Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10

ANN'tlf NNlAIlilt OF llt tOAllN.A WAS " lllN ~
hold UP the gas company for so Pc cent OF
It's claim. The council had previously taken
The preliminary steps to relocate the city
hall to Jefferson square. The combine
offered to recall it's action ir I desistcd from
publishing the charges. | was also prom
/ iscd the reconsideration of the city printing
contract. which they had taken from us. al
though we had submitted the lowest bid |
etood out against all these oCc.s and it cost
me more than 1000 for refusing 10 stand
. i'm with the council gang.
/ In 1887 w. !. Rroatch was a candidate for
rc-elsctou ] saw clearly that he was not
available. that he could not be reelected by
reason Of the Webslerian policy that he had
pursued, to use plain English After very
/ fierce struggle at the primaries, in whi,h all
the machinery of the city was used BY Mr.
. Broat III, he was unsuccessful. Instead Of
having a few scattering street swee. ers
working for him, he had 400 Italians n The
pay roll doing nothing but sweeping diflc
cnt polls and repeating from one poll to the
other. They were paid out of the city treas
ury and laid off the day after the primary.
/ MIR. Broatch went into the convention with
/ twenty-oight delegates, represeu ing four
wards. with five wards repres ntel by
I thirty-nvc delegates against him. The con-
/ yention ball0tol PSI times and IN the last
ballot the opposition to Mr. Broatch hal
united on George w. LininEcr The next
day Nh Broatch and Mr.. Lniugcr met in
cordial conference and Mr. Broatch
pledged him his earnest support. \
few days later the whole convention
partook of a banquet in the art gal
lory of George W. Lininger ana at the close
Of the banquet every man present stool ~
and raised his hand and took a solemn
pledge to support Lininser, The
very next day Broatch and his dele
gates met-I don't say the whole OF the
twenty eight but most of the twenty eight
and organized secret club to knife ana
to beat George w. Lininger and to elect
Cushing the democratic candidate.
Worse Than lIi2hSvnS Robbers.
There was no more excuse for that bolt
than there was for the one against Reese.
What do you think CT men who would par
take of a mans hospitality, sit at his table
and pledge themselves to give him loyal
support take $4,000 of his money con-
t:ibutcd into the campaign fund as an assess
ment and use It for the election Cf the Cp-
position candidate. (Applause). Highway
robbers would not do that. There is honor
among thieves and l venture to assert there
could not be twenty-eight men found in the
penitCntiary that would be guilty of such
grand larceny. daughter and applause).
And just such a precious lot has done the
work on the 9TH of November.
They have organized what they call
patriotic club They cay it is organized for
the purpose Of promoting republican in
terest9 and in order to help elect the repub
liCan ticket next spring and to help re-elect
William Mckinley next fail Now in all
candor | would ask what is the need Of any
such club in the city Of Omaha? Where S
thcre any need Of new club that is honestly
intending to promote the success of the re-
publican party? There are republican clubs
in every ward. In many CT the wards there
are more than one. and If these gentlemen
want to promote republican principles what
hinders them from joining the existing re-
publican clubs and laboring for the electian
CT republican candidates? The thing is a
myth and was from the outset; simply
cover for treachery to carry out the despic
able schemes Ct the leaders
1t is an old saying that birds of a
feather will hcck together and men are
known by the company they keep. The head
of this thing, the head and front of it in
the executive committee, was Mr.. Cadet !
Taylor. Let me devote little time to Mr. |
Cadet Taylor Oaughter).
He poses as a good republican, as a man !
that has the interest of the party at heart |
He ought to be a good republican. He rc- |
ceiyes an income of over $4,000 a year now |
from the republican administration and | |
would like to know why he is not content |
to support the republican ticket when it is |
once nominated and why he is so fastdious |
why his conscience is so tender as regards /
the election of certain men on the republican |
ticket and why he should prefer democrativ |
to republicans. All federal Office
holders are not like him. Here is a letter
received the day after the election, which !
shows marked contrast between a loyal
and disloyal federal oficeholder:
oFT1cE or THE The PosTMasTER POS MAS 9?P
ward Rosewater-My Dear Sir; Please ac
cept my heartfelt thanks as republican
efforts you have displayed in the past cam
paign for the success Of the republican
state and county ticket. The result result does
friend nor the splendid selection made by
the republican candidates for office. but is
the work of republican jealousy among the
leaders in the party, particularly in Douglas
sTomld from nrincipie be Republicans and
port It. You ought to be hOnOred for your
continued effort of wedding out bad
how through jealousy of yourself repub-
leans can afford to degrade their manhood
10 see a man like Judge Reese beaten
imply to keep you from getting a just
for your arduous labOrs for
he party of which you have always been
1 most honored and tireless worker and
champion. Assuring you of my highest
,steeIn and ever at your command, / re-
(SgnodD FRED j. ETTER.
Before I go back to Mr.. Cadet Taylor per-
laps had better finish the Broatch incident,
Nr. BrOatch proclaiming that he wants to
purge the republican party. In the late cam
laign this man Broatch deliberately took
from the democratic candi
lates in money to carry on this campaign
gainst the republicans. | charge thar he
rot $50 himself from Swoboda the Bohe-
nian candidate for coroner against Swanson,
lnder the pretense that he was going to
lse that money to defeat Swanson That
S the kind of patriot he is. And when
ncn have to go to the common enemy for
money to defeat the republican candidates
nd then want republicans in Omaha to
tand up for them and elect them to any
hing, they simply underrate the intelligence
nd common decency of the average repub-
ican. (Applause)
AS "a Cadet Taylor.
AS a member of the city council and chair
ian OF the finance committee. he conniyed ,
n tho embezzement of Henry Bolln de- ,
aulting city treasurer, and used his official +
Gsition to secure the unlawful deposit of
city money in the defunct Globe I
avngs bank of which he was then active =