The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-07-13
Rift J ars.
Harmony Of.
Democrats.
Buffers Friends Score wet.
Dry" Combine of Hitchcock.
Bryan-Cite Ingrati.
tude of Politics.
Letter Causes Furore
BY PAUL GREER.

some outstatc editor indites para
graph on the ingratitude of politics.
Dan b. Butler, he points out, started
a municipal coal yard in Omaha and
then showed Charles w. Bryan, who
is a city commissioner in Lincoln,
how to operate one there. Instead
of pulling his coal wagon over to
the side OF the road and letting Mr..
Butler drive on toward the governor
ship. Mr.. Bryan whipped up his own
team and hogged the road.
Mr.. Butler sits in his office in the
city hall reading indignant letters and
kilograms, and answering telephone
calls from sympathetic and angry
supporters and receiving visitors, all
OF whom wish to discuss the subject
of democratic harmony. All because
of the efforts to unite wet and dry
democrats in a drive to elect Hitch
cock senator and Bryan governor.
From the way people talk out in
the state. Hitchcock is hurting HIM
self" Mr.. Butler said. IF he is
not tied up with Bryan he ought
to issue statement to THAT effect
over his own signature"
Denies Report.
Those harmony clubs that are an
nounced in so many towns, have
drawn up slate which does not in
clude Mr.. Butler. His friends say
that several men whose names were
given as attending the harmony. club
meeting in Omaha were not present
and do not approve of the plan. Peter
Stafford. democratic leader Of Nor
folk, has telegraphed Mr.. Butler that
in spite Of the announcement in Sem
ator Hitchcocks paper of a meeting.
no harmony club was organized
there. ~
'If the leaders are to get together
and pick candidates, let's go back
TO the convention system" Mr.. But
xr suggests. "The people Of Ne
braska are able to think for them
selves, and do not need Hitchcock or
Bryan to make up their minds for
them. This so-called harmony move
ment is in violation of the whole spir-
it of the primary system. In one
breath Bryan praises the primary
while in the next he violates it."
81 haven't said anything against
Hitchcock--as yet, but from the way
people talk. he is hurting himself"
Explains Stand.
Details such as these should not
be allowed to de,ract attention from
Mr.. Buffers platform. Reminded OF
this. he readily explained his stand. /
THE first thing l will do if elected
governor is to repeal the code bill"
he said. I'VE have to reduce taxes,
and one way to do this is to FIRE
useless secretaries and clerks and
abolish a lot of the boards and
bureaus" ..-
Mr.. Butler spoke of the fact that
sometimca two or more inspectors
travelled over, the same routes, on
different errands. Ie has the idea
that their duties might we'll be COM
bined. The possibilities of a situa-
ton in which school inspector would
also examine the scales of the local
elevator, check up the state bank.
and act as hotel, dairy, food and
road inspector come to mind, but
one does not interrupt Mr.. Butler.
"The next things I would d." he
continues, "is to abolish Gus Hyers'
tribunal. Let the local authorities
enforce the law. That's what they
are paid for. The people could save
100000 by eliminating the state
sheriff"
Expects 2 to 1 Vote.
Quite generally about Nebraska
wet democrats incline toward Dan
Butler for governor. He has other
strength, of course, and he expects
to poll two-to-one vote over his
opponents in the party primary. In
Fillmore county, for instance, there
is strong sentiment for him among
the democrats. "Bat" Koehler, well
known as Hitchcock leader, takes
the position that there can really be
no truth in the reported Bryan alli-
ance, and he is for Butler. A major
ity Of $500 in Platte county is pre-
dicted by Mn Butler in answer to
the recent Harmony club meeting |
that left him off the slate. !
"As far as the wet and dry issue
is concerned, that is settled" Mr..
Butler said yesterday. Il am for
strict enforcement of the law. When
the women voters asked me about
this. I told them the matter OF any
modification was up to the leg'sla-
ture. l would be fool and untt
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