Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-10
DAVID /. ROSE INTO FRAY
Milwaukee Mayor Stops in 0maha 70
Visit Mayor Dahlman.
SPOKE IN LINCOLN LAST MoHT
wiseonsin Campainasr Asserts ths
CeustF Lerai oPtisn Wste D. ne
eedina Esd tssaid Have
Coarta isaas Laesases.

Mayor David r. noss q Muwaukes vas
in Omaha yesterday en route to Lincoln.
and was a. visitor az me office ~ Mayor
Dahimau fof q couple " hours w. hoee
spoke iaEt evening in tincoln aqsinat ne
against the campaign of the "dfya.'
This will make the itsih city ~ ths
United states IN which { have apfsen %
this issue" said the MnWankse mayor "hf
campaign has covered the whole country.
from ola Faneui hal in uogien 10 Neiilne.
ham. on me coasi ! have been ~ ever
the east. the south and west. ana sYsrfs
where the tide Is turning against ths in-
iquitous scheme Of county local option. re
Gently my itinerary has taken me over iill-
aola and Michigan. aud the proposition fof
The strictly regulated saioou ia sainins
friends everywhere. The counties IN hteii-
lean that have gone dry are inc0nsoqufn'
clal. Every county on the peninsula has
voted wet. because the people have seen
with their own eyes the iniauiiy of ne pro
hibitlon OF drinking.
dives Folhuvr No license.
Massachusetts, furnishes. PERHAPS thq
most significant examples Of the rotten
ness Of the move 10 abolish The saloon.
There the people saw that Immediately the
saloon was Knocked out the yilcet sort Of
establishments spranE into eEistenoe on
the outskirts OF the citlen. People left their
own towns by train to trade IN The places
Ia nelghboring states where they could set
a drink if they 70 desired without aueakin&
into dives and blind pigs.
In Michigan practically a. bad con-
dition prevailed and IN some places whore
I spoke intensely dramatic incidents oc-
CURED. One such was az Pontiac. where =
highly respectable woman took the stage
after l had spoken and pleaded for the re-
establishment OF the regulated saloon. She
proved, in an earnest talk. that the men Of
Pontiac had got in the habit Of going 10
Detroit TO get their drinks. making ex-
cuses OF every kind. They would 20 on
pay day and would come home broke. and
II they did not so TO Detroit they found
the most undesirable places 20 get Il nearer
home.
Personally don't use enough liquor to
care much whether any IL ever made bat
there is a principle involved. a. Mayor
Dahlman has pointed out in his platform.
That principle must not bo allowed to be
sacrificed ON the altar OF fanRtioiam."
Cure for DaRgeroaa aaIoon.
Mayor Rose feels that the eventual and
correct solution OF the problem win be
found IN the Pennsylvania system. or some
thing similar He would have saloon
licenses issued by the courts Of record.
which would try all complaints against the
license holders or the applicants for
licenses. Aside frcna this feature he you'd
have the regulatory laws, violation OF
which would be punished. for the first
offense. by fine in stiff sum. The sec
ond offense would involve. on conviction.
revocation OF the license, with the further
provision that the offender could never
again secure a license. might not even be
eligible to apply for one.
OF the Anu-Saloon league tactics the MIL
waukee mayor had some severe criticism
to make He said that ia Michigan and
other places charges OF grating and self
seeking had been proven. and the grating
was OF the most fragrant character.
"The anti-saloon league workers are los
ing the support Of the churches. by which
alone they have been able 10 thrive. be-
cause they have subordinated everything
to their own unfair and too often dis
honest ends"
seIdel's Election No Surprise.
Talking OF the triumph of the socialists
in his home city Mr. Rose said; The ex-
PLANTATION Is very simple. Milwaukee II
normally a republican city but the half
breed republicans, OF La Toilette element.
combined with the socialists In order to
defeat the straight republicans and the
democrats. This Is proven by the fact that
the republican candidate for mayor re-
ceived only about half the normal repub-
llcan vote"
Mayor Rose will surrender his office TO
Mayor-elect seldel a week from next Tues
day. and says he viii then be quit Of poll
tics. Il arm tired OF IL. and from now on
viii devote my attention TO business and
the making OF some money for myself.
Politics has kept me pQOF, and IN have no
more Of t."