Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-10
ASK FOSTER TO WITHDRAW
Seventh Warders Meet and Adopt Series
Of Resolutions.
CALL ON THEIR NtlGHBoR TO BE LOYAL
Appeal to Him Not to stand ns q
Candidate for Mayor, but
Give His support TO
Noorcs.

whereas, A petition has been filed by
certain individuals, placing our worthy
neighbor, A. C. Foster, on the ballot as a
candidate for mayor, and
whereas, All reputable citizens Interested
in the welfare of our city must recognize that
the interests of the city demand the election
of the entire republican ticket, and
Whereas, The candidacy of Mr.. Foster
would only result in benefit to the fusion
gambler candidate, and
Whereas We know Mr.. Foster to be a
good citizen, and
Whereas, Mr.. Foster was a member Of
the city convention, and is morally bound to
support the candidates there named, be 1t
Resolved, That this meeting request Mr..
Foster to withdraw his name and give his
support to the candidates who respect the
ballot of the people and who will not legis-
late in the interests Of the gamblers, and be
1t further
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
be sent to Mr.. Foster"
A. C. Foster, whose name was presented
as independent candidate for mayor in a
petition filed with the city clerk late yes
terday afternoon, is a resident in the Seventh
ward. His friends and neighbors In the
ward, assembled in mass meeting last night,
unanimously passed the above resolutions,
calling upon him to have the petition with
drawn.
The resolutions were introduced in the mid
die of the meeting. They were carefully
read. They aroused but little comment. A
haf-hearted motion was made to table them
in view of the fact that it was not known
whether Mr.. Foster had given his sanction
to the filing of the petition, but this was
lost by a big majority the noes" being
hardly distinsuishable. The resolutions were
then passed unanimously, not a dissenting
voice being raised against them.
The meeting which took the action was
held in the headquarters of the Seventh
Ward Republican club at 1912 Park avenue
The gathering was large one, the hall be-
ing packed 1t was also a representative
one, voters from as far as Sheeleytown to
the north limits being present 1t was some
what unique as a political gathering, mas
much as there were a number of ministers in
the audience. 1t waa a harmonious one de-
spite the efforts of some of the disgruntled
element, who attempted to interrupt the
speakers, but who were quickly squelched
by vigorous evidences of dissatisfaction they
aroused. 1t was an enthusiastically repub-
lican and Moores meeting.
Tho first speaker of the evening was City
Attorney w. ]. Connell. He laid bare the
course that had been pursued in the leg
islature by Howell, who instead of working
to advance the interests Of the exposition,
| had engaged in a political conspiracy to
seat himself and his friends in the city offices
Of Omaha at the coming election. He pointe
out the defects in the charter that had
not been considered in the haste to get it's
main purpose accomplished. He spoke of
the part Howell had taken in disfranchis-
ing the people of this county when the leg
islature threw out the duly elected repub-
lican electors. This legislative record, he
asserted, disqualified Howell from election.
In contrast he spoke of the career of Frank
e. Moores, saying that the charges against
him had wholly a political purpose. He
stated further that he did not believe that
A. G. Foster would ever permit his name
to be used for the purpose of defeating
Moores and placing a man like Howell in
control of the city government.
John G. Wharton also made a pertinent
comparison of the two heads of the tickets.
He arraigned Howell on three different
charges. The first was that he had failed to
secure dollar that the exposition board
could use. The second was that he had
passed the iniquitous city charter, by which
he might legislate himself and his friends
| into city offices at increased salaries
Thirdly, he had made himself the champion
of the gamblers.
IF it had not been for the timely efforts
of The Bee," stated the speaker, 'the gam
bling bill would have gone through. like a
man to tell what he is. If he Is a gambler
let him say that he is gambler. How is
| it with Howell? He fathered the gambling
bill, but he passed it to Miller for intro
duction. Miller says he introduced the bill
by request The bill was given a deceptive
title 1t appeared to suppress gambling,
| when. as matter of fact, it threw the
gambling dens open. More than that it
gives no adequate punishment to the men
who debauch and fleece the young men of the
city in the gambling hells"
Mr. Wharton then spoke of the war record
OF Frank e. Moores. He touched upon his
career since he has been citizen OF Omaha.
He mentioned a number of instances of his
| liberality and charity. He continued:
Whom shall we trust? This open hearted
| man or the man whose letter appears in
The Bee today? A poor man worked in the
| interests of Howell for three months last fall.
| He fell on hard luck. Surely Howell would
help him. He applied for a ton of coal
promising to pay for 1t out of the first money
he received. II belong to the coal trust y
responded Howell. The coal trust cells only
for cash." and he refused the request
Mr.. Wharton was interrupted by number
of disturbers in the audience. So also was
the next speaker, A. C. Troup. These in
terruptions ceased only after the meeting
emphatically discountenanced them.
The following candidates also spoke: e.
| NJ STUNT, w. G. Edwards, S. l. Gordon, Tom
Crocker Myron Karr, w. w. Bingham, ID.
T. Mount, John Westberg and Beecher Hig-