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TI1K OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1908. T I Fusion Tie-Up f EZXuKtt for,,e8, ?f..Nebrk- r ? "ith the railroad, of Nebraska, pledged to de- i'"'! e'dt. U.i. t1 Jr,S,1V0nwtlLt flrte? railroad.. Thla 1. amply eatabliabed by "be letter rJJi I" AU.? f ,he. dere,oct,c. Prt. brother-in-law of W. J. Bryan. Mr. Allen 1b ? ,deICr,tlc. p,rty for NbrBk. Pl-l n that position by Influence of the Peerless Leder, and Ashton C. Shallenberger la again th candidate of the party, running against George L. Sheldon, who wag elected governor two yeara ago. With the same men running, and the same democratic chairman directing the campaign for the fusion forcea. Is It not reasonable to suppose that the same conditions prevail? a. a lib, iwrau. aaaoocantsae BEK3CRATIC STITE CESTRAL CCXMITTEE i eJJ" "" LINCOLN HOTH. LINCOLN. NtMASKA &rwna......Sjalt axaamvs committu T. a MUM. IMm I. enSISS (MM mill M a. a wAmmr - . m . a. fW air I I nolose you harawlth a oopy of an editorial whloh appear in'thVolair Pilot, a republican paper. X think this la good atuff i ' and If you oaa find apaoa for It or f ran up an editorial la your w own language conveying the eaao Idea It will ba ffotle. The r publican platfor has a 'Terminal Taxation' plank that 'elll'glveto Onahn the benefit of all the teralnal tax Instead of ..-.- j distributing the ana out over the entire stata as la now dona. J 1 the rapublloaa platform la enaoted Into lav It will aaan that every .town in the atate will lose their proportionate ehare of the railroad taxes and that Oaaha will bo the baneflolary. The Oaaha Bee has already pledged ninety republloait oandldatee In the leglalatare on thle"prpoeltlonf Th other rapublloaa eandldatsa refused to give a -a ' their. assent. to. the aoheae. .X thin this Is. Important. Tours. Thomas F. Ryan Gave $20,000 Gash to Bryan Campaign Fund (From tha New York World,) If we can compel the publication of con tributions before the election, contribu tions given for a corrupt purpose will bo very much lessened, for tha predatory corporations cannot make public contribu tions to a campaign fund without hurting the party which they attempt to help. William J. Bryan In the Commoner, May 15, 190& After the democratic national convention of 1904 had nominated Judge Alton B. Parker (or tha presidency, William I. Bryan returned to his homo In Nebraska and began a quiet campaign to secure for himself a aeat In tha United 8tates senate. Tha state legislature to be aleoted in November, 1904, would have the choosing of a senator to succeed C, II. Dietrich, republican. It was the hopes of Mr. Bryan and fis" friend's " that by an aggressive campaign Nebraska could be carried for the democracy and that democratic legis lature would elect him to tha senate. At tha St. Ixnils convention Mr. Bryan had assailed fiercely Judge Parker as a candidate of plutocratic Interests, and had attacked by ntim August Belmont and other New Yorkers who ware backing the Parker campaign. After a week of reflec tion Mr. Bryan announced In a formal statement that he would support the ticket, but with the following threat: "Aa soon aa tha election Is over I shell, with the help of thoae who believe as I do, undertake to organise for the campaign of 1908, tha object being to marshal tha friends of popular government within the democratic party to the support of a radi cal and progressiva policy to make tha democratic party an efficient Instrument fur securing relief from the plutocratic ele ment that controls the republican party and, for the time being. Is In control of the democratlo party." Within two months after this declaration there waa accepted for Mr. Bryan's politi cal interests the sum of tJO.OuO, contributed 'It is the Money that is in the Office and Not the Honor a S MINT MTM imi m TALBOT SRVAN. . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , 1 MM a, m asas) ) sjuarat'aj mJtm The foregoing letter was written by the Peerleaa Leader at a time when he waa leas experienced in politics and more frankly disingenuous than he la now. He has accumulated the money, at least. How be expressed bla grat itude in after days to J. Sterling Morton ia a matter of biatory. It waa the aame gratitude he showed to Gilbert M. Hitchcock, who publicly complain of "the gtlng of Ingratitude" on part of Bryan With Railroads Two a. , namst. Lincoln, Nebe., Oct. 19, 190. If truly. OtialrwaA- by the prince of plutocrats, Thomas F. I Ryan. T. S. Alien Is a brother-in-law of Wil liam J. Bryan. He married a slater of the Nebraska candidate. Mr. Allen was Chairman of tha democrat to state central committee of Nebraska In 1004 and be still . holds that office. Ho is the confidant and recognized political agent of Mr. Bryan. Belmont anal Bran Blsr Ceatrlb)ora. The democratlo national campaign of 1904 was named chiefly by August Bel mont and Thomas F. Ryan. Each gavs Ga,0(o to start the campaign fund, and after election had to make up a considerable deficiency. William T. Sheehan and Da Lancey Nlcoll ware their principal political adviser. Thomas Taggart held the nomi nal position of chairman of tha committee, but the four men named were In control. Mr. Bryan knew them, their records and the Interests they had at stake. Since then he frequently has denounced Wall street corporations and the predatory wealth of which they stand as representatives. Early In tha fall of 1904 Mr. Allen, brother-tn-law of Mr. Bryan, came to New Tork to consult the national campaign managera and to solicit funds to promote the Nebraska campaign, which had for Its principal object the elec tion of Mr. Bryan to the' United States senate. Mr. Allen had a conference wtth Mr. Sheehan and Mr. Nlcoll. Ha did not sea Mr. Ryan, but - tha two lawyers re ported to the financial backers,' Ryan and Belmont, the progress of negotiations. As a result Mr. Ryan agreed to con tribute $30,000 personally to help along the Nebraska campaign. In order to disguise the source of this contribution Mr. Ryan gave his check to Mr. Sheehan, who In tarn gave other checks for the amount to Mr. Allen. Believed Bryan Wanld Btap Klaht The New Yorkers believed they were negotiating with the authorised agent of Mr. Bryan. Furthermore they gained a distinct Impression that they were to re that Attracts Me" W. J. BRYAN. 1. Hwti. . C". fM" fctZZS. ::.'d ft I i0yiT . gj M D.M.nu", . . V" TTrTm ...aVajf) Years Ago The railroads of Nebraska re not mora reconciled to the reform laws passed by the last legislature than they were to the prospect of having them passed. They are Just as much opposed to Oeorira L. Shel don and In favor of Shallenberg er today as thtfy were two years ago. It la not hardly expected that the election of Shall enberger would result In the repeal of the terminal tax law, or any of the othir laws that affect the railroads, but It would be possible for Shallenberger a governor to so loosely enforce the lawn' that the railroads would scnrcelv reel their effect." This l what the railroads ex pect from Bhallenberger, and Is the reason for their opposition to Sheldon. They know tha governor will enforce the laws, for ha has enforced them. The last legislature In Nebraska re deemed every promise made by the plat form of the republicans, and accomplished tnore for tha cause of reform and govern ment by the people than all the legislatures of tha atate previously combined had done Are you willing to vote now to undo this work, or any part of It? Rend the splen did summing up of the accomplishments of the preseht administration of state af fairs, and say If you are going to rebuke the faithful and efficient officers who have so well served the people and guarded the public Interests, by voting for the fusion candidates. A vote for George L. 8heldon and the republican ticket Is a vols to endorse the most creditable record aver mads by men In official position In Ne braska. A vote for Sheldon and tha republican ticket Is also a rebuke to the most shame less tie-up ever made, . an agreement be tween the leaders of the fusion party In Nebraska and the railroads, whereby the Interests of the public will be betrayed for the privilege of holding office. It ought not to be hard for the cttlsens Of Nebraska to make a choice between Sheldon and Shallenberger the one stand ing for the people and the other for the railroads. celvs something in , return .for Mr. Ryan's money. That something, so they under stood, waa to be Mr. Bryan's open and un qualified support of Judge Parker In the national campaign, and further, that he would let up In his attacks on the finan ciers who were backing the campaign. Mr. Allen accepted the 10,000 given by Mr. Ryan and Went hack to Nebraska to spend It In attempts to carry the state for Bryan. It la on record that Mr. Bryan did come out In favor of Judge Parker, Indorsed his candidacy and made speeches urging radical democrats to vote for tha party's nominee. It also is noticeable that In hla campaign speeches that "year Mr. Bryan did not continue hia-assaults upon Mr. Belmont and tha other flnancfera who were conducting. IJie national campaign. Mr. fryan thought for a tlroo that he waa getting bis money's worth. Eleettoa flannaltedl the Plana. Tha election, however, dashed all plans Not only was Judge Parker defeated, but Nebraska did not elect a democratic legls lature and Mr. Bryan waa not chosen to tha United States senate. Nebraska, de spite Mr. Rysn's 1:0,000, gave a republican plurality of sa,682 for Roosevelt, and Mr. E. J. Burkett was sent to the senate as a republican. A few days after tha election Mr. Bryan published In his paper, the Commoner, of November , the following: "Tha democratic party has nothing to gain by catering to organised and pred atory wealth. It must not only do with out such support, but It can strengthen Itself by Inviting the open and emphatic opposition to those elements. "The eampalgn just closed ahows that It is Inexpedient from the standpoint of policy, as It Is wrong from the standpoint of principle, to attempt any conciliation of the industrial despots who are gradually getting control of all the avenues of wealth." eiNs or niaixa tide. Anse 's Fexelgra Yraa Retnrnlnst to Normal Baal. Ney York Times. In tbt anniversary week of the greatest panic we have ever experienced. It Is al ready possible td see signs that the tide Is rising again, and that the political apathy Is not sympathised with In the currents of business. This Is remarkably so in the currents of business off the exchanges In what may be called the unorganised forms of trade which came closest to the people who trouble themselvrs Utile with theories uf event-i, bul gj about their dally concerns ntli.dful only uf actualities within their own experience. This new turn of events naturally is reflected least In the bask exchanges. These still show decrease of some 13 per cent, and that la far from ' m-gllgible. But they register slackness in cillca, and are affected by more speculative consideration than the signs of improvement to which reference la made. One of these Indubitable signs of Im proving venditions is the leturn of our foreign trade of a more normal balance. tna of the earliest lgns of impending trouble a the check . U our purchases abroad of whatever we could not pay for in cash, and thut as followed by demand ing cash for our suirs abroad. Then our baui.ee waa ranging in excess of 1oO.0jO,Mi monthly. It was a iuajuit,unl denunatra ilun of rvterve pvir, but was objectiona ble for its complications of all international finance. Our Imports are still showing de creases, but at a slackening rate, and our exports, wnlch show a decrease on a nine months' comparison of over tl00.000.000 for fci-iitemucr alone, snow an Increase, the flrbt for a yar, and a pleasing novelty. Our luontl.ly balance abroad Is now only m.J,m0, and Urge enough. This lias a beuiing on the treasury deficit, the customs receipts at New Yoik showing a gain for the Ural of the year. Closely allied to this tum In the mer chandise tiade Is the turn in Immigration. !at week the c-.cmge airlvuls were t.4u6 and the departures To appreciate this change it Is necessary t i remeniber that the year's arrivals sliow a decrease of Nu.SSs, and the departures an Increase of All R everts garneaeea. Baltimore American. If all Baltimore did not turn out to the Taft meeting, all Baltimore must have been there In Interest aru spliU. The Im mensity of the crowd that heard or sought la beer the republican candidate surpasses all records for assemblage In this city. AN INTIMATE VIEW OF BRYAN (Reprinted from The Bee of Oct. t. 1908.) VOLUNKL H'A TTKHSOS' AND MB. BRYAN Krom Lincoln Neb., comes the following, addn-ssrd to the editor of the Courier Journal: "The Omaha Bee of this date, In an edi torial under the heading 'Planning a Stand Still.' says that ou, speaking for the old conservative school of democracy, argue that with Mr. Bryan and a republican con gress a I fairs sle more l.kely to be kept more In statu qui than If Mr. Tsft should occupy the presidential chslr. This edi torial declares this Is the sole basis of your support. In most of the arguments I have met you are quoted, t would like to have you answer this and say whether or not It Is true. Very respectfully, "C. C. STIVERS, M. D." It Is not true, as thosj columns will abundantly attest. Answering the charge that Mr, bryan would prtclp.Ule ruin upon the Country, It has been said truly that Mr.- Brran, with a republican senate, can pi cclimate" nothing. That Is very far from say.ng thst his election would mean a aland silll. H:s election would mean moral movement, if nothing else: but it would Biro mean moral progress toward he ultimate ends of bet.er aovernmcnl. Louls- l ls Courier-Journal, September 22, 1E08. Colonel Wattefson la as unfortunate aa Mr. 'Bryan when It cornea to the matter of Inviting attention to hla record. Alwara pointed," always enter taining, Colonel Watterson'a editorial utterance usually make an impression that warranta their preservation and republication. - For instance, on Feb ruary 6, 190S, Colonel Watterson wrote: : " Now. for our partws see In Mr. Brysn an agreeable lay-preacher who wants to be president and has shown himself willing to take any old thing for. a paramount Issue, promising to gain votes enough, all the way from free silver to government own ership of the railways. . Early in February Colonel Watter son went down to Florida, where he pent several week. He wrote weekly lettera over hia signature from Naples-On-the-5ulf. The following excerpts are from theae editorial lettera, aa printed in the Courier-Journal on February 16 and February 24. 19 08: AS one of tha guilty In vm, though not In 1900, I am so sensible of my lack of desert that, whilst In the coming eampalgn 1 shall labor to elect hlm-attll greatly dis trusting him I should not expect any other than negative results from his sdvent to power, nor dream of crossing his threshold after his election. Just before Mr. Bryan's return last sum mer a year ago and his bad break, at Madi son Square Garden, Mr. John O. Carlisle said to met f know Mr. Bryan-T know him well-end I like him, but he has no mora Idea of the responsibilities of govern ment than a child." Mr. Bryan seems to me to carry a very narrow and grudging Spirit. This may bs natural, but ' It' IS unfortunate. I have watched him closely and I think without prejudice and I can see nothing of large mindedness or manly generosity about him not en lota of sclf-abaegatlon but on the contrary, the relentless, unforgiving pur pose of an Implacable, who has lesmed nothing and forgotten nothing since UK. r ' In the south thy bave no consuming love for-Mr.- Bryan-or -confidence In his star. Generally they, agree that he Cannot he elected. They simply proceed on the tinea of least reeistanee and submit to a Stahd-and-dellver attitude' from whose de mands they see no Immediate meane of ex trication. Yet Is the condition of the coun try such that, where a prelude eo unprom tains; would in .ordinary times insure u - aster, with hard times upon us and repub lican dissension before us, It looks like a winner, and, aa I raid In tha outset, its strongest argument will be the claim that Mr. Bryan for all his vagaries can do no harm, while a continuation of Roosevelt lpm to msny great interests and masses ot men spells revolution. If not ruin. Colonel Watterson la in position to sympathise with Governor Haskell, in that be haa been caught with the gooda. He la on record as Insisting that the strongest argument for Bryan'a election is that Bryan, opposed by a republican senate, could do no harm. Then, to add to tha complica ting rninnel Watterson insist that a J.ini,tir,n nf the Roosevelt noliclea would apell revolution, or ruin to many Intereata, while Mr. Bryan haa been pleading and insisting that ho la the sole heir to the Roosevelt policies. Colonel Watterson baa beon aa unfor tunate as Mr. Arcbbold in falling to burn hla lettera. (Reprinted from The Bee of Oct. . 1908.) "JX rteTKBANS LIVE TOO LOXOl" A reader of The Bee. who presents a record showing that he wore the blue from null "nun to ADnomattox. takes Mr. Bryan severely to taijk for an edl- torlal which waa printed la the Omaha World-Herald finding fault with the reterana of the civil war because they peralat In -living:' The editorial in question was printed in the Omaha World-Herald on November 18, 1S8, And waa at follows; Tha nest congress ,Wlll have to wreaUe with one deficiency of tt.0o0.00O. This Is on account of the pensions. The apprDprla tlon for pensions for the next year must be not less than $:W.rt.0OD. It Is therefore easy arltbmettc to perceive that the ap propriation that cor-irsss mast make for pensions at . the next session must aggre gate not less than lS6,C03,oro. This tre mendous sum would of Itself be enough to run a reasonable government. One would not Complain :f It were an honorable debt but a large proportion Is not debt because H Was. never earned by any set of pat riotism or heroic service. The government is held up and bespotled of no mean por tier) of this, and It seems helpless to de fend itself. One cannot help being curious to know how many more years it will take to exhaust thu generation which feels Itself Injured by the war. It Is safe to fay that never did a genera tlcn display such longev ity. . In Justice to Mr. Bryan, It should be explained that be waa not at that time connected with the Omaha World Herald, aa it waa some time after that when his populist friends bought him a share in the paper. The editor of the World-Herald at that time and the man responsible for Ita editorial utter ances waa Gilbert Monell Hitchcock, present editor of the paper, a member of congress from the Second Nebraska diatrlct and a candidate for re-election. If the veterana who heloed save the nation have any apologies to make for still being alive they should make them to Mr. Hitchcock. The New Cr,v. (HUYtXJ SLStJa TCXAI V'-iAnPA. LACR." ailWBLIOtN, T(kMUTUKIC3 THfL MAP (From the New Tork World of February 4, 1908.) THE MAP OF BRYANISM. Under the title, "The Map of Bryanlsm: Twelve Years of Demagogy and Defeat," the World nag issued a pamphlet, taking atock of the democratic party tinder Mr. Hryan'a leadership and rendering an account of his stewardship. It ia a melancholy balance-sheet. The World has set down nothing in prejudice or malice. It baa dealt not with William J. Bryan the man. but with William J. Bryan the politician and leader whose po"pullstlc domination of the democratic party has been almost as disastrous to its fortune as was the clvl? war. Except Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson no other man ever controlled the democratic party so long or so completely aa Mr. Bryan. What baa the party to Bhow for It? During the twenty-eight years of Jeffer son's leadership the party waa in power for twenty-four. Republican Speaking Dates Week ot October 2 ta November a. Senator Norrls Brown Mondav. Table i Rock afternoon. Sterling evening; Tuesday, Humboldt afternoon, Hubert evening; Wednesday, Omaha evening Thursday, umana evening; ririsy, Curtis arternoon, Fllwood evening; Saturday, Sheldon 9:Si a. ra.. Gibbon 11 a. m., Riverdale 1:30 p. m., Amherst 4 p. m., Miller 6:80 p. m.. Elm Creek 8 p. m. ; Monday. Pleaeanton 10 a. m . Poole 2 p. m., Kearney evening. 8enator K. J. faurxett Monday. Omaha evening; Tuesday, Omaha evening; Wednes day, Wahoo evening; Thursdsy, Kdgar evening; Friday, Beatrice evening; Satur day, Crete evening; Monday, Lincoln evening. Governor George L. 8heldon Monday. Schuyler afternoon, Clarke evening; Tuea day, Waterloo evening; Friday, Havelock evening; Saturday, Mlllonl afternoon. Col lege View evening: Monday, Seward after noon, Lincoln evening. Bx-Govemor I-orenzo . Crounse Monday, Cedar Kaplds evening; Tuesday. North Bend evening; Wednesday, O'Neill even ing; Friday, Scrlbner evening; Saturday, Dodge evening. Congressman E. M. Pollard Monday, Talmage evening; Tuesday, Nemaha city afternoon. Auburn evening; Weuiiesuay, aaeinauer evening; Thursday, Cnad.lla evening; Friday, toerlin afternoon, Dunbar evening; Saturday, Cheney afternoon, Panama evening; Monday,- Tccumst-h evening. Hon. A.- W. Jefferls Monday to Monday, evening meetings in Omaha. -Congressman J. F. Bojd-Fiiday, Center afternoon and evening; Haturduy, fcantee afternoon and evening Congressman K. H. X::ns:iaw Mondav, Liberty evening; Tuesday, Blue Springs evening; Wednesduy, Milford afternoon, Seward evening; TliunJny, McCool evening; rrlciay, Reynolds ven.ng; fcmurdjy, Wes. trn evening; Monday, l olrouiy ev.mii Congressman Guurgo W. Nonm-Mviiu-,. Nelson evening; 'luvaday, Hastings cw . Ing; Wednesday,' Moorcfleld anernui.i Curtis evening; Thursday, Funke evening. Friday, Holdrege evening; Saturday, a... puhoe Z p. m., Edison 4 p. m., Uxfoid cviii ing; Monday, McCook evening. Labor Commissioner John J. Kyder Mon day, Craig evening; Tuesday. Liecatur even ing; Wednesday, lyone evening; Thursday, Table Rock evening; Friday, Dubois even ing; Saturday, Tecumseh atternoon. Railway Commissioner J. A. Williams Monday, Nelson evening; Tuesday, Boxt wlek evening; rednesda,v, Lewiston even ing; Thursday, H- o.va.ter evening; Friday, Morse Wluit evening; Saturday, lurk after noon, dreiiriaiii evtning. iton Allan U". 1-Kin Friday, Henderson evening; euturday, korK afternoon. Hon. C. A. Robbina Tuesday. Eagle even ing; Wednesday, Murdoch evening; Thurs day, Avoca evening; Friday, Nchawku evening; Baturday, DeWitt evening; Mon day, Swanton evening. Assistant Attorney General Grant G. Martin Monday, Herman evening; Tufs day. Hartwell evening; Wednesday, .Lowell evening; Thursday, Newark evening; Fri day, Axtell evening; Saturday, Keene even ing; Monday, t nlverslt- place evening. Judge W. F. Norris Tnursduy, Kigln evening; Friday, Pender evening; Saturday, Emerson evening. State Superintendent J. I.. McBrien Monday, Burresa evening; Tuesday, Strang evening; Wednesday, Hamilton evening; Thursday, CheUea evening; Friday, Shtc-K-ley evening; Saturday, Olilowa evening; Monday, Geneva evening. Hon. W. K. Andrews, Auditor United States Treasury Monday, Waunetu after noon. ImiK-rlul evenine: Wednesdav. Strat- ton- afternoon, Trenton evening; Tnursdjy ; Alma afternoon, Orleans evi i..ns; f'r.ituy Tuiiiaia aiirrnuun, Milium i-vrniiitf. ri:iiut- day, Cambridge afternoon and evening. Hon. Franklin W. Coilir.s Mondav, l e i ling evening; Tuesday, North Rnnd even ing: Wednesday. Hubhel evening: Tiium- dny, Snyder evening; Filmy, S.r.buor ev n ing; naiuruay, iou evw.un Hon. Martin W. L Inierv and Statu Treas urer LiawBon O. Brian Monday, Gordon evening; Tuesday, Hutlivllk evening. Wednesday, Hay Borings evening; lliiiis- day, Crawford evening; Saturday, Chadron evening. Hon. i-;. u. Maggi Monduy, i-oraova evening; Thursday, bee evening. Hon. Charles u. hedon Monday, wy more evening; Wednesday, Uo.lienburj arternoon; Thursday, Broken Bnw utter noon; Frldty. Arcadia evening: Saturday. Ord afternoon and evening; Mutiny, Dan- nebrojr afternoon, St. Paul evening Hon. Jerome Shamp Monday, Ulysses evening; Wednesday, Clay Cer.ter evening; Thursday, Stoekham evening; Friday, Hub. bell evening; Sutuiday, Pawnee City even ing; Monday, Syracuse evening. Attorney Generui ii'. T. Thompson Mon day, flHika evening; Tucd), lVcalur evening: Wednesday, Lyons evening; Fil duy. Beaver Crossing evening; Saturday, Ruby evening. Hon. Eugene N. Bellar tGerman) Mon day. Prosper evening; Tuesday, Sutton evening; Wednesday, Henderson evening; Thursuay, South Omaha evening; Friday, Macon afternoon, Hlldreth evening; Satur day. Byron afternoon. Desliler evt-nlncr Dr. O. C. Peterson (Swedish) Monday, j rur.se. evening; Tuesday, Gotlienbura, evening; Thursday, Laurel. afternoon. Hartlngton, evening; Friday, Omaha, even ing. Mon. Joseph Jurka (Boheir.-an)--Monday, Verdigris, evening; Wednesday, lawrenee, evening; Thursday, Prague, evening; Fri day, Saline county; Saturday, Omaha, evening. Hon. John A. Whltmore Wednesday, Crofion, afternoon, Blnomfield. evening; Thursday, Wausa, afurnoon, Randolph, evening; Saturday, Wayne, evening. Hon. F. M. Hall Monday, November Z, Osceola, evening. Hon. Joseph C. Baylor Mcnday, Inman, evening; Tuesday, Page, evening; Wednes day, Chambers, evening; Thursday, Ame lia, evening: Friday, Stuart, evening; Sat urday, Oustin, evening. 8. H. Burnham Tuesday, Greenwood, evening. Hon. W. P. Warner Tuesday, Howell', afternoon. Leigh, evening. Judge J. B. StrodeSaturday, Hi f jul. evening. Hon. E. R. Gurney Wednesday, P,lgii, evening. Hon. Frank Dolexel Saturday, Clarkson, ivanlnv Hon. J. J. McCarthy Mondav. Vnlde. I - Ti 1 1 in-. .ct-a. .t.utiju York World's View 1907 OF BAY AN ISM TRoni fy.y. WORLD. day, Belden, evening; Friday, Center, after noon and evening; Saturday, Santee, after noon and evening. Hon. W. A. Prince Tuesday, Blue Hill, afternoon, Hlldreth, evening; Wednesday, Ragan, afternoon, Huntley, evening; Thura day. Franklin, evening; Friday, Bartiey, afternoon, Indianola, evening; Saturday, Hayes Cenfer, afternoon and evening; Mon day, Benkelman, evening. Joseph M. Swenson Monday, Oakland, evening; Tuesday, Haskell, evening; Wednesday. Magneit, evening: Thursday, Wausa, evening; Friday, laurel, evening; Saturday, Hartlngton, evening. Hon. C. H. Aldrich Monday, Buffalo county; Tuesday, Buffalo county; Thurs day, Farnam. afternoon; Friday, Wllson vllle, afternoon. Beaver City, evening; Bat urday, Lebanon, 1:30 p. m., Hendley, even ing. Hon. E. P. Brown and S. W. Burnham Thursday, Walton, evening. F. M. Tyrrell, P. J. Cosgrave and Hon. A. W. Field Thursday, Hickman, evening. A Prophecy Discredited. Boston Transcript. American flag Is flying over Yoka In token of welcome to the fleet The hama More than fifty years ago Creasy, the English historian, expressed the ' opinion that there were men then living who would Record of Republican Party LINCOLN, Oct. 11. (Special.) In an address to the people of the stats OI Nebraska, Governor Sheldon hse set forth the deeda dons by the republican party during the last two years and aaks that these performances be placed beside the democratic promises of past and preaent. He appeala to the people of Nebraska to stand by the new deal and the party and the mn who steadfastly with honesty of purpose and without malice have done so much for the common cause of good government Oovemor Bheldon's statement Is as follows: LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 11, ll. To the People of Nebraaka: I submit for serious consideration the following statement showing what the republican party under the present administration has done In Nebraska since l0t for good government end the public welfare: Reduced the state debt from tl.tl7.000 to 1400,000. , Reduced passenger fares to 1 centa a mile. Reduced express rates it per cent. Reduced freight rates on grain, live stock, fruit, lumber and coal It per cent. Saved shippers and passengers in reduced rates tl 000.000. with out reducing wages of employes or preventing reasonable earnings on capital invested. - - - In creased the value of railroad property for n.eilolpal taxes In cltlea and villages by means of terminal taxation law. Paasod an act to prevent corrupt lobbying and corrupt practices sffectlng legislation Abolished the free pass evil by enacting and enforcing the antt paas law. Enacted a state-wide primary law requiring political parties to nominate their candidates, Including congressmen and Vnlted States senators, by direct vote of the people. Controlled railroads and fixed rates through the rail wsy com mission. .... Put an end to rebates and discrimination In transportation ol freight and passengers. Compelled the railroad companies to get permission from the railway commission before changing ratee." Established the right of the stats to enjoin corporations from violating state laws to the Injury of the public. Placed telephone, telegraph, express and street railway com nanus under the supervision and control of the railway commission. Stopped the sale of short-weight package and adulterated food by enacting and enforcing the pure food law. .. . Increased the rate of interest on atate funda deposited In banks I p,r cent, which haa produced enough additional revenue to pay tha salary of the treasurer and hla deputy for two yeare. Increased the state revenue by fees Imposed en foreign and domestic corporations t4MO0. Increased the rate of Interest on bend Investments of the per manent echool funds H of X per cent, or f 10,110 a year on invest ments since January, HOT. Abolished speculation In unpaid state warrants -. and" Increased the permanent achool funds with the tntereet thereon. ... Kept the stata institutions In a first-class condition, provided the best care for tha wards of the state asd managed the Institu tions economically. Passed and sustained In court a law to prevent nnfalr discrim ination In trade for the purpose of driving a competitor out of business. . . - Made railways liable to employes for Injuries resulting from negligence of fellow servants and etner employes and repealed tns statutory provlalon limiting to t.0 tha amount recoverable for death by wrongful act. Enacted lawa to create a Juvenile court, with power to provide proper cars for negleeted childrea; to provide free high achool privileges, normal training In high echoele end to assist weak school districts in maintaining school at least seven month eacn year; to prohibit pooling by bridge contractors and compel tnem to produce books and papera; to remove offleere for willful neglect of duty and failure to enforce lawa, and to require 'railroads to furnish equal facilities to all shippers of grain and other com modities. Care haa been taken le have the law ef the Mats properly observed, and cauUon has been exeretaed ta the use of executive clemency. This Is the record briefly given ef legislation and administration during the last two years through the repnkileaa party. AH this has been don in the Interest of th people of thla state. Tn republican party continues to stand for those things. In legislation' aad administration, which will promote good government, and pro hibit any peraea er earp rations from enjoying special privilege . at th experts of th public. Our concern la to seal with all uee tlona aa they aria In a way that will beet promote and eenaerv the general welfare ef eur state. Ther ahall be a ratreat- 1 aak that th record of the republican party Of deeds den la this atete during th last tw year b placed fr oonalderatlon beaid the democratlo promlaes of th past and th present, and appeal to th people of thl stats to stand by th new deal and for the party and th men who steadfastly with honesty of purpose , and without malice ha dons so much for th common cua of good government. GEORGE LAWSON HEM.HO. of Bryan This sway was printed day after, say ta tae sTsw Terl World early in the year, whi that paper was trying to eoa vines the deroocratlo party aa the reerUss X.eaaer ef the folly of his aaplrtag t the high off les of . president. A waa this map tfcat took Bar man Bidder to Talrvtew to beg wttk atreamlag ayes that Mr. Bryan retire and allow to as nominated soma man who had a ehanoe for eleotion. It la re prodacd, With tlie editorial eotamant of tha Hew York World, to show how mneh fait a the editor of democracy's greatest newspaper had la the prospects of the reerless lander la his presidential as pirations. Bryan's chances ars not more roseate now than then, and the editorial ' com anaat f the Baw Terk World applies wtth jnat as much fares t today as when It waa written. During the aixteen years of Jackson's aggressive leader ship it waa in power twelve. I'tuler Mr. llrjan's leader ship It 1ms not been In power for a dny, or an hour, or a minute. Yet the democrats are commanded to accept him as their logical and Inevitable candidate for pres ident. The vital fact that the World presents to Mr. Bryan and the democratic party la this: Mr. Bryan cannot possibly be elected. Me should not be nominated. , . . If Mr. Bryan questiona our conclusions,-we ask hlni these questions: 1. What states did you lose in 1896 that you could carry in 1908? 2. What electoral votea did you lose in 1900 that you could win In 1908? 3. What elements of dissatisfaction and discontent did you fall to arouse then which you could successfully appeal to now? t see the conquest otnt!alna and Jnrwin. which he- pronounced decrepit empires by he fleets and armies of the Cnlttd States. He was correct" In hia forecast that American expansion would not stop at the shore of the Pacific, but his pro phecy with regard to Japan seems now a little short of ludicrous. How comnlrtelv he was In error is evidenced by the de monstration with which Jnpan welcomes our fleet and by the circumstances undr which Yokohama Is gay with the Stars and Stripes. A "la-nlflraat Sign. Pittshuig Dispatch. One of the most significant Iteaih fioni the far south Is the order of the New Or leans roofing concern for inaterlnl "to ha shipped tjot earlier than November 10, anil not then unless Taft Is- elected." if this were an Order from an eastern or wetcr:i concern the local perlodlnil Bryan otga.i would call It Intimidation." Hope ttllds Renortorlal Horlion, Chicago Rpcord-Herald. President Roosevelt'a salary as associate editor of Outing Is to be'HO.OiiO a year. The reporter who Is starting at the bottom should take courage after reading these figures. By getting hiniFplf elected presi dent he, too, may- uoeed- some time in winning golden spurs In Journalism. 1