Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-22
SLIM CROWD HEARS HOWELL
Democratic sideshOw Doesn't Draw in Big
Sixth Ward.
BOILERS GET SOME RED HOT BOASTS
Kennedy Lays IL on Hard in TaIkinE
of the Men who Are Now
supporting Benson for
Mayor.

Just twenty-ni n Of the more than 1900
democratic voters of the Big Sixth as
sembled at Idlewild hall, Twenty-fourth and
Grant streets last night to extend welcome
to Edward Economical Howell and Corpor-
alton Counsel Wright; to hear the lesser
nominees speak their pieces; to hear j. A.
C. Kennedy give away the secrets OF the
last legislature and to receive the photo
gravures Of Howell and Ernest STUNT, the
handsome men OF the ticket.
c. e. Forbes acted as chairman and after
the orators had delivered the goods a Sixth
Ward club was organized on motion Of Joe
Sherry, John Liddell being made president
and Charley Clark secretary. BY the time
the work Of organizing was reached there
were only nine e~ligibles left in the hall
and the voting district representation had
to be left to the president to fill in before
be calls the next meeting. Altogether, 1t
was a very satisfactory meeting-from the
standpoint Of a man who was in a hurry
to get home.
Mr.. Howell ventured to take the ground
that the question before the taxpayers ia
whether or not they want a change in the
city administration. He, for one, is in favor
OF it. He denied that ne has any intention
Of throwing his support to either Moores
OF Benson.
what wright VIII Do.
Corporation Counsel Wright said: "If l
am elected / will serve the city with the
same fidelity would serve one Of you as a
client OF mine, and there shan't be any
side lines out, which latter statement
was accepted as formal notification to the
electric light company to begin advertising
for a new hired man.
A.. nIn--.- .z-a4-- = l.. Ia, .To-br
presented a strong endorsement Of himself
by himself and let 1t go at that.
Hon. ]. A. c. Kennedy passed a few fra
grant posies to the councilmanic candi-
dates and then undertook the extremely
dificult task of involving all factions of
the republican party in responsibility for
what was lone by the anti-Moores dele
cation in the legislature this last winter.
Kennedy's Estimate of Benson,
%" pay no particular attention to the
Benson platform said Kennedy. because
l do not consider Mr.. Benson a vital factor
In this race. He is in, sincerely on his
part. but put there by men who never had
any intention Of ~electing him" In view
of the fact that the speaker is the law
Office disciple Of T. ]. Mahoney, scheduled
to speak for Benson at Creighton hall Fri
0ay hABhNB MS nuo AVNClNNa WIN
some surprise.
Mr.. Kennedy said: 9Th party's plat
form says we favor municipal home rule,
yet it was a republican delegation in Lin
coin that bent every effort to foist upon
South Omaha a fire and police board the
city did not want. The platform fayors
an economical business administration yet
1t was a republican delegation that raised
the salary of the Omaha comptroller, a
mere auditor, to $4,000 and 1t was a member
Of that delegation who, when l asked him
why, replied Well, we didn't mean to do IL
but Westberg and Burbank came down
I here Gnd simply insisted 1t was a MEM
Der Of that same republican delegation who
introduced a bill intended to make It pos
sible for the franchised corporations to
side step $50, 600 in Omaha taxes yearly
and 1t was a republican senator from Doug
las county, also, who, in the sitting com
mittee killed the bill to reduce telephone
rates"
Mr.. Kennedy quite failed to state that the
delegation he charged with having done
these things was made up entirely of boilers
now in the Benson faction.
TIL list Of minor speakers includes Can
didates Fleming. STUNT, Robertson, Berry
man. Kuncl, Schmidt and Lobeck. The
NoidlllS Beulleudn IEOm the flTSl met AL
expectation and was we'll worth the money
Benson as the Workers Friend.
The Fifth Ward Democratic club held a
meeting at McKenna's hall, corner OF Sher-
man avenue and Locust street, last night
with about forty present. The speakers
were E. e. Howell, candidate for mayor;
NJ. p. O'Connor, candidate for city clerk;
G. o. Lobeck. candidate for comptroller;
Carl c. Wright, candidate for city attorney,
John H. Grossman and others.
Mr.. Grossman paid his compliments Il
Candidate Benson, saying IN part: "Mr
Benson is a fine candidate to pose as the
friend of the workingman. He can see
the workingman now. but hitherto and after
the election he might fall over a laborinl
man and then fail to see him. He has beer
represented on bank directories and asso.
clated with banks and the real estate busI.
ness with a zeal that marks him as tn,
unqualified friend Of the ~workingman ant
poor man. He was associated with the Banl
Of Commerce that went under and alst
with the Nebraska Savings bank tina
failed. Poor people were the general de
with that branch of the republican part,
that sent the last Douglas county delega
tion to the legislature. He was a gooC
enough republican until 2 o'clock Satur
day afternoon, April IL, when he saw tina
his faction was beaten, then he bolted. HI
is a man full of brilliant platitudes beforI
election; in fact, he is conducting his cam
paign on a series of platitudes that can de