Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-05
SWEDISH PEOPLE
R0USED AT FRAUD
Letters Using Names of Lead
ers Without Authority
Cause Indignation.
MINCE NO WORDS ON THEM

Indignation exceeding that foused
by any of the campaign tricks Of
the Hitchcock crowd to influence
voters in his behalf is manifest over
the letters sent to Swedish voters and
purporting to contain the endorse
ment of leading Swedish men of Ne
braska for Hitchcock.
Here is what Rev. A. T. Seashore
of Wahoo, president of Luther col
lege, has to say of the fraud:
Branded as Thieves.
Luther College, Wahoo. Neb.,
Nov. 4.-To the Editor of The Bee:
| find TIL at certain American Inde-
pendence Conference, with headquar-
ters at Chicago, has been using my
name on its letter-heads as men,
Der of the conference, and this for
the intent and purpose to give color
and endorsement to their nefarious
acts, especially for the endorsement
of Hitchcock.
"The fact is l do not know any
thing about this alleged conference.
Never until yesterday, did | know
the name. | do not belong, nor have
endorsed Hitchcock. I resent the
thought Of having the names of rep
resentative men stolen and used for
endorsement of acts for which we
never would stand. A conference
that will do that and a candidate
that accepts that deserves no credit.
"Since this letter was written in
the Swedish language and widely cir
culated among our people Il have
received two copies) in the eleventh
hour, | wish in this way to disclaim
any connection with said point: Hav-
ing stolen my name, | brand them
as thieves.
81 am glad to say that our people
are well informed and will not be led
astray so easily. Few, if any, of the
Swedish people will vote for Hitch
cock this fall. This l conclude from
what l have heard while | have Wis
tied all our Swedish settlements this
fall and mingled with the leading
men. But the letter is deceiving and
puts our people, our institution, which
I represent, and myself in bad
light. l do hope that all our people
who may read this will hasten to set
our people wise before election. Yours
for righteousness. A. T. SEASHORE." F"
"A Dirty Hitchcock Deal"
The following letter with caption
attached by the writer shows how he
views the matter:
"Wausa, Neb., Nov. 3.-Editor,
Omaha Daily Bee: Perhaps the dirti-
est deal of the present campaign was
the sending out over the mails to the
Swedish speaking voters in Nebraska
a circular letter in Swedish, warmly
endorsing the candidacy of Senator
Hitchcock, which letter is printed on
a letter head bearing the heading, The
American independence Conference,
and is signed, in print, by said con
ference" with postscript added bear
ing the signature of supposed doctor
in New York City. The letter head
also carries the names of number
of Swedish speaking ministers of this
state, among them being Rev. A. 1.
Seashore, president of Luther college,
Wahoo, Neb. As Rev. Seashore was
known to have publicly endorsed Mr..
Kennedy he was called up over the
telephone and asked to explain him
self Seashore was dumb-founded at
the audacious liberty taken with his
name. He declared he was not a
member of any such Conference"
that he didn't even know of any as
sociation by that name and he didn't
believe there was any such. He char
acterized the deal as, "the devil turned
loose barefooted in broad daylight" ="
The letter is dated November 2, and
mailed at the Omaha postoffice
2, but is supposed to have
been in New York to get the signature
of a DR.. Johannes Hoving. The head
quarters of the conference" is sup
posed to be in Chicago. Yours truly,
81, Z. BAGGSTROM."