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Show ! Hitchcock Easy Winner in Primaries ! I V, " " cV ' Uf x h Here is a new portrait of Oilbert M. Hitchcock, United States senator from Nebraska. He has just emerged triumphant from the Democratic primaries. pri-maries. Ill which he was nominated over two opponents A. T. Monolian of Omaha and J. O. Shroyer of Humboldt Hum-boldt by a large majority. His opponent op-ponent In the election will be It. P.. Howell of Oinalm, Kepublican national na-tional committeeman, who announced that he favored the agricultural bloc In congress, a government merchant marine, adjusted compensation for ex-soldiers, ex-soldiers, "paid by the wealth of the country"; a rational tariff policy framed to destroy monopoly, and that he opposed the proposed ship subsidy bill. If Senator Hitchcock goes hack lo Washington he should be able tc find his way around, since with the exception ex-ception of two years be has represent ed Ids slate in the capital since r.)0... Ue was elected to the Kilt v eialilh congress, defeated for the Fil'ty-iiinlh, elected to the Sixiietb. and re-elected lo the Si.xty-ilrst. lie was elected senator sen-ator for Hie term beginning and was re-elec'.ed In T.1H!. Senator Hitchcock was horn in Omaha September IS, IS.".!), lie got 111 I early education In the Omaha public schools, lie had two years of study In Germany and- then took the law course at the University of Michigan, gra joining jo-ining in ISS1. He married in ISS.".. Ue established the Omaha Uvening World in lSSo and Is now publisher of the Omaha World-Herald. |