Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-24
SEVENTH WARDERS IN LINE
Howard h. BaldTigs and E ROsewater Tell
Voters Few Facts
RECALL cALUMNts or LAST CAMPAIGN
Mr. ROsewater Demonstrates How
boomers, of whom Benson ives
one, Have Handicapped
the City.

Howard II. BaldFige and Edward Rose
water were the principal speakers at
meeting Of Seventh ward voters at ,27Oe
Leavenworth street last night. The little
hall had no space to spare and the number
present was close to 200. Many had to
stand. Enthusiasm for the republican
ticket was manifested by loud applause
and cheers all through the meeting. ova-
tions greeted Mayor Moores, Mr.. Baldrigo
and Mr.. Rosewater, and the speeches were
given closest attention. Mayor Moores and
many Of the republican candidates made
short talks, all being we'll received.
Mr.. Baldrige declared that when a mao
submits his name to primary election
as a candidate for q nomination he is un-
der a moral obligation to acquiesce In the
will of the people as expressed in the re-
suit. In the last campaign the lines, he
said, had been sharply drawn. No one was
in doubt how he was voting or for whom
he was voting. The sample ballots had the
names Of the candidates for whom the dele
gates stood printed upon them. The dele
gates in accepting the charge had a sacred
trust imposed on them, and that trust was
that they would carry out the will Of the
voters as expressed in the ballot box. A
delegate, according to Mr.. Baldrige, had no
choice other than to act In the convention
In the interests Of the candidate for whom
he stood at the primaries.
Reviews the Convention.
Beginning with the statement that Frank
3. Moores had fairly and squarely carried
ave out OF the nine wards in the city and
secured majority OF three delegates In the
convention, Mr.. Baldrige gave a concise
history Of the convention that named
II k.m he
convention was for Moores, despite the
change OF heart Of an Eighth ward delegate,
and how Chairman Cowell had ruled fairly,
in strict accordance with parliamentary
law, and on a precedent established in the
same convention by Chairman Herring Of
the anti-Moores republican city committee.
The boilers. said the speaker, had been
looking for an excuse to leave the con-
vention hall and seized upon the refusal
OF Chairman Cowell to permit a poll Of the
vote OF the Second ward at the request Of
another ward, as a pFetext for leaving,
while had Benson been nominated Mayor
Moores and his supporters would have re-
mained and Loyalty supported him. When
Benson appeared as candidate for mayor
in the primaries and convention, he tacitly
agreed to abide by the result, and II nom
mated, to accept such nomination and stand
on the platform suggested by the conven-
tion. Moores however,nwas nominated, and
nominated fairly. as the failure Of his OPP
ponents to contest the nomination In the
courts had shown. sr.r
If" continued the speaker, "a band OF
disgruntled men try to disrupt a conven-
tion and walk out simply because they
have not the power to nominate their man
then, say, It is time for US to disband
party organization Altogether. But, gen.
tlemen, know one thing. l know that
Mayor Mo0tes was hoh9stiy and fairly NOM
mated at that convention. know that he
is entitled to republican support and that
| the loyal republicans of this city propose
to support him and see that he is seated
as the next mayor of Omaha. But word
| as to the personality of this candidate. II
was said three years ago when Mayor
Moores ran for the once that he was In
debted to the county as the result Of being
clerk OF the district court. In this cam
paign 1t was charged that be had not beer
and he was called an embezzler by his en-
| omies, and they tried to make the people
OF this city believe that Frank E. MooreI
was not honest. y..
County owed MOOres.
II want to say here, gentlemen, In the
light Of later events, Just what has beer
the result Of the investigation that wal
going on as to the accounts between Mayor
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