Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
DAHLNAN REVIEWS PROMISES
Again Pledges Himself TO Give City an
Economical Administration.
no USELESS JOBS TO Be ENDURED
MayOr-EIect says That within siHtY
Days He VIII Purge the Pay
Rolls and be on = hast
ness Basis.


Mayor-eIect Dahlman came out from his
retirement long enough to reiterate some
Of his prediction promises at the meeting
Of the Dupont Improvement club last night
at Twenty ninth and CASTELAR,. The In
coming mayor Is a member Of the CLUB
and was present in that capacity and also
a specially invited guest. Among the
other guests of the evening were Mayor
Zimman, City Attorney Breen, City Attor-
ney-eect Burnam, COuncilmen-elect Alma
jackson OF the Seventh ward and W. w.
Bingham. MsyoT-eloct Dshlman was
greeted by enthusiastic cneers when he
went forward to address the meeting He
said
improvement clubs are great things for
Omaha, and 1 am glad that am member
VI this organization and l hope to become
a valuable member, and in return want
your cooperation when enter upon my
duties as mayor. 1 want TO do things
for the people and for the improvement
Of Omaha and TO carry on us anaifs IN
an ccohomicat way, any cry ever
needed an economical administration IL Is
Omaha. After sixty days l expect 70 nave
reduced the Citys expenses wherever II
DC done. II certain Work can De done
by three men / promise you that five men
will not be employed to do that Work. IL
any man expects ONCE under me ana eN-
poets to get a snap ne Will Work. Inc eN-
penses OF the city can and shall be reduced.
1 expect to be a pretty busy man ana In
tend to STICK my nose IN Wherever IL ~
peeded. l want the cooperation OF the
Improvement clubs. And l do not want
you to be afraid to come up TO me ana
tell me your needs. l stand ready 10 90
my part ana to give the city an economical
administration and help build up the CITY.
1 want all of you to help me whether you
voted for me or not. 1 ask the Fontanelles
and the Civic Federation ana all good ciu-
gems to stand side by side for the city. 1
expect with my wide acquaintance thsoush,,
out the west TO assist In bringing trade ana
business to this city where II belongs ana
promise you that will do all l can 70
bring this trade here and want all OF you
to stanu py me for the good Of Omaha
City Attorney elect Burnam spoke briefly,
expressing his belief in Improvement clubs
and stated that he would give his best ef-
forts to making a good city.
Zimman Expects to BE Busy.
Mayor Zimman said:
L came here to fufill promise 1 made
you before election. 1t has been charSed
that l will be lonesome in the new council
Not bit of II, but 1 will be busy. have
the democratic platform framed and hang
ing up in my office and shall see to II that
they keep their promises; IL Is the same me
81 six years, and 1 viii be glad to see them
carry II out and will help them TO do IL.
wiz not be repupiican councilman an .or
for the best interests OF the city ana l VIII
help them make good If they are unfaith-
full to their promises, they Will get over
hauled at the next primaries / hope all
who have been elected will prove good men
and good officers. am proud Of my
my record for the past six years. Improve
ment clubs can do more for the city than
can the councilmen. Come to the council
their promises are carried out. Your pres
ence there will have q wholesome effect.
Ask for reasonable improvements and you
granted unreasonable things. You can
assist the council in regulating the public
corporations. ! would sooner come to such
the public than go to the Merchants Ma
tional bank for public information and
needs
The other speakers were City Attorney
Breen, Councilman-elect Jackson and w.
w. Bingham.
=, Central Federation Busy.
The hall was crowded. The delegates
from the Central federation present were
J. w. Malone, president; Mike Kalanlja,
vice president A. f. Wilson, secretary, and
]. p. A. Bruecherg treasurer, with several
representatives from each of the clubs in
cluded in the federation. After the tran
saction Of the routine business OF the Du-
pont club. the meeting was turned over to
the Central federation, with ]. w. Malone
presiding.
= An executive board OF the Central fedora
ton was elected consisting OF George ].
Baird of the Druid Hill club, George Klsff-
ner of the Dupont club. f. Kingsbury Of
the new South Side club, A. F. Wilson OF
the Omaha View club, I. p. A. Bruecherg
of the Riverside club and Fred Haarman
of the Southwest club.
Committee ON Membership.
A committee consisting of A. F. Wilson,