Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-04
BEACH SANCUINE
THAT G.0.P.WILL
WIN IN STATE
Sums Up Political Situation
and Fails to See How Demo-
Gratis will be Able to
Win at Polls.
From a staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Nov. 3.-(Special.) lit
Is smighty poor rule that won't
work both ways" said E. D. Beach.
Mr.. Beach, as chairman of the re-
publican state committee, has con-
Quoted a campaign free from any
thing which might be considered
off color" and at headquarters, dis
cussing the campaign with several
republicans who had dropped in, he
appeared perfectly satisfied and san
guine as to q republican victory.
Il see by the papers this morn
ing that Fi.e Commissioner Ridgell,
one of the governors chief appoint
ees and the man who has been run
ming the democratic machine with
, potash for fuel, has issued a circu-
lar calling upon all democrats to
vote the ticket straight and not TO
vote for an opposition candidate un-
der any circumstances. | guess that
would be pretty good rule for re-
publieans to follow also.
Spraeue Puts Out Letter.
But while Ridgell is advising and
ordering democrats to stick by their
ticket, Chairman Bert Sprague of
the committee, who has received
great prominence in this campaign
as a letter writer, issues another let
ter and tells democrats to get hold
of a republican and not let loose of
him until he has promised to vote
the democratic ticket. Perhaps it
would be good idea if republicans
when attacked by democrats under
the inspiration OF the Sprague mani
festo, would simply put in effect
Colonel Ridgell's plan, applying it to
republicans instead of democrats.
This simply shows to what ex-
tent the opposition has run out of
political wind. While one candidate
is wanting the voters to apply a
proposition which fits his peculiar
ease, the application of the same
thing will bring defeat to some 9TH
er candidate on the same ticket. AS
an instance OF this kind, Neville,
the democratic candidate for re-
election for governor is beseeching
The voters not to trade horses when
crossing the stream while More
head. the democratic candidate for
the United States senate, is calling
upon the voters to trade horses
while crossing the stream. President
Wilson is calling upon the voters
ard telling them that the present
administration must not be changed.
while Morehead by his plea is call
irg for a change.
Plan to Get Votes.
Chairman Sprague issues a letter
to the voters, calling attention to
the honest methods in which he
has run the campaign, while the
local democratic organ, the mouth
piece of the committee and the
Hitchcock Mullen Neville = Gooch
machine, is conducting one of the
most reprehensible campaigns of
Misrepresentation the state of Ne
braska has ever witnessed. Not
withstanding that charges made by
them have been from time to time
refuted and shown to be false, they
are continuing up to the very last
minute to publish such false state
ments in the hope of getting votes
by thus deliberately misleading their
readers.
That the voters are on to these
reprehensible methods is becoming
each day more plain to this COM
Inittee. While at first we feared
tina. such Misrepresentation might
harm our candidates. the continued
publication by both the Lincoln and
Omaha mouthpieces of the machine
OF these false statements in the face
Of the fact that the people and the
papers themselves know them to be
false, has opened the eyes of the
public to the character of the ma
chine with the result that instead oil
these papers harming our candi-
dates, the committee rather feels
that perhaps after the election is
over tina. we will find that we are
under obligations to them for the
good they have so unintentionally
done our candidates.
Il do not know that ] shall open
w thank them for their valuable
assistance, when the election is
over, but i shall feel more kindly
toward the n than perhaps they may
think | do.
Wants Last Word.
81 simply want to leave last
word with the voters of Nebraska
and that is that they turn out on
election day and do their duty as
they see it. While Our boys are
doing their duty over there we
should do our duty over here in the
battle Of the ballots and back them
up in a way that will mean some
thing, not only in the winning Of
the war but in giving congress.
that will be able. to handle the re-
construction period in way thai
will bring the best results.
President Wilson'S partisan plea
to elect none but democrats to Of
fee should be met with an avalanche
of votes that will show that the
people believe that republicans have
some part in this government ano
in the winning OF the war and will
use their own judgment as to ths
loyalty of the candidates and Their
ability to stand behind the presi