Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-16
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IL have been promoting 20 show Nebraska re-
pubIcans how 10 write IN" the of Charles
w. Hughes for president on the ballot has received
such remarkably favorable response that am more
than confident II viii accomplish The object y IL
only fair to say that while went record months
ago a. favorng Hughes as tho best candidate behind
whom 70 reunlte the elements Of The party the write
In suggestion came from the article by Dr. Albert
Shaw IN The Review of Reviews of last December
afterwards talked the whole matter over with Or
ahsw whom in New York last winter and out
lined the course thought would be necessary 70 In
strct the voters IN the mechanism of the ballot ana
this is what has been done
The peculiar development has been that some Of
the pretended champions of Hughes who filed his
name by petition and forced him 70 Withdraw II as
placing him In false attitude have shown thsr in
sincerity BY attacking the plan end trying 70 head II
of by falsehoods about me personally, They hANs
sought TO Do this BY the silly invention about my In
terest IN Hughes covering conspiracy 10 lead tha
Nebraska delegates over 10 Fairbanksths connection
being repeated trump card IN the corrick letter,
whereby the bul.moose chairman seeks 10 dictate
tho selection Of the 70 represent the republicans
st cheaso ! happen 10 have n strafgbt that this
yarn, which first found publicity IN tho democratic
Wond.Heratd originated in the fertile brain Of my
friend. H. B Howell. who gave II 20 a W0rd.Herad
reporter along with one Of my first letters 70 Ne.
braska republican editors that had been seut back
10 him ana which that papers story Of the inausu
natural for the democratic organs 10 lend hand 10
~ long time ally IN this connection; for the demo-
Gratis alive to tho certainty of republican sue
cess In this yoars campaign unless they fornent
dscord that will keep the republican elements apart
speaking Of old.tinie omaha newspaper men, u
Il remarkable how those who have lcr this part Of
the country or who have drined into other Ayoca.
tions constantly hesrken back the plo.
neer days had n letter only last week from John
r. Bell, who combined court reporting with newspaper
writing and later conducted the old Omaha Mer
curry legal record for the lawyers Mr. Bell ~
now located In Newberg Ore, where he IL publishing
paper called the Enterprise. Hs writes with ref
erencs 10 the story Of the impeachment trial Of GOV
ernor David Butler once before published by THE
Bee important chapter in Nebrastas semi-cen.
tcnnal Of statehood he having reported the proceed
inRs, and ss deserving republication IN booklet form
apzopos OF the approaching celebration.
"fhe story Of the Impeachment trial Of Governor
Butler" writes Mr. Bell - especially interesting 70
me ~ was of four shorthand writer's appointed
by tbe senate to report the proceedings The others
we're John Gray AMI John Han of Omaha and Dan
Brown of Burlington, 10. The last heard of these
John Gray court reporter IN Chicago Hail had
returned 10 England and Brown was in railroad em.
ploy out in Utah. II notable event IN the his
tory Of Nebraska and the senate chamber In which
the trial held always crowded. Redick and
Briggs were the governors counsel and the proof
was 10 overwhelming against tho governor they had
10 depend upon appealing 10 the synpAthy or the
senate. sitting 80 court Of impeachment, for
qntal. Wakeiey and Eet0brook then IN The
hoghth Of their popularity and representatives OF
the board Of managers appointed by the house con-
Quoted the case with marked ability.
Another letter from Miner W. Bruce who
used 70 be n travelling correspondent Of The Bee IN
the infancy Of It's career. fe was private secretary
10 senator Van Wyck and for three years register
of tho Land office 1t Nlobrars, going from there up
into Alaska. lie happens Just 10 be- IN Seattle ana
IN his letter recalls that he sent by his father
Knox county TO represent tho family NJ the first party
OF thirteen Of Bruce Colony organized in Omaha
and located there In 1911. and which he saw grow
from unnhabited country TO large and prosperous
one. The work which Miner Bruce has In hand ia q
fifth book Alaska embodying material representing
"A tweny-three yearE continuous residence In that
country 70 be brought out next summer by Putnam D.
and he has also turned his attention 20 making maps
simpler on plan no II applying to the map OF
Aaoka Under the old method the key 70 the map
required double operation bg tho usera letter ana
figure system being used Under Brucea new plan.
ms he explains II, just operation IA needed. You
look up the name OF the town, river. mountain. or
whatever II IA In the alphabetical index. There you
find numera listed At cnce you turn 10 that mum
her on the map and the location OF tho town river
etc, ia promptly at hand.