Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-18
Mr.. HARRINGTON ON HARTMAN


| Mr.. Hartman, in the campaign three years
ago, personally participated in the cor
| rupt use of railroad money to elect a rail-
road commissioner still stands good.
Mr.. Hartman cannot deny that between
! now and election there is time to have
trial and the truth determined.
Now, as to the republican nominee, Mr..
Hall. 1 am advised from most reliable
sources that Mr.. Hall at one time CO.
operated with us and later left us to join
the ranks OF Hannaism. Such a man
has no right to expect the vote of any
genuine democrat. In this section of the
! country the vote of the Northwestern
railroad in the republican primaries was
cast almost solidly for Mr.. Hall. The
Northwestern henchmen everywhere lined
up for Mr.. Hall, and they always know
where the interests of the Northwestern
are. To put 1t mildly, it is perfectly plain
from the primary vote here that the rail-
roads are perfectly satisfied with the
nomination of Mr.. Hall. What should
anti-monopoly voters do? There is little
| OF no choice between the two candidates.
| For myself, / shall not vote for either
Of them, although, no doubt. one or the
other will be elected. Unless the great
daily newspapers unite in the support of
a third candidate worthy of public con-
fidence there will be no hope Of electing
any man by writing his name in.
Plan of the Corporations.
What is the plan of the corporations?
They don't want the people to understand
throughout this campaign that no matter
which commissioner is elected, the rail-
roads have won. They don't want them
Ia n1n
the game Heads, win; tails. you lose"
A sham issue must be presented to the
voters so that their attention may not
be turned to the condition that actually
exists on railway commissioner. Accord
ingly, the old wet" and dry question
is to be brought forth. The railroads
have friends among the liquor interests.
They have staunch adherents in the Anti
Saloon league. II wished to be personal
could easily. name them. Mr Hall lie
to be paraded as a dry" and Mr.. Har-
u man as, a wet" The attention OF the
ivoters is 20 % ossSisdr. ~. 9ionI ms real
conditions and an effort IL 60 be made to
work them up into a fever on the liquor
question. whether a railroad commits
sioner is in favor of the license policy or
opposed to It cannot make the lease diff
ference in the discharge OF his duties.
II a man is for the people in their contest
with watered stocks and bonds it is en-
tirely immaterial what his particular
view on the liquor question may be. But
an effort is to be made to fool the people
From the Anti-saloon league, voters are
to be assured that a. vote for Mr.. Hall is
a vote for God, home and native land"
The liberal element in the state are to be
warned that the defeat of Mr.. Hartman
will endanger personal liberty" and An
heuser-Busch.
. Looking to 1912.
But the policy OF dividing the anti
monopoly democrats and thereby con-
quering them Is not over. The same men
who nominated Clarence e. Hartman for
railway commissioner likewise favor the
lnomination of Governor Harmon of Ohio
for president, and they are figuring or
using the very same tactics to secure a
primary vote next year In his favor. and
also delegates favorable to him from
Nebraska. Their plan is to divide the
opposition primary votes among Wilson
, Clark, Folk. Marshall and others. In
that way they hope 70 secure q plurality
for Governor Harmon. II they SHOULD
fail in this. by reason Of the tremendous
Wilson sentiment in the state, they fig
ure on getting delegates who would vote
for Wilson on one or two ballots and
then go over to Harmon. and from thu
day the delegates will be elected secre
! pledges could be made to the Harmon
leaders that as soon as a ballot or tive
had been taken they would go over tC
Harmon, for they would not be so brazer
as to repudiate the primary vote on tn,
first ballot In the election of the dele
gates-at-large, for example, they figur,
on having a very large number of can
didates file. The corporate interests viii
, agree on the four delega tes-at-large and
cast their votes solidly for them In this
/ way they are quite sure TO elect the foui
delegates at-large, unless the opposition
| would likewise unite on four delegates
The same Is true In the districts. 1t Il
strictly within the limits of truth to sa!
( that the antl-monopoly democrats of tn,
, state are for woodrow Wilson as frs
choice and Champ Clark for second
1 Neither Folk nor Marshall has any con
I siderable following in Nebraska, although
both OF them are discussed as candidate
r for vice president The only way l Sc
+ to succeed is for the friends OF Woodrow
: Wilson to organize Wilson clubs all owe
I the state and then have a state gathering
!, Of these clubs and agree among them
e selves on the four men they will supper
for delegates-at-large and the two mel
I they will support in each district, an
: then vote for them II such an arrange
ment be carried out. II ought TO b
+. distinctly understood that whatever me
q shall act as officers in any state wilso
u club shall not be candidates for electio
= as delegates In this way the officer
Of the state club would not be suspecte
: Of self-seeking. No such rules need b
= applied to officers in the local clubs.
/ Bryan's Attitude.
y Some persons are inclined to force Nj
q Bryan into ehampioning the cause G
Governor Wilson. don't think this
: wise OF fair to Mr.. Bryan This supper
will be urged in certain quarters again'
n Governor Wilson Then in view OF III
= fact that so many OF those who may /
= candidates for president have supporte
\ Mr. Bryan in the past. il is hardly IA
4 10 ask him. AT this early day at leas
= to make a choice between them so Ion
A. as there are several candidates who al
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