Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-14
T. R. Manager in State Influences
Electors to Stick.
SUPPORTERS GROW DISTURBED
Charges Being Made at Lincoln
About Situation.
MORE TROUBLE IN LANCASTER
County Committee, which He Per-
sistentIy Refuses to Call for
Advisory Purposes.
(From a Staff Correspondent. )


LINCOLN, Oct. lS.-(Special.) )-Wher
the bull moose electors on the republican
ticket were called into conference with
Chairman Epperson last Friday all can.
didates' eyes were turned toward Lincoln
for the result of that conference might
mean the winning or the losing of the
election for the republican state ticket
It was all in vain and many wondered
why these men could not see that the
success of the state ticket was of more
Importance than their retention upon the
republican ticket as Roosevelt electors.
But now the secret of their peristenoy
in sticking to the ticket is out. A local
bull moose paper charges Manager Frank
P. Corriek of the Roosevelt party as be-
Ing responsible for the failure of the Ep-
person plan to work. 1t makes the
charge that MIR. Corrick Is responsible
for pulling the trick and says: ''It is
claimed by the state candidates that Cor
rick has all along tried to prevent the
withdrawal ON the ground that 1t wouio
work to the disadvantage Of Roosevelt.
1t is simply case Of the Ccrrick influ-
ence being stronger than the Epperson
influence"
The same paper quotes another state
candidate as saying, Il paid the pro-
gressives some money for use in the
campaign. but they will get no more
from me. Not only is C9rrick doing
nothing for the state ticket, but he has
%rta 20
sible in this ELECTORAL situation"
Trouble I'm Lancaster.
While the two state committees Of
the bull moose party seem to be looking
crosswise at each other, trouble is brew
ing In the bull moose camp in Lancaster
county When the county convention held
its memorable session and the bull moose
fellows captured the organization and
ran the steam roller over the Taft dele
gates, forcing them to hold another con-
vention and select county committee
of their own, the bull moose convention,
recognizing the fact that the county
committee was made up of true blue re-
publicans. who would probably elect a
real republican as chairman; selected
George A. Adams as chairman of the
county committee. Mr.. Adams full
fledged bull mooser and is working tooth
and nail for Roosevelt. ad Paul Clark
for congress. A meeting Of the new
county committee was held soon after
the convention. and after the meeting
was called to order, Mr.. Adams discov-
cred that the Taft republicans had a
majority. BY steam roller methods he
refused to entertain motions and the
meeting of the committee was ad-
journed. Since that time Mr. Adams
has refused to call another meeting and
1t is charged by some Of the members
of the county committee that he Is neg
lecting his duties as chairman and is
putting in his efforts to elect the bull
moose candidate for congress.
May Take Adams Over.
In the meantime the regular republican
committee organized and elected Judge
E. P. Holmes, member Of the repub-
lcan state executive committee, chair
man of the county committee and the
Judge has since that time begun sys-
tematic effort to put Mr.. Adams on the
political hot griddle and has succeeded
to a great extent. Next Saturday the
county committee will meet and II Mr.
Adams does not get good and do busi-
ness properly the committee proposes to
toss him over the transom and elect an
other man.
While all this is going on former re-
publicans who have been chasing tbs
Roosevelt will % the wisp are getting dis
gusted with the whole situation and are
fiocking to President Taft in way that
spells disaster to the bull moose herd.
Sentiment Changes.
To show something OF the change ir
sentiment in the capital city Of Nebraska
al local theater this week. where the,
use motion pictures of current events, a
picture was thrown on the screen show
ing President Taft taking part in some
public exercises. As soon as the presi.
dent appeared In the picture the audienc,
began cheering. The same thing happened
the next night. Two months ago tbs
appearance Of the president In motor
picture hardly brought out hand clap
CatheIl Speaks.
J. Everett Cathell Of Richmond, Ind.
spoke to the members Of the Taft Re-
publican club at the Lincoln hotel Satur-
day evening He said he had been
trax,atixo Oh nt,sr t.a ,,,x.,rkp,,
since the national convention and that
the change Of sentiment taking place at
the present time favorable to President
Taft was all in evidence all over. Since
/ have been In Nebraska" said Mr.
Cathell. II have been wonderfully i'm
pressed with the feeling that is shown
toward the president and all this is neces-
sary to do is to show that YOU have back
bone. II you are for the president Get
out and do something. Don't get scared.
This fight has now developed into a
battle between Woodrow Wilson and
William Howard Taft, and no republican
has any business voting for Wilson In or
der to beat Roosevelt Roosevelt is d
beaten man today and he and his hackers
know IT,. ALI republicans have got to do
now is to prevent democrat from being
elected president"
Mr.. Cathell said that all the talk
about Mr.. Taft, receiving his nomination
by fraud was all bosh. That national
committee" said he. was the committee
CONTINUED on Second Psse.)