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 :
