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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1899)
THE OMAHA DATTjY M'NDVY 10 , 185)0. ) IT U Comprehensive Review of the Past and Present of the Republican Party in Douglas County in the Speech De livered by Edward Rosewater Be fore the Fifth Ward McKinley Club , t Thursday Evening , December 7. Mr. Chairman nnd Pel law Republicans : T npproclato the compliment you have paid mo In Inviting mo to address rou upon the Issues In tbo Irrepressible conflict that confronts tin. The riimimlgn ot 1'JOO promises to be the most momentous that has ever been fought on the eoll of Kebr.tslm. The eyes of the whplo nation will bo rlvoted on Xcbrarka anx iously waiting lo learn whether her people ondorsn the administration of Wni. McKln- loy , under which this country enjoysi the most unparalleled prosperity In Ito history. In political rs In military campaigns there iru honorable nnd dishonorable modes of warfare. In the coming great battle our plan of campaign Bhould bo on broad linen , on thofui lines on which republicans of the United Slatea are In the habit of fighting their battles. The question that confronts you l , Are. you willing to march to bnttie in serried rankn and grapple with the com- ni"n enemy In the open , or do you propose to fight from behind the ambush , with utrlM In your bootlegs awaiting n chance to way lay ynitr own comrades In arms ? Hcuncm- ber that In all political campaigns these who arc not-with us are against us and trcnehcrnui friends are moro dangerous tlian opra enemies. Ucforo we cn'.ef'tho great campaign of 1900 wo must stamp out the treacherous bushwhackers who wngo cowardly warfare under the republican Hag. Tilt disaster. ! that have overtaken the republican party in the past are chiefly due to u lack of moral stamina on the part of IIr. leaders and a lack of Integrity on the part ot the men the party has honored with positions of profit and trust. In the Im pending conflict wo must , place tlncero dovo- tlon to republican principles and Inflexible Integrity above patronqgu and spoils oC office. office.H.v H.v TrcnelMTj- tinCtiinn. . In our own county wo have but recently I bad a serious disaster , but ono that wns not brought about by thu valor or superior i.trategy of the enemy. It was not duo to belni ; overpowered by numbers , but by being - ing sold out and assassinated In our own ranks. Thorn Is ! io question about that. ( Applause. ) SInce that campaign has closed wo have heard P. great deal about tbo unfairness of the primary election as an excuse for the wholesalu desertion from our ranks and the vr.tlni ; of the fusion ticket. Is there any foundnllcti for that charge ? I presume not a man in this hall Is not familiar with every : ( ago of the last primary tdoctlon and the whole campaign. Every ono of you knows that the bowl about primary election frauds was raised by the popocratlc organ to give an excuse to the renegades. There was not a particle of ground for the charge of fraud or repeating , or Impor tation ot voters. The machine , so-called , at the outset was In the bands of what la known as the Wubster faction. A year ago riur convention was captured by that fac tion , not by tbo free choit-o of the delegates , but by downright bribery , nnd I can prove * \1nf T cm' . It is notoriouo that two-thirds of the del egates elected to that convention were elected In opposition to the faction that to'bk charge of the campaign of 1S98 , and it is a matter of notoriety that delegates were b'.ugbt over night and turned with money nnd with patronage. One of the delegates was accused In n paper In a foreign language of receiving $35 for bis vote in that convention nnd ho Indignantly spurned the charge , sayIng - Ing ho had only received $30. ( Uaugbtor. ) And that admission was published nt the time. In Uie campaign of 189S John U "Web- ntor himself was the head and front of the county committee. Ho managed the whole campaign , disbur ed the money nnd directed that wooden man , the chairman , who was simply a figurehead and nothing moro. ' Neither Mr. Webster'nor his followers could truthfully chnrgo that the machine in con- i ! ! ot the primaries this fall was manipu lated by Mayor Moorcs , myself or any oth ers who are his friends. How was this year's campaign opened ? Two-thirds of the members of the cpunty committee petitioned the chairman to call the committee together eo ns to glvo ample limo for the notice of primary election. That request was ignored and spurned and when the committee attempted to get to- hnll where the committee was to meet to bulldoze members to cause them to remain gtthcr , cmUfiarlea were sent around to the away EO as to break the quorum. The in- lluenecfl were not confined to liquid refrwli- ments , but to documents as well that had the name of some national banker nt the bottom. Ono of tlio loaders In thin attempt to break up the meeting wns a federal olllco- holder who lived In your ward. Having succeeded in breaking up this meeting , tbo chairman called the committee - tee for two weeks later. The committee responded , the apportionment wns made ; the places of voting wore selected , the Judges ef election named. All this wan done by Mr. Woustor'B frle-nds nnd If any undue In- llucnco or pressure wan brought upon the men or the committee- glvo advantage to tholr opponents , it was by the faction that followrf the load ot Mr. Webster. Thla was particularly true of the Fifth ward. Co uw Fur UK They n < ir s In this ward the three memueta 01 uiu committee were respectfully requested to al low 0110 out of the llvo Judges and clerks of election to bo selected from the opposite faction. This request was not granted , to that they had the entire live. In other \\orda , Sanndcrs nnd his backers had con trol cf the whole- primary election ma chinery In the Kl/th ward ; they had their own challenger on the ground and were In position cither to receive or reject any vote tendered. You all know that they exercised t.ut : power n far aa they dared go. And yet tr.ey claimed a foul. Aa matter of fuel , tbo only ward In whUdi thorp wns any controversy was right liore. Them naa no conflict In the First \\ard. \ The dole'Rati-a elected from that ward wire clioion by a two-thirds vote und no li , dy" has over Intimated that tharo was niy : Improper Influence used to get them elected. Jn the Second ward there was n \uy ilpclslvB majority for the delegation . the Third ward only tl > ii ! was elected. In Blxtoon votes were cast agatmtt the delega tion elected out ot over UOO und UIOJB only f r two of tlw delegated. 1" U'o ' Fourth vc.rd. Uie bnunor republican ward of the city , tbure > vero more than COO vatoa east' for tliw d ! c aUon" elected aa agalnut 2 o for UIB delegation that Mr. Webnter had put up. , , Now , let mo how bow fair thow w ro wljo . Mr. Webster sent \\rni on Uie other side. wml to tUe mayor that he wanted to go to UetAt ocnvntlun and UIB answur eut to ) ; n 8B tbta , that U ha would drop thy 11 ' ! ! n the Fourth ward ho would be eon- cieJ a j-Jucc on tUo state delegation , but ' If ho kept It up and fought It out tr > n finish , he must stand the consequences. Mr.Veb - stprvas on the ticket himself : he declined to gel off ; he fought It out and was beaten 1 t\vo to one nnd of course ho was not sent to.the state convention. Can anybody nay that It was unfair ? Were not the rnen who fiUght out the battle nnd won entitled to go ? The bono of contention happened to Ho In the Fifth ward nnd 1 am Klad that I am | hero In the Fifth ward to discuss It with the I men who took part. If any one has any fault to lind with what 1 sny or any question to ask , 1 shall be lad to answer it. If I make any statement not absolutely correct , 1 desire - sire to bo corrected , as I am not a Fifth 1 ward man. Aa I am Informed , this was 1 about the state of facts : .Muflilm-rj- Unmix i > f Saumler.s. The mnchlnnry of the party was In the hands of Mr. Snundcra nnd his friends , i U they were beaten they were beaten in n 1 | fair light and In a light In which they bad nil ' i the advantage. As I am told , they wore beaten by over 100 majority after the votes had been counted , . They had their own counting ma chine , so there could have been no mistake in the count. Although beaten by n de ' cisive majority , they deliberately decided to ! give their own delegation the certificate of olectloji nnd In order to have a pretense of right they throw out 12S ballots cast In op position to the Saundora delegation. \Vhc.ii the convention met the committee on credentials heard nil there wna to bo said on both sides nnd nflor duo deliberatlan decided that the antl-Saunders delegation was entitled to their seats. The convention by practically a unanimous vote adopted the report of the committee. Why should any body find fault with that decision ? Why should any rational man who was on the other side feel olt'onded or Insulted by It ? National conventions frequently have to do- cldo contests and they decide them usually on their merits ; they hear both sides nnd determine the result. If the contest in this ward had been carried to the courts aiul hud been decided by a jury thcvo could have been no other verdict than tbo one rendered by the convention. Wo have been told that tbo defeated Dele gation had another grievance. They say quite a number of _ votes had been brought from the exposition grounds and cast for the anti- Saunders delegation by Assyrians , Egypti ans and people not entitled to vote cither In this ward or in any other. If that bo true , why were they not challenged off and re jected by the judgea of election who we're on the opposite side ? These Arabs from Damascus and Egyptians from Omaha do not look altogether aa white as some other people or'as black as aorno others and there fore they are easily distinguished. It would not have been much trouble for our friend , Oeorge 'Hess , to have challenged them and asked the board to have them rejected. But It seems they had passsd the ordeal of the challenger and the board. And why ? Because , as I understand it , they urn not always know whether It wcs their Egyptian or tlio other fellow's Egyptian. ( Laughter. ) IJIflldiUy * Xot in ll < > ( ! ( i iiUIi > n. The difficulty wns not so much to recognize the Arab wheai they saw him but to know how he would vote. The fact remains that all the Araba , Egyptians , Greeks and freaks in the Streets' of Cairo had votctl for years In tbs Second ward and in the First ward and they will do It again at the next elec tion. Their changed dress didn't change their citizenship ; didn't deprive them of their votes , even if they wore a turban instead of a slouch hat. They have lived In Omaha and had peddlers' licenses here for a number of years , so that charge was per fectly ridiculous. AVhat Is more. I will boldly a ert that the Saundcrs- patriots themselves had made n bargain for the votca of the streets of Cairo. I make bold to as sort , arid I name the man , that W. J. Jiroatch said to my informant , whose ve racity I don't doubt , that Hugh Myers waa authorized to get thcRe voters whenever ho wanted them nnd that the arrangements had nil been made In advance with Mr. Ilaydcn. Now , If that bo true , 1 do not see where they have any right to complain. In real ity , so far as the nomination of the can didates before you nt the iccent election is concerned , It didn't make a particle of dif ference whether the Fifth ward Saundera delegation had remained eeate l or not as the result would have been Just the same. There was a good majority in that conven tion in favor of the candidates nominated ; some of them , you know , were nominated by acclamation ; all others were nominated by I dcclslvo majorities and the ten votes from this ward would have made no dlffcrenso whatever in the ticket , The candidates were nominated without any corrupt Influence , without any bulldoz ing and without any bribery or promise of bribery and nobody baa yet been able to make a specific charge that any Improper , Illegal Influence was used in that conven tion upon any delegate that cant his vote for the men placed on the ticket. I ct mo go back hero to Mr. Saunderfl , because I am talking In his ward , I am sorry bo is not preterit. 1 always do my \ llirhtlmj in the open and I do not say things ! behind a maii's back that I would not eay to Ida face. In dealing with candidates It lias been my dctlro always to bo fair and square and not to delude them with the Idea that I nm for them when I nrn against them. In the ease ot 01 r. Saundcrs I sent for him moro than six weeks before the pri mary and I said to him : "i understand you nro a candidate for county Judge. I want to eay to you that I could not support you and I don't want you to put yourself lo any trouble to get the nomination. " Ho wanted to know the reason and 1 said , I could not possibly support you for this of- llco because I did not support yon for reelection - election when you wereup an candidate for the council tbo second time. I could not support you because the county judge Is tbo custodian of all the funds belonging to the wldowa nnd orphans of Uauglas county and I would not want my family to bo In your hands If I should die ; that Is the roaton , nnd I I would not want anybody eUo's family If j ! 1 would not trust him. ( Applause. ) Mr. I SnundorB said ho hoped I would change my j \lewa oil tbo matter and I said that I did t not bollove I would bocauee Ural fact woo . bused upon liU career In the council and | upon my lack Of confidence ) In his Integrity. J Suruly Mr. SnundBrij could have no juat grounds of complaint aijaln t me. Ho had fair wnrnliiK and ho bad no need ot squan dering time and money In the offwt to got nojijInatoU. Suuiulcrn' limiuiliMilHirnUi | | > iiH , U a co.-taluly a pUite of sublime Im pudence for n patriot with his record to as. piro to any elective office In the city of Omnha. Aa councilman cf your war I he h.l l sacrificed not .only your Interests , but those of many taxpayers lit the whole city by eonnlvtntIn the moat outrageous Jobs and toals. He had been chief manipulator ot the fftr-ynr ! pan franchise scheme , which would Imvo robbed Omaha taxpayers ami K S consumers of more than $1,000W $ ( ) . ! He held up the garbage contractor to the j tune of $1,700 for alleged services and placed I his Infamy on the mortgage record. He re- , fisted with all lile Influence the removal of ! the city irramiror. who embodied over $100- | ono , nnd trlerl to block the effort to safeguard I the cily treasury by voting nsnlnsl the con- ' flrmatlon of every man named by the mayor I to fill the vacancy , and on top cf these per- ' formnncos ho helped to whitewash the comptroller , who had failed to check up the treasurer nnd left the way open lo the loot ing of the trensury. 1 fell that It wns n very serious question , whether wo could afford to nominate a man ul'osa record \vns utterly Indefensible , Wit nssured him at the name time that , whatever my relations were to Charles Klgutter , nny candidate who bad a clean record nnd was nominated by the convention would receive cry hearty and vigorous support. 1 then know' that wo had lour other candidates be- | eldea Mr , Saundera. We had Mr. Vlnsonhnler , ] , Mr. foster. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Wolcott , ) j and to each and every ono of them 1 had i given assurance that I would not place a j straw In their way to get the nomlnntlcn and that If they received the nomination they should have my earnest support. Th0 only other man against whom 1 drew the line besides W. A. Saunders was Albyn Frank. Tills opposition was not Inspired by personal animosity. There wns no personal grievance to redress , but 1 feared that the conduct of the ofilco would scandalize us so In tire campaign thnt wo could not possibly face tbo storm. I endeavored to persuade Mr. Frank not to run and had him In my olllce nnd showed him documents thnt wore so Incriminating that he ought to have de- slHted If he had nny senee from a rnco that wao bound to end In disaster. \o KAOIIMC fur tinIlot' ! T.M. You must by this time bo convince , ! that so far ns the primary elections were con cerned there was no excuse fcr any repub lican to have refused hia support to the nominees. Aa a matter of fact , however , wo have abundant proof that several hun dred republicans deliberately banded taj - j gcther In secret conclave to knife the ticket I and did whatever they coulil do to con tribute to the election of the fusion ticket. They did not llmll their action to offcn ivo candldatea , but they went for the fu Ion ticket nearly from top to bottom. Why any republican In Omaha , whatever may bo his factional relation , should have . refused to cast his vote for Manoah I ) . I Ucese , still remains a mystery. There was i not the slightest provocation or excuse 1'or such action , nnd yet hundreds o ! repub licans deliberately knifed him , and to the scandal of thu party be It said that the j greater part of those were people who are on the pay roll cither of the United States government or the county , and resolve 1 their positions nnd hold their positions at the hands ot the national republican ad ministration and of the republican voters of the county. You doubtless realize with me that there are some people so coiistitu'e 1 i that they follow the principle "after us the deluge ; " they have held the ofilces as long as they could hold them , and seeing that Eorne other republicans might step into their shoes they conclude they would rather have democrats take their places. If that policy I is to be pursued from now on It is not much use to nominate republicans to any ofllcc. since a war of retaliation Is bound to be a war of extermination. Let us now take a look backward and see who Inspired this organized effort to defeat the party. At the outset of the county campaign wo were told that quite a number of republicans who were dissatisfied with the ticket had been Invited to meet together with a view to being pacllled. We were told by one of the Btato central commltteemcn , Captain Palmer , tjiat he had been instrumental in calling to. gother this so-called Patriotic league with the Idea that there would be oil thrown upon troubled waters and that the soreheads would resume th&ir allegiance to the party and work for the election of the whole ticket. I cannot comprehend why Captain Palmer or anybody else that had a thimbleful of brains should call together men who arc on the national pay roll , men who are now federal ofllceholders nnd mcnt ' who were ofliceholdcrs of the county , to p'acify them and induce them to vote for the republican ticket. ( Laughter ) . AVas there ever such a spectacle anywhere ? ( Applause ) . Would It , iot have been more sensible to ask repuo- llcan officeholders to exert their Influence to pacify the outside people , thcea who were discontented because they had no oppor tunity to get office or patronage ? Why was It necessary to pacify Cadet Taylor and his custom house deputies ami subsrdinatea In the United'States postofilco building ? What right or excuse had they to foment discord and organlzo defeat for the pfirty ? Why wao It neceFsary to pacify John McDonald nnd n majority of the deputies in the sheriffs office , who were very much exercised anil incensed because they w'ere not allowed to name their successors ? HlimlKN AVric-l TJn-lr lloloN. When this famous gathering of patriots was held for the 41-st time It turned out just as I had expected. lt afforded an opportunity for these malcontents to air and magnify their grievances and by secret connivance to lay out plans for the defeat of the rcpub.- llcau ticket. Wo all know that men who i stab thglr encnilas In the back nro natural- born cowards and the same is true of political bandits who waylay their comrades In the dark. This explains the denials of the dastardly fellows who sport the patriot but ton that they bad helped to knife Hcese and the rest of the ticket. Hut when tbeso despicable creatures meet a conspirator or anybody who gives the sign by swearing at Ucaewater or Mpores they confidentially gloat over tholr dirty work and claim all tba credit for the fiihlon victory. Now , arc they entitled to as much credit ns they claim for defeating the republican j ticket ? Let It bo understood that there we'-o brickbats flying In every direction in this ! county between sunrise and sundown on Noj j | vcmber 7. They were thrown by nil sorts ot I people. Everybody who imagined bo had i i i ! n grievance threw a brick ut the republican j 1 ' 1 ; ' ticket. For example , the cnndldeito fnr fcherlff was bombarded by the bicycle clubs , i who had a grievance because ho would not | i votc > for the repeal of the ordinance that j ! compelled them to put headlights on their I i j i bicycles. There were grievances among the I nohcmlans and there , were grievances among | j | the .lows , and there were grievances among , ! the colored people , who were Incensed because - | | cause a colored man happened to bo killed ; at the police station nnd the policeman charged with murder had been cleared , , They charged It up to the republican party. A"1' ' every policeman discharged from the force for cause or laid uff for want of funJ-i bad a Grievance and threw bricks nt the republican - publican ticket. I am reliably Informed that i CO per cent of the men employed In the , federal building claimed to have a grlevanca and voted against Ilceco and the county lluket because The llco had offoijdod Cadet Taylor , and fully Jio per cent of the street j i railway employes were made to believe they I had a grievance and they all voted the fusion | ticket. ! Lot mo dlgres a little. AmoiiK the brie- } j i bats that flow on election day were several hundred thrown by the employes cf the' 1 ' gtree.t car company. I could not comprehend I wljy the employee of the street car c-jm- j pany , 400 or COO of them as I am told , nhould h ve voted Uipfu * lon ticket , but I loarne * ! nfturward * that they were Influenced by the bowl aRalut the Ho ewaler-Muorea machine and the gentle pressure from a gentleman by the came o ? .1. J. Urown. ( Laughter. ) Nov ' then I would like to know nhat particular ( grievance the sired ear emi duct era or mot r- i men hate agah.st Mayor Moores or against i myself. What has Mayor Moores ever rtone to Injure the street cr employes ? 1 never 1 ' beard of nny complaint n.s to the treatment I 'of ' these men by the mayor , ami 1 am hot aware that they have Individually , or as a body , received unkind treatment at my hands. A * the originator of the Trans- Mississippi Exposition , they and Uio com pany that employ * them were tinder many obligations to me. Not only did 1 champion ami promote this great entorprlso , but 1 heailcd the stock subscription list with $5,000 when 1 wns borrowing and paying In terest on the money. I d'in't remember what Mr. Drown subscribed , but 1 know that Iho street railroad company paid for Us nc-w equipment atul divided over $200,000 among Its stockholders as a rocult ol my brain work and hard labor. 1'or nearly two years and a litilt I devoted from ten to sixteen hours a day to make the exposition n monumental success. I never worked nt hard In my life. The day before the exposition opened 1 fell In my tracks from nervous exhaustion and was not nblo to take part In tbo opening exorcises. Street Iliilluuy Activity. I am Informed that 125 additional motormen - men and conductors were employed by the company during the exposition eeaeun , and surely they cannot hnvc a grievance for the | labor that I had contributed. I contributed } my time and my money without charge or j j j hope of rewnnl and I did uot even use a ' street car pasa given me ns ono of the ex position managers and paid my faro every time that I went out to the grounds during the whole season. So , then , I do not uco I xvhy the men that are employed by the street i ! ' car company should have a grievance against inc. I know that Mr. Brown haw , but 1 do not understand why they should make his j ! I grievance theirs. 1 do not think It Is theirs I If they pay taxes In Omnha , Mr. Drown ha a an old-standing grievance nnd thnt Is this : Years ago I repeatedly called attention to the fact that he tried to evade the payment ot taxca on the fortyjaero tract which lias been used as a fair ground. As a matter cf fact Mr , Drown did not pay a dollar ot tnxeo i on that property In 1SSO , In ISflO , In 1S01 , . In 1S92 , In 1S93 , In 1804 , In 1S ! > 5 , In 1S G , and only In 1S07 did they begin to tax him and i he scon thereafter turned It over to Iho exposition association. They assessed that . property nt just $10,000 when It Is worth , fully ? 75,000. All that I over did was to , call attention to the fact that running a i i cabbage , pumpkin nnd chicken show ou ] that tract for , one week in a year should nit exempt that ground from taxation. You ] might as well say The Bee building la a I i church becauEe several church meetings are hold there every week and exempt It from taxation as to exempt that ground from taxation. I have paid Into the city treasury over $75,000 In taxes since I have lived here , j We are paying on The Dee building alone i moro taxes than the gas company pays In the city of Omaha ; we are paying on that building today over $5,000 taxes per annum , i or within | 2OCO of what Uie street railway cc4npany pays , and I think It Is a small piece of businccs for Mr. Brown to go around poisoning the mind ? of the employes , of the street cnr company against mo In- , dlvidually when I have put so many thousands - ! i sands cf dollars Into the pockets of his ' ' . company by my labor , which they did not i even thank me for. j i ' Now let us begin with that ono propoI eltlon. It has been said by the dissatisfied that the whole trouble IB as between tbo people , the good republicans on t'jo ' ono side and the Uosowater-Moorcs machine on the other. That wns a great bugbear raised here during the campaign by the opposition. There wns no Hosewatcr-Moorcs machine in operation in this campaign. There were probably quite a number of city employes actively engaged on ono side , but there were other city employes and officials. Including Boiler Inspector Unit and Building Inspector Butler , on the other side. These of you who opposed W. A. Saun1 dcrs and those who opposed George Hess are surely not nil tools of any political machine. And I want to say right here that there never was a slate agreed upon be- I twcen myself and Mayor Moorcs , nnd no j I slate was voted in that convention. I met the major the night before the convention , ! j i when the returns had been brought In , and j I wo talked it over , but came to no agree- j j menJ. 1 , myself , advocated the nomination j of Mr. Hnverly for clerk of the district court I and the nomination of a Bohemian by tba j name of Burcsh for treasurer. And this | ' brings up the question why the Patriotic ; League cutthroats knifed Mr. Bryant , the | i candidate for treasurer. Brynnt is a man j i of spotless integrity , and a man eminently ! i qualified for the position. He Is a union [ i army veteran and a staunch republican. Ho wns never identified with Mnyor iMoores and had never trained with my political friends. Why did tliCL-e dastardly patriots nssasslnato Bryant ? Let them answer if they can. rifat . Story I'uiu'tiiri'il. Aa regards Mr. Barlght , I thought ho should bo satisfied with the county clerk ship In place of Haverly and work his way up. As to other candidaten , the mayor and myself did not concur and I never saw him from that night on until after the conven tion had done Ha work. There was no slate nor agreement. Tlio convention made Its own selections. And everybody realizes and knows that I took no personal advantage of any candidate and did not attempt to dictate a single candidate. That story is untrue , but It has afforded an excuse for the work of assassination by the renegades calling themselves patriots , nnd these patriots have j j only done what their leaders have taught I them to do heretofore. j Who nro their chosen leaders ? Who are : ' tire men that should bo held responsible for I ' tills execrable work ? Most of them are well | known. On the executive committee we | ! 1 find Cadet Tnylor , W. A. Smindera , ( Scot-go j j Hess and several moro ct the came brand , i j Several ot the most unscrupulous btinbi i ' whackers are operating from behind the Kcrcen most notable amour ; thcce la W. J. Broatclr. William J. Broalch wns made mayor of ! ; Oinahr. scimowhero In the 'SO's. Ho had rny i ' i earnest and active support , both In tbo nomination and election. John L. Webster wna made his city uttornuy. But ns hla city attorney ho wns a bad ndvUer , I do uot know whether the badness was altogether In Webster , I do ot believe It. I think there | i ' was nn Immense nmount of badness In ; Droalch lilinaclf , for nn honest man cannot j I/.i seduced. Mr , Webster while he was city ai wus also the attorney for the ga * sjropany ani the water company nnd street railroad company , nnd his allegiance to the gas company - pany nnd to the water company nt that llrno was greater than It was to the city of Omaha. And It Is upon ( fiefio lines that we scparati-il. On tno very last night of tba , pfllclsl career In the llr < ? t term of W , J. | i flr atcli Mr. Webster helped to put | ' I through r. claim of $15,000 $ for the gas company - I pany , which Mr. Ollbcrt and which Mr. Con-1 I ncll , who had given that matter thorough ' consideration , did not regard as worth moro than ? ( , ego or $5.000. The claim was In the ] 1 ' court and an honest elly attorney would 1 have fought It out , but Instead of that he , pot the council no the last night and ot thi > I last moment of itn aosalou to order him to confees judgment In full. Three cr , fuur j ' ' moaths before that time I was In Ohlca q , tind met two of the eastern nlflceni of the j | Baa company ; tliey said you have > . vary bad ' pity council In Omaha , and I tald , "Well , why are they bad ? " "Well , " he said , "wo , havu claim ot 115,000 aKalnit the city and they want 50 per cent. " "That In an out rage , " said I. ' 'If you nro going to glvo nny par ewit off cf that bill you ought to give It to the city of Omaha , " "But how are wo going to get U through ? " "I will help carry It through , " said 1. On my return The Dec published the charge that the looflle combine of the council wa trying to hold up the gas company for 60 ft : cent of Its claim. The council had previously taken the preliminary steps to relocate the city ball to Jefferson square. The combine offered to recall Its action If t desisted from publishing the charges. 1 was also prom- Itcd the ro.'onsldfraUon of lire city printing contrast , which they had taken from us. al though wo had submitted the lowest bid. t etooti out Against all these fillers and It cost mo more than $20.000 for refusing ID stan.l In with the council gang. In 1SS7 W. J. llroatch was a candidate fjr re-election. 1 snw clearly that lie was not i i available ; that he could not be rc-elscled by j reason of \Vcbsterlan policy that ho had I puisued , to use plain tiugllsh. After a very fierce struggle at the primal les , invhlh all the machinery of the city was used by Mr. llroatch , he was unsuccessful. ' Instead ot having a tow scattering street swre-crs working for him , he had 100 Italians in Uie pay roll doing nothing but cwcrplng dlffo'- cnt polls and repenting from one poll to the other. They wore paid out of the elty treas ury and laid1 off the day after the primary. Mr. llroatch went Into the convention with twenty-eight delegates , reproECnilns four wards , with llvo wards reprcsmtu'l ' by thirty-five delegates against him. The con- ventlon balloted 2S1 times nnd on the lnt ballot the opposition to Mr. Dronteh ball united on George W. Llnlnger. The next day Mr. llroatch nnd Mr. Llniugcr mot In a cordial conference nnd Mr. Uroatch pledged him his earnest support. A few days later the whole convention partook ot n banquet in the art gal- lery ot George W. Llnlnger and nt the closa of the banquet every man present stcol u ? and raised his hand nnd took a solemn pledge to support LInlnaor. The very next day Droalch and his dcl'e- gates met I don't say the whole of the twenty-eight , but moot of the twenty-eight and organized a secret club to knife and lo beat George W. Llninger nnd to elect Gushing , the democratic candidate. Wot'MC Than llluliwny Hulilier/i. / There was no more excusj for that bolt than there.was for the one against UCOFO. What do you think cf men who would par- toUo of n man's hrspltallly , 'It nt his tab'.o nnd pledge themselves to give him loyal 'support , take-$2,000 of his money con-i irlbuted Into the campaign fund ns an assess- menl and UM It for the election cf the cp- petition candidate. ( Applause ) . Highway 'robbers would not do that. There Is lunor among thieves nnd I venture to assert there could not bo twenty-eight men fjuiirt In the penitentiary that' would be guilty of such grand larceny. ( Laughter and applause ) , And just such a precious lot has done the work on the 7th of November. They have organized what they call a j patriotic club. They eay It Is organized fir the purpcso of promoting republican iu- torosto nnd In order to help elect the repub- ilcan ticket next spring und to help ro-olect j William McKinley next fall. Now , In all j candor I would ask what Is the need of nny such club In the city of Omaha ? Where h there any need of a new club that Is honestly Intending to promote the success of the re publican party ? There are republican clubi in every ward. In many cf the wards there faro more than one. and if those gentlemen want to promote republican principles what hinders them fiorn joining the existing re- publican clubs and laboring for the electlnu cf republican candidates ? Tlio thing is u I j I myth and waafrom the outset ; simply n ' cover for treachery to carry out the despic able schemes ef the leaders. { I It is an old saying that birds of a 1 feather will fleck together and men are ; known by the company they keep. The bend | ! of this thing , the bead and front of It in i J ' the executive committee , was Mr. Cadet Taylor. Let mo devote a little time to Mr. 1 Cadet Taylor. ( Laughter ) . | I i lie posco as a good republican , as a man | I that has the Interest of the party at heart. ! ' He ought to be a good republican. He re- j 1 ccives un income of over $1,000 n year now j I from the republican administration nnd I j i would like to know why he Is not content i to support the republican ticket when It Is once nominated and why he Is so fastidious. wiiy his conscience Is so tender as regards itho election of certain men on the republican ticket and why ho should prefer domocratlv candidates to republicans. All federal otllce- holders are not like him. Here Is a letter I received the day after the election , whlcih shows a marked contrast between n loyal and disloyal federal officeholder : OFK1CK OF THE POSTMASTKR. 'SOUTH OMAHA. Nov. S , 1SM.-IIOI1. Kd- ward Hosewator My Dear Sir : Ple.-iso ac- cept my heartfelt thanks as u republican for the untiring devotion and extreme efforts you have displayed in the. past tarn- pnlnn for the success of the republican stare and county ticket. The renull docs not iustlfy the endeavors of yourself and frlonV.i nor thn splendid selection made by the republican candidates for ojllce. but it tbo work of republican Jealousy among tin- lenders In the party , particularly in Dcmsias . . . . . . . .i. cv.n nin rt tt on f > li i 'i f rlrtf iptin AIi" n should from principle bo republicans and when the ticket is nominated should sup port it. You ought to be honored for your continued effort of weeding out bad material in the nnrty and I cannot sr-c how through Jealousy of yourself repub- ! llcans ran afford to degrade their nianliood to see a man like Judge ISeese bcnton i Implv to keep you from dottliiK a Just recompense for your arduous labors for the party of which you hove always been , u most "honored and tlrelePB worker nnd I champion. Assuring you of my highest e.stpcni and ever at vonr command , 1 rc- rnun ! , very respectfully yours. ( SlKiied. ) FHKP J. KTTKR. Before t go back lo Mr. Cadet Tnylor per haps I had better finish the Broatch Incident , Mr. Droatch proclaiming that lie wants to purg'o Uie republican parly. In the lalo cam- paign this man Iirontch dellbernlcly look | > contributions from the democratic candl- | , 1 dates In money to carry on this campaign against the republicans. 1 charge that ho , got $50 hlrnWdf from Swobodn , tbo Boha- ralau candidate for coroner ngnlnst Swnnson , under the pretense that ho wns going to UBO that money to defeat Swanson. That i is the kind of a patrlol he Is , And when j j | men have to go to the common enemy for money to defeat the republican candidates | | ami then want republicans In Omaha lo j | stand up for them and elect them to anything - thing , they simply underrate the Intelligence and common decency of the average repub lican. ( Applause. ) , \n to Cnili't 'I'liylor , As a member of the city council and chair man of tbo finance committee , ho connived In the embezzlement of Henry Uolln , defaulting - faulting city treasurer , and uteil bis olllclal position to aeuuro the unlawful deposit of embezzled city money In Iho defunct CJIobo Savings bank , of which ho was then nctlvo manager. To reckless and fraudulent business meth ods ! directly traceable the wrecking of the ( Hobo Savings hank , Involving a loss of f 12- DOO and Interest to the state ticltco ! fund i ' , anil carrying to ruin hundreds of school children's savings and that of wage-workers i und pear people whoso llfo ( juvlngs had , Leon wrested from them by mlsreprcscnta- j I tion , and yd ho had the audacity to send a I circular to the pcoplo of , the nighth ward 1 for his own ro-eloctlou In which ho said ) ! i that an horieRt man must always bo en- j I cournsod nnd should be endorsed by his canUllucncy , nnd ho pleaded vary hard with j ( i thorn to send him back for another term. At i that tlrno ho ( showed hla bund ju&i as ho has : recently. He made a square contest In the I 'republican prlrnarlee und pledged himself I to abide by the result , but Mr. Crocker dt > foatod him for the nomination and then ho ran Independent nnd made this appeal Ifi fvor of "an honest rnaii. " Cadet Taylor's appeal to the voters of the lilghtlt ward to support him for re-electJon a councilman made In November , 1SOG , srn- bcdlog urnonK otbor deceptive pbrosus the J following : j "Some of my polllloal friend * have ap- I pe&Ud to rue to isciji iJlleiii In the Interest of DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ' THE TRUE VALUE OF EACH NEW DISCOVERY Ab A PREVENTIVE OF DISEASE. 1846 DISCOVERT OF ETHER AS AN ANESTHETIC. j I 1830 DISCOVERY OF COCAINE. 1879 DISCOVERY OF THE BACILLUS OF TYPHOID FEVER. , 1882 D SCOVERY OF THE BACILLUS OF CONSUMPTION. | j 1883 DISCOVERY OF THE BACILLUS OF DIPHTHERIA. | 1892 BEHRING-'S ' DISCOVERY ANTITOXINE OF DIPHTHERIA J | 1805 DISCOVERY OF HYOJMEI. 1896 FIRST CASE OF CONSUMPTION CURED' BY HYOMEI. i ( j The discovery of the first two , ether ami cocaine , was of vnluo to the medical profusion only In surgery , and Ima been of no banuJU whatever In prcvenlliiR and cur- Ins dJswiisos. THE DISCOVERY OF THE BACILfcUSO F TYPHOID FEVER however , was ono of the greatest importa ncc , for II proved conclusively Hint this \vns germ disease mid enabled the physicians to ttoat it ns such. AB a result of auch treatment the death rate from typhoid fever has been reduced from -10 to IVi per eeut during the past twenty j ears. THE DISCOVERY OF THE BACILLUS OF DIPHTHERIA was another valunlilo one , but. us thlH bacillus could only bo reached through tlio blood , none of the germicides known cjnld bo used with effect. It was not until ! Si2. j whan Debt Ing discovered the nntl-tcxlno of diphtheria that nuy progress whatever wns made ! n successfully treating this dread disease ) ; slneo that time the Injection of i antl-to.Nlnc directly Into the blood has had a marked effect upon the death rate from diphtheria and Its universal use will undoubtedly In time stamp out this disease. THE D'ISCOVERY OF THE BACILLUS OF CONSUMPTION wan the moil Important of all , for It completely changed the whole Ideas of the medical profession regarding this disease. Heretofore consumption lind always been Consid ered hereditary ; now It Is Itliowu to be Infection * ) . The proof that consumption was n Koriti disease neceBsitntcd an entire change In the method of treatment. It was found that those germs lodged In the nlr passages ami could only be reached through the air we breathe. As soon at this became Itnown efforts were made to force aome ol the liquid germicides Into thcso air passages , but nature had erected at the en trance of the bronchial tubes an impassable barrier to moisture , of any kind. Sprays "hud vapora In every form-were tried , but , ns In diphtheria , ( hero wns only ono w.iy ot reaching the disease germs , through the air wo briiatho , ami no dry air germicide waste to bo found. This state of affairs existed for twelve long years , the death rnle In creasing from 85,000 to 200,000 yearly. In JS ! > 5 Booth discovered "llyomel. " the first and only dry air gcrmiclijc. ever found. Later In the year he Introduced it to the pro fession , and In IS'JG ' the first case of CONSUMPTION WAS CURED Mrs. E. A. Smith of Holjoke , Mass. , being advised by her phyislclan to test It after she had been given up by all the noted physicians In the country. She was brought to noston and placed in a room where only Hyouiel could be inhaled In the air ; nt the end nf two weeks she returned to Ilolyolcc , but continued to * use the Inhaler for five months. This was three jears ago ; she is now in robust health and bus had no re turn of the dlsenFc. No trace of consumptive bacillus could be found after the Ilrot month's treatment. This wns the llrst ctse ; of genuine conaumptlon ever known to have been cured ; since that time hundreds have been saved. Today there is not a city In the United States where Hyomel has been used that will not show n dccrcaso of , at lant , 3-1 per cent in the death rate from consumption In the past two years , yet It is not the . NUMBER OF CONSUMPTIVES CURED which shows the great vnluo of the new discovery , but rather In its prevention of the disease. Eight out of every ten cases of consumption uro found to originate from ca tarrh , bronchitis and pncumenla ; the nir passages become Inflamed and the- bacillus of consumption Inhaled In the air wo broatuo finds lodging there ; they Increaoo by the thousands and soon Invade , the lungs , where It hr.s . always been found ImpnsHlble to reach them until Hyomel was discovered. Catarrh , Bronchitis , Pneumonia and Coughs cannot cist where Hyomel Is used ; thua It Is within the power of any ono to prevent consumption. Of course there have been hundreds of Imitations of Hyomel , but their Ufa wns short. To prevent further mistakes It is only NECESSARY TO REMEMBER that there Is but one dry air germicide , just as there Is but one nntl-toxlno for diph theria. It Is known ns "Hyomei. " This Is the ouly treatment for these diseases ever guaranteed to cure. CA UT10N Iktcarc of linttutimts qfjfijoinci Conluinhnj 1'oimitwun Jnymlients. Hyomol is sold by nil druggists or sent by mall. Coituilctf OnllllN , tfl.OO ; Trial On (111. 2Be | 10xtri IluttlfM , . - , < ) < ; Elyiiinei Ilnliii , - . C | Ilynuiul Son it"c ; liyonu'J D.vMiu-jiNin Cure , nou. THE II. T. DOOTH COMPANY , Ithaca , X. V. the party. I say the only way for repub licans to win victories la to keep clean , glvo all men fair play and deal honestly with the people. " "My thanks arc due to the democratic who voted for mo two years ago ns well an to the many republicans and this year I expect - poct ojjnln to be able to make my acknowl edgments to hundreds of friends , regardless of politic ? , for their support. " "If you bellovo that Third warders and such unfair and demoralizing political methods should be banlshod from our midst and that an honest endeavor to serve your Intercuts and not these of corporations dur- Ine ono term should bo rewarded by n HOC- und according to custom , bo kind enough to look for my name an a petition candidate , and place an X after it on the olllclal ballot. " On SeptcmDer 20 , 180G , In the midst of the presidential campaign Cndet Taylor Issued a circular letter of which I have en original In my possession. Tills letter contains the following ; "Knowing that the burden of taxation falls upon the owners of Htnall homes , It has been my constant and steady purpose to labor for the reduction of expense nnd prac- tlco of economy In all departments. " "Every vote cast by your representative has been In the direction of a fair und con servative policy in city affairs. " Hut the citizens of the Klghth ward did not seu It In tluit light. They knew his rec ord ns n Hnancler and public alllccr. And this Is the man whoso tender conscience fiinoto him when ho was asked to vote for Hceso and Ilrynnt < iml Uurmcstcr. Hero la an uindavlt that shows what an honest man Cadet Taylor la : Stuto of NebrnHkn , us : OMAHA , Nob. , February 27 , IStiS. M. Wulpl deposed and snj'B Unit ho Is. ami has been for the laiit KX | yanr , u resident 'of Douglns county , In the Btnto of No- bnwku. Thut lie cam to Oniiilin in IS'jJ und located ntiir the Hoi-anil T'renbytcrliin church of Omaha in which Cutlet Taylor wan at that time a trustee and HuporlnN-nd- cnt of HID Sunday school , lie attended the wald church ami there met Taylor , who naked him to tnko mock In the .Moelwnlcb' Savings , Komi ami JSuildlnir association , of which Taylor WUH rti-retary. Trmtliu ; In Taylor'H annum nco that tlui utocK wax all right he lytiU live atiurcu of Block of the fatso value of { 2W > luch , for which hu now holds' n. ucrtllliulo dutud December IS , UKI. Ho made nineteen payments of S7.M oafJi on thin stock. the lafct payiimnt being matlu June V ! , 1WJ. or ten day after thu Globe SavJliKH bunk , of which Taylor was vlco president , had miupeniUd. Ho Imp at m > Ijino been ublu to secure u cent nt tbo' money thus paid In nor bun lie been able In secure an accounting from Taylor. After an Ineffectual effort In thl * direction \\n \ \ wrote to A. W. C'JarJt. prp l < lcnt , C. Horton , vlco president , ( ind NIJ. . Unlrden , ( llrucliir of Ma 111 .MvctiUDlui' Isiun upd llullu- ini ? uwot-Iatloi ) . and each and every ono of them Manured him Unit they had no con- unction with the orKunlston ! ami luiuw liijf of Its MffitUH. In rwily to r | ic8lgil lri'p Taylor ( iIJ tlmftho monwy of Ow latltin was Involved In liu u pcinied bank and that no amount- Ing could be had until the affairs of the bank v/ero adjusted. Alllnnt further Bays tluil Taylor i.t llrct denied that he had received any dc-po.'it from him after the tiURpunMon of the bank .Subsequently , when nlllnnt acctMi-d Taylor of accetin.tf ] ) monc-y after thu bunk ha 1 failed , Taylor took the amount from lily safe and returned it. Alllunt further- declares that ho bun In vestigated tbo circumstances uttcndlm ? tlio organization and management of the saia -Mechanics' Savings , 1/onn and liulldlng IH- Horlatlon and has reason to believe Unit hu ami others who iiaSd money Into thi- con cern have bet'ii illegally ilefruudcd of tin Ir money , ll'o limln tjiat thu cillzonc whose names v.'urc given as ofllceitt and direct jr of the enterprise had no aetual eonneeilon with It ; that Taylor was the whole tiling and that the money "edited on the loan and building account was turned Into the sav ings' bank , of which Taylor \vat also tlio manager , and dissipate , ! . Alllant alno de clares that upto this time lie bus he.cn unnblo to obtain any dullnlte Information relative to thu actual condition of the de funct ravings bank and that to the beat of his knowledge and belief It will never repay a dollar of tbo amount which ho has lost , M.VtIU'I. . II. U l'OVM3n. . W. A. SMITH. Thla is only ono of any number of af fidavits lit my posHCFsIoii bhowlng him lo be a common BWlndlcr and no better than the biggest thief that ever sat In tbo peni tentiary , ( Exhibiting ti deposit book. ) Iloro Is a deposit book bolonglng tt > James Ull- bcrt , and hero in a certificate signed and Hoalud by Cutlet Taylor In a swindling con- coin that had no bottom and was organized by him to confidence and rob the people. Hundreds of uchool children In this town liavii been defrauded by him and the Idea of a man llko that trying to load tlio ropubll can party on the path of honesty IB simply thu mo.it brazen thing that anybody hu over heard of , if that man had lived in Missouri , Kansas or lowti ho would have been prosecuted and cent to the penitentiary .s a common awlndlcr. They Imvo sent a good many butter men than him there. ( haughtor. ) He pridcu hltmiolf upon his great friend ship for the Holtllor , IniH a great love for the old ooldlor. Well , now , Jiero IB an artl'da ' that appeared In tlio allied patriotic orKui , the "Omaha lloraltl , " some years ago , which In UK Isfiiici cf October 2G , 1SS. editorially Buys : When the book of the dead and lumentc 1 John A. Jxffiii ) ) wan ready for the prt > : j llils Infamous creature1. Cadet Tnylor , It i. jH prted by those v/lio ou ht to kiunv. went to the widow and domancled a half Inti-rt'it In the vunluro of Its publication , lie uf- xnrted that he lind written It bodily and threatened her with an i'xionuro ; to that ( ffeot , IIIn brother , Buech Taylor , bud U" i hoBiin' prlvule iucrntary. Under tl o Oirfutu M rw. l.wifan ylnldud ana BUVP ihl croaturfe , Caciot Taylor , a half Intore.st In tbo book at a piopcrty. Vic far uif can bo known bo nov r tontrlbutt'd a wrutch of n pun pr UIB vnluo of u tent to IU product I o-i , llu ylmnly Iducki'iallul arid r bbud tln < ( Continued on Nineteenth Pace- )