THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. JULY 19. 1918.
METCALFE SHIES
HAT INTO RACE
FfW FN ATM!
; Member ot state uouncn ot
Defense Tells How He
Came to Be a
Candidate. x
ri Richard L. Metcalfe, member of the
State Council of Defense and editor
of The Nebraskan, has definitely en
tered the race for the democratic sen
atorial nomination in opposition to
John H. Morehead, Willis Reed, Ed
gar Howard and W." B. Price.
; "My determination to try for the
nomination," said Mr. Metcalfe,
"came after a call had been made by
the democrats of Webster county, at
JitA Cloud, July 5. To satisfy my
self I sent a letter to 314 representa
tive democrats in every county
throughout the state, asking them
frankly their attitude toward me.
Wanted Him to Run.
' "I rece'ved 232 replies, and tabula
ted these in three columns, 'no,'
'doubtful,' 'yes. In the 'no' column
there were 43, three of whom were
for me' if I entered. In the doubtful
were 52, every one for me if I entered.
In the 'yts', column there were 137
for ne and confident of my nomina
tion, 189 favorable to me in all.
'Then the rnames -on 18 etihons
from as many counties that came in
too late for filing and the many let
ters impressing roe with the fact that
it was my. duty to run, caused me to
come to a decision, despite the fact
I was reluctant to enter a campaign
with no money to finance it.
Poor Man Cannot Run.
' "It has often been said that a poor
man could not be nominated for sen
ator in the democratic primary in
Nebraska. That is one of the points
we will have to test in the primary
campaign, and with the organization
which I know my supporters will put
up in every county in the tate I am
sure that tradition will be shat
tered." Mr. Metcalfe made known his 'de
cision to run in the following formal
letter of acceptance to, his Red Cloud
adherents:
"'Win the war, and win it in such
a way as to bring genuine peace to
the world and honor to America,' is
the all-important duty of the day.
Upon that issue and upon the ques
tions relating to it I shall make no
compromise upon the views which I
have publicly and repeatedly ex
pressed during the past two years.
Wilson the Leader.
"I recognize in Woodrow Wilson,
as president of the United States and
commander and chief of its army and
navy, a leader who is accepted among
his contemporaries as the spokesman
for and the master statesman of the
allied powers. If elected I shall give
him my unwavering support I shall
stand .by him in his declaration of the
war purpose as announced in his mes
sages generally, and particularly at
Mount Vernon on July 4t and shall
stand for the prosecution of this war
until the German military power is
forever destroyed.
"I shall support the president in
every effort to carry this war to a
successful conclusion, and to deter
mine the weighty problems involved
in the making of a world, peace. I
shall stand against any peace proposi
tion that does not mean that the Ger
man war lords must kneel in the pres
ence of civilization, and that Germany
must make to the world which it has
so grossly outraged such restitution
as lies within human power.
, Sump Out Profiteering.
"I shall do everything in my power
to do away with profiteering during
and after the war and to punish the
profiteers, who are outlaws in the
view of thinking men.
"I am for the "Americanization of
America" in all that the expressive
term implies. I am opposed to the
use of the hyphen, and hold that the
simple word, "American" is ' broad
enough to be used exclusively in the
designation of the citizens of this
country regardless of birth or descent.
"I am in favor of the German lang
uage press being required to change
to English type or go out of business
and my experience, is that the wal
fare of our country would be immeas
urably advanced if it went out of
business altogether. The recent reve
lation that the German government
actually had the audacity to buy a
New York dail, newspaper, paying
for it something more than $1,000,000,
should arouse Americans to the im
portance of dealing with German
propaganda with a firm hand.
Resents German Activities,
"I resent the continued political ac
tivities of the leaders of the German
American Alliance in this state. Al
though congress has cancelled the
charter of that institution many of
its former leaders are even now op
erating in a covert way for the elec
tion to office in both parties of men
who are fearful of their power and
are willing to seek their favor. A
decent sense of propriety ought to
convince these men of the folly of
their attempting to influence political
activity in America after the world
fcas come to understand the connec
tion of the German alliance with the
spread of German propaganda in
America designed to destroy Amer
ica's effectiveness jn protecting the
civilizations of the world."
Concluding, Mr. Metcafe says he
favors federal legislation admittting
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A Most Extraordinary Featuring ot
Navy Taffeta Dresses
to our ports only foreigners who can
be asimilated and who would give the
country their undivided allegiance.
He favors the cancellation of citizen
ship and the deportation of those con
victed of violation of sedition or
treason laws; the promotion of the
comfort and health of our soldiers
abroad; is against the breeding of
race hatred or prejudice; opposed to
organizations seeking to array class
against class and is against that dis
sention which spells destruction of
free government.
He says: "I begin this campaign
not at the behest of any clique or
faction of the party machine, but be
cause there has come a call from the
rank and file of the citizens of Ne
braska." Dean Tancock and
Dietz Left Behind
By Hospital Unit
Owing to failure to obtain the
necessary credenials in time, Dean J.
A. Tancock and Victor Dietz have
been left behind by the Nebraska base
hospital unit, which recently was or
dered from Fort Des Moines f or ac
tive service.
Dean Tancock and Dietz now are
making offerts to obtain their creden
tials and procure permission to re
join the unit in its active service
duties.
Parcels to Soldiers Can
Be Sent Only on Request
Parcels for members and individ
uals connected with the American Ex
peditionary forces in Europe, shall not
be accepted for mailing, or dispatched,
unless they contain such articles only
as,are being sent at the written re
quest of the addressee, approved by
an accredited officer of the organiza
tion with which he is connected, Post
master General Burleson has recently
ruled.
Fashionable women are de- djl
mandtng Navy Taffeta y
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Mention Sceinf it in The Boa
Soldiers' and Sailors' War
Fund Subscriptions Grow
Subscriptions to the Omah.. sol
diers and sailors war fund are com
ing in with a grand lush. The mails
have brought scores of pledges. A
number of team's are out at work also
but are not yet ready to give out their
"takings." They say, however, that
the cause appeals to practically every
body to whom it is mentioned I
the subscriptions are forthcoming in
gratifying numbers and amounts. The
object is to raise $25,000 to be used
during the year m providing tor sol
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$35.00 dresses, $17.50 $16.50 dresses, $8.25
$25.00 dresses, $12.50 $15.00 dresses, $7.50
$19.50 dresses $ 9.75 $12.50 dresses, $6.25
No alterations -All sales final.
Good Footwear at Good Savings
Pumps and Oxfords, the sort wejl-dressed
women demand, will be sold at decided
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Our high-grade gray, tan and
white kid pumps heretofore sold
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Friday $0,570
Oxfords in black kid and gray
kid; also oxfords with champagne
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Slip-over gowns of white cotton
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One group of hand embroidered
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day, $2.98.
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JEFFERIS for CONG
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An Editorial From the Omaha Examiner of July 13, 1918.
A. W. Jefferis has always been a booster for Omaha from the time
he located here about twenty years ago, immediately after his graduation
from the law school of Michigan University. During the last fifteen years
nearly every trade excursion into the tributary territory of Omaha called
upon Mr. Jefferis to serve as spokesman and chief booster for the metropolis
of Nebraska. Upon many other occasions he has been drafted to speak for
Omaha and Nebraska.' When the battleship Nebraska was launched at
Seattle Mr., Jefferis was a prominent member of the delegation from this
state and delivered an eloquent address in honor of the naval event which
put Nebraska's name upon the seas. The business men of Omaha appre
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the primaries he can receive the support of republicans only, but at the
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