Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-10
Nebraska
PROOF OF HIS DISL0YALTY
While Committeeman Howell Gives
Money to Hostile Party.
RECORD OFFICIALLY ATTEsTED
Like n Traitor who Furnishes Muni-
lions for Enemy to Use Against
the Standard bearer lie L.
Sworn to Uphold.
From a staff Correspondent

From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Aug 9.-(Special) --Just how
far an army might get in the way Of
victory over an enemy with the leader Of
that army supplying munitions OF war to
that enemy is well known.
II II should be discovered that the leader
OF that army had played into the hands
of the enemy there would be but one
thing in store for the traitor in the event
he failed Of successful fight.
Honesty of purpose and loyalty OF
heart to the cause he espouses are the
requirements needed in every leader, no
matter whether he leads an army in battle
where men take each others lives in
support of their country, or whether the
leader is at the head of a political party
whose mission is to gain control of the
country and put into effect those prin-
cples in which it believes.
Many things have been attributed to
the defeat of the republican party in Ne
braska in 1912. Probably nothing con-
tributed so much TO that defeat as the
unfortunate split OF the party into two
factions and from which sprang an en-
tlrely now party called The progressive
party.
The formation OF the new party was
for the purpose, in the words OF it's leader,
Theodore Roosevelt. ito disrupt the old
republican party and defeat tt It had
behind II in its purpose many OF the
wealthy men of the country who sec in
defeat of the republican party a cha zee
for power.
When r. Beecher Howell accepted the
position Of national committeeman OF the
republican party of Nebraska in 1912, he
accepted with the positive promise over
his own signature. that his work and his
endeavors would be along the line Of
leading the party standard bearer to vic
tory. He had no right to donate funds
10 any hostile party. much less to the
party organized to disrupt and destroy the
forces of he party for which he held an
officers commission.
But Howell knew the party treason he
was committing. deliberately contributed
funds toward the destruction OF the party
of which he was tho supposed leader
Farther than this there is no record that
Mr.. Howell contributed even 81 toward
the campaign of the republican party in
that fight while donating money to the
progressive party to be used against the
republican candidate.
The proof of this treachery is supplied
by the affidavit of the county clerk of
Lancaster county covering the matter OF
Mr.. Howells subscriptions:
State of Nebraska,
Lancaster County.
l. Harry e. Wells, county clerk in and
for said Lancaster county, Nebraska, do
hereby certify that there is on file in
this office statements made by the treas
urers of the different political party state
committees of Nebraska showing the
amounts received by them from differ
ent sources as subscribed to their several
political party committees and that the
sworn statement filed by Don l., Love. as
treasurer Of the progressive state COM
mttee shows the following:
"R. b. Howell S25."
That the name of the said r. b. Howell
does not appear in the statement of funds
received by any other political state
committee of any other political party
filing statements in this office.
Witness my hand an dthe seal of said
county this third day of August, A. D.,
1914.
County Clerk.
AS voiced by we'll known state house
official, men who honestly differed as
to their choice for president have no diff
ferences at this time nor do they desire
TO again pass through the scenes Of 1912
hut neither do they want to reward
treason or respond to a call to follow
leader in whom they can place no trust