Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-11
FUsIONIsTs CATCH A TARTAR.
Invite a Stranger to Address Their
Meeting nnd He Consents.

Invite a Stranger to Address Their
Meeting nnd He Consents.
Twenty y-nine men and eight small boys
made up the crowd that participated in the
demo-pop fusion meeting held in the Ninth
ward last night and to these individuals E.
Il. Howell, the fusion candidate for mayor,
delivered his maiden speech of the municipal
campaign.
Captain Parker presided over the delibera-
tions of the gathering and introduced sew
eral parties who spoke prior to the arrival
of Howell. The first man to address the
meeting was f. w. Simpson, the fusion can
dldate for councilman from the Ninth ward.
Mr. Simpson explained that he was suffering
from the effects OF bad cold, contracted
some days ago However, he said that he
would do the best that he could In discuss
ing the issues of the campaign he studlously
avoided the mayoralty question and devoted
the most of the time to talking OF his own
candidacy. He predicted that he would be
elected and that he was going to secure mcst
of the old soldier vote CT the city.
Not on your life," came from a white
haired veteran in the rear of the room, and
then Mr.. Simpson subsidized.
Right at this point the fusionists were
given a cold bath that froze the marrow in
their bones. Several parties had been called
upon to speak. but all declinod, and it COM
menced to look as though the oratory Of the
evening was at an end Captain Parker, how
ever, was not discouraged. He labored un-
der tne impression tnat all OF the men Ill
the room were fusionigts, and spying DR..
Joseph Neville, he remarked I'VE have
stranger here and we would be glad to hear
from him. He is one Of our most distin-
guished citizens, DR.. Neville"
BOMB BURSTS IN CAMP
There was an outburst of hearty applause
as the doctor walked from the rear to the
front of the room, but this applause did not
continue long after the doctor commenced
speaking, for he at once launched out and
made one of the best republican speeches of
the campaign. He said that he was repub-
lican from first to last and, moreover, that
he a protectionist. He had known
Frank e. Moores for years and believed that
ho was an honest man.
Here the doctor paused to take breath
and the silence that pervaded the room was
something painful. One of the small boys
started to do some applauding and was
promptly informed by the chairman that If
he could not keep still he had better go
home. BY this time the doctor was ready
to do some more talking He added that he
him, he an honest man, man who had
served his country during the dark days OF
the rebellion, and one who had always been
ready to assist the poor and the needy. The
doctor paused again and the silence wac
more oppressive than before.
"Moores," continued DR.. Neville sis
noble, liberal and free-hearted citizen. Let
any man who is in need approach him and
he never goes away eInply-n6uueu, anu
care not what his traducers may say against
him. he is honest. have an idea that this
is not my kind Of meeting, but as | have
been invited must speak my mind. l am
republican, have always been one and
always expect to remain one"
No applause greeted the close OF DR.. Ne
villes address, but there was some confu |
sion and while 1t was at its height three
Of the small boys were driven from the room. |
w. A. Anderson was next introduced and |
ha mad M SnnpphpS
ing the election Of the fusion ticket, closing |
with the prediction that the silverites of the
country were watching the Omaha cam
paign and that for that reason the fusion |
ticket should be elected from top to bottom. |
HOWELL ON MORALITY.
E. e. Howell, who had come in late. was
invited to make speech, and without walt
ing for second invitation he stated that |
he was not at the meeting for the purpose
of defending his acts, public or private. He
said that he had made some mistakes, but |
that he was pretty near right or he would
never have been nominated by three conven-
tions at one and the same time. He de-
clared that he was not as moral as some,
nor was he as immoral as some. Dropping
the question of morality, Mr. Howell
branched off and discussed the new city
charter He took upon himself the whole
responsibility of passing the city's new code
of laws, He insisted that 1t was a charter
for the poor men and its passage had been
opposed by the rich men of the city.
Mr.. Howell told his hearers that during
the past session of the legislature he had
lost twenty pounds of flesh and that for
three nights he had not been to bed. In
Frank E. Moores he said his
opponent should not be elected for the rea-
son that he knew nothing about running
city government, while he (HowelD had been
in that business for years.
Jacksonian Club Meeting.
The JacksoniGn club had a short session
last night, with DR.. A. II. Nipple in the
chair DR.. T. r. Ward. James A. Norton
and r. Il. S. Montgomery were admitted to
in the club. The applications
for membership of Richard Engleman and
Edward f. Streeter were placed on file. Re
ports of the campaign committees from the
various wards of the city were received. 1t
was stated that the silver republicans, demo-
Gratis and populsts of tho city were in favor
of fusion. The banquet committee which
had charge Of the last festivities, which took
place at the Paxton hotel, reported that the
a fair had proved a financial success