Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-02
HOWARD URGES
Dem 0CRATS TO
SMASH MACHINE
Lieutenant Governor Warns
Voters Against Candidates
Who Are Controlled by
Corporations.

At least one democrat holding
high Office in Nebraska refuses to
be the tool of the Mullen Hitch
cock-Gooch machine.
Edgar Howard, lieutenant gov
ernor, resents the appeal of Presi-
dent Wilson which might send two
Hitchcocks TO the United States
senate" by electing the unclean
Morehead."
In a signed editorial appearing in
the Columbus (Neb) Telegram,
Mr.. Howard calls upon free demo-
Gratis to be loyal to the country by
voting against every candidate high
or low who is under obedience to
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ma
chine" Extracts from this editorial
follow:
Il love my president, but l know
he is human. | will follow him in
any good direction, but my own rep
utation is as dear to HE as any de-
sire OF my president is dear to him
have been proclaiming the gospel
OF free democracy ever since | was
a boy. Shall | now turn traitor to
my own gospel and give my vote to
men whose hands are tied by cor
poratlon strings, simply because my
president asks me to do so? Shall |
endorse the partisan plea of my
president, and by such endorsement
put forth the claim that my repub-
lcan neighbors are less loyal thin
my democratic ne gnbors? Shall |
cast my vote next Tuesday for GER
tain democratic candidates for high
Office whom | positively know to be
welded to the great special interests
and whom | positively know to be
as much the tools of Arthur Mullen
as my own pocket-knife is my own
piece of machinery?
Il shall cast my vote next Tues
day for all democratic nominees
whose hands are not tied by cor
poration strings. shall not vote
for any candidate for the United
States senate, for congress, for
state Office, nor for any legislative
candidate whom | know to be a tool
Of the corporations, even though
my president, eviIly advised by dem
ocratic agents of evil in Nebraska,
SHALL ask me to do so. / love Pres
ident Wilson. and so | dare not cast
vote which might send two Hitch
cocks to the United States senate.
Two wears ago President Wilson ap-
roa,ed to me to support Senator
Hitchcock, who had agreed to sup
port President Wilson in all things.
Men have wondered why | gave my
support to Senator Hitchcock two
years ago, knowing as | did his
crooked record. At that time |
publicly stated that. | supported
Hitchcock because President Wilson
had asked all Nebyaskans to sup
port the unclean senator. did a
wicked thing when | helped to elect
Hitchcock. who has been the mean
est enemy President Wilson ever
had, or has today. President Will
son made a mistake two years ago
when he asked Nebraskans to vote
for the snakeyl Hitchcock. Presi-
dent Wilson makes mistake today
when he asks Nebraskans to vote
for the unclean Morehead, or for
any democratic candidate for con-
gressional, state or legislative office,
il the candidates hands are known
to be tied by corporation strings.
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81 cali upon all free democrats in
Nebraska to be loyal to our coun-
try, to our president, to the true
principles of the democratic party,
and to themselves, and they can best
prove their loyalty next Tuesday
by voting against every democratic
candidate, high or low, who is under
obedience to the Mullen-Hitchcock-
Gooch machine. 1t will not do any
good to break few spokes in the
wheels of the machine. The duty of
free democrats next Tuesday will be
to smash the whole wagon"