Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-02
Facts for Voters,


There is one hopeful sign in the
present political contest. Both sides
concede that the people demand Of q
congressional representative that he
be free from obligations to railways,
and that he be independent and honest
enough to work for the interests Of
the people and resist all undue in.
f~luence from wealthy corporations.
Anderson comedies this. Knowing
that his record as rail way commits.
aioner fails to show that he has done
one act to control or regulate railways,
he virtually acknowledged this lament.
able neglect, and in his speech accept.
Ing the nomination he said, in sub
stance, that he had done nothing to
stay monopoly and excused himself by
saying that the state could not exert
this control. 1t rested with congress
and IL he was elected he would in the
national hall do what he had neglected
to do in his state Office. In substance
he begged the people to overlook the
fact that as railway commissioner he
had served the railways instead of the
people, and accept his promise, not
even backed up by q 81, 900 bond,
that he would do better if given a
greater trust. He that is unfaitlful
in little will be unfsithful in much.
HAS ANDERSON CHANGED HIS sPorsl
This promise to forsake the rail-
ways and cling only to the people Ia
} not being kept, apparently. Special
trains are run for Anderson meetings;
trains are held to accommodate him,
aud the other evening, Anderson
getting left, a train was sent back sew.
eral miles after him. With these facts
in view, has he the ~brazenness 10
stand before the public as an anti
monopoly man, and pledge himself to
help control them9 He has Just tina,
, b%razenneHB.
ANOTHER THREATENED EXPOSURE.
1t has been openly charged tina,
Major Anderson, while holding the
Office OF railway commissioner In the
supposed interests of the people, il
, also the paid attorney ia the interest
of the railways. The Hamburg News
says on the subject:
/, The law provides that no man In tn,
l employ of a railroad company, or owning
: stock in any railroad, or who shall be in
terested in any way in the financial success
. OF n railroad company. shall he eligible I,
y the Office of commissioner; and yet Ander
SOD, in violation of the law, accepts tn,
bride OF q salary aB a paid attorney in tn,
interest OF q certa n railroad. He doesno
i. act rs attorney. but he takes the pay 70
u imaginary services, and draws Il witt
g monthly regularity. Now II he takes thi
o pay" from the o., Il. & @, he also prob
= ably Is on the psy-rolls of all the othe
y roads In Iowa In the same manner. A
0 above stated, we challenge Major Anderson
d to a truthful denial Of the charge. III
damnkng evidence against him is nov
within one hundred miles of Hamburg, il
o black ink, and We defy him to q denial.
WHY HE FLoPPED.
The Andersonites have almost de
isd n democrat, because he is tn,
only convert heard from. His nam
Q Is o. +. Chase, and on aevering hi
connection with the Caps Count,
q Democrat, he Topped and denounced
Q Pusey in general terms as a monopo
list, but failed to give a single reason
a for this belief. Tho mystery of hi
sudden change is now being cleared
up, and the Democrat, with which h,
is connected, says that 1t has the proc
that Chase insisted that Puaey shout,
8 give him $500, or he would ''bucl
. h m" When he found that Their
d was no sugar for him and hat tn
bari" was Oh the Anderson side, h
k fl pped to where the 'fbar'l" was. TIL
Democrat asserts that Chase has tol,
the following story to several persons
one Of whom at least atsnds ready Il
N make oath TO the same, if necessary
II That he was to receive for Euoportin,
Anderson two or three hundred dol
'. lars, and the office of gauger at tn,
Atlantic distillery, or an office equal,
~ as good outside of the state. In view
10 OF this flop, where is "the barl," i
20 not on the side of Anderson!
10 CAN HE b TRUSTED
d The BEE has found one republican
who will support Anderson by his vote
in preference to Pusey. That repub
lican was disgusted with Anderson
speech the other evening, and ha,
nothing TO offer in defense of Ander
u sons record, but on being pressed 70
a esson why he would vote for him
the republican briefly said that he fel
sure that Anderson was such q wea
man, and had 30 little strength eithe
!. or brain or Of character, that he coul
, not WELD any Influence at Washing
ton, and could therefore do no harm
He would simply be one vote MOI
q TO add to the republican side of tn
house. There may be others of ill
/ feeling towards Anderson who wi