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OMAHA, AVKDN'KSDAY MOKNIMJ, OCTmiKIl '.'(. JJHU-TWKLVK PAdl.S.
SINULK COPY TWO CENTS.
Omaha
AIDRTC1I TALKS
TO BUSINESSMEN
Republican Candidate for Governor
Addi esses Large Crowd at the
Commercial Club.
GREETED WITH LOUD APPVVSE
Gives Views on Reciprocal Re's
of Omaha and State.
MEETS LEADERS OF ALL LLY
r
-j
Wakes Up South Omaha with Roml'
ing Speeches Monday.
MAKES MORE SPEECHES AT NIGHT
Tkrrr lretlaa Are Uriel Dorlui the
Ocnlaa; In Different fertlona of
Omaha, When Other Candl
dates Made Vpreches.
Three hundred Omaha business men
cheered Chester H. Aldrlch to the echo
during and at the end of bl address at the
Commercial club Wednesday noon. On
thee men on all other Omahans whom
he has nddressevl the republican candidate
fir governor made a remarkably aucceasful
Impression.
"VS do not want unv corporation to run
our state," cried Mr. Aldiiclt In the con
cluding part of his speech. "We have no
right to let a brewer fleet our governor,
nor railroad, nor shall any other cor
poration nay who shall go to congress.
For more than 100 yesr the American peo
ple have been fightlinj to run their own
affairs and we are now on too high a level
of Intelligence to go back to frontier clays
whn might made right The t ix-shootcr
no longer counts for much In our dvilUit
ilon." Denying the libel that In; Is not vitally
Interested In the wcllfare of Omaha. Sir.
Aldrlch said:
"When anyone tells you that 1 would dig;
a ditch and nhoot the Missouri river around
ro aa to cut off Omaha from Nebraska, you I
Just tell him he lies. I might say Talso'
instead of 'lies', but the short Anglo-Saxon
word more accurately describes such a
statement. .
I am a part and parcel of Nebraska.
I havn a w ife and four robust hoys down
at DaYld Cltv and 310 acres of land, some 1
thoroughbred stock and a thoroughbred .
horse. I am Interested In your markets j
i.arv hecaiiSM I have seven loads of stock
ftedlna on niy farm which 1 Intend to sldp
;nto (iooili (nnuha before January 1. for I
am goinit to clean up preparatory to re
moving to Lincoln temporarily for four
ear."
Omaha and rbravskn. '
Mr. Aldrlch discunred at length the rc
riprocal blndlnu up of tlie pronperlty of
Omaha Hd tbo
.liwrity of the rest of ;
.Nebrankn.- lie -did pot attempt to flatter champion pugilist, in a five-mile auton.o
l.is auditors by direct reference to their wl, rB hera mn aflernoon. oidfield won
pa.t In the commensal auccesa and u- the flrBl .. hoI,, nt t.
preniucy of ttmaha and the state, and If
ho :-o' an thing along thla lino It was
suggestion and indirection, and accordingly
Ihu move effective.
His main theme was that the wellfare of
Nebraska is not and cannot ba bound up In
"one little Idea."
"Versatility of ideas." said the speaker,
"Is wliu t lias made the American people
Kreat. We are not, never have bucn a' peo
ple of one Idea, and that Is why we have
been successful, for with our varied Ideas
we Jiavo coupled practical application. Ver
satility ot ldcrfi la assentlal to our govern
ment. We can't take care of just one little
.Ura alone, of one little Idea that repre
ehta at the utmost only 2 per cent of Die
Hate's total wealth.
"Hearch the tombs of dead nations and
you will see that concentration upon one
iinglu Idea was what killed these nations,
.trad the pataa of the dead Hellas. What
s left of the glory that was Greece? A
!ittl architecture and a little oratory. Or
consider the grandeur that was Koine. The
inperlHl civilisation centered upon martial
supremacy and upon Jurisprudence and
that 1 lust what the Kternal City has
bequeathed us. Its civilisation failed and
Koine fell because of lack of versatility of
tdeus, bemuse of a failure to bultlvalu
i. tiier essentials of government . and true
civilisation. All the men in our state must
bo taken care of. The 2S.uu0.iMi bushels
of corn which lie upon our plains must be
Vatrlcd to this great market here In such
a way that the farmer will be left a reason
able profit and the common carrier must
be left its fair profit. It is tills raw nia
leiial coming through this gateway which
ha- made Omaha a ureal commercial and
indUHtilai center. Whatever means the
prosperity of uc out on the. plains will be
leflecwd In this great co.-mopolitun com
munity. '
Will Ka force the Laws.
"When I come to direct the enforcement
of the laws and to supervise as governor
me relation between the farmer and the
common carrier 1 shall see to It that t tie
laws are enforced straight to toe end, so
that futr relations between these two ele
ments shall exist and that between these
two there shall ba an economy of relation,
so that botfl sall prosper fairly and fully."
.Mr. Ald'l'h then dlscuased Ui Uws
enacted by the republican legislature in
I. JT. providing for such relations between
carriers and shippers He was. by the
way. the author of the must Important of
tlute. Oli'ju.-lnii (lie law which reduced
fie, got rati ii ei tent In Nebraska and
which has been in lore eer s.nce Mr.
Aldtich wi-ote and the legislature passed
it the speaker a;d;
If for this 1 am declared to be vue
il' would t",r up lailruad trucks and
.nk all piofpcrriy, why tin it 1 am in
n.Clity goml euinpan fur 1 a.m In company
( til ktiprnua court of the. I 'titled State
n i ate reduction !'
Mr. Aldrii'h was Jitiodjced by Howard
II. Italdiig of the exec utive commutes of
lm 'niiiiiwti mi ch'b The doors were
.lirown open so as lo include all the main
room and all tlie "JX) rtierf present 'heard the
ddra. Applause was inure euthuHiaivtic
i:d vociferous than the Commercial club
'.. known id 'a long-, long time.
AVIATOR KILLED BY A FALL
Urltst Car Bearing l.lenieaant Mtt
lam Twrtl la th Air at
. lUaadshara.
M.VI'.II.iU K'J,' nuseia. Oct. :i Lieu
tenant Mont ell lAiih a -.Vrlght aeroplane
tod.cy and was killed. The airman was
li.un'iig to the 'firth when he Mailed lus
ncaitor. The strain caused the machine to
tuiu lurll. It crashed to Die grciind,
caioiiiK Die lieutenant beneith It. The
fcciv!'l,u u uihcd to bila.
Cotton Market
Thrown in Panic
by Census Report
Prices Rise Rapidly at New Orleans
When Figures Showing Short
Crop Are Given Out.
MOW OHLKANS. Oct. 25 The cotton
market hi thrown Into a penlc of buying
on the opening this morning by the census
bureau figure on ((inning up to October W.
Prices rose H to 20 points on the first call
and the advance was widened to 21 to 25
joints lu the early trading. The market
tod a re port of 6.(W).ono bales, but the
n"U bureau put the amount Kinned at
y B.4I0.W0 bales, against S.BW.W7 a year
and C.r.KS.bSS two years ago.
-V I'OHK, Oct. 2.J. The census icporl.
f-TTiowing only S,4100n0 bales ot cotton
Kinned to October IK this year, against
o.r30.000 bales last season, started a fresh
buying movement In the cotton market
today and prices shot up In a sensational
mariner on a revival of bull support and
In avy outside demand.
The market oixned at an advance of i
to !ia points, and before midday was selling
anywhere from 47 to 51 points above the
closing figures of yesterday, with Decem-h-r
contracts showing an advance of about
12.50 per bale above the low level of yester
day. '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The census
bureau's report on cotton, Issued at 10
o'clock this morning, shows 5.410,9(10 bales,
counting; round as half bales, were tinned
to October IS from the growth of 1010,
compared with 5..".:i0,'jcr7 for WW; ti.2M.bi6 for
1H"S. and 4,420,rs for 1!D7 to the correspond
ing date.
Hound bales Included this year are 6.1.105,
compared with W.7I6 for liKW. lls.70 for V.m
and 'J7.!."7 for 19"7.
Sea Island cotton ginned this year was
i!5.3-'4 hales, compared with .Tii.4s;I for
32.013 for 190K and 1N.775 for l'"07.
D0LLIVER LEAVES NO WILL
I. ate Senator's Widow Files Bond and
Asks to He Appointed Admin.
Utratrlx.
FORT li(lC,K. la.. Oct. 2j.-. Special
Telegram.) Not a scrap of paper has been
found to Indicate that d' ath was antici
pated or contemplation made of the dis
position of his property by the late Senator
J. P. Dolilver. In the absence of a will
his widow today asked for the appoint
ment as administratrix and filed the
-4 n00 bond demanded by law as twice the
arm,lnt of Personal property. A statement
of ,h rBl an'' Personal property must
be "led within thirty daya.
0LDFIELD DEFEATS JOHNSON
tolored I'aalllst Loses Five-Mile
Antontoblle It ace In Ntralaht
Heats.
PHKEPBHICAD BAV, Oct. a.-lturney
. .muem, mo auiomonne. onver. euniiv
.1 j n i j . i ... .
f,i j-,.k jlh-,
- - aiiAniiiK
a intra neat unnecessary
heat, 4 minutes 44 seconds
minutes 14i seconds.
Time: First
second heat, 5
In a one-mile exhibition race with a fly
ing start Oidfield, with Die Ulitzen Ben'i.
covered the mile In 4t seconds.
GREEK ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED
Present Ministry Items Ins In Tower
Fradlnar fcloctlons In De
cern be r.
WASHINGTON', Oct. K.-A dispatch to
the state department lute today from
United States Minister Moses at Athens
stated that the king of Greece had signed
a decree dissolving Did national assembly.
The dispatch stated Dial the present gov
ernment would remain In power pending
tbo new elections In December. Tho dis
patch was dated 2 p. m. today.
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Chairman llaseartter tails Body To-
ether for Thursday Evening
f This Week.
IJNCOLN, Oct. 2i.-(Special.)-The re
publican slate committee has been called
by Chairman Husenetter to meet here
Thursday evening of thla week to take an
Inventory of the progress of the campaign
and also to dlscuja the railway commis
sionship vacancy.
New Opera House at Mitchell.
MITCHEI.U 8. U. Oct. !4.-(Speclal.)-i'lankinton's
new opera house, which has
been in the course of construction since
early In the summer, will be ready for
Die opening date, which havs been an
nounced for November 1, and 2. "The
Man on the Box" will be presented the
first night, and "Ishmuel" Die second
night. A large number of tickets at ;.
have been sold for both nights as a help
to the promoters to pay for the building.
The structure will cost about I:';,).
Will Hitchcock Put It Back?
Iluriiursli Tell the Tale.
Lincoln Star.
Hire Is the democratic candidate involved
in a scandal aroused by members of his
own party.
This charge that he borrowed state funds
from a -defaulting state treasurer is an
ugly otie. To say that Ids loan was ef
fec ted from the private funds of Kartley
four years before the defalcation of Die
latin- as treasurer . Is' nut going to fully
meet the showing made by the letters thai
have been published.
It tnuy be that Mr. Hitchcock was bor
rowing money from Hartley In tho latter
capacity as banker a:id money loaner at
Atkinson, but a contlderable portion ot
i the voting population Is going to diaw the
I worst conclusion possible from Die facts,
j Mr. Hitchcock declares that he repaid that
' loan dollar for dollar, but unfurtunatelv
piodnies no documentary evidence to
show It. ,
In relation to tlw other noie il develops
lhat Hitchcock borrowed money from au
Omaha bank, giving a sue end mortgage
upon properly as security. One is led lo
draw the conclusion that Hartley was. as
state treasurer, a depositor In that bank
I In due time the first mortgage on the prop-
ert was fuioclo&ed, Whereby the second
mortgage, collateral for Hitcl. cock's note,
was rendered valueless.
After tt had become outlawed it was ac
quit vd by Bartley, who soughl to collect
DISMISS SCHOOL
TO SEEJOOSTEKS
Elkhorn. Valley Long Receiving Line
to Welcome Business Men of
Omaha Commercial Club.
YOUNGSTERS WANT SHEEP BELLS
Omaha Literature Also in Great
Demand by Citizens.
ELGIN TO FREMONT DURING DAY
Fine Reception Given in the County
Seat of Dodge.
NEWMANS GROVE 0UTn0ES ALL
j
Whole Town Transformed Inlo Ver
itable Conntr Fair and Harvest
Products Adorn Lawn and
Steeple Everywhere.
FKKMOXT. Neb.. Oct. Z.l.-t Special Tele
gram.) Thrre has been no school in the
broad and rich Elkhorn valley today. Hoys
and girls have been turned loose, back in
tho village streets once mote to learn a
lesson in commerce and trade.
The Omaha trade excursion made a va
cation for more than 3,000 children, public
schools In almost every city having been
dismissed to greet the PA business men.
That these children were dismissed for the
purpose of learning something about how
the great world does business as well as for
their pleasure was shown by the fact that
cany school teachers camo to the train to
get supplies of literature, especially Omaha
booklets, that they might take them to tho
school room and use them In their classes.
Tho booklets ire a comprehensive lesson
about the metropolis of the state, which
many a yonngs'er who waved a flag today
will help run In the future. The unexpected
number of school children has reduced the
supply of advertising matter fully one
fourth. f thousand sheep bells were given
away and Just at dusk the railroad officials
pointed out a farm house where they have
two pet sheep.
"Welcome to the Greater Omaha; Get
There With Your Census" was the greeting:
on a big banner at Dodge.
Fremont's Evening; Parade.
Arriving In Fremont shortly after 0
o'clock this evening, the entire purty
marched through the main streets carrying
red fire torches. It made an Imposing spec
tacle. After the march the party took din
ner on the train to return to the Klks',
Commercial and Kagles' clubs for the even
ing, the train leaving at 10 o'clock over the
Northwestern for Stanton.
More than a score of automobiles deco
rated with corn, forty-seven wagon loads of
corn In tho ear. hogs filled with Nebraska
wealth, hay racks of alfalfa and.grcnt piles
of Kiaiu In aacks givuted the Uwostcr ut
Newnuin Grove. The two uncs of visitors
marched down Die main atrcet on either
Hido of which bushel baskets of potuloes
and apples were lined up on Die curb every
fifteen feet apart. It looked like a great
fall festival, as tho Ak-Sar-Bcn colors
waved across each street Intersection and
surrounded a huge welcome banner. To add
to the welcome every man and woman
wore a badge saying: "Omaha Boosters'
Day, October 1ft. 1U10."
"We all boost for Omaha. We boost with
corn. We buost with wheat. M'o boost
with ots. We boost with alfalfa. We boost
with hogs and cattle. We boost with l.oOO
boosters."
en man's Grove Makes Hit.
In all the thirty-seven trade excursions
which Omaha has made to all parts of t"e
western I'nited States, nothing neurer a
county faif wua ever put on In the streets
than In Newman Grove, and the one big
surprise and Innovation wua to see the
yards of residences decorated In honor of
the visitors.
Great shack of golden corn tied with
red bunting and surrounded by yellow
pumpkins constituted the official decora
tion. These remarkable "decorations were
numerous, the first big home on the corner,
that of Dr. Frlck, had several shocks of
corn and half a hundred yellow pumpkins
piled In the front yard, while thep orchea
were hung with corn In the husk.
leaving the little city of Newman'a
Grove was bard work. A husky farmer
stood on a rack containing three tons of
alfalfa and shouted "What's tho matter
Willi Omaha'."' At least a thousand
thrtul8 answered "They're all riyht!"
MadiMun county apples were then dia
tribnted liberally and the party left with
a lusty chwr for Newman's Grove.
In proportion to its size Mndsey did the
same thing, minus the vinioue. features in
decoration for which Newman's Grove has
so far beat them all. Leaving Lindsey and
Newman's Grove, farmers In their corn
decorated automobiles raced along beside
the train, making Northwestern officials
(Continued on Second Page.)
It upon an assurance that It represented an
Investment of his private funds. Although
he claims It was outlawed, Hitchcock now
declares that he settled with Rartlev
through the good offices of R. L. Metcalfe.
Etulunatlun Doesn't Ksnlalu.
North Platte Tribune.
Edgar Howard has "made good" In his
chargo against G. M. Hitchcock, demo
cratic candidate for I'nited States sena
tor. In fc'aturday's Bee Howard publishes
a fac simile of a letter written by Hitch
Cock lo Bu.-tley, 1n wiiich he aska for an
extension of time on five . notes aggre
gating 11.000. ' This Is incinev iritel..ru.k
burrowed of Hartley as state treasurer
and not of Hartley as an individual.
l:en H. L. Ooold of Ofcallala was a can
didate for regent of the university, Hitch
cock. Duough the World-Herald, de
manded Diat he. Goold, withdraw because
the bank, of which Goold was the head.1
had part of Die Bartley money, and
Goold, for the good of the party, with-!
drew. If Goold was guilty of misconduct I
then, the same applies to Mr. Hitchcock :
today. Notwithstanding Mr. IIltchcock'4 1
"explanation," there ia room to cjusllon
Die action of a democratic editor borrow- j
lug money from a republican stale trea-'
urer. It will alfO be etnenibered thai
al the time Gc.it-nor Savage parduiiJ '
Hartley po criticism waa mad by U. ;
World-Herald j
l"'w ' 1 m f
From the Cleveland l'laln Dealer.
COLONEL CAMPAIGNS IN RAIN
Roosevelt Renews Charge of Deaf Be-.-
tween Wall Sistatand Tammany
ANSWER -TO JOHN
DIX
Candidate Denial of Interest lu
Wall 'Paper Combine Brings
Further Fnets from '
II ecord.
PF.NN VAN, X. V.. Oct. 25. The second
day of Colonel Theodore Koocvelt's cam
paign In New York state began with a
drizzling rain which threatened to Inter
fere with a number of open air rallies.
Colonel Roosevelt early today reached
Penn Tan from illuKamton. where he
spoke lest night. His first campaign speech
of the day was delivered in a theater here.
The remainder of the schedule calls for
speeches In Canandalgua, Geneva, Water
loo, Seneca Falls und Auburn during the
day and at Syracuse tonight.
Colonel Hoosevult Is to take dinner in
Syracuse with Francis J. Hendricks, the
"old guard" leader of Onondaga county.
The opera house vat crowded with peo
pie to listen to Colonel Roosevelt's speech
He reiterated his charge that Wall street
and Tammany hall had "struck hands,"
and referred again to the circulars which
he said the campaign committee of Tam
many hall wag lending out.
"The circular says It wlil require a large
amount of money to defeat the Roose
velt policies."
"That Is quite right. Tammany hall has
been betrayed Into a momentary lapse of
truthfulness. The policies for which I
have worked cannot bp defeated on their
merits and they ran be defeated only by
the liberal use of money."
CANANDA IGUA. N. Y., Oct. 2o.-The con
troversy between Theodore Roosevelt and
John A. Dix, democratic nominee for gov
ernor, waa carried forward another step to
day by Colonel Roosevelt In his speech
here.
The colonel replied to Mr. Dix's denial
(Continued on Second Itige.)
n.v.. . t 'iW '. .
-.!..-. t !:tt
Vo.iv. I .,4 ttij
. f - I re- Cicvuvly- n Cir?1. bit
a( xcy
Wanted A Boost
Smaller Cities
Grow Rapidly,
, Figures-Show
Average for Those Under Hundred
Thousand Nine Per Cent Above
Those Under This Mark.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2o. In addition to
the cities, the census recapitulation bulletin
Issued today gives the names of states for
which the census returns have been pub
lished up to October 20. They were Rhode
l.sluud, Michigan, Missouri, NeW Mexico,
Delaware, Vermont and Massachusetts.
The aggregate population for these seven
states was lOSliS.i', an Increase of 14. S
per cent, as against an Increase of 18.4
per cent during the decade lS'JO to l'JOQ.
Forty-threw cities of more than lcs.000
populut on and 159 cities of between 2f,000
unci loo.ouo are given. Commenting upon
the facts presented the bulletin says:
"With the data for both groups of cities
approaching completeness. It Is noticeable
that the smaller cities, as a group, seemed
to have maintained during the decade ot
10OO to 11(10 a rate of growth considerably
above that ma'ntained by the larr.er cities,
the rale for the aggregate population of
the smaller cities being 119.3 per cent and
that for tho larger M.I per cent.
"There was no such contrast In the de
cade IKK) to TWO, durins which the Increase
of the smaller cities in Die aggregate was
33 2 per cent and the larger 1C1 per cent.
"The returns for all the cities which In
1000 were in tho 100,00 class have been re
ceived except from Los Angeles ami Snn
Francisco and Minneapolis and Momphlv
Seattle. Wash., which will go Inlo the
lOO.OoO class, had not reached thab fipure
ten years ago."
Dry Flection Mttht In ew York.
NKW YORK, Oct. 23. Flection night will
be "dry" after the regular closing hours
More than 300 applications for a.ll night
licenses to hotels and restaurants were
received by Mayor Gaynor today, but he
announced that all such requests would be
ref used.
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MISS LEXEVE IS NOT CUILTY
Companion of Murderer Acquitted of
f, .Charge of Accessory After,Factr Al
TRIAL LASIS BUI A FEW tfoURS
Conrt nooni Is. Crowded w ith Women
and Lawyers When t'nse Is Culled
Much .Manifested "ym
pnthv for Defendant.
, LONDON, Oct. 26. After a trial lasting
but a few hours. In the new Bailey crimi
nal court today a Jury found Ethel Clare
Lcneve not guilty as an accessory aftnr
the fact in the "murder of Cora Belle Crip
pen, for whoio deatli the latter'B husband,
Dr. Crlppen, will die on the gallows on
November 8.
Miss Lencve was in love with Dr. Crip
pen and slept In his house within forty
eight hours of the Dnin Hie doctor inur
d' red his wife and buried Die dismembered
parts in th celia;- of his lllllcirop Crescent
home, flie accompanied Crlppen In his
flight to Canada, and with him was ar
rested, and Indicted.
. From the first she had maintained inno
cence of any knowledge of the crime, but
the crown alleged that her behavior sub.
sequent to the disappearance of Mrs. Crlp
pen, or Belle Klmoro as she was known
on the stage, was such as to bclray a
guilty knowledge of the murder.
When arraigned today, Miss Leneve
pleaded not guilty, and witnesses were in
troduced by the prosecution to show that
she had experience ierlods of great mental
distress, following Hello Elmore's deatli.
The crow n pivscutur. . Richard Mulr, Intro
duced only such evideiiee as had been
brought out lu the curlier hearings.
Miss Luicvcb counsel, Frederick K.
Smith. M. P., asked the jury to bear In
mind that his client had been under Die
Influence of Crlppen, one of the most dan
gerous criminals of recent years, slnoe she
was hi years of age. This, he asserted,
accounted for her flight In the doctor's
company. There was no proof that she had
knowledge of the crime. Counsel said that
(Continued on Second Page.)
Wf.H.D (.I 1,1 INC . . : '
7
HIDDEN HANDNOW
HITS HITCHCOCK
Echo of Nine Years Ago Resounds ia
the Ears of the Late Fartner of
Joe Bartley.
ASSAULT ON STUOT.R COMES HOME
Question Asked Then Gets Its Loud
Answer Today.
PART OF TREASURY SHORTAGE
Money Borrowed from Bartley and
Not Paid Back.
WILL HE LET METCALFE TALK
i
Friend of I, alter at Lincoln Hope
His lips Will lie I naenled to
Tell Ills trrilon of the
He I.
fKrom a Htaff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Oct. 2;i.-iHieclal.)-Gilliert M.
Hitchcock, deiuO'-ratlc nomltieo for I'nited
States senator, and former partner of
Joseph Bartley In the state treasury
shortage, through lit World-Herald ad
vertised for Information some nine years
ago and he Is just now getting his answer.
At that time Mr. Hitchcock was asking
Stale Treasurer Stuef"r where some tWT.O'Xt
state money was deposited or who had It.
Just why he wanted to know where that I'lg
slice of money was located was not as
plain then as II is since it has become
known that he was n borrower from a
former state treasurer. The peopln then
had an idea Mr. Hitchcock was doing his
duty as the editor of a newspaper to get
information for the public.
In the Issue of the World-1 Icrald October
I. 1:k1. there) appeals a cartoon. This
pictures Plata Treasurer rjtucfel' with throo
cards, two aces and a Joker, in one hand
held before him and with one hand held
behind liini. On
Din three cards In view
ur printed: "Total on
"Total in depository
On the Joker Is this:
, these statements
hand, in.'.!) ill. i:t."
banks. J:Si;,.4IK.i:i."
"Never mind about Die balan;o of $Jii7.6"4.
I've got that put away.'" Beneath the
cartoon is this line: "Lot a see the other
hand, Mr. Plucfer."
MV. Hitchcock hud to wait nine years
before that other hand was exposed to
the public. And even now when he has
had nine yenrs in Which to prepare himself
for Die shock. Mr. Hitchcock was not
! ready. Tho hidden hand Just now ex
j posed shows that when he made his at-
tacKS on iVir. mucier, ivir. iincncoes; was
enjoying the fruits of Joseph 8. Bartlcy's
shortage.
What Illtehrork Wanted to Know.
In the same Ihhuo ot tho World-Herald
Mr. Hitchcock said boinc things whicn
will be remembered by many good cltliicp
ajui which la tint out of pla.co.at IhU
time utid- in' this ca1hyoi(fn.'''i.o,d: - !
"Still any fair man deny that Die! rt
publican state treasuei litis Insulted tho
people of this state by a atatement which
protends to tell them where the public
funds are deposited, and jet falls to dl.
cIohc the whereabouts of more than $2.M),l0'.'
"Mr. Stueffer would better have re
frained from making any statement at all.
11 han confirmed the suspicion enter
tained by h very largo number of people
that tlie republican stuto treasurer does
not take the people Into his confidence."
"Suppose Joe Hartley had taken tho
IeopIc into ills confidence when lie waa
convicted," faid a statu house inun today,
"where would Gilbert M. I'tchcock be
now'.' Would he be running for acnator?
Would he have been nominated by tho
democrats'.'"
October 5, l'XU. the World-Herald con
tained an editorial, a portion of which
follows:
"When Joseph S. Bartley retired from
Die . office of state treasurer the hooks
showed 'n balance on hand' of Illii.OW.
But the moncv) was unaccounted for. The
people of Nebraska have hud sufficient
experience with the 'balance on hand'
proposition. They want to know when
their money Is deposited."
I-afar Howard exposed the "hidden
hai.u" of the Hartley administration. It
was tho hand of Gilbert M. Hitchcock
And it still clutches the roll It got fruit
Joseph 8. Bartley.
V hut Counts oit.
It is the memory of the awful campaign
Mr. Hitchcock made stalnst another Hart
ley beneficiary like himself, that Is caus
ing much of Die condemnation of Mr.
Hitchcock; It Is the fact that ho has not
yet paid back to Hartley the money ho
borrowed that Is causing such widespread
distrust of Hilchrock; It is the fact Diat,
though aule to puy, he took advantage of
the statute of limitation, which run while
his benefactor was in prison and repudi
ated his debt to a needy man, that Is
turning a stale against him; It Is the fact
that he called his benefactor a black
mailer and published an untrue defence
of his action, as well as the fa.et that ha
was the beneficiary of a treasury short
age, that is causing many honest men to
turn from htm as a thing unclean. And It
Is bis treatment of Richard L. Metcalfte
lhat la filling friends of Die assoclat
editor of the Commoner with Indignation.
First, Hitchcock tried to make Metcalfe
I me scapegoui ana lay all the blame of his
connection with the treasury shorluge at
the door of Die Commoner associate editor.
Next he quoted Metcalfe to show that he,
Hitchcock, was not personally resonslble
for the savage and cold-blooded attacka on
Goold. a republican beneficiary of Die Bail
ley shortage.
As he has dragged .Mr. Metcalfe inlo tho
muss In his endeavor to gel as many people
mixed up as possible, will Mr. Hitchcock
authorize Mr. Metcalfe to give the whole
Blory to the public'.' Will Mr. Hilcheock
Invite Mr. Meir-alfe to ti ll what he knows
about Hitchcock borrowing mone y from the
stato treasurer and failing to pay It back?
Tlicso epilations have been suggested by
many p-ople around the state- house sinco
the exposure of Din Barth y-llltchcoca
pal tuersliip.
Will cr He. it.
Howexer no one here who has been asked
really believes that Mr. Hitchcock will ever
reeiuest Mr. Metcalfe to tell of Hie many
times he as an employe of Hitchcock was
sent to l'urtley with requests fe.r money or
with le-juests to get loans extended.
Mr. Hit. Iicock, knowing eif his own guilt,
refused to pe mill the democriitlo state com
mittee to allow Joseph S. Ban le y to ap
pear and answer questlnns leguidlng his
relationship witli the wualorlul candidate
lie refused to lake Ids chanees with Judi
Oldham, bis friend i.nd defender, when
Hartley offered to submit proof of Kdgaif