Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-04-18
RECALLS The VIADUCT FICHl
Oily Attorney Oonnell Reminds First
Wardeu Of His Achievement.
MAYOR MooREs TALKS FOR WHOLE TICKET
Many other Republican CRndidate'
Appear at Meeting in First ward
and Promise Good Munici-
pal Government.

A feature OF the initial campaign meet
ing OF the First ward republicans last night
was the absence Of arraignments Of oppos
ing candidates. factions and parties. The
meeting was in Lincoll hall at the corner
Of Sixth and Pierce streets and was well
attended. Nearly all the candidates on
the republican ticket made short speeches.
The enthusiasm and applause for each was
literally distributed but Mayer Moores
received the lions share.
The mayor spoke briefly, saying 81 want
to thank the voters of the First ward for
the clean majority OF 100 which they rolled
up for me at the primaries, for various and
many methods were used to defeat me
This is to be a short and decisive cam
paign. The main issue is corporations or
anti Interpretations. All the corporations are
against me. i stand for the people and IL
is my best wish to treat all alike. From
all over the city have received encourag-
ing reports that speak for the success of
our ticket, but want to say that the fight
will be hard one and we must all get out
and work and be sure to attend properly to
the details of registering and voting"
The mayor then went through he ticket.
naming each man, mentioning his special
qualifications fer the office he is seeking
and urging his election.
A. H. Hennings, candidate for reelection
as city treasurer. referred to his record in
| collecting the taxes and said his opinion
was that the American people should insist
upon public officials doing their duty re-
| gardless OF consequences had been con-
hrmed by his denomination.
EIbourn is for Harmony.
W. H. Elbourn. who is seeking re-elec-
| off oil lyod tbaff for fua
| ty-two years he had maintained that a
party had a right to divide and scrap" be-
| fore the primaries, but once the will Of the
| convention was recorded 1t was the duty OF
| every member OF the party to fall in limo
and support it.
w. ]. Hunter, nominee for the ONCE of
comptroller, said he had no political record
! to point to, but had been a successful re-
tail grocer for eighteen years and pledged
an honest administration, irrespective OF
factions or persons.
The longest speech OF the evening was
made by City Attorney Connell, who Is
standing tor election to that office, which
he has heretofore filled by appointment. II
had been fifteen years, he said. since he had
sought votes for himself and then it was to
be sent to congress While the First and
Second wards had been kindly to him he
| udQ ITo& Die an MS own WdTQs lnt
and had not Mayor Moores helped him ou,
he might not have won. From that time on
his friendship for the mayor has been un-
broken. I'VE have just had one Of the bit
terest one of the fairest and one of the
most orderly primaries ever held in Omaha
| The issue was clear cut and we'll, defined
Every man knew where he stood and had a
right to register his opinion. The result
was clean Victory for Frank e. Moores by
a majority of several hundred votes and by
a majority Of three delegates.
As to Railroad Crossings.
Concerning myself and my candidacy
want to say a few words. AS the mayor
has told you the legal department is on'
that he must feel confidence in and mus
rely on in many things. He has been kline
enough to say that but for me he does no
know how he would have surmounted somt
of the difhculties in his administrations
However that may be, lay claim to hav
ing done some service for Omaha, an(
while 1t may not be seemly to exploit my
self l want to ask you to remember thu
condition of things in the early days whel
| you had what was called the death trap
down here and no one knew when he wodl,
be struck and killed by an engine or
string OF cars.
: 81 drew the original viaduct law, tough
for the law and helped to have 1t passed II
: the legislature and then fought for 1
. through the courts from the district cour
in our own city to the supreme court OF tn
state and finally to the supreme court o
I the United States, where it was decided 70
once and for all time that the railroad
:, must make the crossings safe and build tn
viaducts at their own expense-and yo
have the viaducts and have the practica
fruits Of that fight The city has bee
saved millions Of dollars and life and prop
erty have been protected"
, Mr.. Connell spoke of the part the Moore
administration had in forcing the recen
= Union Pacific agreement whereby nel
shops. anchored forever in Omaha, wer
secured and 1.-The stuffed club Of threatene
removal OF the railroad taken from II
hands and buried so deep that it can neve
8 be resurrected;" also OF the fact that tn
e judgment fund had been kept the loves
4 Of all city funds Regarding the charg
Il that he had not paid taxes on his pEopert!
! Mr.. ConnelI declared that no one coul
n say that he had not paid any taxes and as
/. serted that he had done the very best h
could, finding, as many other omahans hav
10 that they were over-burdened with proI
l. erty bought during the boom days an
q which for the past fifteen years had bee
a liability rather than an asset
CounciImanic Candidates.
U other speakers were Fred Bruning, car
didate for tax commissioner and Council
q manic Candidates Peter M. Back. Ere
Hoye. Harry zimman, George T. Nicholso
Bryce Crawford, z. d. Evans and c.
Huntingten- Zach man promised faithful
ness in once and pledged his support
n the ticket. r. w. Dyball, councilman
! candidate from the Seventh ward. sent
y letter explaining that he could not be pre-
i ent on account OF a previous engagement