Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02

the lowe end Of town and DO all the
deviltry generally that was necessary TO
keep Omaha under subsection by the ma
chine. This snapshot photograph Of the
old machine hts the descriptions that have
been for several years and are still being
indusrriously circulated by the political
Pharisees who arc trying to climb into
political power by the profound secrecy
movement.
Look in the City Hall and See.
III there ever was such a dreadful ma
chine as above described, It certainly has
no existence now. Take a look into the
city hall and what do you find? with the
exception Of a couple Of elevator boys and
two or three clerks the entire ground floor
Of the city hall has worn out its shoes in
kicking the old machine. Every occupant
on the ground floor is fornlnst the machine.
City Clerk Elbourn, who was nominated by
the machine and elected by the machine IS
with the new machine organized by the
Gophers. John N. Westberg, the comptrol-
Ter. who had the support Of the machine
for his third term election, is AFFLICTED with
Rosewaterophobia, and has been foaming
at the mouth between drinks for more than
two years. Gus Hennings never dreamed Of
the city treasurership until he was pro-
jected into the city hall by the Moores-
Reconsideration machine, but he has
been dancing an anti-machine hornpipo
twelve hours out OF twenty-four these
many months.
"The top floor Of the city hall, which was
so conspicuous in circulating these well
defined and never discovered ugly rumors,
is bitterly opposed to the machine. What
ever there is left Of the Moores part OF the
nacbIua io fharaFora nonapad 90 Nho r,tdJto
two stories OF the building, with the ex-
ception of the apartments occupied by the
Broatch police reform commission.
What is there left In the city hall OF
that terrible machine? Just the third foo!
and a portion Of the fourth, but on that
one floor right opposite to the head Of the
machine is the head OF the other machine
Mr.. Broatch with his police commission
l do not see any terrible machine left there
in the city hall.
BrOatch's Private investigation.
Now let us look at the police depart
ment, of which Mr.. Moores was presumed
to have full control for one purpose
only, and that Is to bulldoze and blackmail.
Bulldoze those who did not want to give
him their involuntary support and to hold
up people who were subject to police sur
veillance. This is the story they told and
thousands Of good, respectable people In
the city Of Omaha believed and hundreds
OF them still believe. YOU remember the
gentlemen who started the well-defned
rumors called upon the Judges to convene a
special grand Jury. The grand jury was
called and continued in session about two
months. 1t investigated these stories, but
failed to find any tangible proof Of a hold
up or blackmail or collection Of forced
contributions from the vicious classes.
But the men who are now leaders In the
Gopher camp insisted that the grand Jury
was packed and, moreover, that the men
and women who were subpoenaed before
the grand Jury did not dare tell what they
knew, for the police we're still in the hands
OF Mr.. Moores, and as long as he had the
police they would not tell what they knew
and would not disclose anything detri-
mental to him for fear Of retaliation.
You all know that the police have been
under the control OF the Broatch commits
sion since the early part of August, some
thing like eight months. I I'm credibly in
formed that women who piled their voca-
lions in Chicago were brought to Omaha
and planted in various houses OF ill-fame,
In order to investigate these rumors and
find out whether the keepers or inmates
OF these disreputable resorts had been held
up UT udu pdlu IOE pIOlcClkOu' " W u
as 1 can learn they failed to discover any
thing to confirm the rumors. An expert
detective was also brought to Omaha at
the instance of the Broatch commission to
ferret among the sporting fraternity. He
professed to be a gambler who wanted to
negotiate with Omaha gamblers to go into
business and sought to ascertain what he
would have to pay for protection In Omaha.
and when he was told that no protection
money was being paid, he said: That
! can't be possible. We are paying for pro-
lection in Chicago. We know those
things But when he found no gambler
: who had been held up or paid for pro-
lection the expert gave II up as a bad job.
In addition TO these imported male and
female detectives Omaha sleuths. known
TO be hostile to Mayor Moores, have been
securing the city night and day for nearly
eight months, but up to date the we'll
defined JUNIORS of 1901 have failed to ma
t~erialize.
Samples of Gopher Reform.
'In the meantime the reform police COM
mission, to whom the good people Of
Omaha have looked for a municipal clean
up. have been swinging the police clubs in
the wrong direction. The leaders of the
Gopher anti-machine say their main OBJ
jeot is to get the city purified so that de-
cency can prevail in Omaha. II It Is true
that indecency iaunts its brazen face in
Omaha. who. l pray, is responsible? II
there is tolerated vice In any part of the
city, where is the blame? Who controls
the police7 1t not this hue and cry Of anti
machine hypocriticalH In 1901 when the
county committee was captured by the
faction Of self styled purifiers a GENTLE
man was put at its head who stands high
in the Young Mems Christian association,
and wherever good men walk, eat and
sleep. Within a very few days after he had
been elected chairman that gentleman
called on me and earnestly urged me to
assist him in raising money for the cam
paign. And IN order to show that l had