Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-05
HARRINGTON AFTER HARTMAN
0'Neill Man Openly Accuses Holdrege
Man of Being Railroad Tool.
CITES CAMPAIGN OF CowGILI
Asserts He Was Railroads Candidate
and that HarmRn Knew IL and
Dares Latter to Sue Him
for Libel.

Mike Harrington, now comes out openly
and says that C. Z. Harman of Holdrege
is one Of tho men he had in mind at FIRE.
mont when he made an open charge in his
speech to the democratic convention that
the railroads were endeavoring to nom
mate candidates for the railway commits
sion on both the republican and democratic
tickets. Mr.. Harrington gives out this
statement for publication:
ITO the Demrocats Of Nebraska: While
delivering my address as temporary chair
man of the state convention at Fremont I
said that at the present time the railroads
were endesvoring to nominate in the Au-
gust primaries the candidates on both the
republican and democratic tickets, and that
only the propriety Of the occasion and
chalrmanship lockjaw restrained me from
naming at that time the candidate whom
the railroads were endeavoring to nominate
in our primaries. ! stated Furthermore
tha after the convention was over 1 would
name this railroad democrat.
There are four men seeking the demo-
cratic nomination for railway commits
sioner They are: w. ]. Furse, who is
now serving as a railway commissioners,
having been appointed by Governor Shall
lenberger to fill the vacancy caused by the
death OF william II. Cowgill G. s. Upton
successful and intelligent farmer resid-
ing in Cass county; b. M. Sims of Alma
and c.. E. Harman Of Holdrege. All OF
these, except Mr.. Sims, have also filed
on the peoples Independent ticket.
'In my statement from the platform al
Fremont no candidate, OF course was
named, but after the convention was over
and before l left Fremont, persons familiar
with the situation came to me and either
asked me who II was that l meant CI
promptly named Mr.. Harman on their own
motion. Indeed, at Fremont / did not name
Harman to any person excep. one, unless
that man first named Harman to me
No person suggested that there was any
suspicion that any OF the other three can
didates were being backed 5y the Iail
roads for the nomination. Those who und
erstood the situation all pointed iIhmed
lately to Mr.. Harman.
" At Fremont I was introduced TO Mr.
Harman by Mr. Fred Ashton at the UnioI
depot Mr.. Harman asked me g.: he wa'
the man that meant and told him PLAINLY
thCt he was. 1t was only a few minutes
! TIL train time so what was said was saiC
rather hurriediy and Mr. Harn.an wa!
much excited and made some admissions
that he probably now regrets. l told hin
| that in the campaign OF three years ago
he was the man who was in the fight push
ing along William II. Cowgirl. owing e
the fact that Mr.. Cowgirl is dead / regre
to have to mention his name but Il wha
l do say / will simply deal with Mr Har
mans conduct in the campaign, omm;tinI
the part played by Mr.. Cowgirl except as &
may come in incidentally.
He told me that he had worked as hare
as he could for Cowgirl. / told him that II
that campaign the railroads had used every
influence they couldd to elect Cowgirl ovel
Williams and had succeeded. and that h'
was right into the effort with the road,
to elect Cowgirl He admitted that he had
helped TO elect Cowgirl and said that
right before election he was at Grand
Island and saw the written instructions
Given out by the Union Pacific to it's nIer
TO vote for Cowgirl. He made this admls
sion in the presence OF several persons
He also named another democrat who wa,
favored by these instructions at tha
point. He also intimated that I was usinl
this situation generally TO nominate Mr
Furse. / wish 20 say to the democrats o.
the state that have only a nomina
speaking acquaintance with Mr.. Furse. Al