Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-29

either confirm or reject appointments from
the mayor when received.
II developed that Funkhouser has a pre-
ferred candidate for health commissioner.
This is Or. Scion r. Towne. Also that DR..
. Dan Lee has many friends among the
couneiirnen; that Councilman Davis, who is
a physician, favors a young man for the
job and that open objections were voiced
against Dr. Connell on the grounds both
that he is a "homeopath" and '1ncompe-
tent in the opinion of Mr.. Funkhouser.
OF DR. b.. A. McDermott the statement
was made that 1t has only been about
nine months since he returned to Omaha
after several years absence. To back up
his theory that the commissioner should be
a young man DIR. Davis said that the
younger physicians are more thoroughly in
structed in the latest developments of
science. He held up as an example how
the theory Of yellow fever infection by
stegoymia mosquitoes has been propagated
only within the last few years. .ss'.s
Looks Like MiehaeIsen. ~
When II came TO considering the city
electrician So job IL was 6pined that the
mayor would probably Fenante Welaemag
on what grounds?" demanded rock
Because he's a. republican replied a
WAC, and there was big laugh s'4
Chief among the obstacles encountered ia
planning to turn down the city engineer
was the choice of another man to MI the
place. Apparently no one had thought Of
this or was prepared to suggest a candi-
date. F-t's
Charges made against Rosewater included
some by Elsasser alleging faulty sewer
construction and some by Bridges accusing
the engineer of recommending a contract
for inferior repair asphalt for 1905. Bridges
said he had obtained his information from
man named 4" Gene The asphalt he
complained about was that supplied by
John Grant, II being what Is known as
California asphalt Grant bid the lowest
In open competition and was awarded the
contract for the seasons, supply. Bridges
said the price was s22.5O a ton. He said
he had gone to ",Gene" and asked the
latter II the asphalt received was Of uni
form quality, that (" Gene" mad confessed
reluctantly (though he hated to say any
thing about It, being an engineering de-
partment employer that zone car might be
good and the next one not" Further
that mo ore could tell what kind of a
patch 1t was going to make on the street. 4"
How He Got the Tip.
Bridges had been set on the trail by a
friend" who had been in the paying bus
iness and knew all about asphalt" This
friend had told him tue asphalt Grant fur.
nished was 'pieked up all over the ooun.
try" was inferior and not worth more
than $3.50 ton.
The funniest thing about this was the
fact that bridges accused the council OF
having approved the award at the las
council meeting. The other members wer,
sure they hadn't done anything of tn,
kind. Fifteen minutes were used up II
debating the subject. Then all confessed
they didn't really know and begged on,
another's. pardon.
Funkhouser said he wouldn't vote FOL
Tom Flynn for street commissioner o.
John c. Lynch for gas inspector. But tn,
argument on these did not become acute
for Funkhouser seid the Offices created b!
charter would not be passed upon by tn
mayor at the meeting tonight.
Exhibition of Party knife.
The jamboree was a fine exhibition o
lack of harmony in the new city govern