Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-09

city EnRiReer'a appointment.
The sixth question queried II the mayor
did not think Il was injurious to democracy
to rush to the defense of notorious" re-
publican in open council meeting. as he did
Tuesday night with regard to city Engineer
Rosewater. The mayor replied that he
claimed to have the right tn demand reasons
from the council for rejecting appointments
Notwithstanding custom had been contrary
lie said that he expected to break other
old customs before he finished his term. No
councilman had heen able to give him good
reasons for rejecting the engineer, he said
Mr.. Rosewster, he stated ls an engineer
known all over the country as an expert
Regardless OF customs. the mayor said he
wanted to declare that during his admini-
stration he intended 20 butt in" on every
! department. whether II be the council
water works or what not. He had told the
people he would be mayor and know what
was going on and he proposed 10 do so
He declared he did not care a rap whether
he lost all political prestige or succeeded
himself or filled any other public office
Returning to the matter of the engineer
the mayor said he had failed to fnd a single
candidate for the place recommended by
any councilman or any one else whom he
cared to experiment with. The city had
been robbed In the past, he asserted; the
engineers position is one of great import
ance. and he did not propose to shoulder
the responsibility OF putting a man there
whom he knew nothing about or lacked
confidence in
Clean and Honest,
Question eight demanded to know what
his honor meant when he said in a speech
at the Krug theater that IL elected he
would clean out the city hall from cellar to
garret? The mayor replied he meant the
democratic administration would be clean
and pure and IL any man he appointed did
not come up to expectations he would lose
his head. Also that any once he found un-
necessary he would cut out, no matter in
what department or who filled II.
Question nine asked why he had con-
graduated the club and praised It as the
best organized in the city and then turned
down appointees it favored? Mayor Dahl
man said he wanted to repeat his praise OF
the organization. He pointed to Dan Con-
nell, who had sought the office OF plumb
Ing inspector. and said he regretted he could
not give II to him. He then made It plain
that In appointing Tom Flynn street com
missioner he considered the demands OF
union labor satisfied and that McVea's ap-
pointment came through endorsements OF
| business men who had contributed heavily
| financially to democratic success and whom
he was bound to recognize The appoint
! ment of Flynn had already cost him the
friendship OF some prominent and wealthy
men. he said.
Connell explained that the 'indiEna tion''
part of the meeting was not due to him and
he had tried to throw cold water on the
proposition.
DahIman and Bryan.
When it came to question eleven--"Do you
think the man who cabled his congratula-
| tions to you from Asia upon your election
would be as ready to congratulate you on
| your appointments ?'@there was meat and
drink Of the choicest quality for Mayor
| Dahlman.
II gave him opportunity to tell a story
\ man in 1882 he went to him, after spending
money and effort in his behalf, to seek en-
| dorsement for United States marshal and
was turned down. 1t gave the mayor an
! opportunity TO contrast his own attitude
| on this occasion with that of disappointed
| Officeseekers now. He said he told Bryan
! then that he would some day put him In
| the presidential chair. The mayor then
enlarged upon national possibilities and
plans for forming a giant Bryan club with
! the presidency in view and OF a great re-
! ception and banquet to be given the peer
| less" on his arrival home from his Journey
| around the world.