Omaha daily bee., 1912-09-29
Electors of State Declarino for Coon.
tinuation of Prosperity.
NO UPHEAVAL DESIRED BY THEM
Prefer to Let Good Enough Alone
for Next Four Years.
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS THINK
James II. Woolley of Grand Islaud
Tells of Movement Toward Taft
In West and Middle West
States.

Peuti0nS for Taft electors now being
circulated In Nebraska are taking we'll
and are getting many signers in all parts
OF the state. Already many of the sheets,
filled with names. are being returned to
republican state headquarters at the
Paxton hotel. Secretary Amos Thomas
Is urging all who are circulating petit
tions, to send them in before October 2,
as, according to the law, the petition
must be in the hands of the secretary of
state by October 5.
James II. Woolley, an attorney Of
Grand Island, who is circulating one of
the petitions, writes to headquarters in
part as follows.
"Yes, YOU can depend on it, l am for
dent since Lincoln: In my opinion there
is less excuse for changing administra-
tions than there has tver been, l was
recently in Wyoming. Montana, Utah
and South Dakota, and also in Illinois
and Iowa. l was surprised to find the
lack of Roosevelt supporters in Montana
and throughout the west. And there
are throughout the west at least two
big industries that are strongly opposed
to Wilson, the sheep industry and the
sugar industry.
Johnson's Talking Futile.
II heard Governor johnson at a rail-
way station in Iowa and. from remarks
in the audience l was convinced that
ne ho
Taft or Wilson and the majority in my
Judgment were for Taft. You can rest
assured that in spite of any boasts made
by Roosevelt supporters Taft Is gaining
every day, immensely both in Illinois
and Iowa, and l feel perfectly satisfied
such Is the case in all the western
states"
Charles W. Meeker, an attorney of I'm
perial, Neb., who circulated petition,
sent Il in yesterday accompanied by
letter in part as followsi
Il could have secured several times as
many signatures to this petition IL had
had time to get out with it. The condi-
tion in this locality Is daily getting better
for the republican ticket. Quite number
of the slgners i have on this petition
were strongly for Roosevelt month ago,
but now are solid for Taft. and every day
more are coming back to him.
Swinging Back to Taft.
II find that there are few definite
points on which the Taft opposition rests.
First, those opposed around here charge
he was not properly nominated. When
we show these people that Taft was hon
orably nominated at the Chicago conven-
ton, that the delegations that were re-
fused seats in the convention were those
that Roosevelt agents went south to
trump up after the regular state conven-
tions had been held, and when we show
them that after all it is only one han. |
and he neither member of
the credentials committee nor N the con- |
vention, who is crying fraud. thief and
'robber,' while a few are echolng him, 1t
causes all opposed to Taft to stop and
think.
Another charge is that Taft mas done
When we once shoW his record
and bring his achievements properly be-
fore the people a wonderful change Will
be brought about before the election in
L. d. Richards sends his petition from
Fremont, saying that several others were
circulated about the town before he re- |
ceived his, so he had already signed cne
before he receivd his
'I think they got them all filled" ne
writes. 1T was agreeable to hear the |
boys with the petitions say they met with
very few refusals."
Charles McGrew of the Live Stock Ma
tional bank of South Omaha. acting treast /
lrer of the regular republican state CEN
trail committee, is the man who Is re-
ceiving the campaign contributions which
are intended to further the candidacy Of
taft in this state. Mr.. McGrew will have
charge of this work and win receipt all /,