Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-29
MAYOR jim LANDS ON A SNAG
Socialists Put Him in Deep Hole at
FEEDERS Tea Party.
THE NEWS AND CITIZENS UNION
Up n Dust About the Ticket
and the Platform OF the
Organization.

Brother FEEDERS little tea party a.
the Lyric Wednesday night was almost
as good as a play" said a union labor
counts, But 1 do not see anything
about some OF the real features Of that
meeting. The heckling Of Mayor Jim
by the socialists who were there was
most effective. For once in his political
career the mayor reached place he
couldn't get by through bluffing. and II
it hadn't been for the help he got from
the crowd he'd have been In a bad fix
Jim is busy making promises again. this
Time telling the workingmen that he IS
going TO force the school board to open
the public schools for neighboring meet
ing places, as IL that was what the work
ing men of Omaha are fighting for. On
other really salient points Jim was as
mum as an oyster, and he didn't even
try TO explain his stand on the side of
the company in the big street railway
strike. The Labor league leaders are
going TO have their hands full trying to
make the workingmen of Omaha swal-
low Mayor Jim and his record.
DIR. Lansing's Intervention.
Another interesting feature OF the
meeting was the arrival Of DIR. |. }. Ian
sing, the Men and Religion leader, who
had hardly gotten off the train. When
he reached the hall matters were pro
ceeding nicely. Fielder was swearing
from the platform at the crowd. and the
crowd was swearing back at Feider, and
things looked very much like free-for-
all fight. And when matters quieted
down enough to let DIR. Lansing be heard
he proceeded TO endorse the movement
and urge support for the ticket. Maybe
after he has been in town long enough
TO learn of exact conditions he'll modify
that stand, but the idea of a preacher
drifting into the village in the afternoon
and starting out TO regulate its politics
In the evening, telling people how 10 vote
and who to vote for strikes me as being
funny"
Daily News and Citixens Union.
The antics of the Daily News In trying
to find an excuse to fight the Citizens
union in spite Of all its professions for
good government. may be surprising to
some people. but not to those of Us who
know the facts" declared a man who has
been on the inside OF the Citizens union
scheme from the start. when we organ
lied We counted on that newspaper to go
through with us, and, as you will re-.
member we had aid and encouragement
through Its columns. But the trouble
came when we took up the question Of
publicity. The proposition was made to
us for the News TO make II practically
the official organ Of the Citizens union,
with definite amount Of space at our
disposal for the support of our prnci-
pies and ticket, for cash consideration.
There were three strings to the proposal,
one calling for $500 month. one for
81, 900 a month, and one for lump gum
Of $500. We could not see our way
clear to putting that much money into
one pocket. even II we had II in sight,
which We did not, nor did we believe It
advisable to become dependent upon a
single newspaper. so. instead. we made
for two pages OF a little
weekly sheet to carry all our announce
nents, and be sent TO all our members
or price within bounds, AS soon as this
was done, however. a noticeable cooling
'ff took place in the other newspaper,
md led up to the present semi-hostile |
attitude"
Three More File.
seventy-nlne candidates have filed for
commissioner and not more than a dozen |
Ire expected to file today. the last
lay. Several petitions are being elreu-
ated and two or three other men have