Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-31

imagine q greater act of hypocrisy or
cruelty?
Had the Money at the Time.
lie denounced the republican party for
nominating such a man as Goold and his
denunciation was the worst that ever ap-
peared in any newspaper. He did that
when carrying around money borrowed
from BARLEY, Just as GoOld had bOr-
rOwed IT,
Can any voter have any sympathy for
such a man?
Then Joseph s. BARLEY went to the pen
itsntiary because there was a shortage In
the state treasury. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock
had some Of that money at that time. He
could have lessened the BARLEY debt to
the state had he turned over his part Of
the shortage. Did he 10 il? Not much.
He permitted his partner to go to prison
while he built up a fortune on some of the
BARLEY shortage Does a man like that
deserve the sympathy Of the publc2
Then what happened2 BARLEY got out
Of prison. He fought his way out He was
down and out and dead broke. Did Hitch
cock who by this time was in good shape
financially, pay that debt and help start
the man new2 Not much. He said to his
benefaCtOrs
The debt IL outlawed. / will give you
so much for the papers you hold of mine
You will take that or nothing. If you sue
me l will send you back where you came
from on a charge of criminal ibel.' He
forced BARLEY to turn over to him paper
which on the face was worth some $500
for 81 900 cash and a note for $500"
Does that kind OF man deserve any
sympathy at the hands Of the voters? Does
he deserve any consideration whatever
Is he the kind Of man you would like tC
see representing this state in the senate
Can you anRlyze the blood that flows In
his veins? Have you on your list OF friends
any man who would be guilty of such ar
aot2 Would your neighbor do that way
Would you? Would you trust a man whC
admitted that he refused to pay back such
a debt because It had become Outlawed?
That is not all that Hitchcock did, but
that certainly should be enough to damn
him at the hands OF all red-blooded men II
Nebraska. When he was accused Of being
BARLEY beneficiary, he stoutly denied
! the charge and called the man who &C
cused him liar. Then, when Edgar How
ard was forced to publish the evidence L
save his own good name, Hitchcock called
BARLEY his former friend and partner. &
blackmsiler, and Edgar Howard his tool
Yet at the same time, he admitted tina
he had borrowed money from BARLEY an,
refused to pay 1t back in full because IN,
| debt had become outlawed
When BARLEY Was Ia Prison.
The debt became Outlawed while Bart
/ ley was confined In a cell
Can you show me wherein Gilbert M
| Hitchcock has I'm his makeup one slnEl,
! spark Of that which goes to make up =
man? II money borrowed from star,
| Treasurer BARLEY was not a debt OF homo,
/ then l don't know what you would cal
/ II. Men that / know would have worke,
/ their fingers to the bone but what tina
debt was paid, whether in one wear a.
/ twenty years. No man that / know Womb
/ have repudiated such debt because n ha,
become outlawed. Hitchcock repudiate,
the debt and admitted he did. You ma,
have some symathy for him but YOU can
make me believe that a majority nj IN,
people Of the state will stand Tor such
man for their United States senator. n,
would be nice example for the cbiIdro,
OF this state, wouldn't he? lie would max,
a fine representative for a clean. decsn
state, wouldn't he""
The Hitchcock defender had notbin,
further TO say.