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MOORES' ORGAN
NOW CHARGES
It Says the Men Who Were Pushing
the Prosecution of Its Pet
Offered to Stop Action for $2,500, but
that Moores Declined.
SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
The People Are Asking
mailers?" and We Challenge Mr. Rosewater
to Publish Their Names.
It may not b generally known, but
It I nevertheless a fart, that the
charge agalnm Frank E. Moores origi
nated with a brae of blackmailers
wbo offered to suppress them for
12.600. It la to tho r"Jlt of Moores
(hat he rejected the Infanioua proposal
and defied tht scoundrels to do their
worst, confident that no Jury would
convict bifri of Intentional wrong.
Omaha Bee.
'f ba above statement appears for the
A rut time In the columns of the Omaha
Dee of Heptember 2, 1HK Th Ameri
can haa learned to take all statements
made by the U with t jet deal of
allowable, especially where the char
a ter and political fortune of Frank
K, Moorea are at stake,
Hut tier a statement which la
sufficiently direct to Justify an In
iuiry, If any responsible citizen did
la fact, attempt, to secure hush money
from Frank E. Moores, tat fart will
cot wsaken In any degree lha decision
of Ilia snprema court walr h ronvlcta
Mr, Moores of being a "wllfull and In
tntlinar dufauliar, but should ba
made kuewn to the people. In order
that tha blackmailer may bava meted
out. In bleu that degree of jwblle. op
probrlutn which his acts d'ei ve,
It Is well to note in paaalnt that (he
charges against Frank K. MKres
tould nefi-r hava ln posabln bad
tils records oof furnished th erldence
tit bis guilt, 'ih points on wbbli the
aapreme rouri inad Its findings yejat
d to only a small part of bis wrings
and misdoings, sjmI It Is a plf of
Impertlneiica for lb editor of tha Jiee
to attempt longer to defend a ion.
vlcted man wbo ba not to this day
tendered an arcciunliug of his affairs
to his surceasor In office, and who stJII
reialns many thousands of dollars In
tils hsnds which belong to other peo-
pls.
It U also passing strange that If
tbers was any substantial ground for
tb charge of blackmail that tha at
torneys for Mr, Moores did not bring
I hut fact out In the great trial which
look pluca In tha court botisa IWors
Heferea Clements,
Tha American Is in a position to
know that tha charges against Frank
Moores originated at a meeting form
ally called, of men who desired tha sua
csss of the republican party, and wbo
believed that tha party did Dot deserve
aucress If there was not vlrtua enough
in It to purga Itself of tha corruption
that had been engendered through the
ofhVa of tha clerk of the district court
during tha IncumlM-ncy of Frank K.
Mwres.
The American has a partial list of
those who werfl present, and proposes
now and here to call tbem to their
foet to answer the charge made by
the Uee.
Fred J. Sackett (Rosewater tai com
BLACKMAIL
"Who Were the Black
missioner): Did you at any time ap
proach Frank K. Moorea directly or in
directly, and agree to suppreas the
chargea you swore to wherein you
sought to Impeach Frank K. Moores
of all the offenaea which the statute
lays down as a sufficient cause for re-
moval from office?
(Paretic h. Chaffee; Did you lend
yourself to a "brace of blackmailers"
who offered to suppress the charges
against Frank B. Moores or 12,500?
James Walsh:' What have you to
say? You were on of (hose who met
to prefer the chargea agalnxt Frank B.
Moores, Did you agree that Mr
Moores' acts sbouM tie kept from the
public for 12,600?
W, (i, Wbltm.ire; When you were
lu the leglalature Koaewaier made
eral chargea against you which the
people did not believe, We know that
you have demanded an editorial
apology from lilm for theae charges,
and that, the most he has ever done
Bits been to admit to you privately that
ho was mistaken, lie now makes the
sweeping statement that the charges
against Frank K, Moores orlgimiied
wUh a "brace tit blackmailers" who
agreed to snparess them for 12,600.
You were one of the citizens of the
county who thought Moore should lie
brought to Justice, and we want to
know whst, you have to say to this
charge?
James H, Winspear: You were one
of those who had the temerity to sign
chargea against a protege of Mr, Itose
water, Ife'fore Mr. floeewater would
consent to your spH!nt merit a
member of the Hoard of Public Works,
be gave you a trial In his own editorial
rooms to determine whether you were
blamahle. for the payment of 1 1, Goo
made by Frank E, Moores In order f hat
he might buy his way back Into the
office of clerk of the district court,
there to plunder the people of their
money, Mr, floeewater consented to
your appointment and you held th
office for several years with credit to
yourself and the community. The
American wsnts you to stand up and
say whether you were one of the
"brace of blackmailers
who offered I
to suppress the chargea against Moores
for the aum of f 2.(00 f The American
also thinks this la a proper time for
you to make known the truth about
your efforta to get Rosewater to ex-
pose the stealings that were perpe-
trated In the county hospital Job, but
which he refuaed to do for fear H
would defeat Dick O'Keefe for a third
term?.
E, P. Davla: You are another of the
partlea who algned the chargea againat
convict Moorea. "Nebraaka'a greatest
man" who knows no law but hla own
sweet will, who believes the supreme
court should register partlzaa decrees,
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DOCTOR UNCMi SAM :
mate association with "venal
h1 "blood -suck i leeches" your
rooted and of so Ioiijj standing that
pathic Remedies." You will bein with No. i and alternate the
you have completed the course, if
canism," to build tip your constitution.
t)K. JOHN L
J'NKSt KIPTIOX No, 1 :
Round about the cauldron urii
In the poisoned entrail throw.
Toad, that under cold stone,
Day and nights bait thirty-one
Sweltered venom !erinj( jjot,
Uoil thou lirt 1' the rharmed (Hit!
I'KKHCKIPTION No. 2:
Fillet of a fenny make,
In the cauldron boil and bake,
and who atops not to question either
the wisdom or the authority of Its de
cisions, has found out that a "brace
of blackmailers" offered to suppress
the charges for 12,600. Our columns
are open for your anawer to tfcla state
ment.
M. II, Hedfield, ei -county clerk:
After convict Moores had esraped the
Hoard of Kducallon, after he bad been
whllewsnhed by a Rosewater board of
county commissioners, after the city
convention with the aid of Roaewater
and the "long green" had placed
Moores upon the ticket, notwithstand
ing the act that you had told many
of the delegHtea that he was a defaulter
and would oppose him If nominated,
you had the audacity to make formal
chargea of dlshoneaty and defalcation
against the party nominee. You ran
I he gauntlet that waa enfiladed by
the batteries of the prince of character
defamers, but no charge then that you
had belonged to a "brace of black
mailers" who agreed to suppress the
chargea against. Frank B. Moores.
When you went down In defeat after
exposing Kosewater's hypocrlcy aa It
was never exposed before, you were
called as a witneas In the celebrated
case, Your tentlmony went to the
cor8 ' t'"' defendant's crime, and you
w"r" """'Jwted to a searching and sen
8tl"na' " examination, but no
woru WM ,m"r'a "y M00rP" lloray
n,at tenM t0 Infrlmlnata you In the
reprehensible work of "blackmailing"
rran ,!" " nn nave you to
my to lh ''harKi nm'le h tne B'?
w Uroatch, you who have been
twice elected mayor of the city aj Unst
the wlah of "NebraHkaa greatest man,"
did you agree to suppress the chargea
ngalnnt convict Moorea for the sum
12,500?
Wright, Ransom & Shean, attorneys,
T0" wr not the orlglnatora of the
chargea, and the Dee man may not
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IVhtrnl i',i,i'ittee. at W,ihnittM llnll lt Satmuhm ni't.nmnn.
Rosewater, your condition is very critical. I'roin yotir very inti-
vampires," "corporation cormorants," "political fiwashbiicklcrs,"
whole sytcin has become corrupted. The disease is so deeply -
the only treatment left is a course
are you are still alive, you will
WEBSTER'S HOMOEI'ATHIC REMEDIES.
I AHAITKH t'HOM HIIAKKSI'KAN!',.
Kye of mewt, and toe of frix,
nol of bat, and tongue of loff,
Adder' fork and blind worm 'a f.tinj
Ii7.7iiird' leis' and owlet winjj,
hike a hell-broth boil and bubble.
I'KF.SCKIPTION No, 3:
Scale of drug-on, tooth of wolf;
Witclu-N, si. 11 11 1 111 v . maw and KUlf
tf the r.ivin'd salt-M-j harp;
Koot of hemlock digg'd i' the dark i
have had you In mind. Hut your con
nection with the case may lay you
open to the suspicion that you are In
some measure guilty, and the Ameri
can will give you a chance to defend
yoursnlvea, What have you to ssy?
T, O, C. Harrison, chief Juntlee of
the state of Nebraeka, come Into court:
You are a late but a grievous offender,
"Nebranka'a greatest man" aaya that
you erred In handing down a decis
ion In the midst of a "momentous
campaign." la It pOMlble that you
could In any way have made overture
to Convict Moorea that, the charge
would be suppreesed for $2,600? Did
you solicit a bribe? Aa with all other
"suspects" we throw our column
open to you, and if we have failed to
Include all parties In our list who have
Incurred the Roeewater displeasure
we Invite them to the free use of our
space.
Reviewing the whole altuatlon aa a
dispassionate umpire, who favored
neither Moorea nor Howell, but w.ilch
Induced A. C. Foster to go on the city
ticket against both theae men, we are
constrained to believe without fur
ther teatlmony, that If as a ma'Jter of
fact "a brace of blackmailers" offered
to suppress the charges against Con
vict Moores he did not accept the offer.
It would be doing violence to logic.
The decision of guilt handed down by
the court Is a consummation which
should hush the voice of criticism. If
the prosecutora of Convict Moorea
were at any time tempted to fall down
and worship mammon, It will be said
that al lof them, barring the preiient
city tax commissioner, recanted.
It la not for tho American to look
into the motives of another set of men
who held Influential posltlona In tho
Moorea' controversy, but we wish to
be Impartial, and will throw our col
umna open to them to defend tbem-
ml
ih (!,, of tin- imMt'cmt ( ouifi
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of "Dr. J. I,. Webster's IIotWE-
doses with Nos. 2 and 3. When
take this bottle of "Pure Republi.
I.lverof blaspheming Jew;
'all of ((oat, and siirm of yew,
Silvered in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips;
Finder of birth-ktraiiKlcd babe,
Ditch-delivered by a drab,
Make the ktiicI thick and slab;
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron
For the ingredient of your caul
dron.
selves. We make no charge that hush
money waa used. Hut a great many
people would like to know what was
tha moving cause that brought Mr.
Rosewater to the support of the great
est boodler n the Htate of Nebraska
In this connection a little current
history should be related. On last
Monday evening a commltlei. called
upon Rosewater to Induce him to
withdraw his opposition to the repub
lican ticket, Rosewater Informed thu
committee that he would not support.
V. H. Walker for the legislature, even
If It lost him every subscriber ho had
If It defeated Dave Mercer, Klerstead
and the entire republican ticket
When asked how he harmonized his
position with his action In supporting
rrank B, Moores, who was publicly
and notoriously charged with defab a
tlon before tho election. He said that
the contest had narrowed down to a
choice of evils, and of the two he.
chose the least. Hut he did not say
that he waa responsible for A. C, Fos
ter withdrawing from the ticket, the
only candidate whom the people be
lieved at that time was fit for the
office.
Why did county attorney liuldrlge
remain inactive when there was a de
mand for him to put to work the crlml
nal court of the county against Mr
Moores. What have Judges Keysor
rawcett and Klabaugh to say? Will
Heecher Hlgby and John Hutler, Mr.
Matthleaon, Captain Palmer, n. M.
Ilaverly, Ralph Hreckenrldge, W. I.
Klerstead, Henry Ostrom, T. VV. Black
burn, Dave Mercer and several others
explain their position. Will A. C.
Foster explain to the people if It waa
the pledge that he waa to have a nomi
nation for governor that Induced him
to withdraw from the ticket?
The American also believes that the
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I'M I, I IX I. I I.M H
NlMIMt
IT IS ROSEWATER
Oil,
ANTI-ROSEWATER
That is tho Slogan in the
State, County and Mu
nicipal Campaign.
Men Who Are Tied to, or, Who
Are Known to Tear tht Dic
tator Will tc Defeated.
THE PIOPLE ARE SOVEREIGN.
They Want No Sympathizers
With Men Who Are Dishon
est In Public Office.
Ontlemcn: Now la the time for
each and every one of you to ptaco
yourself on record before the people oq
Douglas county aa being opposed to
the Hosewater Moorea rlng-the most
corrupt combination which ever at-
tempted to foist themselves on the re-
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publican or any other political party.
l'o J. II, Van imsen:
Usually you have been credited with
1 Imvinic a mind of your own, but It la
kn,,wn ,u( l lhal al p"rl", ln tha
" w"r ,n" ,wnn-
water for the office of county attor
ney, and this fact has laid you open
to suspicion. You will have a chance
to define your position, and If you wlt
to avail yourself of the space of th
American we cheerfully offer It to,
you. We also tender space In our
columns to your associates on the tick
et Messrs. Crow and Noyes.
To Miles D, Houck;
You were nominated for the legisla
ture by the Webster forces, but you
have been a strong supporter of the
Moores Rosewater machine, so much
so that you are classed as a Rosewater
man, The votera will require that you
define your position. They will not
be satisfied for you to simply support
Mr, Webster for the Cnlted Hlates aen-
ste, and serve Rosewater In other mat
ters. Are you for Rosewater dictation
or against It? The people would like
siUHretoei answer.
It. II. 01 Mini cil: You secured your
nomination for the legislature because
of the fight you made against the fire
and police commission and also the
manly fight yon made In the Interest
of the farmers In the agricultural as
sociation cases, and as a result of that
police commission fight the city of
(mm ha has hud foisted upon It a non
resident for chief of police, In viola
tion of the letter of the Inw. You did
not vote for this chief of police, It Is
true. The American does not hold
you responsible for bis election, but
what the people want to know Is
whether you have a Rosewater tag
concealed about your person, which
menns that your vole In the legislature
will be controlled by that Individual
on any proposition whatever. Our col
umns are open to you.
To J. A. Heverly:
Sheriff McDonald Is authority for
tho statement that over a hundred pris
oners were voted at the Fourth ward
republican primary for the ticket bear
ing the name of Frank K. Moores.
What did you have to do 'tth this
transaction? Does this account for
the "flattering vindication" which the
He claims that Moorea received at
that primary? One other question:
Did you go to the Hohemlan Catholic
priest and request him to furnish men
to do street work? Is II not a fact that
you have made It a practice to consult
tola priest ln the matter of the em-
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