Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
LAST KICK.

ises another reply to Governor Savage's
latest. Isn't 1t about time for the Humane
society to butt in and put an end to this
brutal business?
Hardy Herald: Governor Savage and the
willy editor OF The Omaha Bee are hav-
ing a war OF words that will hardly repay
the effort. People over the state expect
The Bees apology in campaigns and pay
little or no heed to It.
Galway Tribune: Governor Savage calls
Rosey a d-n fool, Rosey calls Savage a
liar. thief and a general all around scoun-
drel. We for one would like to know
how Ezra got possession of that treas
urer's note, Who stole IL?
Beatrice Sun: In closing his letter to Mr..
Rosewater Governor Savage says that he is
done with letter-writing, and that IL Rosey
bothers him any more he will simply take It
out of his hide. There is nothing diplomatic
about that sort of language.
Norfolk News: Governor Savage has
taken another slash at his antagonist and
the return maneuver from the editor of
The Bee is anxiously awaited by a reading
public that delights in the polite billings
gate being employed on both sides.
North Platte Tribune: Governor Savage
has indicted another letter to Editor Rose
water, and the latter promises to make
one of his characteristic replies. The gov
ernor and the editor have evidently q
long letter-writing campaign ahead of
them.
Dakota City Eagle: Governor Savage has
told how he was offered money to name
certain men to the Omaha police commits
sion. He says the bid was $500, but that
$40 gold pieces could not be piled up high
enough to do the business. Strange, but
how high was the pile offered on the Bart
ley pardon?
York Times: Governor Savage intimates
that when he is out of office he will adjust
his differences with Editor Rosewater. 1t
would have been just as we'll II he had
thought Of that before he entered the arena
with the elusive bull of Bashan. A governor
must necessarily forego some of his dignity
when he goes into a bullfght.
Dakota City Eagle: Strange as 1t may
appear that every time Governor Savage
opens his mouth he gets his foot in it. His
reign in office has been one continuous
blunder. BY the time his term expires
and The Omaha Bee gets through showing
him up in his true light there will not
be enough left of his political corpse to
skin.
South Omaha Independent: Governor Saw
age has partly opened that mysterious
cigar box formerly owned by Defaulter Bart
ley. Judging from the artistic manner in
which Editor Rosewater handled the exposed
portion of that cigar box in The Bee last
Sunday leads us to believe that the governor
will withhold what other mysterious" con-
tents that wonderful box may contain.
North Platte Tribune: If the historic
and frequently referred TO cigar box at
Lincoln contains such great secrets that 1t
can be used to hush UP the mouths OF
certain ones, it is time that Governor Saw
age turn the box open to the public gaze,
let the result be what it may. II there
is a skeleton in the closet 1t might be
best for the party and the state that 1t
be exposed.
Blue Springs Sentinel: That was a bril-
liant closing sentence of the governors in
his Sundays letter informing Mr.. Rosewater
that II there was any mere of 1t he would
settle with him after stepping out of the
governors chair. Say, Savage. Draw a
mental picture of how your long, bony, six
feet Of stature will look when you go after
R~osewater. People once in a while make
mighty big mistakes.
Sidney Republican: Governor Savage has
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situations about Rosewater's connection
with some shady deals, and now the little
editor Of The Bee gets after his excellency
in real style. He has no terrors for Mr..
Rosewater and every time he monkeys with
the buzzsaw he will get worsted. The gov
ernor is small potatoes, few in a hill, and
has got discounted by his party and the
people in general. Nobody pays any atten-
ton to what he says and cares less.
SCOTS BLUM Republican: AS we predicted
a couple Of weeks ago, Savage has let his
mouth run around loose, until Rosewater
has him Just where he wants him. Last
Sundays Bee went after Savage in a man
ner that must make him feel like 80 cents
on circus day. II the. governor has any
thing to prove that Rosewater has in any
way defrauded the state, he is guilty of
gross negligence in office in not having
| him prosecuted. On the other hand II he
has not got the evidence, he has made a
"damfool'' OF himself.
Columbus Telegram: After the threats
made by Governor Savage as to what he
would do in the matter Of exposing Edward
Rosewater, the public had a right to believe
that Ezra would fish up something astound-
ing out of that famous cigar box. But he
didn't. His promised sensation was no SEN
sation at all. He simply made an ass Of
himself and gave Rosewater new emporium
ity to hurl his harpoon into the Savage
belly. The result OF the Savage-Rosewater
controversy, summed up, does no harm to
Rosewater, but firmly establishes Savage in
the ranks of the nincompoops.
Syracuse Journal: The Rosewater-Savage
controversy continues. Governor Savage
closes his last loving epistle with the state
ment that when he retires from official
life he will balance differences fully" with
Mr.. Rosewater. The Bee still insists that
the governor should open that cigar box
lid and expose the contents to the public
gaze. Lay on, McDuff, and damned be he
who first cries hold: enough" about voices
the sentiment OF the people of the state.
There is a large-sized niger in some
body's wood pile, and whether Rosey's OF
the governors, the people want him routed
out.
Kearney Hub: Governor Savage has re-
piled to Edward Rosewater's open letter
| and has produced a very warm roast, but
that is all that can be said Of It. He re-
iterates some charges against the Omaha
editor and makes some new ones, but does
not offer any OF the proof that he was
going to produce, or in other words to
fash those cards that he had up his