Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-10
DEBTS OF TODAY
BOTHER DEMOS AS
BILLS PILE Up
Have $1,000 to Pay for EIec-
ton Efforts. "Strong Box
Shows Very DiIapidated
Condition.
From a Staff CORRESPONDENT.


Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 9.-(SpeciaD
There is no joy around demo-
cratic state headquarters. Not even
the fact that democrats of Lincoln
elected police judge. brings the
faintest smile to the democratic
committee. Of course, the demo-
cratic state committee had nothi
to do, with the election of a police
Judge, in the city of Lincoln, and
perhaps that is the reason that
Judge Whitmore was elected. Any
how he is the sole survivor of the
Storm"
But there was something else that
the committee contributed to even
If they had no part in the election
of a police judge. They have debt
left on their hands of something like
$1,000 for which they can claim sole
credit, with no thought of any
of the glory OF such a condition be-
ing taken from them by the repub-
leans. The republicans are per-
fectly satisfied with the Offices and
the democrats are welcome to the
debts as their share of the political
battle. The republican committee
comes out of the battle with a snug
little sum on the right side of the
ledger and might be prevailed upon
to contribute something to the dem
ocratic committee as little testi-
monial of the appreciation of the
part Colonel Sprague and the rest
of the democratic machine con-
tributed to the success of the re-
publican ticket.
When the condition of the demo-
cratic treasury was brought to the
attention of Charlie Bryan with
request that any donation he might
make would be received with
thanks, even if it did come from
"free" democrat, Mr.. Bryan smiled
"out loud" called for his check book
and trusty fountain pen and wrote
out a check for SIS, which check
now reposes in the strong box of
the democratic committee with 9TH
er mementoes calling for assistance.
Does Howard Know? .
It has not yet been given out by
the democratic committee whether
they have notified Lieutenant Gov
ernor Howard of the dilapidated
condition of the democratic strong
box. Governor. Howard just before
the election started something in
the direction of the committee
which must have landed and it
might be that he would now come
across with a check also.
Perhaps when Sergeant-atArms
]. E. Evans, who was paid $50 by
Chairman Sprague to corral w. J.
Taylor and the rest of the Custer
county non-partisan leaguers into
the Neville corral, hears that the
committee of which he was once
an honored emissary is in such dire
distress he may return to them to
$50 paid him to corral something
he was unable to drive in the direc
ton indicated by the chairman of
the committee. 80 s..
In the meantime democrats who
refuse to be comforted by the fact
that they elected police judge, are
charging the election of republicans
to "Hun counties, which voted the
republican ticket"
II their dope on the situation is
correct there are about so Hun"
counties in Nebraska. However. as
the situation reveals itself it is dis
covered that there are some Irish
counties and some Swede counties,
some Bohemian counties and some
Norwegian counties, and quite a
number of American counties which
gave republican majorities this year,
while Douglas county, the home of
the Hitchcock Mullen machine, now
so badly wrecked. came out of the
battle pretty much republican, also.