Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-18
MAYOR MooRES' APPEAL FOR BRoATCH

MAYOR MOORES' APPEAL FOR BROATCH
The appeal of Frank f. Moores to his
political and personal friends in behalf
of William J. Broatch is-next to the Pat
Grove verdict-the most unexpected,
sensational event of the hour. 1t is a
matter of history that Broatch not only
which he had been elected by the peo-
pie of Omaha under pretext that Moores
was not eligible because in default as
public officer and vindictively sought
to send Moores to the penitentiary, but
that he also carried his warfare into
social circles and endeavored to have
Moores expelled from the Loyal Legion
and circulated vile stories about him
that represented him as human mon
strosity.
1t is a matter of history also that the
bitter vindictive and sometimes cruel
warfare and persecution of Moores con-
tinued year in and year out, and until
Moores was Frustrated with very
dangerous Illness and no longer able
even to defend himself. 1t is a notable
trait for n man In this condition to for
give his personal and political enemies,
but ii is neither natural nor commend
able for him to seek to embarrass his
friends and place them in Il false light
by asking them to foist his moral
enemy into n position of honor and
authority in which he would be enabled
to feed his insatate lust for power and
rapacity.
The question which the personal and
political friends of Frank f. Moores
have n right to ask is whether this APP
peal is the result of sincere conviction
simply echoes the wish and will of his
evil genius.
Everybody, friend and foe alike, will
agree with Frank e. Moores in his
declaration that 1--WE must have a man
for mayor who will be mayor for
all the people, and not for certain
class" but does any one who knows
William J. Broatch believe that he will
represent the people or even half the
people? Was Broatch the representative
of all the people when he approved that
gas steal in the midnight hour of the
last day of his first term of office? Did
he represent the people when he signed
the electric light contract few minutes
before midnight of his last term?
"The rich man." declares Mayor
Moores, "can take care of himself, while
the poor man must be protected in his
rights" Since when has William j..
Broatch become the champion of the
poor and the bulwark of the oppressed?
Has he not been at all times VIGOROUSLY
hand in glove with the big corporations?
Was it in the interest of the poor that
William j. Broatch sold his residence
at fancy price to Jack Morrison, the
proprietor of the Diamond gambling
house, when he was mayor of Omaha?
Conceding that Benson lacks breadth
and cosmopolitan ideals for the mayor
VI Il llht oIudllu, Whit 10
there about Broatch that should COM
mend him, and what is there about Hen
nings that condemns him in the eyes of
the mayor? As chief executive of
Omaha Broatch has been tried and
found wanting. AS treasurer of Omaha
Hennings has been tried and proved
himself fearlessly honest and faithful in
the discharge of his duties.
Credting Mayor Moores with patriotic
devotion to the present and future wei
| fare of Omaha. why should he rise from
the sick bed to admonlsh his political
and personal friends to support the most
dangerous political desperate that ever
set foot upon Nebraska soil for the office
of chief executive? The mere fact that
/ these friends have stood by Moores In
good and Ill report does not Justify him
in n presumptuous demand that they
follow the lead of Tom Dennison. Lee
Spratlen. and Walter Noise into the
! Broatch camp.
The scandals that have brought the