Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-26
EXPERIENCE AND THEORIES
Memory Of the Former Tells Voters How
Democratic Theories Wsrk.
BUSINESS DROPS, EMPLOYMENT CEASES
Republican Party the Father OF All
the Beneficial LeEisIation of the
Past FIFTY Years OF
National History.

Republican administration Of national
state and county affairs received an en-
thusastic endorsement at the hands Of the 1
voters Of the Eighth ward at meeting
held last night at Sixteenth and Cumming J
streets. The meeting was presided over by |
U. B. Balcombe, who introduced II. II. |
BaIdrige as one OF the speakers Of the even
ing.
There Is no reason" said Mr.. Baldrige. |
why a man with memory ten years long
should vote the democratic ticket. Ex-
perlencc Is worth more than theory. This
is a matter about which we do not have
to theorize. History speaks louder than
words. Go back a few years under re-
publican administration and you will md
the country prosperous. Wages were good
and wage earners could get employment
until Cover Cleveland was elected. Who
Is there with a memory Of ten years who
cannot remember those years. Capital was
unemployed and great armies OF men want
dered back and forth, unable TO find work.
The only times the democrats have been
In power in the last fifty years they have
demonstrated their Incompetence to gov
ern and yet they ask you to return them
to power to repeat the mistakes they made
then
This is not an OF year. We are in a
national campaign. The democrats are
struggling to control the government. When
Theodore Roosevelt is president there are
no OF years. Every year is a critical
one.
THE republican party is the only party
that ever did anything to curb the trusts.
In 1887 1t passed the interstate commerce
act. In 1892 1t passed the Sherman anti
trust law and almost every democrat in
congress voted against that bill. All OF
these recent important trust prosecutions
have been brought under this law The
republican party accomplished more in the
last two years than it has since the days of
! Abraham Lincoln when it put into power
over the heads and against the protests Of
the trusts, Theodore Roosevelt. The great
est mistake the people could make this year
would be to vote into power a democratic
congress-" r.A
No Corporation Contributions.
Congressman John L. Kennedy was re-
ceived with loud cheers as he was in
troduced by the chairman. Tie spoke
briefly, touching mainly questions Of ma
tional policy. He denied assertions Of the
opposition that corporations had contri-
buted to his campaign fund
/ NO corporation mas GonAiluuNeu n uuiAdI
to IT, I only hope Mr.. Hitchcock can say
the same"
He reviewed briefly a number Of meas
ures passed by the last congress, naming
the employers liability law. the naturaH-
cation law, the isthmian canal legisla-
ton, laws providing for irrigation in til,
west. the denatured alcohol bill. the state
hood bill and others,
Talk about democrats holding up the
hands Of the president he continued; I'll
he HAD had to depend on their support
not one of these good measures would
have passenged congress-"
Robert Cowell, candidate for railroad
commissioner, was introduced amid loud
applause, ,7,, % 0g. .tt va
You, are going rtQshaye an oppoEtunity.'
he said, ito votehopva new office this fall
large number Of people believe there Il
absolute need for railroad regulation II
is charged the, railroads have watered. theIl
. stock for 5000, 10000 and the people of the
country pay exorbitant. rates TO enable
dividends TO be paid on this stock, It 4,
also charged the railroads demand toe
high rates for freight. It is said farmer
living at Hastings would have to pay 81
per cent more to send goods 70 Omaha thar
he would have to. pay to send the sam,
goods to Chicago-50O- miles farther. II
these charges are true 1t Is time for
commission. It Isl more important tina
the roads should not own the government
than that the government should own IN,
roads More important than 2-cent pas
? sengcr fare Is an equitable and just freigh
, rate"
He spoke highly OF Sheldon and the res
of the candidates and declared SheldoI
would be elected with or without the sup
f, port of Douglas county. He urged tn,
voters Of the county to give loyal supper
to the head OF the ticket
Improved County Finances.
J, ]. Ryder spoke particularly OF tn
improved condition OF county finances un
3 der republican rule. .
! "Our opponents. are in such seriou
d straights." he declared, that they ar
2 driven to extraneous matter for argument
Z and are trying to get the telephone ordi
J. nance into the congressional fight.
[. They are also trying to make capite
= out Of the transfer-of county funds. Thi
!. transfer was made to pay up a Democrat
I: deficit. In 1904 a proposition was up I
! vote 100000 bonds to take up the fioatin
:, debt of the county. The county boar
asked for the bonds. but they were turne
!. down by the people. Then the ioatln
Il indebtedness was over $4,000 with 1880
in warrants outstanding. THIS has bee
is wiped out by the republican county boar
IS and the county has on hand SiSSOOO, enoug
" to pay the bills until the new levy como
IS In. The surprising thing is what becam
OF the money in the other years when tn
a great debt has been taken care Of
A. easily in so little time by careful manage
q ment2
A. B. F. Thomas spoke briefly on some ma
s, ters he intends TO present to the legi
~ lature He said he would favor an Il
TX crease In the fire and police funds
* order that the police force might be Il
IS. creased. He also favored amending Il
IN primary law 20 provide for only one votir
ey precinct In a ward thereby saving gre
~ expense TO the taxpayers. He also favo
az filing fee for candidates and spoke 4
no the home rule bill he introduced in
n the last legislature, providing for cha
IN ter adopted by vote OF the people.
Other speakers were County Attorn
slabaugh. W. G. IRE, Chairman DonahC
Nike Lee A. R. Harvey, s. c. Barn
"a and Ed Leeder.
y SLOAN ELECTED FROM RESERv