Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-16
WoRLD-HERALD POLICY RECALLED
Politicians Discuss Attacks Made on
Candidates Involving Identical
Issue Raised Now-Demoerats
Put 60 IL by Expose.
tFrom a staff corresnondentl

tFFom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, oct Especial )-"Unless
Mr. Hitchcock can make some satisfactory
explanation OF his Connection with Joseph
S. BARLEY former state treasurer. l shall
call the populist state committee together
to take some action"
This was the statement Of c. b. Manual,
chairman OF the state populist committee.
who also said "As It looks now Mr.
Howard has proven his charge though of
course ] will not call the committee meet
ing until Mr.. Hitchcock gives his side of
the case"
The documentary proof published this
morning in confirmation of the charge by
Edgar Howard that Gilbert NJ Hitchcock,
democratic nominee for United states SEN
ator was a beneficiary of the defslcation
OF. state Treasurer BARLEY was a terrible
shook TO prominent democrats of this city
and revelation TO close personal and po-
litical friends of the Omaha editor. While
rumOrs had connected Mr.. Hitchcock with
the treasury sh ortage, the cold, bald facts
have been locked securely in the famous
Bartley "olgar box" for years, and when
Edgar Howard made his charges there
we're many who believed he would not be
able to make good Especially were they
sure OF this when Hitchcock denied the
allegation and defied Howard to submit
his proof.
HitchcOck's Fight on GOold.
Today In Lincoln there were many who
recalled the awful fight Mr. Hitchcock's
paper made on Treasurer Stuefer for fall
Ing to publish each month a statement
showing where the state money was kept.
They recalled, dnait has been discussed
on the streets, the full page story in the
World-H Herald OF nine years ago, when the
leaders OF the republican party were ar
ralgned under the caption 'Whited Sepul-
chers Pose a. Republican Leaders" The
story dealt with the nomination of H. L.
Goold OF Ogalalla, as a candidate for
regent OF the stateuniversity and alleged
he was beneficiary of the BARLEY
shortage.
There was no intimauon In the stuefer
story nor the Goold story that some day
Mr.. Hitchcock's own chickens would come
home to roost or that the same demand
would be made OF him that his paper made
OF Mr. Goold-to withdraw from the state
ticket.
Democrats were loath TO discuss shs
story. Some OF them preferred to walt
until after Mr.. Hitchcock had offered some
explanation for the existence OF the docu-
ments which Edgar Howard has Others
felt that Judge Howard had justified his
too astounded TO even think Of the awful
exposure.
MetcRlfe is silent.
Richard L. Metcalfe would not discuss the
story at all. He was a former employe OF
Mr Hitchcock and later was a candidate
against him for the democratic nomina-
ton for senator.
Il can make no statement now" said
c. w. Brysn, until after Mr.. Hitchcock
has replied to Mr.. Howard. II would not
be hight for us to take any action until
both men have had their say"
w, j. Bryan will not be at home for a
week, but c. w. Bryan was sure he would
have nothing to say until he had seen the
reply of the editor OF the world-Herald. .
Il cannot even think. and ! certainly
cannot say a word" said Or. p. l.. Hail,
q member OF the democratic national com
mittee. Mr. Hitchcock will have TO make
public a good explanation"
Joseph s. BARLEY. the defaultng state
treasurer. is now living in Denver, where
he has been in business the last summer
He was In Lincoln previous to the primary
election and rumors were afloat at that
time that proof existed that Mr.. Hitchcock
was a beneficiary Of the BARLEY shortage.
Those who were in a position TO get the
facts and the documents to prove them
did their best to accomplish the defeat OF
the Omaha editor without having TO expose
his past acts, but their efforts were futile
and Mr., Hitchcock secured the nomination
by a large majority.
signing BARLEY Petition.
During the primary campaign when Mr
Hitchcock and Mr.. Metcalfe were op-
ponents for the democratic nomination the
story was set afloat and its origin was
charged against the friends OF Mr.. Hitch
cocks candidacy, that Richard L. Met
Calfe would make a weak candidate be-
cause he had. signed the petition asking
for the pardon OF BARLEY. Metcalfe made
no denial OF the story but no defense,came
to him from the World Herald when this
fact was being used against him. Some
who had heard the rumors that Hitchcock
was a beneficiary OF the BARLEY shortage
expressed the opinion that Metcalfe was
to be made the scapegoat and no word
would ever be published regarding Mr.
Hitchcock's connection with BARLEY.
In the absence Of any statement from Mr.
Hitchcock today there has been some talk
that possibly his defense would be that he
had borrowed money from BARLEY per
sonally and had not borrowed state money.
Others say that possibly Mr. Hitchcock
had paid back the money even II IL was
state money.
who Was Heneficiarys
But Edgar Howard charged that Mr.
Hitchcock was a beneficiary OF the hartley
shortage and that some OF that money has
not yet been PAID to BARLEY.
Edgar Howard has In his possession many
documents bearing on the financial deal
ings OF MI Hitchcock and the defaulung
state treasurer and unless the democratic
state committee taxes action on the docu-
ment Mr.. Howard has already produced he
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Much speculation has been INDUCED In