Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-05

that this combination was successful Is
shown by the vote which elected Cowgirl
while others went to defeat.
| Il can not cover the entire state In n
statement such as this, but a selection of
a few localities which are typical OF the
rest tells what the situation Is.
The town OF Alliance is the big voting
| center in BOX Butte county Alliance is a
Burlington town. II was one Of the places
where the railroads. Mr.. Hartman and Mr..
Cowgirl could naturally accomplish some
thing. Mr.. Bryan carried Alliance by sixty
two. Mr.. Bryan has many friends and
admirers and enthusiastic supporters in
Alliance. But how about Mr.. Cowgill7 1t
is doubtful II he has friend in the town
or perhaps even an acquaintance. But Mr.
Cowgirl carried this railroad center OF
Alliance by III. why was Mr.. Harman's
shadow, Mr. Cowgirl, more than 100
| stronger than Bryan in Alliance, town
of less than 5000 people? why did this
democratic stranger run so far ahead of
the presidential candidate7 Simply because
of the instructions of the railroad to vote
for Harman's shadow and defeat Williams.
Another peculiar thing about the ALI
ance vote is this: The principal part of
the railway vote in that town Is cast in
the First ward. That ward was carried
by Taft by ten votes. But Mr.. Cowgirl
carried that railroad ward by seventy
seven votes. SO that in this one wari
Cowgirl was eighty-seven stronger than
Bryan Whether the Burlington gave its
instructions in writing. as Mr.. Hartman
admits the Union Pacific did or whether
the information was carried by trusty lieu
tenants 1 am not advised. But the returns
show that the business was properly at
cd 90 hay IN,
in politics.
North Platte is a Union Pacific town.
Mr. Bryan was unusually strong there in
1908. for the reason that the labor unions
gave him much better support than ever
before. Owing to this unusual support he
carried North Platte by eight. But how
about the candidate backed by Mr.. Har-
man? The record shows that he carried
North Platte by 1S3 North Platte is a
republican city. How did Mr.. Cowgirl
happen to carry 1t by 1873? why was he 125
stronger than Mr. Bryan? Mr. Hartman
and his cousin. Mr.. Edison Rich the polit-
cal manager for the Union Pacific, can
easily answer that question.
Il have now indicaed what took place
in the towns where the Union Pacific and
the Burlington controlled the vote. The
same condition prevailed, wherever the
Chicago & Northwestern had votes sub
ject to its control. Chadron is a Northwest
ern town and casts a total of about 100
votes. 1t is doubtful IL there is a man,
woman or child in Chadron who knew Mr..
Cowgirl. Mr.. Bryan had many acquaint-
ances and personal friends there. But Mr..
Taft carried Chadron by 1o4. Mr.. Cowgirl
was defeated in Chadron by only thirteen
votes. Cowgirl, the dummy, was ninety
votese stronger than Bryan, the stateman,
in a total vote OF 700. How did this happen?
Solely because the Northwestern worKjng
in harmony with the other railroads, urged
its employees to vote for Cowgirl.
There 10 Just one way that the absolute
truth in this matter can b. ascertalncd
and that Is for MIR. Hartman to sue me for
libel II these statements are not true. There
is no possible way that 1 can oring him
into court to prove these charges, but he
can sue me for libel and It can de de-
termined, and to the end that the truth
may be known before the primaries, l
make this proposition to Mr. Harmon. Let
him sue me at Fremont where l made the
statement, and 1 will file an answer imme-
diately and agree with him to take depo-
sitions at once and submit the case either
to jury there, or to either one of the
democratic judges of that district without
a jury, and let the decision be made before
the primary.
II do not care to give out in a newspaper
statement the names OF all the persons
who may have knowledge Of the corrupt
arrangement between Hartman, Cowgirl and
the railroads, but II Mr.. Hartman will insti-
tute a suit / am ready to subpoena the
witnesses by whom 1 can prove all that
1 have said against Mr.. Hartman and his
connection with the railroads here-and
more too. Under these conditions there
are just two things that Mr.. Hartman can
do decently: One is to sue me and prove
that have maligned him; the other is to
withdraw from the democratic and peo-
pies independent tickets.
m. f. HARRINGTON.
"ONeill, Neb., Aug. g. 1S11."