Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-02
EG0TIsU IN NUTSHELL.

week or two ago MI. sidney DlilOf
arrived in Omaha. The editor o.
the Herald was absent at the time
The Bee and Republican greeted
him with sickening praises. A day
or two afterwards, and the moment
we reached the city, this paper
opened its plain talk with MIR. Dill
Ion, about those Union Pacific i'm
provements. A sudden change o.
tune was opened by the boss con
Germ In this line of business ovel
the way, and the Bee and the Union
peeped in Enthusiastically Herald
Another outburst of buchu journ'
alism. The BEES not in the habit
of greeting anybody with sickening
praises, and therefore it made nc
exception In favor of MI. Sidney
Dillon.
The BEE generally does its own
thinking, and is never afraid to talk
plain about matters Of public con.
Germ, whenever occasion demands
Instead of waiting for the Herald to
ouen its oracular mouth, the BEE
greeted Ar: Dillon with the follow
ing sentiments:
President Dillon and several me.n.
bers of the Union Pacific directory
are now in our midst. Their pres
ence will, We hope, afford to the
citizens of Omaha an opportunity
to impress upon them the incalcula-
BILE damage which has been, and is
now being inflicted upon this city,
by reason of the non-fulfiliment on
the part of the Union Pacific of GER
tain contract stipulations touching
depot building and railway head
quarters.
Omaha has never wavered i'm her
friendship to the Union Pacific. She
has never sought to evade her con-
tract Obligations, and she has a right
to expect that the company will
also make good their pledges
Had these pledges been promptly
fulfilled, we can safely assert that
Omaha would to-day have contained
not less than forty thousand people.
We do not profess that these results
would have been accomplished by
the mere expenditure of S2OO,OO 0 or
more i'm rail way buildings; but We
do claim that the vascillating
policy pursued by Mr.. Dillon's pre-
decessors in power has discouraged
public and private enterprises, and
driven back thousands Of industri-
Gus men with muscle and capital.
who would otherwise have located
in our midst.
We are constrained to make this
statement because we owe it to our
selves, and to the people of Omaha,
as q citizen and journalist. We do
this with the kindest feelings to-
S.ard Mr.. Dillon, and the other Off
cers of the Company. Our appeal to
them in behalf Of Omaha Is also an
appeal in behalf ft the Union Pacific.
The prosperity of Omaha must nee
add to the prosperity Of the
Pacific. A large city built at
he terminus Of the road, must inc
increase and improve the
,ompany's traffic.
Where there are such mutual in
,erests there should also be harmoni-
,us cooperation. Omaha has acted
her part with commendable liber-
Ility, and now il remains for the
Pacific reciprocate. Presi-
lent Dillon enjoys the reputation of
,eing a man of broad, generous and
views. As the chief execu-
i've of the Union Pacific he is in q
,ositlon that empowers him to put
he unfulfilled pledges of his prede-
essors into practical execution"
This article appeared on the edi-
orial page of the BEE, on Thursday,
FAY 2lst. The Herald's so-called
lain talk appeared on the Sunday
o just four days later.
We did not charge the Herald with
eing m imitator of the BEE, nor
id we intimate that it peeped in its
We would remind the
that the day has gone
when recklessness and egotism
IN be pAlmed of as raciness and
in an intelligent commu-
lity like ours.