Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-26
Repubhean Candidate for Governor
Addresses Large Crowd at the
Commercial Club.
GREETED WITH LOUD App USE
EsA
Gives Views on Reciprocal Re- : IS
of Omaha and State.
MEETS LEADERS OF ALL Ing
Wakes Up South Omaha with Rouis
ing Speeches Monday.
MEETS LEADERS OF ALL Ii
MAKES MORE SPEECHES AT NIGHT
EvcninE In different sections OF
Omaha, when other Cnndi-
dates Made Speeches.

Three hundred Omaha business men
cheered Chester H. Aldrch to the echo
during and at the end Of his address at the
Commercial club Wednesday noon. on
these men AZ on all other Omahans whom
he has addressed the republican candidate
Tor governor made remarkably successful
impression
We do not want any corporation to run
our state" cried MI Aldrich In the con-
Guiding part Of his speech. 1--WE have no
right to let a brewer elect our governor
nor railroad, nor shall any other cor
poratou say who shall 20 10 congress
For more than 100 years the American peo-
pie have been fighting to run their own
affairs and we are now on too high level
OF Intelligence to go back to frontier days
when might made right The dN-shoOter
no longer counts for much in our clviliza-
ton"
Denying the libel that he Is not vitaly
interested IN the welfare of Omaha. Mr.
Aldrich said
When anyone tells you that I would dig
a ditch and shoot the Missouri river around
30 as to cut off Omaha from Nebraska, you
just tell him he lies. I might say false
instead Of lies. but the short Anglo-SaXon
NNiA iAAhAN eNNeANNNAs NNNNAA'Ne SUN Z"
statement
L am a part and parcel Of Nebraska.
have a wife and four robust boys down
at David City and $50 acres of land, some
thoroughbred stock and thoroughbred
horse. am interested in your markets
here because ] have seven loads Of stock
feeding on my farm which l intend to ship
into south Omaha before January /. for 1
am going TO clean up preparatory to re-
moving 10 Lincoln temporarily for four
Years
Omaha and Nebraska.
alr Aldrch discussed at length the re-
riprocal bindlng up Of the prosperity OF
Omaha ana the prosperity of the rest OF
Nebraska SIC did not attempt TO fiatter
his auditors by direct reference 60 their
part in the commercial success and SUI
prenacy Of omaha and the state ana II
hs ssid anything along this line Il was
sugReston and indirection, and accordingly
the more effective.
his main theme was that the welfare OF
Nebraska is not and cannot be bound up In
one little idea"
Versatility OF ideas" said the speaker.
"is what has made the American people
great We are not, never have been a peo-
pie OF one idea. and that Is why We have
been successful, for with our varied ideas
we iiaNt NONltNN pbdHNNhl dbphNaAtNAAs ' NtA-
aaulity OF ideas is essential TO our govern
ment. We can't take care OF Just one little
dca alone. OF one little idea that repre-
sents at the utmost only per cent of the
states total wealth
Search the tombs OF dead nations and
you Will see that concentration upon one
sinEl0 idea was what killed these nations
Read the pages OF the dead Hellas What
left Of the glory that was Greece? A
little architecture and little oratory. Or
consider the grandeur that was Rome. Tie
imperial civilization centered upon martial
supremacy and upon Jurisprudence and
that Is Just what the Eternal City has
bequeathed us. It's civilization failed and
Rome fell because Of lack Of versatility of
tdeas. because Of failure to cultivate
uther essentials OF government and true
civilization All the men IN our state must
be taken care Of The 225. 10000 bushels
Of corn which lie upon our plains must be
carried to this great market here In such
way that the farmer viii be left a reason
able profit and the common carrier must
he left its fair profit. Il is this raw ma
teiial coming through this gateway which
has made Omaha a great commercial and
industrial center Whatever means the
prosperity Of us out on the plains win be
reflected In this great cosmopolitan com
uuniry
VIII Enforce the Laws.
When ! come 10 direct the enforcement
uf the laws and 20 supervise as governor
the relation between the farmer and tho
common carrier ! shall see 10 Il that the
laws are enforced straight 20 tine end, so
that far relations between these two ele-
ments shall exist and that between these
two there shall be an economy Of relation.
30 that both saall prosper fairly and ftilly." !"
AR. Aldrich then discussed the laws
enacted by the republican legislature IN
1901 providing for such relations between
carriers and shippers lie was, by the
way, the author OF the most important OF
these Discussing the law which reduced
freight rates Is per cent In Nebraska and
which has been in force ever since Mr..
Aldrich wrote and the legislature passed
a. tie speaker said:
NJ for this ann declared to be one
Shu would tear up railroad tracks and
sleck an prosperity why then ] am in
mighty good company for 1 am In company
N tRe supreme court OF the United states
a rate reductions
AIR Alduch was introduced by Howard
a. Baldrige OF the executive committee OF
De Commercial cmb The doors were
thrown open SO as TO include ali the main
room and an the 1o0 men present heard the
address. Applause WAS more enthusiastic
and Vociferous than the Commercial club
haa kuoWu ga a 7drnr -lhue time