Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-26

won in this contest. is not only an homo,
and a credit to Omaha. but to the entire
state as well, for the running OF municipal
affairs under tho uewly elected ticket VIII
continue during three years and hence while
the TransmssiSsppi Exposition is In prog
ress.
sutton Advertiser (repl: Some two or
three weeks ago ia an attempt to forecast
the results of the mayoralty contest In
Omaha by some inadvcrtence We seem to
have stated that MoorCs the republican cam
didatc was elected instead OF prophesying
that he would be. At the city election on
Tuesday of this week our forecast was veri-
fed by Mr. Moores' election as mayor and
with him nearly the entire republican ticket.
The people of Omaha are to be congratu-
lated on having defeated the fusion effort TO
throw things wide open during the eX-
position period by eiccting Howell, the
gamblers ally. as mayor.
ONeill Frontier (rep): The result of tho
mayoralty election in Omaha was a great
victory for the republicans. and convinced
the most skeptical that Edward Rosowater
is I'm it," politically, in Douglas county.
Frank f.. Moures was elected mayor. The
opposing candidate. MIR. Howell, was backed
by the democrats, populists free silver re-
publicans and few disgruntled repub-
licans who continually shout republcansm
and then so and vote for the opposition.
This was a great victory, and clearly
demonstrates that The Omaha Bee is great
factor in Nebraska politics. and the sooner
republicans throughout the state compre-
hend that fact, and quit venting their spleen
upon it's editor, to the detrimcnt Of the
party, the sooner Nebraska will again be
numbered among the safe republican states
Lincoln Cali lrep): The election of the
republican ticket in Omaha is another re-
buke to populism and corrupt legislation.
1t is gratifying, too, that the victory is so
sweeping and decisive. 1t Is complimentary
to the people of Omaha that they had suf-
fcient care ana regard for their political
standing at this time to rebuke with yisor
the gambling populist statesmen who built
so strongly in the legislature for their
political supremacy under the Omaha
charter. a victory at Omaha under these
circumstances is significant: IL means the
beginning of the return of republican rule
in Nebraska. 1t shows that in the very face
of the effort of the Bryan Hocomb combine
TO legislate the republican party out of
power, on the heels of the greatest demo-
pop victory Nebraska has yet recorded,
the republican party Is capable OF rcassert-
ing itself and that the great body of the
people are with it. Howell may continue to
howl populism. and JefTCoat may hold on to
his fraudulently acquired scat in the senate,
but as for the people of Omaha, they have
set the seal of dishonor upon every member
of the Douglas county delegation that helped
to dishonor' the state in the late rat-legisla-
ture. Hurrah for Omahal
KeaIney Hub rep: The result Of the
Omaha city election on Tuesday is sore
disappointment to the populists and fusion
lists of the state. All elements had combined
in Omaha against the republican ticket and
the fight made against Frank f. Moores.
the republican candidate for mayor, was one
of the worst campaigns of personal detrac-
tion ever witnessed in the state. Notwith-
standing Moores was elected by more than
two hundred majority, which is great vic
tory under the circumstances, and all the
balance of the republican city ticket was
elected except two cOuncilmen. This Is the
answer OF Omaha, doubtless, to the fraud
practiced by a populist legislature in un-
seating the regularly elected republican
members from Douglas county, and the de-
liberate judgment of that city on populism
in general The same verdict had previously
been rendered by South Omaha, likewise
by the capital city of Lincoln, by Beatrice,
by York and by the towns of the state al
most without exception. The fusionists had
used great hopes of getting municipal con-
troll in Nebraska at the April elections. but
their rout has been complete and final The
Hub believes that these results may be
safely taken as an indication of the senti-
ment of the state as it will be manifested
at tie polls at the next general election.