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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
THE OMAHA CITY CAMPAIGN.

waterloo Gazette: The ~populists of
Omaha have Joined the boilers Of the re-
publican convention and nominated Z. A.
Benson as their candidate for mayor. The
fight promises to be warm in the extreme
before the end Of the campaign. The Daily
New is championing the cause OF the
boilers.
Pender Times: OF all the slim excuses
ever invented to bolt a convention, the
anti-Rosewaterites Of Omaha have con-
cocted the ~gauziest Of them all. After
being defeated in primaries and convention
as well as the popular vote, they proceed
to put up another candidate under the
wornout banner Of reform.
Syracuse Journal; Mayor Moores was
renomlnated for mayor Of Omaha after one
Of the most sensational political fights in
the history of the city. II Omaha never
elects a worse man than Frank Moores Ia
the Office Of mayor It may rest assured
that the people will always have a friend
In that oflce. Frank Moores never did, nor
never will wear a brass collar.
Stanton Picket: Frank z. Moores has
been triumphantly renominated for a third
term as mayor Of the great city Of Omaha.
1t is now up to republicans who opposed
his nomination to say what they are going
to do about his election. or course Dave
Mercer will throw up his hat and get in
line for the nominee. AS a loyal repub-
lican who always supports the nominee
and despises a bolter David can never
give a thought to doing anything else.
Wayne Herald: Political lines are red
hot down in the city Of Omaha. Last
week, assisted by The Bee, Mayor Moores
succeeded in securing a majority OF the
delegates in the primaries and was there
fore renominated for mayor. This aroused
the ire of the Broatch-Mercer faction and
there is war on, as this faction bolted
the convention, held a mass meeting and
by petition placed in nomination Erastus
Benson.
Weeping Water Herald: 1t appears that
while Rosewater's friends CD were in Lin
coin looking after bills that would be q
cure-all in primaries and elections, the
editor OF The Bee was at homo shaping
things to suit said laws, and as a conse-
quence came out of the primaries a long
winner. Now those visiting delegates are
wishing they had stuck closer to the seat
Of trouble. Mayor Moores is the repub-
lican candidate for mayor Of Omaha an
other term, but of course he needs votes
election time. 1t doesn't mean that a
nomination is an election, but the same
fighters that control primaries generally
control elections in Omaha.
Hastings Tribune: The Moores faction
won out in the primaries in Omaha, and
the trouble should have ended then and
there, but 1t did not. in fact, that was
merely the signal for the big fight to
begin. Now the anti-Moores men have
brought out Erastus Benson to run for
mayor by petition and the peoples inde-
pendent party endorsed him and thus fused
with the boiling republicans. Such politics
smacks Of bossism and Doodle, and no good
can come Of 1t. If the republicans Of
Omaha have any love for their party prin-
ciples they will stand by the tickle as nom
mated at the primaries, and will also use
all honorable means to defeat the boilers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
ErrnRE 0r THE AMrRnAs

The address of Senator Cullom before
the American Academy of Social Sci
ence, In which he discussed the COM
munity Of interests of the United States
and Latin America, voiced sentiments
which are very generally entertained in
must inevitably In time have practical
realization. Mr.. Cullom expressed the
opinion that the movement for closer
relations between the American repub-
There can be no doubt OF this if a wise
craftsmanship shall control the affairs
of the republics and their people can
free themselves Of unwarranted preju-
dice. Senator Cullom said he hoped to
see the day soon when the three Amer
icas Will be bound together with lines
Of ships and by railroad and telegraph
lines, $50 that the people of all these
nations, North, Central and South, can
conveniently mingle and trade together"
He thought the ratification of the canal
treaty will mark the beginning Of a
new era Of the greatest prosperity for
all the republics of Central and South
America. while the completion of that
enterprise will be of worldwide benefit.
The establishing of closer relations,
in a commercial way, between the
United States and the southern coun-
tries has not made progress in recent
years. While other nations competing
for the trade of those countries have
increased their business with them, our
export trade with them has not ad-
vanced. Whatever the explanation of
this. Il Is manifestly ali unsatisfactory
condition and it is hardly possible that
1t can continue indefinitely. American
manufacturers and merchants may have
felt during the last few years that the
southern markets were less desirable
than some others, but the time will
come when these markets will be wanted
and they should be cultivated now.
Although there is no little prejudice
against the United States in the south.
ern republics, with a few exceptions
still Il is doubtless a fact this feeling is
declining, al a result of the repeated as
s%urances and manifestations of this ma
ti0n's friendship and earnest concern
for the welfare of the sister republics
When the United States shall have con
structed an lsthmian canal closer rela
tons will certainly follow md II
the projected intereontinental railway
should be built there will be created 1
bond between this country and tn,
southern republics the value OF which
could scarcely be Overestimated. Witt
an isthmian canal and a railway con
meeting the systems OF this country witt
those Of the countries south Of us, tn,
problem of commercial relations be
tween the United States and the south
ern continent would be solved and
unity of Interest and cordiality o
friendship be firmly established.
The southern republics should have
future Of steady progress and they VII
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
4 nEEEnnrR OF coMRlNArIoNs.

A DEFENDER OF COMBINA
Mr.. Merriam, until recently director
Of the census and who was a candidate
for secretary Of the new Department Of
Commerce and Labor, has arrayed him
self among defenders Of the industrial
combinations. A speech he made a few
days ago has attracted some attention
and it suggests that had he been APP
pointed to n cabinet position. as the
head of a department one of the duties
of which will be to investigate the COM
binations, he would have been entirely
out of place. Mr.. Merriam believes
that "the concentration In a few hands
of so large a number of the industrial
concerns throughout the country must
have the effect to steady the situation"
He thought that certain industries, like
the iron and steel, controlled by a com
paratively few men owning the raw ma
terial and the transportation facilities,
and finally producing the manufactured
article, must be in a better situation
to restrict the output and adjust supply
to demand with less Of loss than could
possibly be expected were their consti-
tuent companies resolved into original
ownership, with consequent competition
and cost of administration"
Grant the plauslbility of this, yet the
fact remains that combination of this
kind leads inevitably to monopoly and
with that effected the men in control take
no account of the public interests, The
steel corporation is assumed to have
lessened the cost of administration in
that industry, but in what way has this
benefited the public? Enormous divi-
dends have been paid to the stockhold-
ers in that corporation, but the lessened
cost of administration has not cheap
ened the products of iron and steel.
That corporation is steadily moving
toward a monopoly Of the industry and
perhaps no one will suppose that If it
shall attain that the Of its
products will be benefited. 1t is not
absorbing competitors and getting con-
troll Of the raw material with a view to
lessening the cost Of its goods to Amer
lean consumers. AS the New York
Journal Of Commerce says, "the power
to restrict output and adjust supply to
demand in any industry cannot be safely
trusted to a few men, however able, ex-
perienced and financially strong. In
fact, the fewer, more experienced and
stronger, the greater is the danger of
the abuse of power, which may be used.
and inevitably will be used, to keep IN
prices for the profit of those sharing
In the monopoly at the expense of con.
sumers." 1t is against the .m~onopolistic
tendency that the people are arrayed
and they will continue to insist that this
shall be checked and that Industrial
combinations shall be placed under
such governmental regulation and super.
vision as will prevent their becoming
m~onopolies. Mr.. Merriam admits there
are evils. These must be remedied and
there seems to be no longer any doubt
that the government has the power ia
remedy them. The most plausible and
ingenious arguments will fail to per
suade the American people to accept
and tolerate Industrial ~monopolies.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

The Lincoln Independent, speaking for
the populists, does not take at all kindly
to the offer of John d. Rockefeller to
furnish two-thirds Of a fund Of $1OO,OO0
to be donated to the University of Ne
braska for the erection Of a building to
be devoted to the religious and social
activity Of the students. Its chief OBJ
jections are, first, that such a building
Is not needed, and, second, that If
needed 1t should not be accepted from
that source. The more serious consid-
Grafton that the cost of maintenance Of
the building when erected will be a drain
upon the university's resources that
could be devoted better to more practi-
cal purposes is, however, entirely over
looked. If the university authorities
had 100000 given Internationally to it's
building fund it would hardly devote
the sum to this particular purpose at
this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
DEMOCRACY A FAILURE.
characteristics ~ExempIihed i'm the
Serious Affairs of Life.
Ho,,o. rue, ctor

Kansas City Star.
Everyone knows the man who is quick
to take offense and when he gets a quarrel
under way backs down. He is the sort
described in slang phrase as mot there
with the goods" He is a most uncom-
Portable person to go out with. The i%njunc-
tion Of Polonius, Beware of entrance to a
quarrel, but, being in, bear it that the OPP
posed may beware of thee" falls dead to
his ears. Having no determination TO go
through With what he undertakes he feels
no responsibility pud usually leads his
more resolute companion into difficulties.
Il was probably he who gave occasion for
the saying that one can always find trouble
when he looks for 1t. In a homely way the
fellow described illustrates a Characteristic
which is often exemplihed by men of en-
tirely different ealiber and in more serious
affairs of life. Those who start things and
have not the energy to go on with them
to completion are sometimes men of great
natural abilities. start things" is the
correct expression, because frequently such
persons do not even begin what they have
had N impulse to perform. Failure, like
success, is democratic. It is e~xemplihed
in persons Of most inferior quality as well
as in those of most catholic possibilities,
IL is mdulIeSleu III the oIuinaIS NdlhS VI
life the same as in those reserved for the
elect. The habit Of mentality ~connoted in
a physical way by a chin which melts i'm
perceptibly into the Adams apple and
by a tone of voice ending interrogatively
may be incident alike to him who would be
a fighter II he had the grit and to him
whose success, II he could attain it, would
be as a philosopher. Whether one has
eouraae and hNfty Of DurDose is the point
Of excellence In any line OF endeavor.
whether the object to be attained is worthy
or not is another matter. The quality
which makes a good showing In a street
night is the same as that which gives heart
to ambition In a great enterprise. The
rude epitaph Of the eowSoy, "He done his
damnedest-angels could do no more" ex-
pressed the same sentiment as that won
derful plea Of the heavy laden Paul, u
have fought the good tight, l have finished
my course. ! have kept the faith"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
Roar of the old Maids.
Kansas City star

KANSAS CITY SUIT.
The old maids convention now being held
at Rochester, N. Y, has severely criticized
President Roosevelt's "apti-race suicide
speech and has practically told the chief
executive to mind mis- own business. Miss
Amelia Higginson, president of the conven-
ton, said: He can safely leave the ques-
ton Of babies in the hands Of the patient,
self-sacrihcing women Of this republic
Perhaps this s~plnster is right. but 1t would
be obviously unsafe to leave 1t to the old
maids convention.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

Nebraska's new revenue law does not
go into effect until next year, but that
is no reason why the State Board of
Equalization should not try to give us
an assessment of railroad property for
this year that will make the tax-shirk-
ing railroads pay on a. valuation some
where near equitable as compared with
their selling value on the current stock
markets. FuE
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

His political organ suggests that G. G.
Wright was hired by the Thomson
Houston Electric Lighting company be-
cause of his ov%ershadowing legal abili-
ties. Is it not more probable that Mr..
Wright was hired by the electric light
ing monopoly because of his position on
the police commission, whose favors
might be wanted any time by that cor
poration in case Of trouble with its en-
ployes? Perhaps it was not so much
Mr.. Wright's legal services that the
electric lighting company was buying as
Police Commissioner Wright's official
Influence. The question is, Do the peo-
pie of Omaha want to make the paid
lawyer of the Thomson-H Houston Elec-
trio Lighting company their city at
torney?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
wireless. T~eleEraphy at a stana.tnr


Months have elapsed since Mareoni sent
messages across the ocean from Cape Bre-
ton and Cape Cod to Poldhu, and many
weeks have passed since he went back from
this country to England. In ali the inter-
vening time It does not appear to have
been possible to transmit messages in the
opposite direction. Tbs courteous replies
which royalty made to the communication
Of the governor general Of Canada and the
president of the United states came by
the unpoetie cable, aud other dispatches
which have since been filed at the English
end of the line have remained unsent. Just
what the trouble is one cannot easily guess.
Now hat a connection has been granted
with the British land lines no official OBJ
stacle remains, apparently. II there was
a lack Of steam power at POldhu Il ought
not to have taken many days TO supply that
want. Can IL be that there Is any serious
inherent dimeulty in transmitting to the
westwRrdf
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
RrNsnN,s LAcKAsa RLrrrRY.

Old veterans who were on the firing
line in the eos doubtless remember the
mountain bowitzers loaded upon the
backs Of mules, that were commonly
known as jackass batteries. These bat
teries very often were more dangerous
at the breech than they were at the
muzzle and more disastrous to the jack
asses than they were TO the rebels.
The Benson jackass battery that sput-
tiers and splutters red ink and yellow
fakes belongs to the same category. The
roar of its red ink shells might frighten
some people were it not for the ludt-
crous braying of those long-eared ami
mails. The heaviest shell fired by the
j. A. battery is the Hartmann affidavit,
which was ingeniously worded to Gre
ate the impression that Mr.. Haarmann's
vote was cast for Frank e. Moores
against his protest, and that Haar-
mann's demand for a poll Of the Second
ward delegation, of which he was a
member, was ~disregarded. That part OF
the Hartmann afidavlt is cited by the
Benson boomers as justification of their
course.
AS a matter of fact, the Hartmann
affidavit as published is q piece of rank
impOsture. The affidavit was drawn up
by the boilers and when presented for
his signature Mr.. Haarmann made re-
monstrance against that part of the
document that represented him voting
under protest and having his vote re-
corded for Moores in spite Of his de-
mand for a poll Of the delegation. II
was agreed then and there that that
part Of the affidavit would be omitted,
but the c-onscienceless boilers published
their own version over his name. In
other words, the Hartmann affidavit as
published is true, except in the most i'm.
portant part, and that part Mr.. Haar.
mann emphatically repudiates and de-
nounces as absolutely false.
Above the roar and rattle Of the jack.
ass battery these facts are indisput.
able:
Mr.. Hartmann was elected delegate
from the Second ward by a large ma,
jority on a ticket headed with the name
of Frank e. Moores and in opposition tC
a ticket headed by ". w. Bingham.
Had Mr.. Haarmann's name been or
the Bingham ticket instead Of the
Moores ticket Hartmann would no
have been elected.
Mr.. Hartmann voted with the Moore:
delegation from the Second ward OF
every motion in the organization of the
convention.
Mr.. Hartmann remained In his sea-
and did not protest when the full vote
Of the Second ward was cast for Franz
f.. Moores.
Mr.. Haarmann did not ask for a pol
Of the delegation.
Mr.. Haarmann remained in the con
venticn after the boilers had left the
hall and continued to vote with his del
egatlon from the beginning to the end
Last and not least, Mr.. Hartman
says he will vote for Frank E.. Moorei
and thc straight republican ticket OF
the 9TH day Of May and does not car,
who knows 1t.
NJ. Hartmann cannot be swerveC
from his purpose by the roar and bra!
of the iackass battery.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

which is at great pains to magnify the
Benson movement in the interest Of
Howell. The candidacy Of Benson
would be supremely ridiculous were it
not for the fact that men who have
been arrayed against the corporation
taxshirkers have been duped in their
fractional zeal to espouse the u Of
Benson and play into the hands Of the
corporations that have pooled issues for
Howell. While these credulous people
are shouting themselves hoarse for Ben
son the corporation managers are clap
ping their hands over the prospect that
they will regain control Of the city hall
by dividing the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

There is nothing new under the sun.
This is not the first time corporation
republicans wearing the mask Of anti
monopolists have carried on a campaign
Of deception In Omaha. Years ago a
so-called citizens movement was pro
jected by the late Paul VandevOort and
supported with might and main from
behind the screen by the ~confederated
corporations in opposition to a repub-
llcan candidate for mayor, who hap
pened 70 be an ordinary mechanic.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

have II their governments are conducted
on sound principles and observe in good
faith their international obligations.
There are possibilities Of great growth
and development for nearly all those
countries, which are behind in the march
Of progress chiefly because Of bad gov
eminent. Their greatest need is such
craftsmanship as Diaz has shown in
Mexico.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

In view of the decision in the Northern
Securities case, It was perhaps as well
that the bill introduced into the late Ne
braska legislature to make way for the
incorporation In this state of holding
and operating companies with unlimited
borrowing capacity was dropped. The
removal of the debt limit from corpora
lions organized under our laws would
not do them any good under present
conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
beneficial Restrictions


new YORK tribune.
Still more stringent regulations ought to
be adopted in almost every state Of the
union for the protection of game beasts,
birds and fishes. Such restrictions are in
the long run for the advantage of the
masses and not for the enjoyment Of any
privileged class. In fact, under the Stars
and Stripes there are no privileged classes.
Americans everywhere have ample reason
for advocating the enactment of wise and
judicious game laws. Much good has been
lone and more Is in store.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

The people should stick to those who
stick to them. As a member of the last
Board of Review William ]. Hunter
stood up for the small taxpayer as
against the corporate taxshirker despite
all influence and pfessure exerted by
the corporation agents. AS candidate
for comptroller Mr.. Hunter should have
the vote Of every taxpayer in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

All the afadavits in chrlstendom will
not alter the fact that at the republican
city primaries seventy-three delegates
were elected fairly and squarely pledged
to Frank u. Moores for mayor and only
seventy delegates against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
RebuLe.

NIIVIIIdU BHVuIItI,
Judge Adams Of the United States court
at st. Louis rebuked a lawyer for using
the phrase, Amy stage of the game in
the presence of the court. The rebuke was
a Just one. The lawyer who cannot en-
ploy better language-who is obliged to
descend to common slang in his argument
should be ringing front-door bells in the
endeavor to collect bad debts, or attend
ing to Cow cases" for a jerkwater railroad
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

? The popocratic organ, which is trying
to make out that City Treasurer Hen
nings' tax van is a funeral car, will be
disillusioned on election day when 1t
will prove to be a triumphal chariot.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

If the officers detailed to investigate
alleged crookedness in the Postofice de-
partment would not devote so much
time to telling the public through the
newspapers what terrible things they
expect to uncover they might get along
faster in striking a right lead.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
Indianapolis News

After falling heir to $500 900 the woman
who is striving in the courts to obtain re-
instatement in a War department clerk
ship, from which she was dismissed by
Secretary Root, ought 10 be in a position
not only to forget and forgive, but to turn
up her nose at the whole departmental
push.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

The manager of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad and president of
the 'Thomson-Housto Electric Light
company is laying low, but he is not an
indifferent spectator of the fight. He is
shouting for Benson and working for
Howell.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

One Of Uncle Sans new battleships
alone win require a half million dollars
worth Of repairs to make good the dam
age done by a recent accident. Acct
dents may be necessary in the best reg
ulated navy, but the people who foot
the bills would prefer not to have them
SO expensive.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

Should a stray coat be found lying
around loose it Should be returned to
@. G. Wright. IL is reported that Mr..
Wright has returned from Excelsior
Springs and taken his coat off. A fusil-
lade on City Attorney Connell may now
be ANTICIPATED.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

Governor Mickey will do the honors
Of the state as host to President Roose-
welt while within the boundaries of Ne
braska. A safe conduct through Ne
braska Is not necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

The taxpayers of Omaha have more
ut stake in the outcome of the impend-
ing city election than they have had at
any former municipal contest.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

People who have not gotten the Ben
sonian contagion would rather bear the
ills they have than fly to those they
know not off,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20
Where Light is Needed.

OIIINulU IUbIs
The Interstate Commerce commission now
purposes to inquire to what extent the coal
carrying railroads are merged. And when
they have been properly clipped and shaved
who will answer to the call of "Next?"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-20

A man may be honest in business and
dishonest in politics but as a general
proposition a double standard politician
cannot be trusted.