Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
FIFTH WARDERS FOR MOOUES
Enthusiastic Meeting Held At Hall at
Sixteenth and Locust
! S. HAsCALL GETS THE COLD SHOULDER
Mayor Makes an Address Outlining
His Platform and Tens some
thing of the work of
His Enemies.

His Enemies.
Rain. snow and icy sidewalks did not
prevent more than 100 men from gathering
In a little hall at Sixteenth and Locust
streets last night and. under the auspices
Of the Frank E. Moores Fifth Ward repub-
lican club. holding one Of the most enthusi-
astic meetings Of the present campaign.
1t seemed from the noise and remarks made
by those In attendance that nearly every
man present was heartily in favor OF Frank
z. Moores for a third term mayor. Nc
opportunity was lost to cheer or applaud
the remarks Of the mayor and those con-
corning him made by other men. The only
spirit in the crowd that seemed inhar-
monious and out Of place was the PERSONAL
ity Of Councilman 1. s. Hascall. who had
projected himself far from the First ward.
When Judge Hascall saw At to make state
ments rejecting upon Mayor Moores and
his administration and upon City Engineer
Rosewater the crowd would not have II
at all. Up to the time whom his remarks
had become personal they listened with
loud outlaws, and applauded as they and
City Engineer Andrew Rosewater nung en-
barrassing questions at the First ward
councilman.
Club Goes en- Reeora.
The club went on record as endorsing
Frank e. MoOres for mayor, Bryce Crawford
for councilman and the passage Of the
Rosewater franchise ordinance by the coun-
Gil.
At the beginning Of the meeting w. L.
Kierstead explained that the club had been
organized some time ago and that he had
been elected president. Two hundred and
twenty names have been signed to the fol-
lowing declaration. q score of new member
taking allegiance last night:
We, the undersigned republican voters of
the Fifth ward, do hereby agree to support
Hon. Frank e.. Moores for mayor at the
SSS as made RriR q Eood. f sSnt tSs TsSsSn m tSSs he he
the past and we know what to expect in
s shs future Ss H S,Hs5 ne no S ether 81, ST S I sS
time, something no previous mayor has
Kind-hearted and generous to the poor,
always. e~xertlng. himself In their behalf;
tempering the Justice to his ONCE with
Jews as strictly as consistent with good
g S1I,aS,r AZ, 4 FRIEND OF the lahorsr. even ven
peoples mayor, vetoeing every measure
not In the interest of us all
Mayor states Position.
Mayor Moores' speech bristled with Inn
promptu humor that pleased his audience
greatly. AS at a recent First ward meet
AannH 49, 50 ~ ~ SA ~ ~
stands-lOcal self government, municipal
ownership Of public utilities and equal tax
alton Of tho railroads and other property.
Concerning some Of the attacks made upon
him the mayor said:
"Yo remember well the many so-oalled
well defined umors that were In circula-
ton about three years ago concerning GER
tain practices of which I was alleged to
have been guilty. It was declared openly
that I was making q certain disreputable
class Of our population pay tribute, which
I and several others divided among our
selves. There were other 'holdups' In
which ] was the chief actor. according to
these rumora To be brief, I was cleared
Of all these charges about as thoroughly
a. the tongue of SANDER can ever be
cleansed by q special grand jury, convened
fer the purpose Of investigating my record.
And out Of that mountain of well defined
rumorS not even one real live mouse
emerged
since the present Fire and Police board
was placed In control by Former Governor
Savage eight months ago you may be sure
. that nothing would have given w. ].
Broatch more delight than to M upon me
proof Of some Of the assertions he circu-
lated about me. And there has been no
effort spared A detective, q woman, was
BFON8Ml Out LIOm OnASaHO Aoob 1umh0I "
try to dig up evidence to prove my cor
ruption. Having subHisted previously by
living the life OF an immoral woman. she
entered q local house of i'll fame and when
the time was ripe made inquiries from the
mistress and the othera how much they
had paid me to protect them. Each one
declared that they never had paid me q
penny. Other inquiries that she made al
other places Of like repute met with the
same answer. and the money they spent on
her was wasted.
Make Another Trial.
"AEain, within the last eight months, I
male detective was brought from Chicago
to secure evidence to prove that / had beer
In league with the gamblers. He professet
to be hat Is known as q sporting man,
and getting In with men OF that kind II
omaha told them that he wtshe to bu.
paraphernslia and open a gambling HOUSE
here. He converted long and diligentl.
and ct last, quite by accident, asked how
much money had 70 be paid to the mayor
every month. The men with whom he hat
been TALKING replied that no money wal
ever paid to the mayer. and that 30 far q
he knew NO attempt had ever been made I,
collect any. I think this is the frst tina
the public has heard Of these detectives
The result OF their work cannot have dc
lighted my enemies. or you would hav'
heard all about It long before this.
$50 far as the present issues OF the cam
paign are concerned, II looks TO me a
though the main one 10 simply Moores o.
anti-MoOres-machine or anti-mAchine
Not satisfied with trying to make a mayo
out OF Omaha stock, the opposition ha
Just imported some timber from Washing
ton. The next thing they do I suppose
will be 70 bring John N. Baldwin over iron
Council Buns and make him tax commis
sionsr."
Bryce Crawford's remarks we're conine
TO his candidacy for the co~uncilmsnio nomi