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TI1E OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL 2. 1003.
OVATION TO MAYOR MOORES
Citlwu of Omabn Tarn Oat in Force U
Obter tha Major.
EDWARD ROSEWATCR DISCUSSES ISSUES
Brieve the BUmi" Rnt of
Boltfr Benson fader the Search
light for laspeetloa hr
Interested Cltlsena,
(Continued from First Face.)
pan the conscience of those participating
therein. In short do what the Benson boom
ers are attempting to do, and rou will open
the door to many forma of political trick
ery and deception. The wilt of the people,
aa In the case of equal taxation, which
aeema to be the universal demand today,
will be ofttlmea thwarted by confuting the
voter with a multiplicity of candidates who
have been Induced to run by aklllful play
ing upon their vanity, ambition, pique,
vlndlcllveness, venality or mlstsken sense
of duty.
"Doubtless occaelona arise when It it the
right and duty of the people to repudiate
their nartr candldatea. When a nomina
tion hae been procured by fraud or corrup
tion; when delegates have voted differently
from the way they were elected to rote,
when the principles and probable policy of
the candidate are at known variance In
important reepeeta with the desires of the
voter. It ts the letter's privilege and duty
to make hla ballot expsess his convictions.
But no such charges can be brought against
Frank Moores in this campaign. The at
tempt to do ao la much like the woman
who applied for a divorce on the ground
that her husband was not the father of her
last child. -The
Primary Fight.
"In a clear-cut, well-defined contest be
tween Moores and entl-Moores delegatea
Frank Moores carried five out of nine
wards and seventy-three out of 143 dele-
gates. Arrayed against him was the most
complete political organlxation ever formed
in this city. Including every franchlaed
corporation, the railroads, the board of Are
and police commissioners with its power
ful club, all the members of the last legis
lature, the solid city, and coiuity repub
lican central committees, the World-Herald,
the News, and all the leading democratic
politician. They gerrymandered the city
In a way they deemed most disadvantageous
to him. The mayor was divested, of all in
fluence on the Are and police board. He
was made powerless to hire a man on the
publlo works without the approval of both
the board of publlo works and the city
council, a majority of the latter body being
adverse to him. The city central committee
refused to permit him to name a single
Judge of election and but three clerks in
the city of Omaha, They attempted to de
ceive the publlo by calling him a "machine"
candidate, although they had taken posses
sion of and were themselves using every
wheel of the machine. Hla success under
such circumstances proves that the people
were with him.
"After carrying the primaries his nom
ination became a mere matter of honesty.
It is a matter for congratulation and proves
that the morale of politicians are much
better than commonly reputed that out of
seventy-three delegatea there waa but ena
who proved dlabonest and one ahaky.
Neither of these had ever sat la con
vention or had an opportunity to become
educated in the ethics of politics. When
the delegate from the Eighth ward who waa
elected on the Moores delegatioa disap
peared after the cloae of the primaries,
and waa reported not to have returned to
his home that night, eould not be found
the following morning, but appeared for
the first time In the eonvention, seated,
not with the delegates with whom he had
fought the day previous, but In the midst
of the antl-Moores delegation from the
Sixth ward, treachery was suspected.
' TJanrecedented Parliamentary Hnllnss
"When the chairman of the city commit
tee, a lawyer and parliamentarian, made the
unprecedented ruling that delegatea having
credentials from the Judges and clerks of
election were not entitled to , vote on the
question of temporary chairman of the
eonvention; when this ruling waa supported
by such skilled lawyera and parliamentar
ians aa Mr. Breckenrldge, Mr. Oosa, Mr.
Burbank, it was manifest that the passions
aroused at the primaries were not allayed
and that an attempt would be made to de
feat the will of the people aa expressed in
the primaries, right or wrong. When the
chairman ordered a roll call by naming
each individual delegate Instead of under
the usual practice of a call of wards, hla
motive was suspected. When this
delegate from the Eighth ward voted prac
tically to unseat himself and the colleagues
with whom he waa elected, the knowledge
en the part of the chairman of the treachery
of the delegate became apparent and his
motive was explained.
"Then a great and truly American scene
Illustrated bow publlo opinion punishes a
dishonest delegate. For twenty minutes the
ball was filled with cries of 'Traitor,'
'Bought,' 'How much did you getr 'Who
bought your 'Show your faoe,' Mudaa
lacarlot. Even hla friends smiled and en
payed the predicament of their hireling.
The poor culprit sank lower and lower in
bis chair. Hla head hung on hla breast
and his eyea aeemed searching tor a knot
bole In the floor. The ooor man was re
ceiving a lesson in the ethics of politics.
"Later, when the vote waa being taken
for mayor on a motion for a call by wards
previously carried, the chairman of the
Second ward delegation announced the entire
vote of that ward for Frank B. Moores.
Not a single delegate from that ward chal
lenged the correctness of the announcement.
After the vote had proceeded clear to the
Ninth ward, 'Mr. Breckenrldge, Mr. Ooss
and others not in the Second ward delega
tloa called for a poll of that ward. Their
own chairman, Mr. Herring, had a few
minutes before ruled that If the ward was
satisfied with Ita own vote a delegate from
another i ward could not complain. The
chairman followed this precedent and In
inia was sustained Dy every writer upon
parliamentary practice and the universal
custom of conventions.
Roll Not Called For.
"A party who ia aggrieved Is the only one
who can challenge the correctness of the
announcement of his vote. No one from
the Second ward called for a poll of the
delegation. From affldavlta that I have seen
published in the daily preaa I suspect that
Mr. Haarmann had learned f rom the object
lesson presented In the punishment of the
treacherous delegate from the Eighth ward
a lesson In political ethics. I know that had
he voted otherwise than for Frank E.
Moores he would have been guilty of a con
temptlble and treacherous act.
"I have In my hands the sample ballots
used In the Second ward. On one Is
printed: 'This delegation is for W. W
Bingham for mayor and A. H. Hennlngs
tor city treasurer." Mr. Haarmann's name
does not appear upon that delegation. On
the other Is printed: 'This delegation Is
for Frsok E. Moores tor mayor, Fred
Brunlng for tax commissioner. Fred H
Hoye for councilman.' Mr. Haarmann's
am Is the third on that delegation." When
the ballots were counted it was found that
the lowest vote polled for a Bingham dele
gate waa 376. the highest 280. The lowest
vote polled tor a Moores delegate was 8(4,
the highest 171. Mr. Haarmann received
ICS votes. It la manifest that .every man
who voted for Mr. Haarmann that day ex
pected him to vote, as he was pledged to
e
vote on the printed ballots, for Frank B.
Moorea. He was but their sgent, commis
sioned to vote their will, and not to have
THIS OELBQATWei IS POJt
FRANK E. MOORES
FOR MAYOR
FRED BRUNINQ
For Tax Commissioner
FRED H. HOYE
For Councilman
CHARLKS ANDERSON ("")
FRED BRUNINO
FERDINAND HAARMANN Q
CHARLES HOUBA...-
JOSEPH KAV AN "
FRED O. KUNZ.... .:-
JOHN LYNCH. .........- .Q """N
MOSES LOO ASA.. '..Q X
.SAMUEL MORRIS
JOSEPH NEJEPINSKY..
OEORGE NICK LAS
I I VauaMU
H. J. PETERSEN
EDAVARD RICHE.
OTTO WAACK...
voted for Frank E. Moorea would have been
violation of instructions, a breach of
trust, an act most contemptible and treach
erous. Surely, with the object lesson In
the Eighth ward before him, no man can
blame Mr. Haarmann for refusing to call
for a poll of hla ward.
"Verily, the charge that the eonvention
waa fraudulent la a plea that corruption
should be- recognized and treachery re
warded. No, great moral "uprising waa ever
based on so weak a foundation. It anyone
was aggrieved .by the action of the con
vention it was Mr. Blngbam and not Mr.
Benson. Mr. Benson's delegation delayed
its vote until they could ascertain whether
or not a delegate would arise In the con
vention and assert his right to betray his
constituents. Had he done so Mr. Benson's
delegation would have voted for Mr. Bing
ham. Mr. Bingham is as good 'a business
man aa Mr. Benson and would compare
with him favorably on any test of fitness;
but Mr. Bingham, from past political ex
perience, has been educated In the ethics
of politics. He knew that when a man sub
mits hla name aa a candidate to the
primaries of . a party he expects an ad
vantage from the nomination and agreea to
give to his suecessful competitor the same
advantage which he himself sought. He
knew that politics is no game of heads I
win, talis you lose, but that It ia considered
disreputable to aeek a nomination and with
hold from a successful competitor his well-
earned advantage.
Fair Flay la Fettles.
"I do not wish to be severe with Mr.
Benson, or with the two delegates who,
like himself, were not educated In political
ethlca, but call attention of the publlo to
the fact that a man who would allow him
self to be tempted to do what he Is doing Is
putting himself In the hands of unsafe
counsellors. From a political standpoint
every man who desires the success of
ths republican party; every man who re
grets the factional strife that ia destroying
our party, every man who desires to pun
ish treachery and corruption; every man
who believes that the will of the people as
expreased In a primary or (election should
prevail in Omaha as well aa in South Caro
lina or New York City; every man who
believes that fair play in primaries, con
ventions and eleotlona will accomplish
more then corruption, treachery and bad
faith, ahould express his convictions by
voting for Frank E. Moores. (Applause.)
"Approach the question from the stand
point of a cltlxen and taxpayer. Three
platforms have declared substantially for
home rule and equal taxation. Unequal
taxation, corporation rule, has been a
source of complaint for years. The fact
that it should be made so prominent in
three platforms ehows that there ia some
thing in existing conditions that has
changed It from a mere sentiment or formal
protest to a living Issue. The platform
simply takes cognizancs of the existing
fact that the people of Omaha are demand
ing home rule and equal taxation.
Moorea' Offense to Corporatloaa.
"What caused thisT I am not an apolo
gist for the taulta of Frank Moores and
will not endorse his appointments In years
past, but call your attention to the fact
that his first appointees to the Board of
Review who ahowed a bias In favor of the
corporations and against the people are
today, I believe, without exception, fight
ing Mayor Moores. But It Is the present
and not the past conditions that have
created these great Issues. When Mayor
Moorea. at the time Edward Rosewater was
prosecuting proceedings in the supreme
court to compel the taxation of railroad
property the aame aa other property, ap
pointed Victor Rosewater, bis son, and Mr.
Hunter aa members of the Board of Re
view, knowing the policy to which they
were committed, he thereby alienated from
himself the support of every railroad and
franchlaed corporation In the city of
Omaha who were seeking to escape taxa
tion. He was in a position where he had
to take sides between the railroads and the
people. Owing to the Influence of Mr.
Rosewater he decided In favor of equal
taxation and the result you all know. The
lasus became a live one. It waa carried
to ths state legislature and the railroads
won. But does anyone believe that they
have ceased to fight In the city of Omaha?
Does anyone believe that these favored In
terests have no choice of candidates? Does
anyone believe that they care what the
platform of a party is it they can name
the officers? Does anyone believe that the
man elected by their assistance will be as
likely to fairly represent the people as a
man elected against their opposition?
Corporations for Howell.
Let me call your attention to a few
facta: In the democratic convention, of
the committee that drafted the home rule
and equal taxation platform there was not
one who voted for Ed Howell. It is well
known that these corporate Interesta are
In all parties snd have no regard for any
Issue save the one that affects their pe
cuniary affairs. In the democratic primary
all of these corporate Interests favored Ed
Howell. The Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners favored Ed Howell, and
when Ed Howell was nominated a shout
of Joy went up from every man who Is
opposed to home rule and equal taxation.
"In the republican convention the men
who nominated Frank Moores are the men
who drafted the plttforu and the men who
did the acts that forced home rule and
equal taxation aa a living lasue before the
people. I do not wish to name men, but
you all know the able and Influential poll,
tlclans who are always found on the side
of corporations, assisting them to evade
taxes, justifying their conduct and recelv
tng their favora. If you do not know them
Inquire of any politician who knows and
ha will name them for you. I challenge
you to find a single corporation politician
in the city of Omaha who is supporting
Krsnk Moores. either In the primaries or
the election. I challenge you to find a
single opponent, either of home rule or of
equal taxation, who Is supporting Frank
E. Moores or did support him in the pri
maries. "Self-interest Is a constant force and Ita
results can be foretold with reasonable ac
curacy. The mayor elected will either be
Influenced by the highest and most unselfish
motives or he will be Influenced by self
interest. If the policy of a candidate. If dic
tated by self-interest would be absolutely
the aame as If dictated by the hlgheet
and most uneolflah motives, then that can
didate Is the safest one for the people to
trust. Such Is the position of Mayor
Moores. He owes his nomination to the
people that were fighting, for home rule
and equal taxation, if elected he will be
elected by such people. Self-Interest will
compel him to give publicity to the acta of
the fire and police commissioners when
they attempt to club voters Into line for
corporate Interesta. He la the only can
didate who would have such a motive, as
all the others are receiving ssslstance from
this board. Self-interest would prompt
him to carry cut the reform of equal taxa
tion which originated under hla admin
istration and which is today his only
source of strength. The other csndidates
will be embarrassed should they attempt
to antagonize the men and Interests that
are their counsellors and source of
strength today.
Issaea of the Campaign.
"Be not deceived! The Issue of this
campaign ia home rule and equal taxation.
An attempt la being msde to persuade good
citizens that Mr. Benson, who is a member
of the real estate exchange, stands for
equal taxation; but the corporate Influences
that are backing him are not sentimental
lets, but practical politicians. They seek
results. They are willing that a good
moral citizen should be deceived and by
voting for Benson cast one-half a vote for
Howell, but they themselves will make their
whole vote count. They know that a great
moral uprising cannot be based upon polit
ical treachery.
"Be not deceived! The forces arrayed
against home rule and equal taxation are
our ahrewdest, - keenest politicians. They
know better than you what would be beat
for their Interests and Insofar as their In
terests are antagonistic to your own what
will be worst for the people. Until you can
show me one single corporation politician
or sympathizer who is supporting Frank
Moores you must look upon him as your
friend In the pending contest. It avails
nothing to have a platform if they name
the nominees. It avails nothing to present
a multiplicity of candidates and deceive
men with high moral phrases and great
show of righteousness If they work their
will. The issue is home rule and equal
taxation and at thta time Frank E. Moores
represents the people's side of that Issue."
(Long applause.)
Mr. Rosewater' Remarks.
Mr. Edward Rosewater apoke as follows:
"Mr. President, Fellow Republicans and
Fellow Citizens: I am profoundly Im
pressed with this demonstration. I take it
that It ia not so much an expression of
your appreciation of what I have done for
ths city of Omaha and the republican cause
as It Is your enthusiastic endorsement of
the ticket nominated by the republican
convention. At the very outset I feel Im
pelled to exclaim, 'Remember the Mayne.'
I mean of course the Mayne who formerly
figured conspicuously in the boom days of
Omaha and who now lives at Joplln, Mo.
That great boomer was at one time inti
mately linked with the gentleman who
came very near being thrown over the
transom by that band of antl-machlne
purifiers who walked out because they
could not carry a convention, and are now
trying to apologize for the conduct of their
candidate, who during that period of
Omaha's prosperity the boom period
when cornfields and cow pastures away
out from ten to twelve miles from the
city limits commanded fabulous prices.
Moores a Clean Winner.
"It has been stated here tonight very
clearly and truthfully that the convention
that nominated Frank E. Moorea repre
sented a majority of the republicans of
Omaha. But the gentlemen who left the
convention hall in dismay insist that the
ticket nominated there represented a mi
nority, and that la about as near to the
truth as anything that has been said In
extenuation of their retreat or In com
mendation of their candidate. Less than
three days after this candidate had his
name presented another convention waa
held In this city that nominated Erastus
A. Benson as the csndldate of Omaha popu
lists, but In order that they might be
assured of an Insertion on the official bal
lot, and fearing that it could not be shown
that the populists of Omaha cast 3 per cent
of the total vote polled In 1902, they got
up a petition containing the names of
people representing all shades of political
opinion and filed that petition with the
city clerk. That whols proceeding shows
that this is a campaign of deception and
Imposture on ths part of the anti-machine
purifiers. .
Benson's Omaha Advent.
"Now, most of you perhaps were not in
Omaha fifteen years ago, but many of you
doubtlesa remember the advent of the
boomer candidate. These people came here
to exploit the town. They found the city
to cover an area of about fifteen square
miles. They began Immediately to take
options on cornfields and cow pastures and
gullies many miles from ths court house
and the poatofflce, and by paying a few
hundred dollars for options had these lands
platted and put on the market as additions
to Omaha. C. B. Mayne, the head boomer,
had the faatest team in the city, and people
who came to inspect Omaha were invited
to drive out with him and take a look at
auburban lota. The trip out required per
haps ten minutes, but the same persona
found later, when they hired teams and
made the Journey for themselves, that it
took them an hour or an hour and a half.
"The boomers were like the woman In
the chariot who came to Omaha years ago
to pull teeth without pain. She did this
in the atreets. There was a brass band
with her, and whenever she pulled a tooth
the band atruck up and no one ever knew
whether or not the subject uttered a cry.
So It was with the boomers. They had
brass bands and other diversions to keep
the people hypnotized while tbey pulled
their eye teeth." (Laughter.)
City's Greatest torse.
"Now, my friends. I really capnot compre
hend how anybody conversant with the
history of Omaha can Join the Benson
boom without apologizing for hla foolish
ness. Ths greatest curse Omsba ever was
afflicted with was the Invasion of the real
estate boomers. Everybody that has lived
In Omaha for the laat fifteen years will
remember to his sorrow the rise and col
lapse of the boom and the havoc It played
with Omaha, and It will take us msny mors
yeara to recover fully. Before the advent
of the boomers Omsha covered nine squars
miles of territory and a large part of that
was sparsely occupied, but the boomers
laid out first additions, second and third
additions and auburban towna in every 1I-
rectlon, over hill and dale, from the Platte
river to Calhoun, and from the Missouri
river to the Elkhorn. Almost every day a
cattle pasture, a cornfield or a whole farm
waa ataked out and platted Into town lota.
Fabulous fortunes were to be mads on the
get rich quick plan and by speculation in
dirt.
When the Boom Waa Booming?.
"I want to read you some of ths adver
tlsements that appeared in The Bee, and
In other Omaha newspapers at the time
C. E. Mayne ft Company boomed the town
and triad le help build up Omaha.
WHERE REPUBLICAN
FEPUBLICAir PLAT TOW .
The"rptiblleani',of"OBaha by.tMsTeenvent ion eppeaf"f erthe""support
f Its eandldatsa by jcltltens'and taxpayers of. all parties on. the
..following platforn.to whlch'lta nonlneesereTfcereby pledged!
1. we favor mmlelpsJ. home" rule1n"lts broadetssnss.
2. favor Munlelpal'cwnerehlprofjpublle utilities, connenelng rnXtH
ths water works endelectrlellghtlg plant.
'3" we stand for'equal and'just taxation of all class of property.
Ineluding'eorperats franchises, and especially' the local assessment
of railway. terminals forelty taxation.
. e rldge aneecmlojarid .Business Ilka adminlst ration of ths
city affairs.'
5. Wo promise govornmentlnthlnterestof the common people and,
resistance of every attempt'of .the'eorporations to subvert our
government by brieeryand corruption.
The undersigned eandldatss'of "the' Republican paftyduly
nominated for the several offices as hereinafter set fortn at the
Republican City' Convent ion held In this "city "of Omaha April 11,1903
do hereby endorse and approve the above platform and. do pledge our
crar support to the dsclaratlona'contained In sail Platform and that it,
lected we will faithfully and to the beat of cur ability carry out
the said platform in every, respect
Onaha jAprll 13,l03x
ev.c jjr fay
"
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Here, for Instance, is Thomas A Goos' ad
dition. (Where all the plucked goslings
congregated.) Just south of Hanscom park.
only two miles from the court house. Just
176 beautiful residence lots. Events are
shaping themaetves that will make theso
lots sn Investment of sure profit. $600 to
$1,000 will buy lots now and one year from
now they will be worth 2.500 to $3,000.
(Laughter.) It Is not all luck. Luck to the
dogs. (That la the way it appears in the
advertisement.) It Is foresight. Judgment
and sand. (Laughter.) (Sand and mud.)
(Pleasantry.) Take a square look at
Thomas Goos' addition, which Is ad
joining the city on the aouth. A rich and
powerful syndicate, who without any
further effort could peddle it out in the
next two yeara for $2,000,000. Do you sup
pose that they are Idiots enough to do this?
No. They will either build or subscribe to
a cable line and realize $3,000,000 from It.
Take a tumble to yourself. Do a little
Investing. Investigate and figure and you
will see that there are the greatest bar
.gains on earth In lots In this 'key to
Omaha and South Omaha.' (Loud laughtsr.)
, CONKL.INQ PIACE.
Conkltnr Place Is not "one of the finest."
but "the finest" piece of ground ever pis t ted
on this great thoroughfare. In fact, It Is
the "Peer" of all additions to the City of
the West. Conkling Place is the highest
ground on Leavenworth street and la Just
across the Belt Line Missouri Faclflo Main
IJne and within a stone's throw of West
Side depot.
An opportunity to purchase such prop
erty aa thta, at such low prices, on easy
terms, doe not come often and will be
quickly taken advantage of by those who
want something that la simply perfect.
Prices are $550 for corners and $500 for
Inside lota on Howard, and (s50 for corners
and $800 for Inside lots on Leavenworth.
"If anybody In this audience can tell us
where Conkling Flacs is, we want the In
formation. Another of the Gold Bricka.
"Here is one of the sample gold bricks:
$75. $50. $50. $76. B. M. Park addition.
"The whole page la taken up by the plctur?
of a locomotive and an announcement in
Stud-Horse type of a description to the B.
t M. Psrk addition, with tbla notice:
Free ride to and from the Park for in
tending purchasers, Saturday and ftunday,
April 16th and 17th. Situated on main line
of B. ft M. R. R. Title perfect and guar
anteed by the Midland Guarantee & Trust
Company. Every lot lies high, dry and
level. Kvery lot covered with fine timber.
On Saturday, April 16th, a free train of
coachea will leave the B. A M. depot at
10:30 In the forenoon for the Park, and will
run the distance in about five or alx min
utes. Come for Yourselves,
Bee for Yourselves.
Judge for Yourselves.
After the data mentioned prices will be
$125.00 and $160.00 for every lot. No differ
'enre whether you buy one or a dozen, no
discount made. The laborer who can only
afford to buy one lot can rest assured that
he has bought the single lot ss cheaply
as those who have bought In numbers.
"April 17, 1S87."
SELMAVILLE.
Is the latest Addition platted on Leav
enworth street. As level aa a lawn and
every lot a daisy. Has a splendid view of
all West Omaha. Could not lay better.
"Does anybody in this audience know
where Selmavtlle Is? Here is another bar
gain: This superb sddltion. Green as a meadow
and level aa a lawn, will be ulaced on the
market Monday morning. April lMh, at $
and $660 per lot. Only iiuu caan. just ten
lots will be sold wh.-r. the price will be
raised. Free cartiagea. Free Bide and Free
Choice. Come early to the offUe of
LOVEQREEN ft DALZELL.
"April I5th, 1887. Full Page."
AMBLER PLACE
Commencing: Monday, April 25th. 117. free
carrUgea will be run fmm the office of
Harrison. Ambler Wooley, for Ambler
Jlaoe, hair a mile west or Hanacom i'ark
and adjoining the Poor Farm.
lcV lota will be sold at the very low price
of $700 to $1.C; $u rash. $! In six months,
balance In one and two years at per cent.
STREET CAP.B AND PAVED STREETS.
Tha Omaha Southwestern Street Railway
will be In operation within sixty days and
tnoae wno ouy in ine rni hii oi iois
will double their money before the sum
mer Is half gone.
HOI.n VOT'R MONET I'NTIL SATI'R-
DAf, MAX lita- at W A. M. BttAKP. When
CANDIDATES STAND
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I will sell at public auction to the highest
bidders, 25 of the most beautiful lots on
Karnam Htreet. commencing at Thirty-ninth
Street. This elegant property adjoins Je
rome Park on the west. Parties purchasing
will double their money In a short time.
Free carriages will take parties to the sale.
THOMAS RILEY, Auctioneer.
"Sunday. May 15th, 1887."
NEXT WEDNESDAY. MAY 18th, A FREE
EXCURSION.
Ill order to give every one an opportunity
to see tne many improvements in ine sud
urbs nf the cltv a free excursion over the
Belt Line hae been arranged to take place
next Wednesday, May 18th. Free trains
will leave the M. P. depot, 15th and Web
ster Streets, promptly at l:sn p. m. ana
go out on the Mlesourt Pacific as far as
Wmi tjiwn the beautiful suburban prop
erty on the Papplo Valley. Splendid picnic
grounds. Hotel ana ail conveniences, it
you want to go, secure free tickets of
nr N Ulrku 21& South Fifteenth St.
YOI' CAN'T GO UNLESS YOU HAVE A
TICKET. EVKKTHOLII CUKUlAUliI
INVITED.
In the Wake of the Boom.
"When the boom collapsed completely ten
years ago, thousands of men and women
who had followed "the advice of the Am
blers, the Maynes, and the Beneons by In
vesting their earnings and savings on ths
installment plan were wrecked and ruined
and thousands of others who had been con
fldenced by the boomers out of their sav
ings o( many years, and other thousands
who held onto the property in Omaha
were eaten up paying taxes and after their
property was foreclosed by the money loan
era, were left with deficiency Judgments
hanging over their heads. This is not the
worst. While the boomers were annexing
thousands of acres of cow pastures, corn
fields and gullies the property in the heart
of the city was depreciating, by the cre
ation of new additions snd the city waa
mortgaged for millions of dollars for rot
ten wooden block pavements and gss and
water main extensions. City Treas
urer Hennlngs Informs me that the
amount paid for wooden block pave
ments was $1,137,441.45, of which
fully $200,000 was for Intersections, paid
directly by the city, and a large portion
of the rema'nder baa been taxed back
and will be taxed back to the whole city,
because the Kpeclal tsx levied agalnat the
out-of-town property Is more thsn the lots
are worth and this is not figuring Interest
that is accumulating on Ihe top of the
original cost of the wooden pavements laid
at Instance of the boomers.
Boomer's Park Plans.
''In 1887 George W Linlnger, then state
aenator, secured the passage of the first
charter for a city of the metropolitan
clans with the specific provision that the
railroad property should bi assessed the
same as all other classes of property. That
charter also contained another sedtlon
giving the city the right to acquire land for
parka by eminent doma'n condemnation,
but the charter was mutilated In the bouse
by the railroad lobby and boomers' lobby,
who were afraid that the location of parka
In the Immediate vicinity of Omaha would
Interfere with their real estate deals, and
the result waa that, four yeara later, the
real estate boomers, with Erastua Benaon
at tbelr head, turned the town urside down
to carry the bond proposition for the pur
chase of parks snd $400,000 In bonds wers
voted for parks, on which by this time we
have paid $210,000 Interest. Omaha hia
paid $610,000 for parks that you could not
sell todsy for more than $SO,000. And this
is what they call business. Thus through
promoter Benson and his assoclste boomers
a permanent mortgage debt of $400,000 waa
saddled upon Omaha for parka that couli
not be aold today for one-flfth of what we
paid for them, and every year we are taxed
$20,000 to pay the interest on these park
bonds.
KsJert of the Padded Cenans.
"About the worst black eye that Omaha
received at the bands of the boomers was
the padding of the census of 1890, which
strikingly .illustrates the tact that a man
cannot pull himself up by his bootstrsp.
For the next eight years every almanae
and reference directory will continue to
advertise Omaha aa the only city west
of ths Mississippi that Is on ths down
grade, and no amount of explanation or
assurance that Omaha has a larger popula
tion today than It ever bad and Is on a
more solid basla can remove that damag
ing Impression. Nobody has suffered more
from the padding of the census of lft0 than
The Ben Publishing company and the World
Herald, both directly and Indirectly. Indi
rectly we have been injured materially In
loss of foreign advertising, because the
heavy advertisers do not want to pay as
much for apsre In papers circulating In a
town of 100,000 population as they would to
papers published In a city of 150.000 popu
lation. Directly The Omaha Bee alone has
paid over $57,000 ss the penalty for th
booming of the census. Let me explain. The
Associated Press fixes Its service rates every
ten years according to the census. The As
sociated Press rates newspapers according
to the population of the cltlea where they
are published and they rated The Omaha
Bee In 1891 according to the census of 1890
and raised our tolls $100 a week and for
eleven years we paid $100 a week more
than we should have done. Fifty-two weeks
in a year and eleven years makes more
than $57,000 all told direct loss by this
falsification of the census. And all the talk-'
ing I could do to the managers of the As
sociated Press I could not get them to re
cede. They would not take anything for
granted. They said, that la fine talk, but
the census ssys you have a population of
140,000 and you must pay according to
that population.
Benaon as n Tax Reformer.
"Mr. Benson now poses as the champion
of tax reform and la supported for mayor
on a platform pledging him to the prin
ciples fought by the Real Estate exchange.
Now, the exchange made a very creditable
fight for equitable taxation, but at no atsge
In that campaign waa Mr. Benson drafted
Into active service by the committee that
was fighting the battle of the taxpayers.
By its action the exchange showed a dis
trust of Benson's sincerity as a champion
of equal taxation and that la almost an In
dictment. The truth of the matter Is that
during that memorable campaign Benson
threw aa much cold water on the movement
as he could and showed very little disposi
tion to fight the battle of the taxpayers
against the corporations. At one time he
even went so far as to say that the ex
change waa exerting Itself altogether too
much In fighting the tsx-shlrklng corpora
tions and that the exchange would ac
complish more beneficial work by devoting
Us energies to suburbsn property on tha
instsllment plan. (Applause.) If Mr. Ben
son hsd had his way the tax fight would
probably have been abandoned before it had
begun.
"The gentleman who Is now chairman of
the Benson executive committee and one
of our moat prominent merchants wss In
vited by the exchange to a confidential
meeting at which a proposition was being
considered for compromising the assessment
of the franchlaed corporations. To my
great surprise that gentleman expressed
himself as decidedly In fsvor of a com
promise and when he asked me whether I
concurred with him I retorted and said:
" 'My dear sir, if I had a suit In court
against you for $5,000 and the final outcome
was uncertain I would be willing to com
promise, tut If I had a judgment from the
supreme court of - Nebraska for $5,000
againat you I would not take a cent leas
than the whole amount with Interest. We
have a Judgment that entitles us to tax the
corporations on the value of their tangible
properties and their franchises on a stock
and bond value basis and It seems to me
utterly out of the question for us now
to surrender any part of the rightful claim
for the full measure of taxes to which
Omaha is entitled.'
What Bensonltes Foraret.
"Now, these are the gentlemen who are
trying to array the taxpayers against
Frank E. Moores. They seem to have tor
gotten that he appointed the board of re
view, that not only voted to sustain the
tax commissioner in his assessment of
franchlaed corporations, but resisted all
corporate pressure and voted to assess the
railroads for the full vstue of their term
inals and properties within the city limits
of Omaha, I cannot comprehend how these
gentlemen of the exchange can consistently
go back on the man who firmly stood by
them and made it possible for them to
score a substantial victory. I feel sure
the taxpayers of Omaha will gratefully ap
preciate the faithful service rendered by
the last Board of Review and will not be
swayed by the appeals of the boomers.
"The opponents of Frank B. Moorea have
yet to point out a single item of corruption
and dishonesty in his municipal admlnlstrs-
tlon. (Applause.) They admit that aa
mayor of Omaha he has been as economical
and prudent aa the clrcumstsnces would
permit. They admit that he has vetoed any
number of bills and claims that he con
sidered excessive or unlswful and has op
posed every measure he deemed Injurious
to the public welfare. Every Intelligent
republican knowa that a vote for Benson Is
half a vote for Ed Howell, and ths Benson
ltes know It as well as you or I do. They
tell me privately that they do not care
whether Benson is elected or not, but
they want to defeat Moorea. They
want to withdraw a sufficient num
ber of votes from the republican
candidate, who is opposed by all the
corporations, to elect the democratic candi
date, whom they know to be the choice of
the corporatlona. They are not fighting the
battle of Omaha, but moat of them are
fighting Frank E. Moores under all aorta
of pretexts In order to get even.
Their Home Rale Record.
"They tell us they fsvor home rule, but
they repudiated home rule when they en
dorsed the Howell-Gllbert bill that em
powered the governor to appoint a water
works commission for Omaha without the
consent of its people. This water works
board appointed by a governor who has no
Interest in Omaha Is to negotiate the pur
chase of the water works that will involve
a bond Issue of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000, but
the board Is not answerable for
Ita acta either to the taxpayers
of Omaha or to the governor
that appointed It. Does this show that the
Bensonltes are alncerely In favor of home
rule? Where did Benson stand when this
bill was before the legislature? Where
has he stood snd where does be stand on
any other Issue that vitally coprerns
Omaha'a future? Will anybody tell us what
course Mr. Benson would pursue If the ap
praisement of the water worka ahould ex
ceed by $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 the actual
value of the plant? What assurance have
the taxpayers of Omaha that tbey will fare
better with Erastus Benson at ths bead of
the city government than with Frank E.
Moores? But Benson bss no more chance
to be the next mayor of Omaha than hs
hss to be the next president of the United
Ststes. If Mayor Moorea were to resign to
nlgnt snd Benaon waa aubstltuted for him
by the republican committee, and aupported
with all the vigor and vim at Its command
by Ths Bee, he could not possibly be elected
mayor of Omsha under existing conditions.
The fight Is squsrely between Howell and
Moores and every men within my bearing
knows that It Is sbsurd to tslk about
Benson's election as mayor. I doubt very
much whether be will get as msny votes as
ths socialist csndldate. A great many of
the men ahoutlng for Benson now Intend
to vote for Howell on election day. I
could name seventy-five Benson shouters
that have not the remotest Inteption of
voting for him. Tbey will vote for Howell,
and don't you forget it.
"They are ashamed to advocate ths elec
tion of Howell because Howell Is unpalst
able to the class of people who find fault
with Mayor Moores for his wide-open pol
icy. They know that while Moores le keel
Ing the gatea ajar Howell would lake do i
the gates altogether to allow the vlclotii
classes to have unrestricted away. Tbr.
political pharlsees, who sre berating Moore
for all the Indecency and wickedness that
prevails in thie community, know (hit
Moores has had no control of the police
force of Omaha for more than eight months
and that Rroatrh and his police commis
sion have directed all the movements of
the police and whatever lawlessness hs
prevailed within the last eight months
chargeable directly to them and not
Moorea. But Broatch Is shouting for Ben
son and all the time Is Intending, of cnurs-,
to vote for Howell, and the very men who
are responsible for whatever evils exist sre
Identified with the faction that calls Itself
antl-machlne.
Conndence In Moorea' Klertlon.
"I am very much amused by tha boomers
and their fake organ. They are trying to
make themselves believe that I am badly
ecsred over the prospect of Benson's elec
tion as mayor. They think that I would
not Lombard the boomer candidate It he
had no chance of election. Now mark this
prediction. I feel a great deal more con
fidence, in the election of Frank E. Moorea
tonight than I did one week before election
three years ago, and I am willing to stake
my reputation that Moores will receive
more votes In the First. Second and Third
wards of Omaha than Benson will receive
In the whole city of Omaha, and that Mooren
will receive more votes In the Fourth, '
Fifth and Sixth wards of Omaha than Ben
ton will receive In the whole city of
Omaha. I doubt exceedingly whether Ben
son will get as msny votes In the whole
city of Omaha aa Moores will receive In
the 8eventh, Eighth and Ninth wards of
Omaha.
"I am bombarding Benson because I re
gard him as a mere stalking horse for
Howell and believe that every vote thrown
to him is half a vote for Howell. Howell
Is the msn that Moores will have to beat
on the 5th day of May. Incidentally I am
bombarding Benaon because I have always
detested shams, humbugs and charlatans In
polltlca and In business. I have no respect
for men who go about masquerading under
false pretenses or false colors. I have no
respect for brsss band and free ride
boomers.
"I can't see for the life of me how sut
stantial, conservative business men ran -A"
carried off their feet by tin pan stage thun-(
der. I feel sure that when they come to
their senses they will walk to the ballot
box on the 8th day of May and mark a
cross in the republican circle." (Applause.)
GREAT NIGHT IN BIG SIXTH
Solid Twenty-Six Rallies the Forces
to Hear Candidates and Other
Speakera.
J
The meeting of the Solid Twenty-Six club
last night at Idlewlld hall brought out a
large number of Sixth ward rooters. Can
didates present requested to be called early
ao they could attend the Washington hail
meeting.
Bryce Crawford, candidate for council
man from the Fifth ward, said the ques
tion before the people today Is how the new
council will treat the corporations. He
ssld he would treat all Interests fairly,
giving no person or corporation any ad
vantage over any other person, Insisting
that the franchlaed corporations should
have no more than that to which they are
entitled by law.
A. C. Wahlstrom, candidate for building
inspector, made a short talk, saying that
In his fifteen yesrs aa contractor he has
always employed union labor and never had
any trouble.
The Solid Twenty-81x Glee club sang a
new song adapted to the present cam
paign and followed It with another.
W. J. Hunter, candidate for .comptroller,
Bald that ahould he be elected the office
would not go Into the business of dealing
in city warrants. E. D. Evans, candidate
for council from the Sixth ward, appealed
for the election of the entire republican
ticket. Fred Hoye, candidate for council
from the Second aard, pledged-himself to
continue bis record of the last three years
If re-elected, standing for municipal own
ership of waterworks and electric lighting
plant, and promising his best efforts in
the present fight for Just taxation.
About the Bolters.
The principal speaker of the evening vas
as
i
jonn wnarton. He prefaced his remark
by spesklng In high terms of the candidate
on the republican ticket. DIscusBlng'munlc
ipal political conditions, he aalit- J
"When I am asked to bolt a nomination,
I say to myself: 'Bolt? Bolt what? Bolt
the nominees of the grandest party on
earth, the party which has achieved the
greatest victories of both peace and war?'
Having these convictions I csnnot lay aside
my republicanism at the requeat of a few
disgruntled people: If you are a republican
show your convictions and don't go skill
Ing around with a dark lantern. I rememj
ber when W. J. Broatch was a Candida-
tne last time he was elected msyor. I 6
posea tne nomination of Mr. Broatch.
was nominated. It waa a hitter mil
He
but
I took my medicine and canvassed the city
for W. J. Broatch and voted for him. I
do my fighting at the prlmarlea and when
that la done I am for the nominees, be
lieving that ths judgment of the party ia
better than that of any Individual. If you
nave any aesire for the re-election of Preel
aeni jtooseveu next year be careful
your associates this spring. '
of
Moores and the People.
"All things taken together, . I believe
Frank E. Moorea la the beat man for the
office of mayor. He Is more fair and less
dominated by corporation influence. He hae
been a representative of the people rather
than of the corporations. We must concede
the power of the electric light company.
It must be powerful because, when Mayor
Moorea called a apeclal meeting of the
council there were but two members pres
ent. The mayor called the meeting and
this showed that he was not controlled by
the electric light company. He vetoed an
ordinance for gas lamas because the city
could not afford to pay for them. He
could have mads himself solid with the
corporations and in a few outlying districts
of the city by approving the ordinance,
but he vetoed it In the interest of the tax
payers. He vetoed an ordinance for 100
electric arc lights although he alienated
corporation friendship. He has shown him
self a man who will stand by tho people's
Intereeta. If he was a bad man thy would
not need dark-lantern methods to defeat
him.
"The electric light company wants the
mayor and city attorney both. The dark
lantern brigade aald Frank Moores Is a
grafter. That police board has been In
power eight months or better. If you would
meet Westberg. or Brostch, or Burbsnk.
you would bear of grafters. They raked
TMMerj
ut the V
gthe Y
neii over with a fine toothed comh h..
evidence of graftlna la still hrkin.
best evidence of the honesty and Integrity
of Frank E. Moorea. Thev rir .
extending the date of the election in order
to find evidence agalnat hlra. The city cen
tral committee was organised with none
but antl-Moores men upon It. They had
all of the machinery of the party. With
sll of this Frank E. Moores carried Ave
of tne eight contested wsrds. I suppoi
poar
is
, buff
aiier Moores nan won under such odd
would be conceded the naminninr,
early In the morning that distinguished
eiuxen or tne sixth ward, John N. West
berg. sent a carriage for Llndquest."
Mr. Wharton then recited the incidents
leading up to tha aouUaatloa of Jnk B.
