Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-27
Nebraska
REPUBLICANS ARE ACTIVE
Alive to Situation in Nebraska and
Putting in Heavy Licks.
sACKETTs VOTE is A FACTOR
UUpon How MoOSer Runs Depends
In Large Measure who VIII
win the GubrrnntoriRI
Race.
(From a sad Corresvcndentl

Nf rom a Statt CORRESPONDENT
LINCOLN, Oct 25-lspecialD--An four
committees connected with the different
political headquarters have squared away
for the last lap of the political cam
paign-and from now until saturday
night there will be much doing around
the political headquarters in Lincoln.
The banquet of the union veteran re-
publican club last Saturday evening
demonstrated that republicans arc much
alive to the situations confronting them
and the county as well as the state com
mittee will put In effective work from
now until the close of the campaign.
II is generally conceded that the re-
publican state ticket below the head =
safely across tho line, the real fight
from now on being between the two
candidates of the republican and demo-
cratic tickets.
Snckett's Vote Factor.
Much depends, according to politicians
who claim 20 be wise to the situation,
on the vote which Sackett the progress
sive nominee for governor, will receive.
Chairman Corrick of the progressive
committee claims that Sackett will get
from $1,000 to $500 votes in the state.
The wise ones claim that If Sackett
polls as high as 10000 votes there viii be
little doubt of Morehead's election. How
ever, many are not willing to concede
that Sackett will get many more votes
than he received at the primary, not
over 5000 at the most, and on that basis
they claim that Morehead cannot land.
This morning democratic leaders were
claiming that Morehead would get from
5000 to 5000 over Howell, but they were
not feeling so sanguine over the rest of
the state ticket. Many democrats are
already concedlng the election of c. +.
Reavis to congress from this district
The address made by Reavis here Satur-
day night made a strong impression on
those who heard him. One of the lead
ing democrats of Lincoln said this MORN
ing that while he had known Reavis
many years he had never heard him
speak before, and in his mind he was
the ideal man for congress. Mr. Reavis
will speak again Wednesday night at
the South Street tabernacle, and indica
tions point to q large crowd.
Suffrage Activity.
At suffrage headquarters much work
is being done in sending out speakers
and in making a whirlwind wind-up. The
suffragistsI appear to be very sure thai
the proposition of equal suffrage will
carry. Opponents of the cause claim
that it will not carry, basing their opin.
ions on the fact that there has beer
practically little interest in the cam
paign except that stirred up by the suf
fragtsts themselves and that when tn,
votes are counted it will be found thai
the silent vote has been registered
against the amendment
The main discussion around the stat,
house this morning and about the hote
Hobbies Is the effect which the letter o.
Senator Kemp. written to Mr.. Howell
will have on the outcome of the cam
paign. The evident intention of Nj
Hammond to also demand with KemI
that Howell make good on his primary
statements that the former was tied W
with the gang" in Omaha and that thu
Letter statement that certain railroad
had contributed $1,000 to defeat Mr.
Howell In Omaha may bring complica
lions which may change the poIitica
fight considerably.
Has Not Heard from Howell.
Senator Kemp over the phone said thi'
morning that he had not yet heard from
Mr.. Howell. He gave him until today
to clear Mr. Kemp of connection Will
the Third ward gang, but not haviAI
heard from him the senator said tina
he should prepare a statement of hi
own in q day or So Mr.. Kemp said tina
he did not desire 10 make hard sIeddinI
for Mr.. Howell in his campaign for tn,
governorship. but he had waited a lonl
while for Mr.. Howell to say something
which would absolve the senator from
any connection with the so-calleC
gang" as charged in Mr. Howeli't
speeches just before the primary, ant
he realized that IL Justice was TO b,
given him n must come before the cam