The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-01
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4 candid aud dispassionaio
summing mp Of the senatorial and
go,efnorsIip campaigns ~ Me-
| hrnska has been made by VI. y,
/ brown. editor Of the keariiey
/ daily Hub. His approval ~ How.
/ I'll aud Randall i, especially inter.
esiing IN view 81 the fact that
I IIlteheoek's paper has distorted
Z Mr. Browns position aud writ
I iDgs and claimed that this veteran
editor was IN revolt against The
leading republican candidates, Wiz.
| Browns editorial. entitled. BE
hind the Smoke Screen" follows
Notwithstanding the yolumInous
smoke screen that Is being thrown up
by the political Batteries IN the Ne
braska campaign Il is still possible 70
distinguish somnwh8t the merits Of
the actual issues and vital things that
lie principal candidate stand for, s..
r.. the republican and democratic can.
didatos Tor United Statea senator and
for governor ~ Nebraska a vast
volume " buncombe haH been dis.
rharged during tho campaign, While
the most vital thlrgb hngo been light
iy touched upon.
4 change II sentiment regarding
United SAtoH senator has been De.
volppinR during the past month,
Previous 10 tho middle of Septeulhcr
h was freely predicted that Gilbert NJ,
Hitchcock would be reelected by u
considerable minority and by votes
~ republicans who were not tYmpb
ihetlo toward 4. y. Howell. Demo.
cratic misrepresentation ~ nation
vide drhution and slump IN aRfienl'
Mtal property, OF repeated w Mi
Hitchcock, has been Ills undoinR, nud
continued rclterati0n that these eYil
effects were produced by republican
manipulation ~ the tedcrl reserve
system has caused q capitalization ~
republican sentiment around Mi How
ell A the campaign has progressed
IL has appeared more certain thu
Mr. llitchCock FtHGds hitcbed 10 tho
spot whore Wilson stepped out aud
IlDrdiuR stepped IN, aud that he las
been content mostly 70 critieiAo re-
publican administration instead ~ be
Ing "a constructive servant or the
state. without his own knowledge
he has driftod 20 the parting Of the
wHyF' ana " not npare Of the pty'
Geological change separating the old
Hud the new er1h
There are Thousands ~ good and
honest republicans who have no, Cd.
nlreJ Il. -. Howell for one or ans
other reason, and who were not de-
posed 10 vote for him two months
ago, who have come TO consider hin
the better senatorial prospect because
he represents tho new era and stands
for Tie dominant and vital things that
mGgt engage the attention ~ the ma
tional SENATE and house during the
coming feW Veare. His position "a
toflng the farm bloc and Voiciug %.
position % the IscbCumulins laW and
70 existing high railroad rates, haze
him amazingly both iu
country, tom and city. Personal I'd.
may not have been n.
creased but approval Of hls position
W most public nJ1tters has reacted IN
his favor, 80 that at the present time
indications point 10 bis election b.
very omphdtic minority.
4 parallel exists between Hitchcock
for the scnatc and G. W. Bryan Tor
governor Mr.. Bryan entered the
~ "h1pds down" winner,
Before its close he has talked himself
oul OF ihoiiFand7 o' yotes ~ tne recb'
lessness 81 ms astertiohs topchlns tn'
taflh ana d.uhtiop, ana ~ me ~
accuracy OF ms COMPANIONS OF Hthte
th&eF' MI Bryan has peeh afaluft
ne code not NJ . perNersipil OF con
-lllntlollal government, pun ~ respoH
sIble stoE"tnef Tor thleh tahes' "
Iouptedly u mas bdheh rev cehts 10
me suite teNy' but by Itself mas not
been uhduly Oppressive as TAX eatef.
mere are tund1lnehtiI reasons WY
ne code sho9li DE "Iped out, put he