THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 11)20.
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A canvass of 11,000,000 voters by The Literary Digest is
being used in advertisements in Nebraska to indicate the
probable victory of General Leonard Wood in tomorrow's
s primary. But that advertisement
DID riOT STATE THE FACTS
11 as to the poll of Nebraska voters.
The poll, recorded on Page 34 of The Literary Digest of
April 17, shows the three candidates to be voted for in the
Nebraska primary running in the following order:
First (BY ONLY ONE VOTE) Hiram Johnson
Second. .JOHN J. PERSHING
. THIRD Leonard Wood
Pershing and Johnson are NECK AND NECK. Wood is THIRD
Correspondents of eastern newspapers, who are watching the
results in this state,-agree that Wood is practically out of the
running. i
"His advisors," says the Washington Times, in commenting
upon Wood's suddert trip to this state, "are evidently non
plussed at the reports that Pershing is certain to carry Ne
braska, with Johnson second."
So far as regards Wood's chance in the national convention,
Mark Sullivan, leading political authority, writes in the New
York Evening Post:
"The fact is that General Wood is in a less desirable position
than any other candidate of winning delegates to him after the
convention opens," And Sullivan also points out that the larg
i est number of delegates with which Wood can go into the con
vention is less than half of the number which would be needed
to nominate him.
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Every indication is that Pershing is going to carry his home
state by an bverwhelming majority just as Wood has already
' f carried his home state of New Hampshire and as Johnson ex- ,
pects to carry his home state of California. )
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. But there'll danger. That danger is a possible split in the
responsible vote in this state. It is this on which the Johnson
forces are counting. In Michigan there was such a split. The
responsible vote was almost evenly divided between Wood
and Lowden of Illinois. The irresponsible vote, which was
not split, rolled up a majority which was sufficient to nomi
nate Johnson. -
r , Nebraska must guard against a repetition of what happened in
Michigan. Here the task is easier, because the people of this
state have their own citizen to unite on. But there must be no
. wavering, ho divided allegiance. The real American vote
must center on' one man.
' All considerations of state loyalty and human loyalty aside,
political common sense counsels support of the candidate who
has already shown the most strength in this state John J.
Pershing. Remember, there would be no need for this cau
tion if Wood, pursuing the same tactics which have already
reaped him defeat in Illinois, had not chosen to contest the
nomination with Pershing in Pershing's home state.
Think it over as a Nebraskan, no one presumed to contest
. Wood for nomination in his home state. What reason has any
Nebraskan to support the easterner who, by challenging the
candidacy of Nebraska's greatest citizen, has complicated the
issues in this primary, who has laid this state open to the un
' enviable distinction of indorsing Hiram W. Johnson for the
presidentil nomination on the republican ticket.
As stated, the indications are all that Nebraska will do what
' five other, states, similarly placed, have already dope in the
present campaign nominate its own citizen in preference to
any outside candidate. But nothing can be gained by over-
, confidence.' The one way for Nebraska to be sure the one
way to guard against the disaster of the split vote the only
way to send a truly representative American to the national
convention as the nominee of this truly American common
wealth is to
Unite on PERSHING and a REAL Nebraska Delegation
(This Advertisement Paid For by the Subscriptions of Nebraska Citizens).
LARGE AUDIENCE
HEARS ADDRESS
V BY HITCHCOCK
j
Nebraska Senator Directs
Much of His Attention to
Bryan in Talk at Audi
torium in Omaha.
United States Senator G. M.
Hitchcock, addressing an audience
which nearly filled the auditorium
Saturday night, suggested a way
out of the democratic dilemma in
Nebraska might be to send W, J.
Bryan to the republican national
convention as a delegate.
The senator directed much of his
talk to Mr. Bryan, one of his bon
mots being: "Shall we send a man
who will run amuck and will lead
the wrecking crew? We know what
Mr. Bryan will do if we send him to
the national convention at san
Francisco."
The meeting was called to order
by J. II. Mithen, president of the
Hitchcock-for-President club. T. C.
Dahlman.' democratic cotintv chair
man, presided and introduced Ralph
Clark of Stella, candidate for gov
ernor. Arthur b. Mullen, candidate
for re-election asxiiational commit
teeman, made a bnct talk in which
he said:
"I have never sought publicity nor
given interviews , nor do I make
many political speeches. I learned
in 1896 that speeches do not win a
campaign. I didn't break into the
democratic party; I was invited in."
Keviewmg the1 history of V. J.
Bryan, Mr. Mullen stated that he
waylaid Mr. Dahlman and Champ
Clark, tried to waylay the president
and is now trying to waylay Sen
ator Hitchiock. Chairman. Dahlman
said he thought that Mr. Mullen
was as qualified as any man in tho
nation to carry on the work of -na
tional committeeman. Senator
Hitchcock asserted that Mr. Mul
len was recognized as one of the
great political generals.
"I have been restraining myself
all week and I may be growing
overwrought tonight," said the sen
ator during his excoriation of Mr.
Bryan. One of the issues before
us is: 'Shall we adhere to the reform
which we adopted in this state when
we enacted the primary law?'" h
continued. "We adopted that refon
under the slogan of: 'Let the pepple
rule, and no man was louder than
Mr. Bryan at that time m pro
claiming that the instructions given
by the people to 3 delegate should
be binding. Now Mr. Bryan of
Miami, Fla"r, abaidons the reform
i. i . , ...
wmcn ne saia was necessary mar
the people might rule.
"Bryan Rides a Hobby."
""What sort of a platform are we
to adopt at the San Francisco con
vention? Shall we send democrats
who are in line with democracy
of the country, or shall we send
a man who rides a hobby and who
denounces as tools of Wall street
all, who do not agree with his hob
bies? "In January Mr. Bryan came gal
loping into Washington to the Jack
son day dinner and he made it
known that he would be for a gov
ernment - ownership - of - railroads
plank in the platform and we know
that there will not be one state dele
gation at the convention for that
policy. Mr. Bryan also stated that
if the democrats in the senate could
not compromise with the repub
licans over the league of nations,
they should surrender to them. It
was an attempt to displace Presi
dent Wilson as leader of the party
and it was notice to the republicans
that the democrats were going to
surrender. If Mr. Bryan must be
sent as a delegate, send him to the i
republican national convention, j
where they will indorse the Lodge j
resolution." " j
Denounces Plea to Women.
The senator denounced Bryan's J
attempt to obtain votes of republi-
can women in the democratic pri
mary, as colonization of voters, un-
lair and a corrupt practice. He also
stated that a vote for, Bryan is a
vote for a boss who would defy the
will of the rank and file of the demo
cratic party.
Senator Hitchcock said he had
hoped that Mr. Bryan would have
filed as a presidential candidate, so
that the issue might have been
fought out. He also explained his
position on the eighteenth amend
ment, by stating that h-e accepted as
final the verdict of the people on
the subject of intoxicating liquors
and the saloon, and he added that
congress may define intoxicating
liquor and, having such power, he
Lbclieved congress will be reason
able, rte explained that when tne
people of Nebraska voted dry they
did not intend to deprive them
selves to the extent that thev did
and he expressed the belief that
when congress modifies its inter
pretation dn the alcoholic content,
that Nebraska will likewise modify
its prohibitory law.
He reviewed the league of nations
and the fight which was made in the
senate for its adoption.
Hidden War Stores
Are Found Buried
On German Estates
Berlin, April 17. The recent dis
covery of guns on the island of
Sylt by the allied commission has
been followed by the discovery of
quantities of arms and ammunition
in various parts of Germany.
A great haul was made on the
estate of Baron von Berstein at
Gross-Beeren, near Berlin. x A num
ber of Baltic troops, who were bTl
leted on the estate for a consider
able period, before their departure
buried their complete armament.
Ur to the present four heavy ma
chine guns, ISO cases of mchine
gun ammunition and 400 cases of
small arms ammunition have been
dug up.
At another nobleman's estate, also
in the vicinity of Berlin, four mine
throwers, eight airplane machine
guns, and a quantity of other arms
were found concealed in the stables.
The announcement made by Herr
Noske at Hamburg that 16,000 men
will be wanted for the reichwehr
bv April IS seems remarkable, m
view of the fact that the reichwehr,
which recently numbered 400,000,
las ccrtainlv not yet been reduced
to the 200,000 stipulated by the en
tente.
Drillers Strike Gas Six
Feet Below the Surface
Pittsburgh, April 17. Drillers
sinking a well in Fern Hollow for
an oil and gas company struck gas
at a depth of only six feet. , The
How was estimated at 2,000,000 feet
daily and the roar was deafening.
Wonder at the shallow pocket and
the strong pressure was removed
when it was found that the drillers
simply had punctured a big gas
main of the Philadelphia company.
In staking off the location for the
Fern Hollow well the engineers
blundered and a derrick was built
squarely over- the main.
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