Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-05
HARRINGTON AFTER HARTMAN
Continued from First Page.)

to every one Of the candidates, have not
even promised them my vote in the pqiIn
/ airy, and my only desire is to prevent the
nomination OF any railroad candidate. For
II there is any office in the state where the
candidate should be above suspicion 1t is
in the matter of railway commissioner.
MIR. Hartman then asked me whether l
| intended to give out a statement against
him, and told him 1 did. He then said;
| II you do, 1 will tell what know about
the "other fellow" He did not in this con-
| nection name the other fellow However,
his threat of exposing some other fellow
| had no terrors for me- II there is any
other fellow assuming leadership in the
party who has been sucking eggs and
hiding the shells, then let him be exposed
as we'll as Mr.. Hartman. But, personally
/ shall indulge in no criticism of any man
unless / have the facts to justify 1t.
I'm the campaign of 1908, 1t is quite APP
parent to those who have given 1t investi
CATION that the railroads wanted to de-
feat williams and desired to replace him
with a democrat who would be friendly to
tho railroads. The political head of the
Union Pacific in Nebraska then was and
now is Mr.. Edison Rich OF Omaha. who is
the general attorney. His consin is Mr.. c.
f. Hartman Of Holdrege. These relations
in this way made II easy for these gentle
men to confer. What conferences may
have taken place know not, but Mr.. Har-
mans bosom friend. Cowgirl, who lived in
Holdrege, where Hartman lives, was put
in the democratic primaries and nominated
and elected, as 1 shall hereafter point out,
by the assistance Of the railroads and Mr..
Hartman. All through the campaign Har-
L IL
Permit me to preface the statement of
facts to follow here by saying that have
not the least possible personal hostility
toward either Mr. Rich OF Mr.. Hartman.
I have never had the least difference with
either of them in my life Mr.. Hartman. in
reality, is a stranger to me except as l
know him politically. and my opposition is
not merely to these men as men, but to
their political activities within the party.
Mr.. Hartman in an interview he has
given out, asks that l make a specific
statement and here goes. charge that for
many years Mr.. Hartman received favors
from the Union Pacific in the shape OF
railway passes, and that he got these favors
not only for himself but for others, and
that these favors coupled with his kinship
to the political head OF the Union Pacific,
made It quite natural that he should be
seleced the man to aid the railroads in
selecting a railway commissioner suitable
Ia them.
Il charge that in the campaign TO elect
Cowgirl. money was contributed by the rail
roads and particularly by the Union Pa
oific, and that this money was passed over
TO c. E. Hartman and by his used to aid
in the election OF Cowgirl That he made
these contributions in his own name so az
10 conceal the source whence they came
and the corrupt purpose for which they
were given.
Il charge that the railroads of the state
in perfect harmony with the management OF
cowgilrs campaign by Hartman, tried TO
force all their employees. regardless OF their
politics, TO elect Cowgirl commissioner. and