsphoninB, and
being assured OF fifty automobiles to carry
Dahlman voters 20 the polls. he quietly
hustled out to conquer other tasks devolv-
Ing upon him In his capacity Of Dahlman' .
chief lieutenant
'Iu bet you tJoO that l,ahlman Is the
next governor and the entire Douglas
county ticket goes as Dahlman goes Is
a common street uttersnce-and that. too,
from men who a month ago were doing
well TO raise the price Of ton Of coal.
Why this Aladdln-llke transition from
financial stringency to comparative afflu-
encs?
How does this sudden plethoric condition
Of purse come about2
DauGIe the Voters.
These are timely questions now afloat
and the answer is that the brewery inter
ests are furnishing tho democratic cam
paign alush fund and that now In the elev'
enth hour II has been determined by tn,
managers to dazzle the eyes Of the voters
with a show of money strength. relying
upon the theory that money begets influ
ence and that where money is, there goei
the crowd also.
II Is also related upon seemingly au
thentic authority that the national associa
tion Of liquor dealers has dropped $500
into Nebraska,-a large percentage of q
being set apart for use In Omaha-and tina
the main idea OF the association is t
secure the election OF Hitchcock for senator
and Dahlman for governor.
Whether this story Of the national asso
Citations contribution be true or not tner
ID no gainsaying the fact that there Is
gigantic slush fund hflOat from somewhere
and Il Is moreover obvious that the afore
said fund IS not being supplied by tn
democratic candidAtes. or by the state o
county committee in the usual routine way
Perhaps never before in the history o
Nebraska or any other midwest state ha
there been such prOfligate expenditure o
money. II is campaign Of dollars, an
there is q feveriBhness about the game tina
Bkens It 10 a racetrack scene when tn
flyers are coming in on the homestretch
1t is a picturesque campaign, toO-the hk
Of which is seldom seen In this Snhghtene
and conservative era.
Men about town, hack drivers, chauffeur
and night owls who have no regular ocou
patton are ALI supplied with liberal guam
titles OF money, and there is much to re
call the days when Omaha was a frOntie
town and when glasses on the bar olinke
ia rhythmic consonance with the clickety
click OF poker chips