Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-14
Harman Sends Reply
to Harrington's Last
Holdrege Candidate Winds Up by
Asking 0Neill Man Where Are
Eggs and Shells"

HOLDREGE, Neb., Aug. 12-(Special
Telegram )-Clarence e, Harman of this
city, who is a candidate on the democratic
and peoples Independent parties ticket
for the nomination for railway commits
sioner. gave out the following statement
here tonight
After the concluding statement of NJ. F.
Harrington, | have come to the conclusion
that the public must be getting tired of
the controversy and l Will make my reply
as briefly as possible MIR. Harrington
seems to have been shooting in the air and
now resorts to general rehash of his
first statement and still offers neither
nothing new or substantial proof Of ac-
cusation in any way, shape or form. l
am willing to let the men of our parties
decide the question on primary day.
l make the statement that all bis talk
is based on suppostion and suspicion from
start to finish. In his fury at Fremont
the wish with him was the father to the
thought. Every one who has read the
statements OF MIR. Harrington admits that
he has overshot the mark, when he makes
charges and then fails to accept a chance
TO prove them before the highest tribunal
IN party politics in his state II he has
had the proofs that he talks and raves
about, why then all the witnesses he
talks about that won't come to any place
/. In regard to myself and my candidacy,
desire here and now to assure all men
that | owe no allegiance to any man or
set OF men for my political activities.
have neither accepted or have ever been
offered in any way, shape OF form, rail-
road passes or railroad money of any de-
scription for any purpose, whatsoever, at
any time in my life, neither have l re-
ceived and favors from such a source for
myself or anyone else for political pur-
pose or any other purpose or each.
l recognize as my superior officers in
the democratic and populist parties the
members and officers Of the central COM
mittees who are in charge of the two or
ganizations and l am willing to be guided
by the instructions l may receive from
them at all times i have received not the
slightest word from either committee that
my candidacy was not proper, but l did
ask the chairmen of the two committees
to take charge of the controversy. l did
this In my statement to the press and
afterwards took the matter up personally
with the chairman of the democratic com
! 10 the extent that n Mr. Harrington would
agree II was easily attended to-
Mr. Harrington backed water. My po-
litical record stands for itself as fight
| ing democrat, and l am proud of 1t to the
I extent that / would rather have the nom
| tnation without Mike Harrington's endorse
ment than with it, l am ready and willing
| at any time to go before the state COM
/ mittee and with Mr.. Harrington let him
come across with all the things he say
| are So whether l am nominated or not. II
| 1 do receive the nomination at the hands
! OF the voters / will make demand that
/ the state committee demand Ut Harring-
! ton that he show conclusive evidence that
! what he says is so or shut up.
/ Mr.. Harrington says someone has been
! sucking eggs and hiding the shells. Well,
I the eggs and shells are both gone and Mike
Harrington likes eggs.