Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-29
Can You Beat IT.

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Can you beat it?" asks our local
democratic organ. Really, we don't
believe anyone can who looks dispas-
sionately upon the campaign OF bluff,
buster and deception which the
democrats have been waglng locally.
First. A hue and cry has been
raised over alleged illegal voting in
the primary election, which election
was held on the registration lists
made by the democratic gang last
year to pile up a majority for Mayor
Jim" for governor and Hitchcock for
senator. If any fraud was per-
petrated in that registration, It was
perpetrated by and for the very
democrats who now seek to charge Il
up to the republicans
Can you beat f.?
Second. A part of the democratic
howl has been directed against the
judges and clerks OF election, but IL
develops that a large majority of
the election officers are democrats
named by the boss of the democratic
machine, himself now running as a
candidate, and that the democrats
absolutely control a majority of the
election boards in every precinct in
the county but three And still they
want people to believe that the ballot
boxes are in danger of being raped
by republicans.
Can you beat IL?
Third. The democrats are crying
out that the machine" must be
baked and dislodged by filling the
court house with democrats. How
would they have us smash the ma
chine? In order to smash the ma
chine they want the office OF clerk
of the district court turned over to
Boss Flynn, chief push of the
street gang, and a patron saint OF
the Dahlman club.
Can you beat It?
Fourth. In order to smash the
machine they want the sheriffs Of
flee turned over to what Jerry"
Howard designates las a rich youth"
but, in fact, mere cog in the demo-
cratic machine, and a putty puppet
for Charley" Tanning, king of the
paving combine and democratic chan
cellor OF the exchequer.
Can you beat IL?
Fifth. In order to smash the ma
chine they want the position OF police
Judge conferred on a common ward
heller who has been drawing double
pay as Dahlman's police court clerk
and Fanning's bookkeeper at one and
the same time.
Can you beat It?
Sixth. In order to smash the ma
chine they want us to re-elect the
democratic county commissioner as
one OF the democratic combine that
has been dealing IN court house con-
tracts, and himself perpetrating all
sorts OF petty graft.
Can you beat It? -
Seventh-When, pretending
sense OF decency. Senator Hitchcock
and his democratic newspaper called
for reputation OF an accidental nom
inee for the School board on the re-
publican ticket. untitled morally for
such a position, The Bee promptly
Joined in the demand. At the same
time The Bee called upon Senator
Hitchcock likewise to show good
faith by repudlating Just one i'm
moral candidate on the democratic
ticket, which he knows, or ought to
know, contains at least one candi-
date as unfit, II not more so, than
the repudiated republican, but up
to date he clings to his democratic
disreputables.
Can you beat Il?
Eighth. Senator Hitchcock's same
democratic organ has been loudly
accusing the republicans of waging a
campaign OF misrepresentation and
mud-slinging, when the only mud
singing so far has been that of his
own paper, and It's fakes have be-
come so coarse that when cornered
even he had to Tess up and retract
some OF his fabrications.
Can you beat itg
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