Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-15
CLOSE OF FIGHT
BRINGS CHANGE
Revulsion of Sentiment in Lancaqter
and Hayward Gets Assurances of
Many New supporters.
REPUBLICANS ALIVE TO ISSUES
Rebel at Character of Wimberly>
Harrison Campaign,
ATMOSPHERE CLEAR FOR VICTORY
Certainty Party Men Will Not Desert
Ticket for Democrats.
HITCHCOCK OUT FOR DAHLMAN
Takes Decisive Step at German Meet
ing Held Mt Lincoln--ReRli1es
shRIIenbergcr Men Have De-
serted Him for AIetcaIfo.
Rebel at Character of Wimberly>
Harrison Campaign,
CLEAR FOR VICTORY
Certainty Party Men Will Not Desert
Ticket for Democrats.
HITCHCOCK OUT FOR DAHIMAN
(From a staff Correspondent.l

(From staff Correspondent)
| LINCOLN, Aug. Il. - Especially The
dirty. character destroying campaign
waged against Win Hayward BY the VIII
iiams- w wimberly Harrison combination In
the interest of George f. Tobey. candidate
for congress in this district. has reacted
and today many republicans who like de-
cency In politics have notified Mr. Hay
ward that they are for him and will work
for him at the polls Even tho Lincoln
Star. which has said many unkind things
about Hayward, has come to the concur
sion that the opposition to him is even
too rotten for it 10 endorse and this morn
| ing the paper practically came out for hia
nomination.
Tobey is held equally guilty with his
chief adviser. Frank Harrison, for the dis
graceful campaign that his friends have
waged against Hayward and the fact that
he. according to Harrison's own state
ment is merely his puppet in this fight.
to be yanked off the track whenever 1t
pleases the editor of the Capital has cre-
ated a sentiment that decent republicans
over the district viii go to the polls and
work and vote for Hayward, Republicans
have not lost sight OF the fact that Hay
ward on two occasions gave Of his time
and talent as chairman of the state COM
nittee to elect republican candidates in
this state and that, in season and out OF
season. he has worked all his life for the
success of republican principles regardless
of the personality OF candidates, while both
Tobey and Harrison have been political
pap-suckers and when not pap-suckers
nave been trying TO get to the trough.
Will Hayward's exposure of Harrison
and his friends has resulted In keeping
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were half persuaded to vote for Mayor
Dahlman. A lot Of these men intended to
vote for Dahlman because of their oppo-
sition to county option, but they have been
telling Hayward that he is too good man
to be sacrificed on the altar Of falsehood,
ldseslt- aDd, .rorrunticp and they will vote
in the republican primary
hitchcock for Dahlman.
| Goaded to desperation by tho fear Of de-
frat at the hands OF the Metcalfe- -Shallen-
berger alliance, Gilbert M. Hitchcock, dem
ocratic candidate for United States sena-
tor, who has heretofore refrained from TAX
ling sides in the gubenatorlal contest,
burned his bridges behind him last night
and attempted TO get into the Dahlman
camp at German meeting held here
Thus Hitchcock's break with Shallen-
berger is complete and he will seek Dahl
man votes wherever he can get them,
though friends Of both men know the
nomination of two Omaha men on the
ticket means certain defeat Down here
many of the Dahman supporters are
boosting Metcalfe for the senate. because
they know that Metcalfe's nomination
means the support of Bryan for the ticket
/ in the fall election, so there has been re-
sentiment expressed at the appearance of
the Omaha editor last night.
Hltchcock's eleventh-hour effort to get
iii with the Dahllnan followers here is
taken to mean that he realizes that friends
OF shallenberger expect to vote the
straight Metcalfe-S e-Shallenberger ticket and
for that reason he is trying TO get out the
impression that he is aligned with Mayor
Dahlman, regardless OF the silence Of his
paper. His friends believe here Hitch
cocks only hope is to secure support from
Dahiman and at the same time they are
certain that friends of the mayor who do
not vote for Metcalfe will vote for Willis
e Reed Nominees from Omaha and Ian
coin, they say, would be the strongest
combination and next to that Omaha and
Madison looks good to them. but few. II
any, have expressed themselves for two
candidates from Omaha for the highest
offices within the gift Of the people of the
state.
Closing Fight in Omaha.
Considerable interest attaches to the
| closing sAssches Of the campaign in
Omaha Hsither Governor shallenberger,
MetcaIfe nor Hitchcock will be in the big
city, thus leaving clear field to Mayor
Dahlman and his good friend Willis e.
Reed. Metcalfe viii stay in Lincoln and
| Governor Shallenberger is going to ad-
dress a meeting at Seward. Hitchcock viii
be out of Omaha Hitchcock will not be in
the city ana thus win be saved the emf
barrasment OF declaring himself for either
Dahlman or shslenberger before an
! Omaha audience.
In the meantime neutenants OF Governor
! Shallenberger say that he is going to de-
feat Dahlman hands down and the predic-
| tion was made by one of them who has
done some work in Douglas county that
the governor win carry South Omaha. An
other said the governors South Omaha
vote would be so close to Dahlman that
they could not be told apart
But all these predictions were made be-
fore Felix Newton arrived on the scene.
Like the hero Of old, Felix showed up
brown and unburned at the psychological
moment, with his bristles sticking straight
up, ready for the fray. He is one sup
! porter whom Governor Shallenberger had
two years ago that is against hirn now.
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