Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-17
Ro4ewnter with Roosevelt.


For more than score of years Mr.. Rose
water has to the writer's knowledge. taken
an aggressive and persistent stand against
the pernicious power of incorporated mo-
nopolists While Roosevelt was little more
than a boy Rosewater was as emphatic in
his demand as is now the president of the
United States that all Incorporated COM
panies should be accorded the same treat
ment under the law as is shown to indi-
viduals engaged in similar business. His
opposition has not been to incorporated
capital, but to the lax enforcement OF stat
utes which has rendered the rich concerns
immune from the operation Of laws that
have been very generally applied to the
individual. In his warfare against wealthy
corporations he has simply advocated what
the president has termed "a square deal"
In this respect no two men could be more
fully in accord than the president and Mr.
Rosewater. This fact alone is sufficient
warrant for sending him to the senate.
where he would give loyal support toward
the restriction OF potential power for evil
that exists in spite Of all laws rather than
because of these laws. But this is only
one Of many reasons why he should be the
choice Of the republican party OF Nebraska
to succeed Senator Willard. He has been
closely identified with the state, both po-
litically and materially, from the close Of
the civil war, when he received an hon
orable discharge from the federal service.
His chosen profession as a newspaper man
in the early days of the state necessarily
kept him in close touch with the men who
laid the foundation for this important COM
monwealth Of Nebraska and as time rolled
on he kept pace with the advance guard
of civilization and commerce, and at all
times advocated legislation looking to the
advancement of the state. He has literally
grown up with Nebraska and no man living
has more accurate conception OF the ad-
vantages that may accrue to Nebraskans
from congressional laws. That he has al
ways ben true to the principles of repub-
licanism cannot be denied in the light Of
the present cutlery against legislation and
its executive administration handicapped
by INSCRIPTIONS men in high places, but
that he has refused to be bound by the
mistakes of his party must be admitted.
And herein lies the secret Of the ranking
animosity that in times past has made him
one OF the most hated and most whole
somely respected men in politics His op-
position to candidates of his party has been
founded on solid Charges Of incapacity or
something more reprehensible, and time has
invariably established that his position was
right and in the interests of better gov
eminent To use favorite phrase of the
populists, he has always been found ION
the side Of the people," and this, too, when
his efforts in their behalf were treated with
derision and brought him nothing better
than unpopularity. His thorough knowl-
edge of public affairs none will question;
his liberal education. his judgment ripend
by unusually broad experience, his intense
desire to see Just laws impartialy en-
forced throughout the land of his adop-
ton, even his enemies will concede; and
scarcely a fairly well informed man can be
found in the state who does not hold the
expressed or secret conviction that Mr..
Rosewater would prove the most useful
and the best prepared man that Nebraska
has yet sent to represent the whole OF its
population al Washington.