Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-03
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VIII Omaha stand 10y Omaha? The
people Of Omaha have more at stake in
the present election than the people Of
any other part OF Nebraska. The people
Of Omaha have more at stake in the
present election than tho people of any
other city in the United States. Upon
the outcome of the present election of
president and congress depends the
prosperity of Omaha for the immediate
future more than that of any other
place in the country.
Omaha hopes TO present to the world
in June, 1898. n great exposition of the
resources and products Of the trans
mississippi region. Unless, however,
Mckinley and Mercer are elected a
TransmisSissippi Exposition in the year
1895 will become an utter inpossibility.
Only nineteen months remain till the
day set by congress for the opening of
the exposition and to complete the work
mapped out will require every moment
of the time ;Si;ould Bryan triumph
all business will he unsettled for an
indefinite period. 1t will be an absolute
impoSSibility to raise the funds ncces-
sary to defray the expenses of so huge
an enterprise. The exposition. if not
altogether abandoned. will have to be
postponed to some remote future
period.
The fate of the exposition involves
the fate of Il dozen great projects for
~ n1, Il.
position and the union depot problem is
solved at once. With an exposition in
1898 the railroads will be compelled. in
| order to accommodate their traffic, to
erect Il new depot and invest from $500.
| 600 to Sl,0OO,OOO in improving their
terminal facilities in this city. ON the
| other hand, the defeat Of Mckinley and
sound money would make it as impoS-
Sblc for the railroads to raise money for
! depot purposes as for the exposition
managers To raise money for the cN-
| position The railroads could not build
II new depot if they wanted to so long
AS the money market was demoraiZrd
! and no estimates on future earnings re-
! liable.
With the assurance of the exposition
| by the restoration of business conf
| dence will come the construction of
| two or three metropolitan hotels to aC.
cOmmOdatc visitors in 1898. With ii
will come extensions of our water
works system, our street railway, our
gas ana electric lighting plants. All
the public improvements in the shape
/ of replacing wOrnout pavcments. com.
| plotting our sewerage system, improving
| the public parks, hinge on the outcome
of the election. Destroy all credits by
endorsing Il scheme for dcbt-scaling and
reputation and no new municipal bonds
! can be sold for months and years tu
| come. Public works must come to Il
standstill and labor be denied employ.
| mcnt.
| Let Omaha and Nebraska speak out
in no uncertain tones for Mckinley and
sound money and we shall witness q
revival of prosperity by the time the
! president is inaugurated such as we
have never seen before Active worl;
will be begun on the exposition, prep.
arations for union depot will be under
way, hotels and new buildings by tn,
score will be projected and plans laid
for the early expenditure of hundreds
of thousands of dollars on public i'm
provements of various kinds. Can the
people of Omaha afford to neglect suc
! an opportunity? We believe they will
|
the ballot box.