Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-30
BRYAN ATTACKS
DEMO MACHINE
FOR HYPOCRISY
Former Lincoln Mayor Ex.
presses Humiliation at Du-
pliCity Shown in Nom
partisan Dealings.

mittee to secure the votes of the
members of the nonpartisan league
for Governor Neville, in signed
statement as follows:
The progressive democrats of
Nebraska who believe in honesty
and fair dealing in politics as we'll
as in other business affairs, are hui
inflated and incensed at the SEEM
ing hypocrisy and duplicity brought
to light by the publication in the
daily papers of the letter which
was written to J. E. Evans by the
democratic state committee and by
the affidavit of the nonpartisan
league organizer, Jake Thull
The letter to Mr.. Evans con-
tanned $50 and stated. hope you
will make careful study of the sit
uation in order to learn if we can
do anything to turn the nonpart-
san league tide to the governor.
This is seeming proof that men who
are officially as committee, sup
porting the reelection of Governor
Neville were negotiating for the
votes of the members of the nom
partisan league. The affidavit of
Jake Thull indicates that there was
not only an effort made to bride
- but that he was expected to be-
tray the members of the nonparti-
san league by whom he was en-
ployed.
Charge Bryan Pro- German.
During the state primary this
same Hitchcock Mullen-Gooch reac-
tionary element in the democratic
party falsely and maliciously &C
cused me of being supported by the
nonpartisan league, also charged me
with being pro-German and being
supported by the head of the Ger
man-American Alliance, etc. The
two so-called democratic daily news
papers that published these charges
knew that they were false at the
time. but did it for the purpose of
misleading the loyal, patriotic vot-
ers of Nebraska into nominating the
Hitchcock Mullen ooch candidate.
These same publications and the
same political machine denounced
the farmers who were members of
the nonpartisan league as being pro-
German, traitors, etc, and demand
ed that their organization be pre-
vented from continuing its work
among the farmers of Nebraska.
During the past three weeks the
Hitchcock Mullen Gooch machine
have been accusing the republican
candidate for governor of soliciting
the votes and support of the non
partisan league and has again brand
ed the farmers organization as be-
ing unpatriotic and unfriendly to
democratic institutions and injurious
to the welfare of the people of the
state. While the governor has been
publicly criticising the Nonpartisan
league and appealing for the sup
port of all those who were pre-
JUDGED against the farmers organi-
cation on the ground that it was
disloyal, the governors official cam
paign committee, it would appear,
have been making an heroic effort
to secure the votes of the members
of the Nonpartisan league for the
governors candidacy.
Machine Not Sincere.
THE substantial farmers of Ne
braska, who are members of the
Nonpartisan league are either good,
patriotic Nebraska citizens or they
are not. If the Hitchcock Mullen
Gooch machine were honest and
sincere when they Denounced the
farmers of Nebraska as disloyal and
pro-German, the said Hitchcock
Mullen Gooch machine are dishon-
est and insincere now when they
try to secure the votes of the farm
ers who belong tot he NonpartisAn
league for the governors candidacy
or they are trying to secure I'M
patriotic votes for their candidate.
IF the governor honestly believes
that the farmers of Nebraska, who
are members Of the Nonpartisan lea
que are disloyal and undesirable
citizens and has been soliciting
votes for that reason of all those
who share his views regarding the
the Nonpartisan league, he surely
/ could not have possibly known of
any effort that his committee may
have been making to secure, bride
or buy the votes of the Nonpartisan
league to support his candidacy.
If the governor does not want to
be reelected to Office by what he
has calld unpatriotic and disloyal
votes, he cannot afford to be party
to the work that his committee seem
to be engaged in. 1t is certainly as
dishonorable, disloyal and unpatriot
ic to attempt to buy or bargain for
unpatriotic and disloyal votes as it
is to be disloyal and unpatriotic.
Should Repudiate Machine.
'The democrats of Nebraska cam
not afford to be daubed with the
mire that the Hitchcock Mullen
Gooch machine seem to be wallow
ing in, neither can the democrats
of Nebraska afford to have a candi-
date for the position of chief execu-
tive of the state mixed up in what
seems to be an effort to secure the
patriotic, loyal vote through public
appeals while at the same time try
ing to secure the so-called unpatri-
otto and disloyal votes through
means and methods that are be-
meath the dignity of any great party
which has led the progressive
movement in securing all the moral
and progressive legislation that has
been accomplished in the last 20
years.
"The governor, as a candidate of
the democratic party for reelection,
owes it to the democrats of this
state to repudiate, and demand the
resignation of the men who may