Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-16
SECOND WAR REPUBLICANS.
Enthusiastic Meeting Held ut Eigh-
trentL and Itntpu,

enthusiastic Meeting Held ut Eigh-
tcenth and NintOu.
There was an enthusiastic meeting OF re-
publicans at Eighteenth and Vinton streets
laet evening. About 100 voters of the Sec
ond ward gathered to hear the issues and the
candidates of the present campaign discussed.
Not a single candidate spoke, but the mat
ters connected with the campaign were ably
and fairly presented by representative c.ti-
zens, including Judge Irvine Baxter, William
L. Kierstcad and ]. j. Boucher. Fred Hoye
presided over the meeting, which was a
most profitable one from the standpoint Of
good citizenship.
Mr.. Kierstead was the first speaker. He
stated that he did not believe in mud-slinSing
and did not desire to assail any mans repu-
tation. When, however. on the other hand,
a man was most unfairly and u~njustly at
tackled, he could not refuse to come to his
support with a correct statement of facts.
He highly commended the republican candi-
date for mayor, both in his private and in
his public life. He said that he had been a
competent, honest and faithful official while
in office, all reports to the contrary notwith-
standing. He thought he had good reason
to know, as he was a member OF the grand
jury that three years ago spent thirty days
investigating the same charges that are now
trumped up against Moores, only to give
him a clean bill, and as he had again IN
vestigated the matter from the standpoint Of
a county commissioner.
He cited many instances of charity per-
formed by Frank E. Moores, many instances
of his kindness having come to light only
within the past few days, while his enemies
were circulating false reports concerning his
integrity. He declared that be had known
Frank Moores for more than twenty years,
and like all other Omahans who knew him
at oil, he knew him to be one of the most
public-spirited, liberal, representative and
altogether one of the best citizens Omaha
has ever had He expressed the belief that
Moores would certainly be elected, as would
all the rest of the republican city ticket, and
that Howell, Ransom and others OF their ilk
would learn that they had purchased the en-
dorscment Of the populists at too dear a price,
and that the voters Of Omaha would resent
the trick by which Senator John II. Evans
had been unseated.
Judge Baxter made his first appearance in
tho campaign and was we'll received. He
@ooke briefly on the issues of the campaign
and declared that there was need for all
good citizens to enter an emphatic protest
on April 20 against the high-handed pro-
ceedings Of certain members OF the Douglas
county delegation in the legislature. Vie
thought q severe rebuke should be admin
istered to Howell and Ransom, and he be-
lieved that Frank e. Moores and the entire
republican ticket would be elected by large
majorities on Tuesday next.
j. j. Boucher spoke Of the municipal court
provided for in the new charter of Howell
and Ransom. and of the additional expense
forced on the citizens hY such an unneces-
sary institution. He declared that the claim
that the new charter would reduce the ex-
penses CT the city government was prepos-
ferrous and absurd. 1t was true some sal
aries had been cut. though it was noticeable
that the mayors had been increased by a
large sum. The municipal court and other
creations of the new charter would. however,
swell tho city's expenses by at least $25, 900
per snuum. He also stated that under the
provisions for this new court it would be
necessary for q poor man who wished to in
stitutC Q suit to engage an attorney. Under
the present system of courts of justices of
tho peace any man, no matter how poor,
could bring suit against even a railroad cor
p~oiation. In the justices court it was not
necessary for a man to have the services of
an attorney to bring a suit, but the new
court made the employment Of a lawyer al
most essential.