Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-31
Says Better Citizen and Better Dem.
ocrat by So Doing.
BIT OF UNwRITTEN HISTORY
Threat of Hitchcock to Return Bart
ley IN Prison.
wIELDs HIS PAPER AS A CLUB
Forces settlement Of SIX Thousand
Dollar debt for One Thousand by
brow BeRting Man just
ont OF stripes.


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IN the Hitchcock controversy IN spite NJ
the pressure that has been brought to bear
upon him. Under the caption. The Price
OF Duty he says:
a." paving 'he Pn'e. bu'y com
Iua"u'u rue 20 oppose the ele'uon OF - NJ.
HllchCo'N' democratic nominee Tor the
( Chtea states senate. This is the nrst
! instance in my twenty-five years Of news
paper work where ! have repudiated a
nominee on the democratic ticket. There
have in the years gone by appeared upon
! the democratic ticket the names OF men
whom did not like but never before did
] see upon my ticket the name Of a man
whom I knew to be a partner with de-
faulting state treasurer and a divder of
the spoils with a defauItins public Official
! Having positiye nroof Of the mart q NJ
/ Hitchcock nlaved IN creating the state
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an" 10 my Country -'nIu me mat u
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cbinery and all INV nautical friepds who
I glo,,vbtIoseI,,- -boid d,,t,. % nart,y btghor
+ban dutv to c,,,nt,
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Inc serpent did not lie to me. l nave
relt the mailed hand OF my party ma
Cnlhely' nave suffered the severance
OF polucal friendships OF long standing
ilehuShlps "inch had fonuly hopea
nhOulu nolu lhroueh IKE but shali not
Vu'n Fn"" "a Ndf"7'e the lfice q
! "'ue" must pa'' ~ ooeSe eo 'S'' y'0t.
Vi uutS' anu am paying tue price without
d Hlurmur' Nei'ner 90 ask my party
inahabeDeh' 10 Wi'hnolu any Iurtner pun
IH"il'e"t /. may nave III store LOT me
lo'e my Ilehus' ana regret the loss OF
any man from my hst OF friends But
90 not ask the restoration OF any political
Lllenushlp "hch any man ever entertained
ioi me u''es9 t'at llleh"shlp can Oe re-
s'oieu " H'e WIN iu'i Nh""leuse oL lhs
lacI 'hat il nau the same SITUATION again
TO race shoulu not ueViate one 1ot from
the hhe OF opposiuoh nave Iald down
WIN reference TO supporting the candidacy
OF o. M. Hltchcock' or any other man
part IN the squahuerlhs OF the tax money
Wmch the people OF my state had paid
INTO the hahus OF state treasurer.
Exposing HitchCock.
"Ard po,,. Iot ns rots tho ,,ario,,s s,.-..
NJ rn, onnos,tion 10 The man ,rbo boIneJ
state Treasurer RsrtIey souapdsr IN.
none, NJ the nsopIs Isss ,,,s,, ,no ,,sar
400 + trst b.carna cor,,rcod tbat =, N
Hitchcock had shared the state tre.s,,r,,
loot UItb stste ,rrs.s,,rnr por,,., Tb.
evidence ~ his p,,ut vas suffirient 20 con-
vince any unpreiudiced man. hut n was
not such evidence as would stand in court.
then resolved that ] would do all In my
power TO procure that evidence, and lay
it before the people Of my state. The few
men with whom the situation was dis
cussed told me my efforts would be idle.
They recalled that Tor fifteen years all
/ effort to get any trace or the names OF the
: men VINO shared win treasurer BARLEY
r IN the STATE treasury ltage had sisnaly
| ialeu, eAeePt III tne one instance when
: hr' lil'Chcoch nau secured from BARLEY
uie pIooi ''al MI 1oolu' republican can
l,,..' Aoi u', teeeu'' nau oeen
g "a 90 ''' IN, "a 'i,e snoIlaee' tet
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4 cool - y,as - - -
lost crou,rad ,,4tb s,,,oos- -,
!, in my search for the Evidence -
hours and days IN the comnanv ~ A.
= BARLEY am not ashamed ~ t,s TO-,
BARLEY WAS the one man who was abIo 20
: give Hitchcock the proof against noof
Goold whose life was blasted by tho
World Herald without giving him a chance
10 get out Of the way, and he was tho
one man who could give me the PROOF
against Hitchcock. ] did not seek to blast
the life OF Mr. Hitchcock. ! gave him
many opportunities to get out Of the way
4 Hitchcock Used Club.