Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-22
HOW HITCHCOCK
REPAID A FAVOR
BARLEY Saved His Business and Now
is Called BlaclSmailer by His
Beneficiary,
INGRATITUDE OF THE BASEsT SIN
Not Quality One Expects in United
States Senator,
HYPOCRISY OF wORLD-HERALD
Once Shouted for Light, Now Wants
Veil Drawn.
'BARTLEY WILL TELL OLDHAM
wires to Chairman ByrDes His Will
insness 20 Go Before Kearney
Man with His Proof and
Abide Decision,
Not Quality One Expects in United
States Senator.
HYPOCRISY OF wORLD.HERAID
Once Shouted for Light, Now Wants
Veil Drawn.
BARTIEY WILL TELL OLDHAM
lFrom a 500 corresnondent.l

(From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb., oct 2L-(Specal 1.-The
Hitchcock BartlCy exposure occupies the
attention of the public around here almost
to the exclusion OF everything else. 1t ls
the topic of conversation wherever two or
more people cousreeate. And one feature
Of the awful confession made by MIR.
Hitchcock, whether he borrowed state
money or BARLEY money, showed a streak
that does not belong in United states
senator. That feature is this. After ad-
hitting that he had borrowed money from
BARLEY that the state treasurer had come
to his assistance at a time when the
wolves were bowling a 1.-THE door of the
World-Ilerald office; when he knew not
where to secure bread for his family, when
starvation and ruin was on eevery hand
and the gifts of his relatives we're about
to be swept away from him, and his
aristocrauc head was about to be bowed
down in poverty and want, he appealed to
republican state treasurer Joseph 5.
BARLEY, for help lie appealed not in vain.
BARLEY advanced the money. The wolf
was scared away, the Omaha editor took
on new life and his business prospered.
His family was fed and he took his place
among the wealthy men OF tho day.
When Tide Turned.
Then hard times fell upon BARLEY. Those
whom he had saved from financial ruin
came not to his rescue. They saw him
carried to the state prison. a convict
SCARED for life; taken from his home and
! from his family. And as Joseph 5.
BARLEY grew pale and thin in his prison
| cell which he could have filled with those
who had helped to place him there by
beng partners in is crime, Gilbert Nj.
| Hitchcock prospered and grew rich.
BARLEY fought his way out of prison.
He needed money just as Gilbert NJ. Hitch
cock needed money, He appealed to Mr.
Hitchcock 70 PPy back that which he
owed him,
lie appealed in vain. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock
knew him not when the request vas made
for settlement and the note signed by
Hitchcock presented TO him. he repudiated
II. He defied Joseph s. Barley to bring
suit for It's collection. He threatened him
with criminal libel should suit be brought
to collect it.
''The debt Is outlawed +" was the reason
Hitchcock advanced for his refusal 20 helm
the man who had saved him from poverty.
his family from disgrace and made Il pos
sible for him to live and succeed BARLEY
was in sore straits, and the opulent Mr..
/ Hitchcock, made opulent by the generosity
OF the state treasurer, forced this man who
had served a term in prison with his lips
securely sealed, to take only small por.
ton Of the amount due. in exchange for
the Hitchcock papers
! Hitchcock, the democratic candidate for
United states senator, the editor OF the
World-Herald the much-talSed OF head OF
investigating committees; Hitchcock. the
moralist, made his own statement that the
note Barley held was outlawed He gave
that as his defense for not paying IL A
debt that was contracted al time when
he admitted his credit was bad; money that
he admitted saved him from bankruptcy.
Not of Senatorial CaIiber,
Hitchcock is not made of the stuff OF
which our United States senator's should
be- said a prominent democrat today. an
discussing the exposure. Il may have over
looked his borrowing money fioin a state
treasurer; that debt was contracted in hard
times when many others were borrowing
But ! could never overlook his refusal 70
pay back the money beeaiiso the debt had
been outlawed Ingrattude Is the basest
OF sins Had Hitchcock been man he
would have worked his fingers Off 10 nav
that debt. BARLEY saved him from dis
grace and from ruin Hitchcock with The
start BARLEY gave him. got rich and could
have paid every dollar OF that debt ana not
injured his fortune. But no refused. Ha
pleaded the statue OF Limitation. Just think
OF ~ lie, when rich. refused 10 pay 10 a
poor man a debt he owed because Il had
been outlowed. His own confession darnns
him The voters OF Nebraska surely WIN
never assist such a man as that to a seat
IN the United states senate"
4 journal Quotes Record.
The Lincoln Journal today gets back Al
Aif hitchcock's World Herald FOR It's in
tmation that Edgar Howard as Nj.
iuichcocks aceuser.' is too close 10 Bari.
ley and that IL is no proper business Tor
other newspapers 20 seek further informa-
ton from BARLEY, by reprintlng from the
! World Herald what II said editorialfy An
tober r. 1901
TO be sure. And IL the World Herald
me- n5s Us way u Will get considerably
ClOSEh 10 BARLEY, and the public viii
cerning the state treasurers shortare nm
lney are Today even after the most recent
''rhe World-erald commended the poy-
trnor Tor parong BARLEY because il be
heyed that BARLEY had suffered suffciently
and knew also that lllefo were men ,vbss
insisted upon keeping him behind tbe bars
VINO lad enjoyed the fruits OF his short
The World-Herald Is close 10 Bsr,Iev
una hopes 70 get CLOSER EVERY DAY.
lhis newspaper does not regret that ad
yised that mercy be shown This unfortu-
IN would rather be known as a sympa-
thizer with this once powerful man ~
the time when his friends had deserted him
I than % De known as the champion OF me
blB and little thieves who profted ~
| Bartlci p generosity aud deserted thei.
I benefactor Ia the hour OF adversely.
The World Herald intends 40 get
CLOSER 20 Barley and CLOSER 10
the secrets hc has kuarded 30 well aud sc
faithfully
''rhe people want 10 get CLOSER ts
BARLEY and the CLOSER the people Rst
20 Bartley, the CLOSER Will the replb.
lcan party and the republican state tlclt,a
get 10 the Chasm that seems 10 be- vau-n.
ing for the whole outfit"
Isn't that rich?' declared a state nous,