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The Omaha. Sunday Bee PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO I ADVERTISE IN THE OMAHA BEE BEST IN THE WEST VOL. XXXVIII NO. 'JO. OMAHA, SUT" AMORNING, XOVEMIIEIt 1, 1 90S SIX .SECT10XS-T1IIRTY SIX PAGES. S1N(5LE COPY 1'iVE CUNTS. ". U-l I GAELIC LEAGUE BUSY i summary of tue bee T' COUNTY IS FOR G. 0. P. 111 nnla)r. November 1, IPOS. 1908 Mtmbert 1908 srs: ,wv ttz, fo HP' ft! &t J .2 3 4 5 6 Z 8 9 10 II 12 13 U J 16 1Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 28 2930 ": " " Traces of Paean Religion Candidate Says the People Now Understand the Issues. SECRETARY HAYWARD ESTIMATES New York, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois Safely Republican. Country Precincts Know Bright Pros Jof Anci?nt Ireland. .APPEAL TO IRISH IN AMERICA pect for Republican Ticket. WORKERS MAKE STATEMENTS KM Desire All Who Can to Send Partic ular! of Old Customi. Central Committee Holds Meeting and Lines U? for Tuesday. ANCIENT MYTHS ARE IN DEMAND FOUR DOUBTFUL STATES IN WEST READY FOR VERDICT OF PEOPLE aVooV. " f ""? I V 4 1 1 A t r Ajed Woman of County Down Still Earns Own Living;. WALKS LONO WAY FOR PENSION Death of Woman Who Still Rm hers Days of 'OS Ballymoney 'a War tillb Tramps Proves KsTectlve. DL'BIJN. Oct. 31.-(Fr-cla1.) The Gaelic league has undertaken the work of com llllng and sifting the traditions about the rellalon and social organization of paean Ireland, about which there la little accur ate knowledge at present. The work la In c harge of John McNe II. the vice president. Who lectured recently here on the aubject and rinsed with an appeal to his hearers to write down accurately and carefully an acount of any tradition of the peasantry wli!ch they may think has any bearing on t! e ancient re.iglon and send It to him. Ha also asks me to appeal to the Irish In America to send him any of the traditions which may be preserved among the old people there. There la little doubt that the writings we do possess on the ancient myths and hnrn Inrn . t Iralan I foil lu" oit nttrnlv nn oral tradition, and for thla the attitude of I,.. i . - i n I M i i ni i J VMiii.ii who lit n ia ursicc . ' I mnalhle. We find no mention of the an- li'nt religion In the writings of St. Pat- A, k, which are the oldust historical rec ordH lat wc possess, and St. Adamnanus, who came two and a half centuries after l'atrick, although lie was the next his torian, alao omits all njent.on of the old religion, although the period between him and Ireland's patron saint must have been a time of constant struggle between pagan ism and .Christianity. j Viet tvv of Early Charrhman. irly churchman regarded the old , i. lit.' . I.kIou ai as a thlnar unclean and accursed. TV.iTTt'fcne that should not even be mentioned. Although many pagan festivals and prac ti.es survived, and allll survive In one form or another, they were either given a Chrls- llun significance or the people who fol lowed them, wire forced to forget their urlK n und meaning, aa the old explanation wus forb dden by the church, and to pro- tens uny belief lit It was regarded aa a "i enunciation of baptism.' There la no doubt, however, that many of the old hero and fttlry myths ure survivals of the ,old elision. Anyone who ran describe thorn lij -fill lender great aniH'.nnce in tna preservs T iJl.,11 of a link with the dim pot which U last disappearing. . v Tim revision of the .votcra list has dis- S cloned the exlstero Willi the pat. The Ciritekmcru, County . on the objection t'o tl f .... ii... ..iilkj nf unnther lively link l iifnm . ' i. . . . - . .v -- - revising barrister at Tyrone',, had Id ' pass the vote for municipal purposes, of Mrs. Bridget MoQurk, who Is HS years old. She was reported as In ex cellent health and quite active, and It was d that she would come to the court to defend her vote. The revising barrister, however, declared that he would not hear i t dragging her to the court at her age and said he would go and see her at her own house. "She ought to hava two votes " he said, "instead of having the one slio has taken away from her." Wonderful Old Womaa. Another wonderful old Irish woman has , applied for an old age pension' at Clrey Hbbey, County Down. 8he is Mrs. Jine McOoubrey, who walked to the poatofflce from her home, more than a mile way, and signed the application form without spectatcles and with a hand as firm as .that of a young woman. She was born In Wft. was married In 1S38 and widowed In v. During the sixty years of her widow- hood she has supported herself by doing fine embroidery, and she only gave that up about a year ago, because, aa she said, "her sight was not quite as good as It used to be." She still does quilting and has managed to support herself without any 'assistance from the poor law authorities. S ... la H .ri Kl 1 1 m rtnalnn if tl 5 a week for the rest of her life. She declares that ahe Intends to live long and enjoy It. Another interesting centenarian has Just died at . Newtownhutler. County Ferm anagh. She was Mrs. Catherln Klerans, and she had documents clearly proving that she was born In 1795. so that ahe was US years old at the time of her death. She ved eighty years on a lonely Island In though Erne, and she clearly remembered aome of the events following the rebel lion of IT. ' I told some weeks ago of the complaint cf the local government board of the method of dealing with tramps adopted by the Ballymoney Hoard of Ouardians. It will be remembered that after the adoption of the cold needle bath at the workhouse the number of tramps cslling there dropped from eighty a week to ten. The board, act ing under the orders of the local govern ment board, dropped the cold bath and the number of tramps at once rose to fifty a week. The board has now decided that It will be cheaper for it to employ a doctor to puss on the physical fitness of the tramps for the cold water ordeal, and thus satisfy the local government board, than to continue the hot bath which la now be ing given. Pratt Oat of Tramps. The Xewry Board of Guardians, however, liaa discovered a still better way. In a re ft cent reDort It announced that It Is maklnir a substsntlal profit out of Its tramps. It Jy compels the men to break MO weight of it sioiie every oay, wnicn is sola lor roaa material, and the women must work for certain number of hours In the laundry. Vtie Newry tramps pay i per cent on the t li.ctf(meni. f Ixihd Iveagh has added another to his many munificent gifts to Dublin an to 1 ttiM nation. He l.am Vj tlon of presenting to the hew Dublin unl t verslty his magnificent lio-ie and grounds In Stephens Ureen. Tlie house Is by fsr the finest In tim city, and a few years ago 1 Aini lve:igli hat the ballroom renovated and reilccoialed at a cost of tlSu.otvi. lird -eKh, It -111 be remembered. Is the head cf tim great brealng house of Clulnness. wt k h gives employment to a large number of Dublin cltlieaa. Y. X. TI LLEN. Wllllaaa McKee .Not tlallty. VITTBBrHU. Pa.. Oct. Jl William C. M.-Kee. caahlrt of the Fanners' National bank of Emletiloii, Pa., charged with ab 'rauMiiu mul misapplication, was found uot THE WEATHIB. FOTt OMAHA. rOt'NOII, HI.fFFS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy Sunday; slowly riing temperature. FDR NKHRASK A Partly cloudy Hun day: nlowly riding tempor.iture. TOIt IOWA Partly-cloudy Sunday; slowly riiilng temperature. Tempertur ni O.-nnha yesterday Hour. Deg. ... :w ... 3"i ... 'M ... ar ,..?i! , .. ; .. 4Z ... .. 4S ,.. 49 ,.. 4 .. 4H .. 47 .. 4ii .. 44 5 a. in... fin. m. .. 7 a. m... 8 a. m... 9 a. m. ... 1') a. m..., 11 a. m.... 12 m 1 p. m.... 2 p. ni... 3 p. ni... 4 p. in 6 p. m.... p. m.... 7 p, m.... EDWARD ROSEWATER ON GEORGE L. SHELDON. (From tin last speech of Wdward Rosrwnter. delivered at Waterloo, Neb., cn August 30. 19;.) Instead of g lrtng us oak and hlok ory In the stats house, thsy give ns hassl brash and willow, Hassl brash and willow we hare had, and, thank God, we are going- to have at least one nan In that stats house, within the next six months, that la mad of oak and hickory, yes, of lronwood, but X am not anre about the others. Z don't want to talk of politics from the party standpoint, but from the patrlotlo standpoint. Z do not oars whsther yon are democrats or repub licans, it is your duty, as it la mine, to see to it that honsst man should bs nominated and elected; and when ever you find a railroad democrat, down him, and whenever you find a railroad republican la put up, let ua down him, and for once let the peo ple rule. (Applause.) . . . . Ws hava been too neglectful for the last fsw years because we have been too prosperous. Ws have believed that everything was right that happened beoauss wa were too comfortable. But prosperity caanot always con tinue. a Z.et ma admonish you, therefore, fellow cltlsens and ladles and gen tlemen, to seriously consider your in dividual rljrhts and privileges, and seriously oonslder the necessity, the Imperative demand cf the hour that every man that represents you in public life' shall b you servant and nobody else's servant! that ha shall do Justice by all, do Justice to the corporations an well aa to the in dividuals, and that he ahall not, be cause . of sjtaoial favors and bribes, fiven 'in any form whatever, disown you, disfavor you, wink at corporate agrresslon, wink at oppressive and outrageous exaotlons, because ha himself has been specially favored at your expense and with your com mission. rOLITIOAL. Democratic state committee In Nebraska winds up its campaign by flooding the state with malicious circulars attacking Governor Sheldon and Judge Taft. X. Faga X New York yesterday witnessed one of the largest parades In Ita history when the Business Men's association organized republican followers. S, Pag a Judge Taft was greeted by an enthusi astic crowd In the old home county of Governor Hill. He spoke at Rochester In the evening. X, Page 1 Officers of the national republican com mittee are confident the nation will elect ' Judge Taft by a substantial majority. X, rage 1 The experience of Oklahoma with the bank guaranty dan shown It is not auc- fafiil frnm th lnnilnnlnt fif Hllhat u n t i a 1 1 banking In that state. X, Fare 3 A man in California lives to be 112 years of age and then applies for admis sion to the poor farm. X, Page 1 DOMESTIC. y Prosecutor Kellogg of the government case against the Standard Oil company vays that Immunity has by no means been granted' to John D. Rockefeller In the suits against the company X, Page 1 roBxiow. A renewal of Interest In the ancient Gaelio language la manifested in Ireland. x. pr i Prince von Buelow tendered his resigna tion as chancellor to Emperor William, but it was not accepted. X, Page 1 A regiment of mutinous Turkish troops was quelled by a loyal regiment and three were killed by a volley. X, rage X VIBB18X1. October statement of the state treas urer shows over $8,250,000 Invested for the benefit of the public schools of the tste. X, rage S Harry Hughes of Gretna secure a ver dict of 110.000 damages for false arrest from his former employers. X, rage 9 tHafe blowers make a big haul at Httlia, where they entered a Jewelry btore. X. Fag 3 LOCAL. Two men who go to bed under the in fluence of liquor are acphyxlated by gas In the Aetna hotel. X, Fag 4 Near approach of election Is strongly reflected In the bank clearings. XX, Fag 3 Coming events at the Omaha theaters. U, Fage T Talk of plays, playera and the play houses and latest doings of the musicians. II, rag Events of the last week Id Omaha so cial circle-t. XX, Fag a Work of the women In clqb and charity. XX, Faga 3 Preparations being made for the Omaha pure food show. Tl, Fags Gossip of the builders and home build' era. VI, Fage J. S. Kelly. South Omaha business man, appeals to the voters to aupport A. V. Jefferis for eongresn. as he Is the be -it man for the place. XI, rage 1 Program for the National Corn exposi tion is complete und governors' night will be the opening function. XX, Fage a Dougla county appears to be safely republican from reports of workers made to central committee. X, Fage X OOKafXalCXAXj AJTS XXTBUITmiAX. IJve stock markets. VI. Fage T drain markets. VI, Fage V Htoi'-s and bonds. TX, rage T Republicans Have Even Chance in Montana and Missouri. JOHN E. LAMB GIVES FIGURES Democratic Vice Chairman Says Bryan Will Have Votes, and I'laces err York In Democratic Column. CnrCIHIfATI, O.. Oct. 31. That the thoughts of Judge Taft, practically on the eve of election, turned toward Cincinnati, hia horns, is shown in the following mes sage sent from Zlmlra, H. T. to hia friends hsrei "The issues of the oampaign are now understood by the American people and lines are drawn. X hava no fear, no doubt aa to the outoome. X believe vlo tory to he assured. X hope that supporters of republican doctrines and politics will get out a full and early vote, and that my Cincinnati friends and neighbors, whose encouragement has been a aouroa of prlda and inspiration, will personally contribute toward this and." CHICAGO. Oct. 31.-Actlvity at the na tional headquarters of the republican and democratic parties In this city cessed to day, the. campaign was closed and those in charge -in each camp expressed confi dence In the result of next Tuesday's poll. John F. Lamb, vice chairman of the demo cratic national committee, estimated that 230 electoral votes would be cast for Mr. Bryan. Including New York and Ohio In hla list of Bryan's states. - William Hayward, secretary of the re publican committee, was equally sanguine In hi sopposlng estimate, lnslstlna that New York, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana are safely republican. The work of the democratlo committee under the guidance of Chairman Mack, ac cording to those in charge, has been most harmonious and has received unanimous praise from' democratic leaders through outt he country. More than 40,000,000 but tons, pictures and pieces ol printed matter, the democratic committee estimates, have been distributed. The publicity deDartment of the republican national committee has sent out from Chicago 16,000,000 documents excluelve of the quantities of circulars and buttons. Only roar Donbtfnl States la West. William Hayward, secretary of the re publican nationaJ committee. In a ln,i statement admitted the existence of only tour tloutrtltri states Iri what ho destffnatr.i as the western division, namely, Nevada, Montana, Colorado and Missouri. "In my Judgment," says Mr. Havwarda statement, "there are but lour doubtful states in the western division Nevada, Colorado. Montana and Missouri. Bv this I do not mean that wo have no chance in Oklahoma, but not as good a chance as In the (our states Just named. Of these Colo rado and Montana are reasonably safe for Mr. Taft. The prairie states west of the Mississippi river, as well as Wyoming, Utah and Idaho of the mountain states, and all of the Pacific coast states are and have been sjrely republican since the beatnnlna of the campaign. There has never been any real doubt In the mind of anyone about Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota or (Continued on Second Page.) Questions that Mr. Bryan Chooses to Ignore A few v celts ago the editor of The Bee addressed to Mr. Bryaa sovtial uncomfortable questions which he evaded, answerlug by saying that he would take no notice of them because the questioner merely wanted to attract attention. Since then Mr. Bryan has overcome his aver sion to taking notice of The Bee and Its editor as evi denced by his speeches and statements to the press. In asmuch as Mr. Bryan is about to speak in Omaha, per haps he will be willing to take notice of The Bee a little more to the extent of answering a few pertinent qusttonu. 1. You, Mr. Bryan, are making much of democratic friendship for labor. Why is It that practically no legis lation to protect labor has been enacted in the southern states In which democrats have absolute control? Why are there no child labor laws In tht) south? Why are there no laws to protect women wage earners in the south ? You and your fusion friends had absolute execu tive and legislative control of Nebraska for several years. Why was no legislation to protect labor passed then? Why did the wage workers of Nebraska have to wait for succeeding republican legislatures to remove the $5,000 death damage limit, to get an equitable employers' liabil ity act and to get a child labor law? Z. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to make your para mount issue. "Shall the people rule?" The most ad vanced step toward popular rule has been through the di rect primary. Why is it, Mr. Bryan, that your fusion friends when in complete control did not give Nebraska a direct primary law? Why Is it that the republicans of Nebraska had to secure the direct primary law over the opposition of the democrats? Why is It that the progres sive republican states have enacted direct primary laws to bring the filling of offices closer to the people, while in the democratic states of the south direct primary laws have been enacted avowedly to disfranchise the people? 3. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for office on your anti trust remedies. Why is It that all the effective legisla tion against illegal combinations have been enacted by republican congresses and for the most part by republican state legislatures, while the democratlo states hare no effective anti-trust legislation? x 4. You, Mr. Brjan, are bidding tor labor votes by promising to abolish the writ of injunction in labor dis putes. Do you not know that injunction abuses have boen chargeable as much to state courts aa to federal courts? Can you name a single democratic state which has pased a law to prevent the abuse of injunction by state courts? Why was no such law passed in Nebraska when your fusion friends were in complete control? 6. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for votes on your scheme of bank deposit guaranty. Oklahoma Is the only state that has put such a law on Its statute books. Why have none of the other democratlo states enacted deposit guaranty laws? You, personally Introduced such a bill From the Washington Evening Star. CIRCULAR LLTTER DENUDSCEU Anti-Saloon Men Say Elmer Thomas is in Dirty Politics. NO AUTHORITY TO SEND IT OUT Ouiahan Acts from Personal (irodge, It Is Claimed hallenber;er Confers with Optimists In Commoner OIBce. (from a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Oct. 31. (Spoclal Telegram.) The Elmer E. Thomas circular letter der nounclng Governor Sheldon was branded by C. C. Flansburg, a member of the cam paign committee of the allied temperance forces as a "dirty piece of politics, with out any authority from the officers of the league." The circular letters were printed on the allied temperance forces', letterhead. They are being mailed out from Omaha and by the democratic state committee In Lincoln by the thousand. Mr. Flansburg said: "Mr. Thomas had no right to uso the letterheads of the allied temperance forces In which to make the unjust and dirty attack upon Governor Sheldon. The attack was unfair in every way and should be repudiated by every one. The league Is in no way responsible for (Continued on Second Page.) ON TUE LAST LAP. TURKISH MUTINEERS KILLED Threatened Outbreak Quelled by Dlarharare of One Volley from Loyal Battalion. ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 31-A threat ened outbreak on the part of a company of Turkish troops attached to the garrison at Ylldtz Kiosk was promptly put down this morning with a single volley from a Joyal battalion. Three of the mutineers Were killed and fifteen wounded The mutinous spirit manifested Itself when the company was assembled, and threatened for a few moments to result In serious trouble. But a hurry order was Issued and a battalion from a regiment recently brought In from Salonlkt was 'tmrrtftetfn'prihe scene and one volley suf ficed to coy the mutineers. The rebellious troops were under orders to leave for the provinces, but they re fused to depart, withdrew to a field near the barracks, and defied their officers. The battalion from Salonlkl, which was drafted into the capital especially because the men were staunch supporters of the constitution, wss ordered to attack the rebels. They fired one volley, with the result set forth, after which the mutineers surrendered and were made prisoners. Later they were drawn up on the public square, tied together and exhibited to the assembled troops aa rebels who had broken their mili tary oath. This prompt suppression is expected to have a salutary effect on the remainder of the Yildlz Kiosk garrison. which is suspected of being antagonistic to the constitution. Into congress in the early '90s. Why did you not get your fusion friends to enact the bill as a state law when they were in complete control of Nebraska? A deposit guaranty bill, whlph you endorsed, was offered in con gress last winter as a substitute for the Vreeland bill, but only a handful of the democratic congressmen voted for it, the remaining others voting against it or refusing to vote. The only democratic congressman from Nebraska was one of those who refused to vote. It your endorse ment of that bill was unable to make these democratic congressmen vote for it last winter, will you be able to make them vote for It next winter? 6. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to make much of the popular election of United States senators. We have the statement of Mr. Tibbies, made three years ago, that a large sum of money, said to be $15,000 or $20,000, was contributed by "Ryan. Belmont ft Co." in 1904 through your brother-in-law toward your campaign for United States senator in Nebraska., Is Mr. Tibbies riHtakun in his assertions? If so, why did yon not correct them long ago? It not, why did you not put your namo on (he ballot as a candidate for senator and ask a vote of popu lar preference under the Nebraska law which .1'es you that right? Why did the democrats refuse to submit candidates for United States senator to popular vote in Nebraska in 1898, in 1900 and in 1904? 7. You, Mr. Bryan, are making much of publicity of campaign contributions. Nebraska has a camp&l&i pub licity law, but it was enacted, as you know, by a repub lican legislature after your fusion state administration had failed to pass such a law. Why Is It, Mr. Bryan, that your brother-in-law and democratic campaign man agers have persistently and wilfully violated the Nebraska campaign publicity law? Why, if you are so devoted to campaign fund publicity, were you bo insistent that the $50,000 contribution to your campaign made by the Ben nett will should be kept secret? 8. Finally, Mr. Bryan, wll you please tell us why you keep up the dishonest fusion masquerade in Nebraska? Why do yon permit your democratic presidential electors to bo mlsbranded on the official ballot as populluu? Are they not trying to get votes by false pre-lenses? 1 It it not for the purpose of fooling populists Into voting for jou. who would otherwise vote for the populist oandMate for president? If this fusion trick as played in Neorntka Is defended by you as legitimate, why do you not try to play it in other states? Tltec questions may not all be equally weighty, lmt your frank and unequivocal answers to them would udd to the amenities of the campaign. It is expooUd that you will try to get back by harping on The B?e"3 laiff mistake and by asking other questions In return, as you usually do. These questions, however, all relate to the issues of the campaign, with personalities eliminated, and ws assure you equal space for your aDswt V1ND DP BY THROWING DIRT Democrats Close Campaign with Some Malicious Circulars. ATTACKS ON TAFT AND SHELDON Elmer K. Thomas of Omaha and - K. Arthur Cftrr of Lincoln the Tools of Tom Allen In ho Deal. (Krom a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Oct. 31. (Special.) The demo cratic state commit'.ae practically wound up its campaign tonight. Ita finish was tho dirtiest and most reprehensible of any campaigns In recent years. Tho state has ben flooded with libelous, scandalous, un truthful attacks on both Judge Taft and Governor Sheldon. These attacks were held back until the last minute In the hope that they would not be discovered by the republicans In time to refute them. In each instance the democratic state com- mittve securrd a willing tool to do its dirty work. Elmer E. Thomas of Omaln fathered the untruthful attack on Governor Sheldon; E. Arthur Carr of Lincoln fath ered the attack on Judge Taft and numer ous other tools Jumped on republican i'egts latlve candidates In various counties. Elmer E. Thomas wroto his circular on the letter heads of the Allied Temperance forces. The president of this organization, Dr .Samuel Zane Batten, said the circular had not been authorized by the league. C. C. Flansberg, a member of the campaign committee, denounced it as "a dirty piece of politics which should have no effect." Csrr Repudiated at Lincoln. E. Arthur Carr used the letter hed of tho Civic League of Lincoln, of which he at one time was secretary. He signs the Utter and the Impression Is naturally given that he signs it as secretary of tho league. C. C. Flansberg Is president of this or ganization and George T. Tobey Is secre tary. Both denounced the circular as hiv ing come from Carr Individually and not from the organization. Carr was repudiated by the Civic league and forced to resign. Ho had letter heads printed and he set out on the letter heads the following: "Hon. C. C. Flansberg. president; Prof. Barker, treasurer, and Dr. E. Arthur Carr. secretary." Mr. Flansberg cfused to use the lette heads and for good reasons he and the others forced Carr to resign. Carr kept these letter heads. Flansberg said language could not be found too strong In which to denounce this action of the deposed secretary. Carr has been hinging onto the coattalls of Bryan all during the campaign and has been one of his chief lieutenants In this city. Democrats Help Thomas. . committee mailed out thousands of the false and unjust attackc on Sheldon by Elmer Thomas. The action of the democratic state com mittee in resorting to these Tammany tac tics at the last minute has bullded up party lines aa nothing else could do, and reports to the republican state committee thla morning Indicate that instead of helping the democrats the circulars hava helped the entire republican ticket, national, state, legislative and county. Attacks have been made by circulars on county candidates In Lancaster and re ports' have been received at the headquar ters that the Gage county republican legis lative candidates have been attacked by outsiders in an effort to help out the demo cratic candidates In that county. Two of the Gage county candidates are up for re election, Adam McMullen and Dan Klllen who served in the last session of the legislature. It is reported that a vicious attack has been made on these two men in an effort to help out their democratic op ponents. These men made the race for their nominations In Gage county before the people who elected them two years ago and both were nominated by large majorities. Each rn on his record made in the legislature and each proved satisfac tory o his constituents. Stand or the .Veauliires. The republican state committee urgts all republicans In Nebraska to stand by the nominees of their party. Urges republi cans to pay no attention to charges made by circulars, signed or unsigned or permit interference by outsiders in puerly local af- (Contlnned on Second Page.) Notes of Confidence Come from All Parts of Douglas. TRAVELING MEN WITH TAFT Representatives of This Fraternity fir They Consider Bryan Only a Joke and Will Vote llepnhllenn. KEFtraUCAJT MXBTUTOS. SUBTDAY, aOTXXBEa 1 national hall. Thirteenth and William streets, Italian masting i Ipeakers, Jrof. Lnigi A. Stendatdl, S. O. Maggl and others. Bennington, town halli Speakers, A. W. Jefferis, A. B. Karvsy, W. T. VTappich, r. C. Best and others. Turner hall. South Thirteenth street Bohemian meeting i Speakers, Joseph Jnrka of Chicago, J. 3. Laager of Wilbur, Web. I Louis Bsrka, V. Buresh, Joseph Kontsky, O. Charvat and . candidates. National hall. Twenty-first and streets, South Omaha, Bohemian meeting! Speakers, Joseph Jnrka of Chicago, J. J. Langer of Wilbur, Web.l Buresh, O. Charrat, Joseph Xoutsky, Z.ouls Berka and candidates. MONDAY, KOTZMBEB 8 Washington hall, last meeting of the campaigns Short addresses by B. J, Cornish, K. A. Brome, J. I. Web star, former Congressman David Mercer, and congressional, oounty, Board of Education and Water hoard candidates, General O. 1. Manderaon will preside. Kuaio by Seymour quartet and Xastmaa's Veterans' drum corps. ' Benson, Eagle auditorium, closing rally of the campalgni Speakers, Judge Bax ter, A. W. Jefferis, T. A. Brogan, David K. Mercer and others. Dundee, town hall: Speakers, S. X. Baldrlge and J. X,. Kennedy. South Omaha, Ritchie's hall. Twenty fourth and BT streets. Speakers, A. S. Kltchle, X. C. Brome and X. 0. Murphy. Reports from eight of the thirteen coun try precincts received Saturday afternoon at the meeting of the county committee at headquarters, show that the repub licans need have no fear of losing tho county and that the claims of the demo crats that they will elect the legislative and portions of the rest of the. ticket are groundless. Millard. Waterloo, Oil -ago, Dundee and Clontarf precincts failed to report Saturday, but the other precincts all reported rt -pubHcan gains. Out of 210 votes In Union precinct. Wil liam Stoltenborg, the precinct 1 chairman, reports 180 sure for Taft. with 130 prob ably for the democratic ticket and In the neighborhood of ten votes for the socialist. In Benson precinct A. C. Thomas fore casts a gain for the democrtts of about fifty votes, but still leaving the repub licans 360 votes to 2i0 for the democrats, there being 600 altogether In this precinct. There are no socialists In Benson. The democrats may carry Elkhorn by ten votes, is the Opinion of J. W. Shumakfr, Four democrats in Elkhorn have an-' nounced their determination to vote for Taft. but a close canvass has failed to find a single republican who will vote for Bryan. Elkhorn will cast about 200 votes this year. Blur Slice In Florence, The republicans will get 415 of the 600 votes In Florence, says E. L. Plats. The democrats will get KG. There are sbout fifty socUt'ists In Florence, but most of them havs announced their Intention of voting the republican ticket, believing that by ao doing their "mlllenlum" will be de layed and more converts will bo m.ida to socialism. ' The republic-ins will more than hold their own In the democratic precinct of Douglas, believes E. C. Hensman. Douglas will cast about 230 votes, with over 103 for the G. O. P. The usual two-thirds majority for the re publicans will be the verdict In Valley Is the opinion of A. P. Akerlund. even though the democrats have been making great claims of having won over some of the 800 votes there. ' Jefferson Precinct Safe. F. C. Gottsch believes that the ratio In Jefferson precinct will be about 160 repub licans to 100 democrats.' Jefferson has al ways cast from one to three socialist votes, but no one has been able to discover who are the socialists. In McArdle precinct " It hae generally been "nip and tuck" between the two lead ing parties, but this year William Elchs believes the republicans will have a ma jority of more than 'JO votes out of a total poll of practically 2U0. Ten d:iys ago August Miller, one of the precinct committeemen In South Omaha, said ho gave the Magic City to the demo crats by ft Xi, a few days later he cut this down to 300, but now he Is betting money that Taft will carry It. Bryanlsm in Philippines. E. W.. Crook, member of Company L, ' First Nebraska Volunteer infantry, whs was in the Philippines prior to and after the nomination of Mr. Bryan In 1900 says It was an open boast among the Filipinos that If the democratic ticket was elected they would gain their independence and that the nomination of Mr. Bryan and his declaration that .he would withdraw our armies from the archipelago caused the Insurrection to break out afresh, after It had practically been quelled. When the Americans first went to the Philippines, fifty-seven languages were spoken among the natives, the tribes being unable to communicate with one another and having no alphabet or written lan guage. When Judge Taft visited the archipe'ago he saw at once that the first thing to do was to educate the natives and the lust time he was there he was met at the whaif by i.'W native school childixu singing "America." When Mr. Bryan visited the Islands he wus met by no one ahd his presence was known to only a few On account of Bryan's .advocacy of withdiaaing from the Philippines and (he resultant killing of many mora Americas soldiers, the Spanish-American war veter ans will vote the democratic ticket almost to a man," sas Mr. Crook. ?,... I. U r. . r. . . I. .. . . ...... J IS " ' .1 Ml I V Wf, W ..W I.VUI III I. trout a trip tnrougn wayas ans v-i