Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-30
REASONS FAVOR ROSEWATER
E, ], Cornish Tells Why he Should Be
Chosen Senator
BEST MAN FOR PLACE At PRESENT
Qualified for Effective work al
washinEtOn by His Life-hong
Experience and study of
Pending Problems.

Some reasons why Edward Rosewater
should represent Nebraska in the United
States senate we're given by E. ]. Cornish
last night at meeting of republicans at
Twentieth and Cunning. held for the pur-
pose Of organizing for primary work neat
Tuesday. He began by saying that pro-
phet is not prophet in his own country.
and that Mr.. Rosewater Is better appre-
eiated in the east than I'm his home state,
the eastern statesmen recognizing his abil
ity and looking constantly to him for in
formation as to the trend of western
| thought
Getting down to Mr.. Rosewater's quail
fioatons, he said
You all know the Roosevelt sentiments,
for the regulation of railroad rates. for the
control OF monopoles, for equitable distribu-
ton of the burdens Of taxation. These are
the sentiments you have been reading IN
The Bee since It has been a paper. The
omaha Bee is known for its expression of
radical and original opinions, and Il is
quoted more in the east than all the other
papers combined, with the result that Rose
water is a familiar name to the editors aud
statesmen Of the east. There is no paper
! In the United States that more correctly
interprets events. showing where they lead
and pointing out their relation to the pub
/ lie welfare, than The Omaha Bee. II IL
were published in New York City it would
De as great paper as the country boasts
! II is paper unique I'm the west
Qualifications of Mr.. Rosewater.
! Mr.. Rosewater has spent his life I'm the
study OF the political affairs of the Ameri-
can people. and especially in the interests
! or the people OF this state He knows Me-
| braska from end to end, its resources. its
limitations, it's advantages, its needs.
/ When tarif bill Is framed in congress
| we want a man to represent us there who
| Is thoroughly conversant, as he Is, with
every business interest Of the state
he knows as much about postal AFFAIRS
l as any man outside the DOqtmaqtar n
i erals office His studies have made him such
specialist in this line that he has twice
been chosen by presidents of the United
States to represent the country in the
! International Postal congress.
| He saw how Important to the state II
would be to get the government interested
In irrigation in western Nebraska. and
he labored hafd to get the Irrigation plank
1 in the platform of the party. Nobody
| knows so much about the states Irrigation
problems as he does.
The question OF finance--he has studied
| thoroughly His articles on postal savings
| banks have been reproduced in the fnan-
cal journals of the world
brsska, would have the confidence Of the
! laboring men Of the state, for they have
known him personally for, years. And
| cratic party is unsafe for labor to ally
| itself with, for the reason that Il advocates
states rights, and union labor needs ma
In his thirty active years before the
public Mr.. Rosewater has always stood
u
| He has worked for right principles within
| the party. The fear that Rosewater and
The Bee would get hold Of wrongdoing has
prevented more wrongdoing in of1ce than
any thing | know OF.
Rose-vater or Nobody.
I The voters in this senatorial fight are
4 either for Rosewater or against him. He
the people don't care about him, and those
who vote for his delegates are doing 50
because OF their enmity to Rosewater. The
. | secret Of the OTnOgifiOU IL that he has bapn
| in every fight in the last thirty or forty
years. Why, that very consideration ought
a political fight without stepping on toes,
! and Mr.. Rosewater had TO step on those
toes and make enemies or he couldn I
been. His enemies are not many, but they
are bitter 1t is safe TO say he has not
more than 100 enemies in the state. Why
! should they prevent the public from get
ting the service OF the best talent II has?
They fight his candidacy because of per
with the ballot. / never knew anybody
to juggle with the. ballot without the peo-
pie resepting Il and making king their iI, feeling
1t this Tina. II is going to be some trouble
to vote next Tuesday, but with the sample
It R''1Sh viii not not be SO di6icuiit after all The
people. will known how 70 vote, and the
fact that an effort has been made to de-
prive them of their ballot viii cause them
to be all the more Jealous.
No Time for Compromise.
am not particular friend of Mr.. Rose
water and I am not indebted to Mr.. Rose
water but | am so tired of compromises,
of the men who have no especially good
qualities and who have no enemies be-
cause they have done nothing. They float
into their places cork floats with the
current. When we have had a man up
with any strength OF character he was
killed because somebody was opposed 70
him.
With his extensive acquaintance. his
profound knowledge OF political affairs, his
! I.,e of hfa ffa a
advancement of thought in the west, his
fixed opinions on public policy and the
fact that he is no stranger TO the best
statesmen of the country, believe Edward
Rosewater Is the best man we could send
20 the United States senate.
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