Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-27
BEACH DECLARES
COMMITTEE FOR
ENTIRE TICKET
Republican State Chairman
in Statement SqueIches
RumorS That Some Are
Favored Above Others.
From a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, sept. IO.-( SpeCldl.)-
Communications to republican state
headquarters relative to the atti-
tude OF the state committee toward
the candidacy of George w. Norris
has led f. D. Beach, chairman OF
the state committee to make the fol-
lowing statement:
Il do not know why anyone
j, should be at all worried over what
the republican. state committee is
doing regarding candidates nomin-
ated at the late primary. The state
committee is not a personal cam
paign committee. The republican
voters of the state have made their
choice through the primary and it
Is the duty OF the state committee
80 bend every energy toward the
election of every man Upon the
ticket from the United States sena-
tor down to the bottom and the
committee is so doing
.,..- All Behind President.
"There is something to be thought
of besides personal matters in this
campaign. The war must be won
in a way that will bring glory to
America and its allies. Every man
upon the republican ticket from top
to bottom is heartily behind tn.
president in the prosecution of the
war and will give him their support,
whether he be elected as a United
States senator, congressman, a
governor, or any other Office on the
! republican state ticket.
Democrats in congress have said
that the republicans in congress
have been more strongly behind
President Wilson in his war plans
than have the members of the demo-
cratic party, and the records of con-
gress so disclose. Robbing the po-
litical grave yard to get issues has
never been a republican program,
and will not be at this time, though
the democrats appear to be doing so,
although they are compelled to pick
the particular portion of the political
cemetery where their own issues are
not buried.
What President Thinks.
Perhaps our democratic governor,
who is charging in his speeches that
the election of republicans will be
evidence to Germany that President
Wilson has been discredited,' has
not heard that the president, no mat
ter what he may say politically, be-
lieves down in his heart that re-
publicans are very essential to the
successful prosecution of the war,
for did he not appoint Garfield, a
republican, at the head Of the coal
administration? Did he not appoint
Hoover, a republican, at the head
of the food administration? Did he
not appoint Hughes, a republican,
his recent antagonist for the presi-
dency, at the head of the aircraft
Investigation?
- did he not appoint Mr.. Taft, a
republican, who ran against him the
first time for the presidency, chair
man of the war labor board? Did
he not put Mr.. Schwab, a republi-
can, at the head of the emergency
feet building board and Mr.. Van
derlip, another republican, in charge
of the war savings stamp sales?
And if recognition of republicans
was pleasing to the kaiser, why
when it came to appointing officials
in Nebraska on the war program,
did he appoint John l.. Kennedy, a
republican, coal administrator and
Mr.. Wattles, another republican
food administrator, two of the most
important places in Nebraska, in
connection with war activities?
with this picture before US, the
republican state committee is en-
deavoring to elect men who will be
behind the president and to that
end is giving its activities toward
the election of the entire ticket"