Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15


YORK, Neb., July 14-To the Editor of
The Bee: A state paper. the editor of
which can boast Of no great acquaintance
with Old Man Honesty, and to whom Fair
ness s a total stranger, has been upon
Senator ]. B. Conaways trail ever since
the latter became a candidate for gov
ernor.
An interstate liar who has a headquarters
in Lincoln started the mud-throwing about
the time Senator Conaway became an ac-
tive candidate. Note the sly, subtle In
snuation in the first attack. 1t could not
be said that this writer lied, because he
charged nothing direct, only gave an undue
and improper significance to a very simple
fact. He did not say that Senator Conaway
had been brought out by railroad interests;
he would have been convicted as a conf
mon liar had he said that. So he Just
twisted /; around into this shape
The candidacy OF DR.. Conaway was
known in Lincoln before It was announced
at York"
Heavens. what a conspiracy! To think
this mans candidacy should be known in
Lincoln before 1t is announced in York.
True. the fact that Senator Conaway had
! aspirations was known" in Fillmore
county, for instance. more than two weeks
professional platform-maker and oficial
candidate-inspector down at Lincoln re-
ceived any hint Of it, but does that alter
the fact that there is something wrong
with a candidate who feels the sentiment
at home and abroad before announcing
himself?
To come right to the point. I make the
| fiat statement that the man who honestly
believes that Senator Conaway represents
| corporate interests has been misled into
serious error; the man who states that &c
be a fact true to his own knowledge, 1:
nothing more or less than a common pre-
varicator OF the most contemplate variety
The truth is that there is a conspiracy
! back OF Senator Conaway's candidacy, ant
as I chance TO be in a position TO know
the details ! shall lay the whole plot bare
The conspiracy dates back TO the yea
1861, when Senator Conaway left his boy
hood home in Ohio. shouldered a muskc
aad went to the front. He probably haC
Ills eye on the governorship in Nebrask;
at that time. However. he marched ant
fought and won promotion after promo
ton clear through the war and at las
moved out here into what then was littI
better than a wilderness. During succeed
ing decades, he plodded along here at York
attending to his duties as a successful ply
sician, and incidentally serving the peopl
faithfully and efficiently In the legislator
-one term in the house and one in tn
senate.
On Memorial day OF this year the pic
thickened pereeptibly. Senator Conawa
was invited 10 deliver a memorial addres
! to little band OF his feeble old comrade
} over In Fillmore county. He went, and h
; delivered the address to such effect tha
: after the meeting had been brought to
close and the wavering and broken blu
; line had marched TO and from the cemeter
) self-constituted committee OF these ve
Grams asked Senator Conaway TO becom
, candidate for governor.
He did so. and that is the whole hideoU
= plot naked before the public. Three weeI
! later the man with his ear 10 the grouu
4 or his head in the mud-up at IAncol
e discovered that there was a conspiracy
= to run Senator Conaway for governo
There he is correct and the conspiracy wi
be carried out triumphantly II men WI
love fairness will refuse to be misled /
men who have nothing but silly slush
$ offer in opposition TO a clean and able ma
: like Senator Conawsy.
Then another ghost began to walk
was heralded abroad that Conaway want,
Z the York county delegation in order
trade Il in favor OF a senatorial candidat
q At about the same time John Wall came
h York to do some work for himself, an
,. finding that York was about 10 put 70
! ward a candidate OF its own. immediate
d withdrew and left this field clear. Just
: any sensible man would 90 and Just
! any candidate for state once always do
when he nnds that he is sneroaeh'pg upC