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Happily for him, Colonel Alexis Nlch
olaevich has not reached tho "roprt't to
report" period of his military experience.
Georgia can congratulate itself that de
spite Of Its unenviable lynching record,
It la In little danger of crltlcltmi from
Colorado.
If that sugar rate war Is to come, It
should arrive before the hounewife has
completed the work of preserving her
winter stores.
Another Are engine house is to be
built "as soon as the city has the neces
sary funds." Here Is a chance for some
local philanthropist.
If births of sous will bo followed by
similar decrees, the liberty-loving people
of the world will hope that the family
of every czar may be large, and all boys.
As no distillery has so far laid claim to
the brand which produced the throat
cutting sentiment expressed by Champ
Clark, an advertisement of unquestion
able value Is going a-begging.
Americans have waited in vain to hear
of the exploits of the submarine boat
which tvas sent from this country to
Russia. Is It possible our chief war ex
port must continue, to be the Missouri
mule?
The Iowa State fair Is drawing good
business in spite of the counter attrac
tion of the Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion at St. Louis. The Nebraska State
fair managers might draw inspiration
from this.
Chinese neutrality Is evidently similar
to that of Corea. Being unable to drive
the Rttfisian ships from Shanghai, It has
extended the period during which they
may remain, and thus is honor preserved
In tho face of necessity.'
Tho city council Is not quite ready to
say "Yes" or "No" in the question of in
stalling voting machines, which means
that the voting machine agents and
promoters will have to pay Omaha an
other visit next spring.
sag ..J3
It is fenred that the record made for
law and order In the South Omaha
strike Is not keeping up to the notch set
at its Inauguration. The strikers and
strike breakers and deputy sheriffs, too,
will do well to put the brakes on a little
stronger.
If the members of the Omaha Grain
exchange have' been making so much
money on the wheat rise, perhaps they
may be Induced to club together and put
up those promised elevators and mills
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any foreign capitalist.
W1U Senator Mercer of Washington
and Atlantic City and Superintendent
Tearse of Milwaukee undertake to vote
at the coming congressional Pr,mar'',m,,i,.0
- A. VV 1 . Q T ...... I J I '
at milium r ii nwy imuiuiry Iionresiuciu
broke into the ballot box he would be
up against the penalties of the election
law.
In discussing the future of Manchuria
lu the event of a successful war, Japan,
as well as Russia, seems to forget that
the territory Is still nominally a Chinese
province; that foreign consuls are ac
credited to the government at Peking
and that several other nations may have
something to say when It comes to trans
ferring the allegiance of the people.
Ths Missouri bopdlers who have been
throwing rocks In the way of Attorney
Folk's campulgu for governor seemed to
hate hurled one Stone which 1ms become
badly damaged by the. Impact. It would
be too bad to defeat the only Missouri
democrat who lu thirty years has made
political decency and personal honesty
his platforui in a state where the cor
rupt elements of Lis own party oppose
him.
BELYISU iruX THE 1HVS1S.
An eastern deiuouutlc oigau remarks
"It Is upou the trusts organised since
INC t'nut the republican soothsayers
largely rely for victory In the coming
election." This Is refreshing In view of
the fact that the trust magnates were
opposed to the nomination of Theodore
Koosevelt and that Wall street monej
was liberally used, under the direction of
August Helniont, to secure delegates to
the St. Louis convention favorable to the
nomination of Judge 1'arker. Everybody
Is aware of the fact that Belmont Is the
representative of Wall street Hnd was
placed on the national executive com
mittce so that he could be useful In oh
talnlng from the combinations and the
bankers Interested in them funds for the
campaign. The chairman of this com
mlttee, William 1 Sheehnn, one of the
most unscrupulous of politicians, is Men
tilled with several large corporations
and another Tarker lender, McCarren, Is
connected with the Sugar trust, the chief
men In whlrti, like those Of the Standard
Oil company, are favorable to the dem
ocratic candidate for the presidency and
undoubtedly will contribute liberally to
his campaign.
That the great combinations regard
Judge Parker as a "safe" man for them
there is no reason to doubt. The St.
Louis platform Is very pronounced In its
antirtrust declaration. It demands a
strict enforcement of existing statutes
against the combinations and such
further legislation as may be necessary
to effectually suppress them. In his
speech of acceptance the candidate for
president made a tame reference to the
subject and expressed the opinion that
further legislation dealing with trusts
is not necessary, that "the common law
as developed affords a complete legal
remedy against monopolies." The can
didate for vice president did not refer
to the matter In his speech of accept
ance, but It Is quite well understood that
being very much Identified with great
corporations railroad, banking and in
dustrialhe does not sympathize with
the demands regarding them of the St.
Louis platform. He is not anxious that
the existing laws shall be enforced
and It is not to be doubted that he con
curs in tho opinion of Judge Tarker that
no further anti-trust legislation is
needed, that the public can rely upon
the common law for protection against
monopoly.
There Is not a reasonable doubt that
the managers of the democratic cam
paign will appeal to Wall street for sup
port and that they will get liberal con
tributions from that quarter. The. evi
dence Is ample that they have carefully
planned to do this and it Is safe to say
with the full acquiescence of the candi
date. A short time ago the Wall Street
Journal stated that very confident as
sertions were made by local democratic
politicians that there will be any amount
of Standard Oil money for Judge Parker
and said that the hatred of the men of
"high finance" for Roosevelt Is undimin
ished and, Indeed, rather refreshed by
the hope of defeating him. It may fairly
be doubted whether one of the great
combinations, or so-called trusts, will
contribute to the republican campaign,
but If all Indications of the past few
months are not misleading the demo
crats will be liberally provided for from
that source.
THE CZAR' 8 CLEMENCY.
The christening of the son and heir of
Nicholas II was made a most memorable
event by the issuance of a manifesto
extending clemency In many directions,
the effect of which cannot fail to be sal
utary. It will undoubtedly operate to
diminish the unrest and discontent that
so widely prevail In Russia and to in
spire a more patriotic feeling among the
people generally toward the government.
There are certain provinces of that em
pire where rebellion has long been
smouldering and ready to break out
upon very slight provocation. In other
provinces there is pronounced discon
tent and incipient rioting Is of common
occurrence, while all over the country
there has been more or less murmuring
at conditions, political as well as ma
terial. There are various causes for
such conditions, but grinding taxation,
the taking of, in multitudes of cases,
every bit of property the peasant has and
beating him if he dares to complain, is
one of the most direct and forcible rea
sons. The czar's manifesto will benefit the
people Itoth morally and materially. The
abolition of the barbarous system of
corporal punishment which has been a
potent cause of popular resentment, Is
regarded by the Russian press as tho
most Important feature of the mani
festo, but there are other provisions that
will 1k hardly less beneficial in creating
a better sentiment toward the govern
ment. It wos indeed an auspicious day
for the Russian people when an heir to
the throne was lorn and the day of the
christening of Grand Duke Alexis Nlch-
olaevltch will occupy u conspicuous and
distinguished place In the annals of that
The candidates on the republican state
ticket In Nebraska are already being
charged up to the railroads by the oppo
sition who expect to make their jiolltlcal
capital on this score. It will not help
the ticket to lend color to this charge by
loading the state heudquarters up with
corporation lobbyists and legislative
grafters. There are plenty of repub
licans in this state able to manage the
campaign without calling Upon discred
ited workers, who always want to force
themselves o the front In onler to cash
In an alleged "pull" with the otllcera and
legislators-elect after tho session meets.
Members of the New York Yacht club
are proving Unit a few men are still in
New York society who do not bow ab
jectly before the will of royalty,
although In the esse of Emperor Wil
liam's cup It would seem that the donor
of a trophy should be jiermltted to spec
ify the terms of compttltion. It must
b aa unusuaVif not unprecedented ex
perience for the wsr lord of Germany to
have his mill questioned.
Candidate Berge hi quoted as saying
that he prefers not to do too much talk
ing and Candidate Mickey has expressed
the belief that the duties which keep
him in the office of chief executive at
Lincoln will take precedence over calls
to the stump. A speechless campaign
In Nebraska will indeed be a novelty.
If the militia runs away with the
prizes offered for marksmen at Fort
Riley, where they are competing with
the regular troops, there will be another
reason for the popularity of this branch
of the army, and certain officers now In
the regular establishment may feel
prouder of their volunteer experience.
Tempered Xilioai.
New York Tribune.
Russia has been called an "absolutism
tempered by assassination;" the Vnlted
States seems to be a republic tempered by
strikes.
A Remote Sacrifice.
Chicago News.
General Miles Is firmly determined to bud
port Juds-e Parker resardless Of the sac
rlflee that might bo demnnded were the
Judge to be elected and begin to look
around for a likely man for secretary of
war. -
Quit Soon as Possible.
Baltimore American.
Mr. Davis suys he Is proud of the fact
that he earned his bread by the sweat of
his brow. But he did not revel In the
noble dignity of labor with perspiring
brows any longer than he could help.
Good Brand of Civilisation.
Minneapolis Journal.
A Toklo dispatch says that the mikado
believes "sentiment and moral power to be
greater forces In the long run than are
armies and navies, and that no nation can
flout them without ultimate disaster!"
This seems to be quite a good brand of
civilization.
Last Chance for Fame,
Springfield Republican.
This is General Stoessel's chance to win
fame, perhaps an earthly Immortality, In
the annals of war. He will enhance his
fame the longer he can hold out. With an
enemy so reckless of human life as the
Japanese, he has a task of special difficulty
In "making a record," for It must be highly
strenuous business repulsing day after day
an army that Is prepared to lose an un
precedented number of men lr assault.
General Stoessel, It Is said, Is a Swiss by
birth and a Russian by naturalisation. 'He
Is a thoroughly educated engineer officer.
Krlkea U'Ohnnl Vlnlesre.
John Mitchell, President United Mine
Workers.
Can striken be conducted without vio
lence? Can they succeed when not accom
ruinleri tiv lawlessness? To both of these
questions I would answer positively, "Yes."
If I believed otherwise I should ananaon
th trndA union movement forthwith. As
a matter of fact, the great majority of
strikes are Inaugurated and fought out
without one single act of violence, and
whpn violence la resorted to In a strike
the newspaper reports of It are always
greatly exaggerated.
M nnMHrnra has been that the com
mission of crime on the part of strikers or
their friends reduces the chances of suc
cess. A. strike of sjiy considerable magni
tude cannot well succeed unless It have
the sympathy and surport of the general
public, and when a strike resolves itseir
Into an armed conflict the public very prop
erly withdraws its sympathy. That em
ployers of labor understand full well the
inturv to strikers which follows violence
Is shown by the fact not Infrequently dur-
inr lahnr disturbances thugs are employea
to provoke strikers Into commission of some
unlawful act.
Tf utrikes cannot succeed except by vio
lence, then they should not succeed at all.
The law must be upheld. Lawlessness
hr tild ha condemned and Is condemned by
trade unionists well as by all other oed
eltlsena.
ROOSEVELT AND JACKSOH.
Policies Follow Parallel firooves
Roosevelt's Opinion of Jackson.
Alfred Henry lewls In 8uccess.
When General Jackson went to the de
fense of New Orleans, he found the town's
wealth and aristocracy against him. They
liked kings and despised republics. A visit
ing Frenchman of title murmured against
General Jackson, and the soldier marched
him into exile with two bayonets at his
back. An American aristocrat said that
this was an outrage, and the soldier locked
him up. An aristocratic Judge Issued a
writ of hnbens corpus, and the soldier
locked up the Judge. Inter arma silent
leges. Then the soldier proceeds to beat
Pakenham. and to furnlBh England with
the worst drubbing of its career. General
Jackson, when the lawful, conventional
road no longer ran in a right direction,
pushed down a panel of fence and went
croas lots. Thus he invaded Florida, took
Pcnsacola, and hanged Ambrlster and Ar-
buthnot, while Europe shrieked over vio
lated Spanish boundaries and the Insult to
red tape.
Of similar feather Is Mr. Roosevelt's
policy concerning the Panama canal. Ho
discovers that Germany, France, Russia,
England and the American transcontinental
railways are against him. The temperate
sone In every age has bribed the torrid
sone, and he finds himself opposed by the
sly gold of his foes. When Alexander
drew tils sword and cut the Gordian knot.
It wasn't temper, but diplomacy. So it
was with Mr. Roosevelt. Through double
lines of lies. In the face of bribes, In de
fiance of red tape, he forced the Panama
canal to victory, as on another day Gen
eral Jackson saved New Orleans, and on
still another ended Creek outrages along
the Georgia borderv
General Jackson sent his fleet Into the
Mediterranean, and at the inuzsle of Its
guns collected from France $7,600,000 that
had been dawdled over and deferred by
every president since the days of Jefferson.
Mr. Roosevelt sends his fleet Into the Med
iterranean and rescues from Moorish rob
bers an American who else might have
perished at their hands. Was General
Jackson dangerous because he compelled
Justice at the tardy, shifty fingers of
Frunce? Is Mr. Roosevelt dangerous when
he forces the release of an American, un
lawfully In alien clutch a prisoner? Such
things shock a stock market, but do they
shock humanity? They excite the hatred
of Wall street, but should they Invoke the
anger of a reputable Americanism?
Last winter, while in talk with Mr.
Roosevelt, I asked who, In his estimation,
among the presidents wss the greatest
American.
"Lincoln," said he; then, with a sort of
fervor, he added: "Jackson was next.
"He was my kind of democrat," con
tinued Mr. Roosevelt. "What would hav
been Jackson's course In this Panama,
business? Would he force the Issue and
cut the canal?"
"He would have It cut and rorded up
before this day n.'xt year," said I.
"Precisely!" and Mr. Roosevelt's hand
smote the table with such affirmative vigor
that It spread visible alarm among the
paper weights.
rLATISO CCTTLEriSH.
Finding himself at close quarters, thst
valiant sea-dog, R. it. Howell, who has
been posing as the champion of the
water consumers of Omaha, meets the
Issue raised over his deceptive resolu
tions to relieve Omaha water consumers
by a "plea lu avoidance," which closes
as follows:
Such are the miserable falsehoods re
sorted to by Edward Rosewater for the
purpose of deceiving the public and de
stroying Its confidence In a man whom It
has trusted as a public servant. Devoid
of moral sense, Edward Rosewater has no
regard for truth, Justice or fair play. Slan
der and falsehood are the weapons he re
lentlessly wields regardless of age or sex.
No relation In life is so sacred as to b be
yond his foul touch.
And yet he prates of honor, Justice and
truth this loathesome human buxzard,
gorging upon putrid carrion left, with sure
Intent, by corporate birds or prey, and
spewing forth, with fearful screams, his
sickening filth on all who dare to stay his
horrid feast
When a man educated at the expense
of the government uses such scurrilous
language everybody reallr.es that he is a
gentleman, as well as a scholar. Feople
who have not enjoyed the training of the
Naval academy, or the inspiration of an
officer's cabin on an armed cruiser,
might not be able to get It through their
skulls how such elegant diction answers
tho following questions propounded to
Mr. Howell by me in my open letter last
Sunday.
1. At whese instance did Mr. Underwood
former president of the water company.
come to Omaha two years ago to confer
with R. B. Howell?
I. At whose Instance was the Howell
comDulsorv water works purchase bill
framed, and In whose Interest was It rail
roaded through the legislature?
3. Who Inspired Representative Gilbert,
engineer of the Omaha Street Railway com
pnny, to Introduce the same bill, word for
word. In the house on the same dny on
which Howell Introduced his water works
purchase bill In the senate?
4. If the water works company was op
posed to the compulsory purchase bill why
did they not lay a straw in the way of Its
passage through the legislature?
E. Was the water works company, or any
other public utility corporation, ever known
to allow any bill, charter or ordinance to
go through the legislature or city council
that was Inimical to Its Interest or objec
tlonable to its managers without strenuous
opposition?
6. If the Howell compulsory purchase bill
was objectionable to the water works com
pany, why did no lawyer or lobbyist rep
resenting that corporation appear to protest
against Its enactment before the legislature
or against Its approval by the governor?
7. If it Is true that eminent attorneys,
Including the lawyers of the water com
pany In Omaha and New York, regard the
compulsory purchase bill as full of holes as
a skimmer, why Is It that they have not
made the slightest effort to set it aside.
and why, on the contrary, have they com
plied with all Its provisions?
8. It Is a matter of notoriety that the
water works company has always had a
sufficient Influence. In Omaha city councils
to stall anything It did not want even when
it could not push through everything that
it did want. How did it come, therefore.
that the council rushed through without
discussion the Ordinance declaring that the
city would avail iUciX-6f the three arbitra
tors clause of the contract. and, asking the
water company to AiiUne its appraiser?
8. Last, but not least, it is a matter of
notoriety that tho 'Water works board is
not unfriendly to the water company and
would take no action that was seriously ob
jectionable to It. How did it come that the
water board elected Howell to fill the va
cancy created by Guy Barton's resignation?
These pertinent questions are evaded
by the marooned mariner, and all we
can get out of hini Is this:
"Rosewater, Moores and the machine
councllmen are responsible for the main
tenance of the present excessive water
rates; that A. B. Hunt, superintendent
of the water company, objects to the
purchase of the water works by the city
because he wants to hold his Job, and
that Edward Rosewater. the editor land
lord of the water company, objects be
cause the company pays from" $(5,000 to
$10,000 for premises on the dark side of
The Bee building, which Howell declares
are not worth to exceed $2,000 a year,
and that Rosewater characteristically
demands the pound of flesh."
Then follows a pathetic and emotional
denial that Mr. Howell's father was as
sociated in the law business with Under
wood, and finally he declares that "I am
not now, nor ever have been, connected
with the water company, and never had
communication with Underwood. Its
former president."
I regret exceedingly that my reference
toMr. Howell's father, representing him
as having been associated with Mr. Un
derwood In law practice, was based
upon misinformation, but the mere fact
that the elder Mr. Howell was not asso
ciated with Mr. Underwood Is of no mo
ment whatever sin the controversy. Mr.
Howell's positive denial of any relation
ship or connection "with the water com
pany is about as credible as was his de
nial that he had ever applied for the
position of manager of the water com
pany, and his denial of the charge that
he bad solicited a retainer of $100 a
month for Solon L. Wiley In order that
the difficulties which then confronted
the water company might be smoothed
away. These denials "upon honor" were
flatly disproved by sworn testimony, and
the fact thnsjv.mmlttee of the council
made up of . W. Bingham, Carr Ax-
ford and Cadet Taylor, all members of
the same political faction, are on record
n a reprimand to Howell for his "Indis
cretion" Is sufficient to discredit uny de
nials he may make.
There is no doubt that the Omaha
manager of the water works Is un
friendly to Howell, because Howell
wants his Job, and there is no doubt
that Superintendent Hunt Is opposed to
the municipal ownership of the watir
works, because he wants to retain his
position, but the owners of the water
works are anxious to sell If they can get
their price. I am not talking from here
say, but from personal knowledge. Had
the New York syndicate that owns the
water works been opposed to the proce
dure instituted for the purchase of the
works on the three-appraiser plan, How
ell's water bill would never have seen
daylight, and Howell would not be a
member of the water board today. For
further particulars see these mjuutes of
for June 1
1904:
Upon motion of Milton T. Barlow, sec
ended by Timothy J. Mahoney and unanl
mously carried, the resignation of Guy C.
Parton ss a member of the Water board of
the city of Omaha was accepted
Upon motion of Isaac E. Congdon, ee
onded by Milton T. Parlow and unani
mously carried, the board proceeded by bal
lot to the election of someone to fill the
vacancy on the board caused by the relg
nation of Guy C. Bsrton as member of the
Water botrd of the city of Omaha, Only
one name wss placed In nomination, vlst
R. Peecher Howell.
A ballot having been taken. It wss found
that five votes had been cast, all of which
wore for R. Beeeher Howell.
When It is borne In mind that Mr. Mil
ton T. Barlow is the president of the
United States National bank, and that
the United States National bank is the
depository of the Omaha Water com
pany, it will be easily seen that Howell
Is not offensive to the company
It Is as absurd to charge Mayor
Moorcs, A. B. Hunt or myself with the
responsibility for the existing water
rates as It would be to charge that we
are responsible for the packing house
strike. Frank E. Moores and A. B,
Hunt were not factors in any shape or
form In the framing of the contract be
tween the city and the Omaha Water
company, approved by James E. Boyd,
mayor, in 1S81.
Nobody can ever truthfully charge mo
with having ever been opposed to the
reduction of the water rates or the re
duction in the price of any public utility,-
but I will not countenance Impos
ture and humbug for the sake of popu
larity. The resolution to reduce the
price of water In Omaha would be a,
mere farce. The company would simply
disregard the ordinance and have the
city enjoined from Interfering with Its
contract rights.
Howell's assertion that I am subsi
dized by the water company by a rental
of from $fl,000 to $10,000 a year is of the
same texture as his assertion that the
water consumers of Omaha are paying
from six to fifteen times as much as the
water consumers of Cleveland, Detroit
and Milwaukee. The water company
has no lease in The Bee building and
can move at any time it wants to. For
five years past It has paid a rental of
$5,000 for 4,320 square feet on the best
floor of the building, the use of a large
vault In the basement and 30 by 132 feet
of the lot adjoining The Bee building
and heat and light for thp buildings
thereon. The dark side of the second
floor, immediately above the premises
occupied by the water company, with
one-third less space, rents for $3,000,
and the tenants on tho west side of the
fifth floor pay $4,000 a year.
But even if the water company paid
double the rental that It does pay, It
could not deflect the policy that I have
pursued in regard to the water question
or any other public question one lota
My record on all public questions is
consistent and The Bee has at all times
supported what it believes to be for the
best Interests of the community regard
less of consequences. This course I pro
pose to continue and I still Insist that
Howell is a "stool pigeon" of the water
company, and If he cares to go into
court I will prove it. ,
. E. ROSEWATER
PERSONAL NOTES.
The finding of a petrified leg in the an
thraelte region offers an opportunity to the
Coal trust to take a pull at the find, and
let go the nether limb of the public.
Patriarch Fish, a Seminole Indian, is said
to be the oldest living union soldier and
pensioner. He is 119 years old and draws a
pension of $12 a month. He was a member
of Company K of the Indian Home Guards,
Dr. Duran J. H. Ward, well known
throughout Iowa, has just been authorized
by the board of curators of the historical
society of that state to continue his in
vestigations of the Indian mounds of the
Haw key e state.
It is said that when Congressman IJvIng-
ston of Georgia made a trip to Venezuela
soni'' years ago In order to learn the true
Inwardness of the trouble that republic was
having with Great Britain the natives who
had seen "Uncle Sam" pictures in cartoons
thousht he was the original, and accord
ingly they paid great deference to him.
Bven Hadln, the Swedish explorer, has
been honored with the medal of the Ameri
can Geographical socley. Few men In the
history of mankind more thoroughly de
served that distinction. Ho knows the
great desert of Central Asia more thor
oughly than any other man who ever lived.
General Herman Haupt, now in his
eighty-eighth year. Is the oldest living
graduate of West Point, having been ap
pointed at the age of 13 by Andrew Jack
son. He had entire charge of all the mili
tary railroads of tho federal government In
the civil war, and In twelve hours was pro
moted by Stanton from plain Mr. Haupt to
Brogidler General Haupt, beating all rec
ords. He has thirty-live grandchildren and
his family connections number sixty-one.
Ol'R PHOSPEHOU nAILROADS,
Very Satisfactory Condition
Of the
Net Receipts.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Reports from railways In all sections of
the country show that the volume of traffic
is increasing, operating expenses are being
reduced and very satisfactory net results
are being secured.
While it is not generally expected thit
traffic and earnings will continue to In
crease st the remarkable rate of the last
Ave years, there Is nothing to Indicate a re
turn to the status of 1899, as was predicted
last spring by a few pessimistic railway
managers.
The extent to which traffic and earnings
of American railways have Increased In
Ave years Is best shown by a comparison
with British railways.
In 190t the earnings of British roads from
freight traffic were only 6.74 per cent more
than in 18ft), the Incresse In five years In
passenger traffic earnings was only I 64 per
cent and the Increase In total gross receipts
wss only (1 per rent.
From isr to W the freight traffic of
railroads In the I'nlted States Increased
46.19 per cent, the number of psssengtrs
carried tncresaed 74.73 per rent, and gross
receipts Increased 43.89 per cent.
The growth of passenger and freight
traffic and of gross receipts of the railways
In this country' yearly since 1W9 is In sink
ing contrast with the slow progress of
BrltlHh railways In the same period.
Another msrked difference between fhs
railroads of the United States and Great
Britain Is that the averuge rate received for
hauling a ton of freight one mile hss tsesd
lly decreased in this country during the
last Ave years, while it hss remained prsc
Ucally stationary oa the British railroads.
the Omaha Water board
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HOWELL DEFENDS HIMSELF.
OMAHA, Aug. 23. 1904,-To the Editor of
The Bee: In the signed editorial appearing
n last Sunday's Issue you see fit to attnek
me and my character as a public offi
cial, past and present, and therefore I ask
that I may be granted the opportunity of
having the enclosed communication appear
n your columns and that It be given equal
publicity with the editorial above men
tioned. R, B. HOWELI
The owners of homes In Omah are com
pelled to pay the Omaha Water company
for metered water S5 cents per 1,000 gal-
ons, while the same company charges the
Union Stock Yards In South Omahl, si
mile's farther away from the Florence
pumping station, but 4 cents per l.ono
gallons.
This exorbitant rate paid by the citizens
of Omaha Is from about six to flftnen times
greater than is charged for water in Cleve
land, Milwaukee and Detroit.
The mayor and council have the power.
as publicly stated by tho city attorney, to
terminate this extortion by merely enacting
an ordinance rendering the water rates,
collectible by the water company, Just and
reasonable.
In view of these facts the Omaha Water
board, composed of ex-Governor J. E. Boyd,
T. J. Mahoney. J. F. Coad. M. T. Barlow.
E. Congdon and R. B. Howell, has unani
mously recommended to the mayor, and
council that the excessive wntor rates, now
in force, be Immediately reduced.
Thus the responsibility for the mainte
nance of the present excessive water rates
rests upon Messrs. Rosewater, Moores, A.
Hunt and a majority of the city council,
composing the leaders of the "machine-
faction of the republican party, now in
control of the city's affairs.
Inasmuch as the people of Omaha are
laboring under a burden of excessive taxa
tion, why should not why have not tho
mayor and council granted this possible
relleft Why haa the recommendation of
the Omaha Water board been Ignored?
Answers to these questions are not dim
cult to find:
First A. B. Hunt, superintendent of the
water company, objects.
Second Edward Rosewater, the editor
and landlord of the water company, ob
jects. Hunt's objection is natural, considering
his official position with the water company.
Rosewater's objection la also natural, con
sidering the circumstances, and the char
acter of the man.'
Every one is acquainted with the loca
tion of the Water company's offices on the
second floor, and dark side of The Bee
building, yet every one does not know that
the Water company pays its editor land
lord the exorbitant rental of from $6,000
to 110.000 per annum therefor. There is not
a business) man in Omaha, however, who
does not know that the offices In question,
including the btra in the rear and the
areaway UMder the sidewalk on the east
side of The Bee building are not worth to
exceed $2,000 a year. Such being the esse.
what is the consideration for the remainder
of this generous rental?
This consideration Is to be found, un
doubtedly. In an Implied contract between
the parties concerned, to the effect that
the Water company shall be allowed to
collect extortionate water ratee from the
people of Omaha so long as it shall sub
mit to an extortionate rental at the hands
of Edward Rosewater.
Characteristically, Edward Rosewater de
mands his pound of flesh, and so long as
he gets It he cares not what, or how long,
the Water company extorts from the
people.
As a result, Edward Rosewater opposes
the reduction of water rates without argu
ment and without reason, endeavoring all
the while to divert publlo attention from
the real issue by personal attacks upon
myself. In a signed editorial appearing In
last Sunday's Bee, he Intimates that my
position upon the water works question
at the present time and previous to my
election to the state senate In 1902. has been
Inspired by the Water company, In fact,
that I am the tool of the Water company
and its factors.
Not only does he endeavor to fasten upon
me tho perndy of aoume aeaiing ana
treasonable conduct towards my constitu
ency In Omaha, but he also attempts to
make It appear that my father is an In
stigator and a party to this alleged perfidy
of his son. As circumstantial evidence in
support of his contention, Edward Rose-
water states that my father, "A lawyer,
formerly of Detroit, now associated with
Underwood in New York," is, or has been
employed by the Interests controlling the
present Water company.
In advancing these suggestions respecting
my father ana myseir, wiwara nosewaier
lies, and he knows he lies, willfully and
maliciously. I am not now nor have I ever
been connected In any way, directly or In
directly, with the Omaha Water company.
am not now nor have I ever acted, di
rectly or indirectly, In any way in behalf
of the Omaha Water company. I have not
had, directly or Indirectly, any communica
tion from W. A. Underwood, once president
of the former water company, for at least
eight or ten years, and during that tlma
have seen him but once, and that was in
New York In the latter part of 1900.
Bo far as my father Is concerned,' I will
say that he haa resided In Michigan for
the past seventy years. He was the judge
of the First judicial district of that state,
and, to my knowledge, he has not been In
the city of New York for nearly thirty
years. Six years ago, while I waa serving
as a lieutenant in the navy during ths
Spanish war, lis was stricken with paraly
sis and today, at the age of 77 years, Is at
his summer home at Band Lake, Mich., a
helpless Invalid, unable to converse with
his own family.
Such are the miserable falsehoods re
sorted to by Edward Kosewster for the
purpose of deceiving the publlo and de
stroying Its confidence In a man whom It
has trusted as a public servant. Devoid of
moral sense, Edward Rosewater has no re
gard for truth, justice or fair play. Blan
der and falsehood are the weapons hs re
lentlessly wields regardless of age or sex.
No relation In life Is so sacred as to be be
yond his foul touch.
And yet he prates of honor, truth and
i." 'i wsEn t. imi m
justice this loathsome human buzzard,
gorging upon putrid carrion left, with sure
Intent, by corporate birds of prey, and
spewins forth with fearful screams his
slckenlnff filth on all who dare to stay his
horrid fenst. R. B. HOWfiLI
August 23, 1904.
COME OIT, MR. PARKER.
A Visit to 'the West Might Broaden
His Mental Vision.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
From Esopus comes the pleasing news
that the Hon. Alton Brooks Parker Is seri
ously considering the advisability of leav
ing Rosemount's perfumed bowers to ees
something of his own country and give Its
people a chance to get acquainted with him.
It Is understood that Mr. Parker has
never been west of tho Alleghanles. Prob
ably those of his Atlantic const friends
whose similar lack of experience leaves
them under the Impression that barbaTlsm
begins at Buffalo nnd savagery Just beyond
Chicago will endeavor to dissuade htm from
what they regard us a hazardous adventure.
We hasten to assure Mr. Parker that
moccasins are no longer worn at Minne
apolis evening parties, that dress suits are
common In Denver, that destitution of
socks Is not now required of Topeka demo
crats, that the german is danced with Har
vard grace at Des Moines and that overalls
are not tolerated now at the opera in
Omaha.
We cun positively gunrantee that Mr.
Tarker's scalp will be safe from covetous
redskins everywhere in the west. We re
gret that we cannot guarantee the safety
of his pocketbook if he permits too great
familiarity from the Tomcarey and other
Indian tribes federated under the leader
ship of Chicago's business administration.
With the slight reservation Just mentioned
we can assure Mr. Purker that he will be
both safe and welcome In the great weal.
Our people will be glad to see him, and
they will try their vory best to make his
visit pleasant and to make him wish to
come again.
Wholly aside from the social aspects of
his meditated trip, to take It would tend to
relieve Mr. Parker from a political misfor
tune from which he now suffers. No man
has ever been elected president, and few
men have even seriously tried to be elected
president, so little known by either personal,
contact or public service to their fellow
citizens as is Mr. Parker.
Of course, James K. Polk is said by some
historians to have been unknown. But ha
had long been an active member of con
gress and speaker for two terms before he
sought the presidency. Then Mr. Bryan
was unknown. But he set to work zeal
ously to remove that objection, though not
with tho results he hoped for.
We have it on good authority that Mr.
Parker la not such a man as Mr. Bryan
the better known the less trusted by the
public. Therefore ho need not fear to pro
voke Mr. Bryan's fate by letting people get
acquainted with him. He can lose nothing
and he may gain much by letting the people
see and hear him.
Therefore we would, In all kindness, coun
sel Mr. Parker to disregard the fears of
many of his New York friends, come boldly
Into the west and get acquainted with the
people who really are Americans In the
full sense of the word. They would like to
know him and he needs to know them.
Come on, Mr. Parker. The experience will
do you good, and If by any chance you
should get to the White House It will 4
the country good. Come on, Mr. Parks.
LATCHING LINES.
"Mother thinks you'll make me a goo,
wife." said the girl s Intended.
t.!1" V reP'.lea the w"h the de-
termlned Jaw, "you 111 your mother 111
make you a good husband." Philadelphia
'.'.yigtfn' llke" to hear himself talk."
Dii.nnru uie SHTCUS11C
ii niMuuii i ue so nan ir ne aidn t Insist
on trying to share the luxury of his con
versation with someone else." Washing
ton Star.
Clnelnnatus was busy at the plow when
the committee came.
"I canot accept," said he, "until I know
What diftDOHftlon thev ar rnln w tn . L.
of the money plank."
Whipping the off mule, he started along
the furrow. Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Poor fellow, he la nuite hrnken rinwn
and the doctor suys that his condition is
due to fust living.''
r asi living r
"Yes: you see. hs Is a travellna- man and
he Is obliged to eat so many dining cor
meals and lose so much
sleep In sleepers
that Ms constitution gave way
ClovclanJ
i.eaaer.
"Fumy thing about pugilists."
"What s that?"
"They make their money by being 6
hard-nsted and then lose It by being i.prii
handed." Philadelphia Press.
Necessity had been the mother of Inven
tion for several weeks.
'I think. she ald. "I ouaht to do
something to keep him from being too
proud to acknowledge me when he gets
older."
With this Idea In her mind she went and
had Mm patented. Chicago Tribune.
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Generally useless. It tells
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"We have kept Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
In the bouse for 25 years. No medicine
In the world, equals It for lung troubles."
Mrs. A, Pemeroy, Applcton, Minn.
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