Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-22
WHAT, NEVER WELL. HARD
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and for the best good Of the demo
cratic party. - George L. Miller (Ope'
Letter.
The amlable founder Of the Herdls
has more "perfect assurance than Q
book agent or q lightning rod peddler.
His conscience Is as elastic as his mem
DRY Is trescherous.
There are still a few people In
Omaha on whom he cannot impose az
an unsel6sh benefsctor or model par.
tIzan. Tho first monument Of sffec'
tionate devotion to the people of
Omaha erected by DR.. Miller is the
old Herndon house, which was con.
verted into Uolon Pacific hesdquar-
ters six years ago. Like all truly
benevolent enterprises, the Herrdon
house was built on q subsidy. The
ground was donated by the city, and
about $50. 600 Of scrip Issued In pay.
ment of labor and materials was In
due time redeemed by the benevolent
builders at ten cents on the dollar.
Next the eminent benefactor endeared
himself to the whole people
of Nebraska by Issuing paste.
boards at Fort Kearney, good
for one drink of whisky, 80 cents.
That was pure Bourbon juice and
should properly be credited assproof
spirits OF the doctors unyielding dem.
ocracy. But this brief Incident In his
eventful career and his foraging expe-
dition az cotton scavenger In Arkansas,
which laid the foundation Of his "only
child" the Herald, are no part Of his
schemes of unselish benevelence.
Those we're developed only through
the influence of the Herald. 1t was
mainly through this influence that
Omaha donated nearly her entire river
front and hundreds of valuable lots to
the Credit Mobilier ring and voted a
debt upon the city and county that
will, with accrued interest, amount to
overs3 ,0C0, GOO. The q. P. depot bond,
to.which. Omaha owes that magnificent
cow.shed. will, with accrued interest,
amount to $544, 147, 80 when the
principal becomes due.
In all the negotiations with the old
Credit Mobelier crowd and their sue
G esaors DR.. Miller was q very active
and Influential party, and through his
double dealing'mainly, Omaha was be-
trayed and sold out to the giant
monopoly, upon whose bounty he has
lived and thrived from that day to
this.
As the abject tool and slave of the
Union Pacific DR.. Miller has always
championed and defended the most
soulless impositions on Omaha and
Nebraska.
For ten years the people Of Me-
brasks and Omaha have been sub.
jected to pillage at the robbers toll
gate acros the Mis- while their
self styled champion has amassed
wealth - . silent partner of the high
waymen. Not content with the sub.
slides given to the Herald In job work
he has pocketed thousands from rail.
road eating houses In which he did
not invest 9 dollar &c. B. Chandler),
and picked up other crumbs that
usually fall under the table Of railway
magnates.
When the people of Omaha for
whom he has shown such unselfsh
love sought an Independent outlet into
Central Nebraska through the narrow
gauge railroad, DR.. Miller after en-
couraging the scheme went back on
Omaha at the beck Of Jay Gould.
For further reference cite Frank Muir.
ply. More recently DR.. Miller's de-
votion to the interest Of Omaha waa
illustrated In his collision with
the Holly water ring. OF
course the amiable father of
the Herald has the perfect assurance
that by no conscious act of his, either
omission or of commission, ha, he over
failed to labor for the interest Of
Omaha; but his assurance Is as hard q,
adamant and his conscience NOR
elastic than India rubber. We max,
bold to assert however that Oman,
would to day be way ahead of KansaI
City in population and wealth had |
not been for the treacherous veLalit,
pf DIR. Miller In o~onniving with tn,
credit Mobilier crowd In the down
right robberies, and their reckless
violations OF the solemn compac
made with this city In the matter o
depots and transfer grounds.
And now . brief glance ct the un
selfish labor Of The Herald and 1t
editor In the Of the Nebrask,
democracy. In 1860 the democrat
pollsd 81 per cent. Of the vote of tn,
then territory. In 1864 George L
Miller, demo candidate for congress
polled AZ per cent. From that day t,
this the democracy under the leader
ship of The Herald has steadily los
ground. At the election of 1880 the,
polled SO per cent, and at the las
state election only 80 per cent. of tn
whole vote of the state. This deolin