Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-17
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] - E1t1Nu ARGeNRA
Hitchcock and his democratic
World-Hersld are overstraining 10
put the blame for their dilemma on
the other fellow. Not only has our
august United States senator been
compelled 10 back up on the fake
meeting concocted In collaboration
with the notorious Van Allstine, but
he has also had 20 backtrack on his
juggle Of Third ward primary cleo
ton returns
Here are the plain and simple
facts in this connection:
On Tuesday, October 10, Senator
Hitchcock's world-Herald published
cartoon displaying a set OF figures
purportlni TO be Third Ward Re
turns Of August Primaries on Can
didates for District Judge" They
we're not the Third ward returns,
as Senator Hitchcock and his artist
we'll knew, but merely the returns
Of a single precinct, yet the unprin-
cipled senator, presuming on the
ignorance Of his readers, put them
out az returns Of the whole ward.
Knowing precisely how the digni-
fed senator would be cornered, The
Bee followed up the World-Herald
cartoon with one showing the re-
turns on the democratic ticket in
certain precincts Of the Third ward.
tabled them, and they showed Just
the World-Heralds cartoon had
labeled them and they showed Just
as creditably, or discredita5ly. to the
democratic nominees as did the SEN
ator's figures for the republican
nominees.
In this case the expected has hap
pened. Exposed in the very act, the
senator and his Newspaper dropped
their booty, and came out with an
other cartoon in the nature of a con-
fession, admitting their own Jug
Cling, by printing the real Third
wards returns and the single precinct
returns, side by side, and coupled
with double loaded editorial shrek
blaming The Bee for the democratic
discontinue II ever a coon walked
into a trap through sheer perverse-
ness, Senator Hitchcock and his
newspaper have performed the act
Now, as to these much mooted
Third ward primary returns showing
surprising divergence between can
didates on the same ballot, there is
no special mystery about II. II is
no secret that IN the Third ward the
ruling powers worked for a so-called
slate" in both democratic and re-
publican primarieA Where there
was no competition, no attention was
paid TO those officers. and the voting
centered on the places on the two
tickets that were being contested.
II illegal registration entered into
the primary. Il was the alleged H.
legal registration perpetrated a year
ago by the democrats In the interest OF
Mayor "Jim's" candidacy for COVER
nor and Senator Hitchcock's oandi-
dacy for the senate. because It was
last years registration list that gov
erned for this years primary. II
there was fraudulent voting. the dem
ocrats are more responsible than the
republicans, because they have had
the prosecuting machinery OF the
county as well as the election ma
chinery. As viii be remembered, the
coloniEing last year was exposed at
the time by The Bee, but got no sym
patty from Senator Hitchcock's
World-Herald or the democratic
prosecuting officers, and with their
connivance an investigating com
mittee of the democratic legislature
undertook 10 whitewash II Senator
Hitchcock and his newspaper for the
democrats now practically plead
guilty to what The Bee has charged,
II we can have a cleanup OF cleo
ton evils, we'll and good. The Bee
is and has always been strong for an
an honest ballot and every one will
Ing to help in the good work will be
welcomed. Incidentally, however,
the plight OF Senator Hitchcock and
his World-Herald. self-oondemned for
their deliberate deception. is truly
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