Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
would Represent All the People.


Tilden Citizen (rep)
The Rosewater delegates were elected by
almost a 2 to / vote at the primaries
held In Douglas county on Tuesday. The
relative numerical strength of the adher-
ents and opponents of the Omaha editor
in his home county may be fairly Judged
from the outcome. The Fontanelle club,
which, by the way, seems to exist for the
sole purpose OF extinguishing Mr.. Rose
water, used every means, honorable and
otherwise. to confound the voters but the
result of the primary election shows con-
clusively that the electors Of Omaha and
Douglas county appreciate the work of the
man who has faithfully labored for thirty
hve years to build up Omaha and to further
the material progress OF the state. .
From the time when The Bee was
founded Mr.. Rosewater has been in reality
a reformer. He realized a generation ago
the drift OF corporate control in politics
and from that time has steadfastly argued
in his paper against the monopolistic ten
denotes which have since developed into
the trusts that have placed the nation
on the defense with every foreign country
which buys American products. He has
at times used the great influence Of his
newspaper against the nominees Of his
party land this fact constitutes the only
cause for the republican faction which is
opposed to him in Douglas county and the
state at large). but subsequent events have
invariably shown that he was right in re-
fusing to support aspirants for office who
were unworthy or incapable. No one who
has read The Bee for twenty years past
can conscientiously accuse Mr.. Rosewater
of disloyalty to his party. In the instances
wherein he opposed and as surely de-
feated the republican nominees, he simply
refused to stultify his manhood by advo-
eating the election of a weakling an in
competent a CRATER or scoundrel.
What Roosevelt, and for that matter
every loyal American citizen, is clamoring
for today-equal rights for all and special
privileges for none-Mr. Rosewater has
been contending for since 1871, but thirty
years of lawlessness on the part of the
privileged moTey-battalioned few was nee
essary to arouse the nation to its danger
from what he has been almost daily sound
ing the note of warning for more than a
third OF a century Throughout the state
the personal feeling against Mr.. Rosewater
is much less intense than among the people
OF Douglas county, where political infu-
ence has in years past been largely a mat
ter of dollars. In the rural districts where
people are outspoken, clear-headed clean
in conduct, and where character is of more
account than reputation, he is looked upon
as the one man in the state who possesses
above all others the ability, the integrity
and the desire to represent the laborer,
the farmer, the mechanic and all others in
the United States senate, regardless OF
pressure that might be brought to bear
upon him to favor the interests OF wealthy
corporations.
The decisive endorsement Of his cand-
dacy in his home county will give a greater
impetus to his already growing prospect
for election. and little doubt remains that
he will be Nebraska's senator-and the
first who In absolute sincerity may be
considered as having at heart the every
day welfare of the unmonied majority.