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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1894)
TH MAHA DAILY BEE. JTHSTJE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SATUBDAY MOBXISTGr , 3 , 189-1 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE corr rrvjE SAVEi NEBRASKA FROM OOMF RDEXRATTED MONOPOLY. Most Gigantic Combination Ever Banded To gether to Keep the People of Nebraska in Political Bondage. COERCION BY THREATS AND INTIMIDATION Merchants Threatened with "Withdrawal of Credits , Farmers with Foreclosure of Mort gages and Wage Workers with Re duced Pay or Discharge Great Struggle for Self-Govern- ment. ' The most desperate contest that lias ever been waged in Nebraska between trie people and the confederated monopolies will close next Tuesday. All the corporate forces that ire linked together by ono common Interest liavo pooled Issues and concentrated their merglcs for the election of Thomas J. Majors. The Burlington czar has taken personal charge of the campaign and has staked his reputa tion on his ability to purchase enough voters to carry Majors Into the governor's chair. A whole army of retainers has been set In mo tion to traverse every section of the state and distribute railroad passes and greenbacks whore they can bo used to advantage. As nn auxiliary to the railroads In their lilfih- tamlcd efforts to debauch and corrupt the voters of Nebraska the leading bankers In tbU city , whoso cstabllshmrnta are deposi tories for the railroads , the managers of the South Omah.i stock yards , the Standard Oil monopoly , the lumber , grain nnj coal pools , nho enjoy special rebates , have all joined together - gother under the name of the "Business Iten's Association. " Several hundred busl- ncss men In tills city and elsewhere have been dragooned Into signing their appeal to vote ( or Majors and save the credit of the state from ruin. Ttcso lists have been padded and magnified to make it appear that tUa great majority of Omaha merchants and manufjc turcrs are In accord with this policy. As a matter ct fact , scores of thtEo men have vainly pretested against the use of their nanvts , and many others would do ao It they dared take their chances on & boycott by HID bankers and railroads , upon v\lioii \ they arc dependent. RAILTIOAD MUN COEUCBD. A perfect reign ot terror has bcca In augurated In the ranks ct llii railway em ployes. Every railroad In the state Is civ gaged In Ihli work of Intimidation , Tbo Mis- louri PaclOc has tent one ot IU rencral along Its line to Instruct Us employes to vote for Majors. The Union Pacific has also sent out an official to Impress upon Its employes the necessity for voting for the- railroad can- lldato for governor , and agents of that com pany , In splto of the denials of Its officials , are Interfering with the personal choice of every one of Its employes , not only In this city , but along the entire system In the state. Hvery employe on these railroads from sec tion hand up to telegraphers and local freight agents , has been slvon to understand In a significant manner that It will bo to his in- [ crest to vote for Tom Jlnjors. CLUniCS ARE THREATENED. The same policy Is being pursued In a number of banks and business houses , whose clerks have been notified that they must cither vote for Majors or lalo the chance of being dropped from the pay roll after election. Lssl Thursday Andrew J. 'Smith , ono ot the clerks of the Nebraska National bank , \vhIcU Is the Darlington depository in this city , was discharged because ho ex pressed himself in favor of Holcomb as the regular democratic nominee. Smith Is Etlll under age1 , but boln t > . democrat ho dared to criticize the action of the railroad demo cratic rump lender * , and the president ot the bank , Mr. Henry \Vi Yates , declared that no man could remain In Its employ \vha ' favored Holcomb. The evident purpose cf the discharge of Mr , Smith was to admonish nil other employes that their beads would come off If they dared to express an opinion adverse to the Burlington candidate. It Is credibly reported that more than 450,000 liavo been placed at the dliposal ot ' the campaign managers In the Interest cf ' Majors , and more- money has bj'n promised before , the day of election. S ) desperate Is the situation that the HurllnstPii r.iIlroa-1 has added } 15,000 to the (1000) ( already ten irit.nia.i the camnalen fUnJ and otiir sources have been appealed to for funds. The money thus contributed Is to be used as a corruption fund with which to purchase voters , and It Is to the plans for tin pur- sB of the necessary votes that the cam- pr.lgn managers arc bending tholr every at tention at the present time. The scheme for the corruption ot the ballot bo c In Omaha and South Omaha is already perfected. In addition to the purchase of votes. In the cities it Is proposed to colonize voters in western and northwestern parts of the state. In order to do this successfully the most careful arrangements are being made. The old polling books of last year have been secured and from them have been taken the names of thousands of of voters who are known to hnve left the state , The names of these absent voters will be given by the colonists who expect to vote without being detected by the unsuspecting people In the rural districts. To cover up the colonization fraud the railroad press * has already annonunced that the exodus frcm Nebraska has not been nearly so great cs had been supposed. In this way the railroad managers hope to dis count the effects of the discovery of the presence of thousands ot Illegal votes when the retuuis come In. It Is also learned that plans have already been considered to contest the election of Judge Ilolcomb In the event that his plurality Isltliln 3,000 votes of the total vote given to Majors. In order to bolster up the scheme and give It a semblance ot rci-pectablllty the public will within a few days bo notified that a reward will bo paid by the state central committee for evidence ot Illegal voting. BIO CONTRACTS PLAY A PART. The return ot Jim McShane from Wyoming throws a calcium light upo'n the efforts of his brother , John A. McShano , and his business partners , to turn democrats over to Majors , It appears that James McShane has a contract tor 3,000,000 cross-ties , to be delivered to the Burlington railroad on Its Wycmlng and Montana extension. The best Informed railroad englncere state that the sypdlcate , of which McShano is the head , has cleared { 150,000 out of that contract , and expects to clear another J 150,000 before the contract expires , which will be about the end ot 1S07. It has also transpired that several bankers and business men , who have enrolled their names In the calamity manifesto to the voters , arc surltles on the bond ot the late State Treasurer Hill and the present State Treasurer Bartley. These parties are mortally afraid that Judge Wakeley , who has been employed to prosecute the bonds men under the direction ot Governor Crounse will be continued under Governor Ilolcomb until a Judgment Is rendered against them In the supreme court. On the other hand If Majors Is elected , they have assurance that Wakeley's services -will be dUpensec with and some lawyer employed who would either bungle up the case or let It go by default. HIGH PRICED LITCRATLMIE. The managers nf tie Majors campaign hav mployed the services of a corps of paid vrlters who are devoting I heir entire time o the > manufacture of fqked stories and oorbacks. No story Is1 too preposterous for hese Imaginative literary gentlemen to re- ate and their pictures of ruin , distress and calamity are lurid with flc Ion of the most palpable character. They make a specialty if Supplying the country : ress with stcro- ypcd editorials , all of vlilcli ring the changes of the calamity ! " war cry. The people of Nebraska are ntsured In ono place .hat "tho election of thd pqpiillst ticket and ho consequent loss of slate credit and state mrr.Igratlon will decrease the value of our ands fully $5 per acre , " It Is claimed that and In one county In Kansas lying adjacent o similar hinds on the' Nebraska side ot the Irio are worth | 5 less per acre. Such stories are Intended only to frighten the credulous n distant parts of the state who have no ncans of Investigation. Tlicro Is nothing In ho facts to wairant such courageously false assumptions. A trip along the entire loundary line between Nebraska and Kansas ivill convince any fair minded man that lands n Kansas are worth as much , Improvements , character of the soil , topography and draln.- ago being cijual , as the \bwls \ on the Ne braska side. This Is not a" mere statement drawn from the Imagination. It Is sus ceptible of proof , and , morqovcr. It has been proveJ. \VhoIe tons of Judga Holcomb's alleged mortgage record have been distributed broad cast over the state , and several hundred columns of antl-Rosewatcr blackvrash have been turned out by the fake mills , all for the purpose of distracting the attention of the voters from the real Issues ot the campaign. The attempt has been a diernal failure , as dismal a fallivo as thq effort to make It ap pear that the solo Issue Is whether Hose- water shall bo crowned dlctalor of Nebraska on the 6th of November. The Wlsner Chron icle , a republican newspaper , hits the bull's eye In the following comment on the dictator business : > Some men nr& exhorting' their fellows to deliver the slate from Rosowaterlsm , but they have no scruples agajnst Iloldregelsm. Th& editor of The Bee must he shown-that he cannot dictate , but the' manager of the II. & M. must be acknowlellged dictator' prcme. Which \e \ most . . < liArlmcrital to the state ? Roscwatcr's effort liave ahvaya been agaliibt monopoly ; Holdroga Is Ilia head of the most glgantio and oppreslsvc corporation In the state. Rosewntcr can obllRB no one to patronize him to the amountof n cfcnt against his will ; Holdrega exacts tribute upon a ma jority of the people of Nebraska and they have been Tielpless to prevent It. They wilt continue to bo li el pies * xo Ion ; ; as they vote for the men , -whom Haldrege nominates. The issue Is not Ilojcwaterism against Hol- dregelsm. It is the peoplo. against corpora- tlonlsm , and Roscwater Is only one of the people. , COERCION AND INTIMIDATION. Reports and letters from reliable- business men and farmers In all parts of tlie state represent that the same , methods of coercion , bulldozing and intimidation are being pur sued by railroad boises , bankers and loan agents In the Interior of tlie state. Mer chants who have notes maturing In the near future have been notified that they vlll not be renewed If Holcomb Is elected. Farmers who liavo mortgage loans to meet during the coming year'have been threatened wltl forecloiure , and railway employes are given to understand that their wages will be re duced afU'r election unless Majors Is elected In some Instances wages have already been cut down , and employe ) have been told tha they will not be raised unless Majors Is elected la spite of this reign ot terror The Be ias received assurance from every section f the state [ rom men who arc conservative and law abiding citizens that they are de- ermlncd to exercise their franchise accord- ng to their conscientious convictions under ho protection which the Australian ballot afford ? . STANDARD OIL LUBRICATOR. The action ot the Standard Oil company n signing the business men's manifesto Is icing severely commented upon in many larts of the state. The Standard Oil corn- iany Is one of the most powerful monopolies n the United States , and It Is gradually , but surely , extending Us powers all aver the world. It Is directly Interested In politics n Nebraska for the reason that this state ias a law upon Its statute books prohibiting ho sale of oil below a certain established test. Tills law has never been properly exe cuted , but if Majors la elected the Standard Oil company may reasonably expect that the oil Inspection department will be placed under the control of same of the many Irresponsible political workers who constantly surround ho tattooed candidate. Tim lax enforcement of the law means thousands of dollars In the coffers of the Standard oil monopoly. Mr. J. B. Ruth , Omaha manager of the Oil trust , al- hough personally a genial citizen and well alked of by all , has taken a personal Inter est in the campaign , and , following the e\am- > le > of many others having men under their employ , has carefully Interrogated the eni- iloyrs of his company In Omaha as to their 'eeling with reference to Majors or Ilolcomb. Jo has given them to understand by hin man ner that ho desire i them to vote for Majors. Most of the men so Informed him , but ono of .he employes states that nearly all of the employes of the Standard Oil company In Omaha will -vote for Holcomb. A SOP FOK GULLIBLES. In their extremity the managers el the Majorn campaign have been finally forced to resort to a number of well known tricks In tended to deceive the unsuspecting voter Into Bupportlnc their candidate. The scheme Is well worn In Nebraska , but It will bo dressed up in H9u- clothes and made to serve Its purpose once. more. This time tha Majors inert will use the trick for the purpose of establishing beet sugar factories. One ot these factories Is about to ba located at Fill lerton. In Nance county. A gentleman named IV. Beasley Hayes from New York Is stop ping at the Mlllard , and It is stated that he Is to accompany Brad Slaughter to Kullerton , where howill unfold the plans for the erection of a mammoth beet sugar refinery. Ho will tell of the hundreds ot thousands of dollars to ba invested by eastern capitalists- . These eastern money owners will not ask a bonus. They have Investigated the question and have satisfied thetmcU-es that there Is no cpat on the globe so favorable to beet sugar Industry as Fullerton. After the good people of I'ul lerton are about ready to congratulate them selves over the era of prosperity about to dawn they will bo informed , Incidentally , of course , us If It was of no special Importance , that tlio money Is all ready for Investment and that work Is to commence right away after election ; but In order to satisfy them selves that their Intercitslll bo properly Guarded these eastern Investors have decided to wait and see whether Ilolcomb IB elected It ho Is they will be compelled to wait a. few years ; but if the republican candidate for governor In. elected they will proceed at once This trick has served Its purpose In Ne braska for so many year a that no one wll be Impressed with It now. All beet ( sugar factory projects depending upon the election of Majors next Tuesday may well tie looked upon with suspicion. VOTES HOLCOMB WILL HAVE His Election is as Certain us tlie Doming of Next Tuesday. 'LURALITY ' WILL BE 15,000 TO 20,000 Shown by nn I stlirmto Ilascd on n Cnreful Poll of the Stale , Not Doctored to Suit Any Cnnclhlnto or Committee , Judge Holcomb's election by from 1,000 .o 15,000 plurality Is assured. There la no braggadocio In this claim. It s a cold , hard fact , backed up by figures that liavo been prepared with extremes care 'rom polls and estimates of the various coun ties ot the state. This estimate was com peted only yesterday , and Is , therefore , based on present conditions , with all allowances made for losa to the populists by remov als on account of the drouth and tor all the various defections In the three parties that exist all over the state. These figures have not been doctored by the republican state central committed or any other committee. They show HolcomlTs minimum strength In every county , a fact that Is proven when It 8 known that the populist state central com mittee's figures give Holcomb 15,000 more plurality than Is shown by [ ho table that follows , while the estimate of the democratic committee- about 10,000 higher than The Ilee'B. Compared with the figures of tlio republican central committee , printed In The I3eo of yesterday , It will be seen by all con versant with the situation In the state- just how false were the claims ot the Majors man agers. The figures given below cover every county In the state outside of Douglas , a county on which none of the politicians are counting to heavily swell the plurality of cither ulde. They Indicate that tlie vote of the state , out- sldo ot the prohibition vote , will be In the neighborhood of 178,000 , allowing from 21,000 to 22,000 votes for Douglas county. On this vote Ilolcomb has n plurality In round num bers ot 12,500 nt the lowest calculation , and he stands a chance of winning by even as high as 20,000. Even the gamblers , who are prejudiced In favor of Majors , have given up hope of Jlajora' election , and have begun placing their money on Ilolcomb , taking even bets that he will receive 10,000 plurality. Last night one gambler made a bet that Majors would not carry a single county In the Sixth congressional district , the- very territory where the Majors managers are asserting they will secure their heaviest gains. Hut their claims are a mere bluff , for they have abandoned all hope. When they asierlod In print on Wednesday that Majors -uas gaining 1,000 votes a day , they placed his plurality at 15,000. On Thursday , Chairman Merrill made another Btatemcnt and authorized Us publication , that Majors would have 10.000 , a loss on his own claim of 5,000 In one day. When they saw their own table or claims In The rieo of yesterday they were dumfounded , but they asserted that It was nn old calcu latton , made before Majors had developed his strength. In i-plto of this claim , they did not care to make any other statement ot their "estimate" by counties , preferring to "Jump" the state and continue Itio game of bluff. Thcce same Majors managers , however , have mode the claim that they would carry Douglas county for Ilia tattooed man by 6,000 , To show how honest they are In that statement - ment , The lice has secured the figures made by them only yesterday In the secret of the inner committee rooms , from which the com mon herd are excluded , No figures were made on the actual vote , but the managers made a little table of pluralities which they expected to get and which they conceded to Ilolcomb , This table was as follows Ilolcomb. Majors First wnnl see Second ward , vu Third ' ward , . . HW 11'ourHi nanl so When It was seen how tlicso figures came out It was resolved not to say anything about than , but the matter leaked out In splto of the vigilance of the men on the In side. It will thus bo seen that the Majors TinnaKers do not expect to secure their icastcd 15.000 plurality , or any part of It , In Douglas county , and whtlo some of the pluralities they are allowing Ilolcomb in tbo various wards are approximately correct , they iavo nuulo a miscalculation In several In- Uanccs as to the relative strength of the candidates In the districts where they are giving pulralltlcs to Majors. Hut going back to the state figures , here la the estimate on which The I3ee IB safe In , asserting that Itolcomb will receive a rousing plurality :