Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-07
de GANG" ON THE WARPATH
Hitchcock Herdman Outfit sWesrs Vsngs-
anoe Because il Can't Run Dahlmau.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY Split WIDE OPEN
New Mayor Proves TOO Independent
and Ignores wOrId-HerHid
Editor in All His Of
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Victory has proved too much for the
local democracy and a we'll defined anu
.Dahlman faction has been produced-one
81 those genuine clans that go around
with sharply whetted knives and an over
mastering appetite for revenge. Ana, SAD
Tdest OF all to the peaceful follower OF l.
Jefferson, Editor Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock APP
pears to have joined Lee Herdman In
leading the feud against the new mayor.
There were mutterings and spenetic Ian
guage prior, but the grievous tale came
out in the limelight OF the state conven-
ton primaries. Instead OF single deiega-
ton in the field for the honor Of repre-
senting Douglas county at the Lincoln
convention. It develops that lOi names have
been filed for maximum Of sixty-four
places. This is bad enough, but when 1t
is known that the lieutenants Of Mayor
nahlman filed one batch and the disciples
Of Perennial Candidate Hitchcock filed an
other. the beginning of the worst Is known
Lee Herdman starts IL.
The first public eruption came with his
honor's break with Lee Herdman and the
unfulhlled threat OF the latter to tell the
grand jury what he knew about corrupt
campaign management. Herdman got 50
much publicity that he took to his political
p d.
grand jury discovered II and had wasted
two good county dollars on him for moth
ing after issuing a subpoena.
Tho antagonism TO Dahlman is hydra
headed. The principal objection against
him seems to be that he insists on being
mayor for himself and doing his own
thinking. His action I'm submitting the
names OF republicans for valued appoint
ments aroused much antagonism inside the
ranks, and this has been intensified during
the two weeks the democrats have had
their hats hung up at the city hall.
II Too Independents.
HE disregards the wishes Of his party
leaders" Hes altogether too indcpend-
emit" He won't listen to any one or take
advice and "He insists upon butting in
on the councilmen. whose Jobs are as big
as his" are some Of the remarks that can
be heard about the mayor downtown and
on the streets His action in making a
redhot speech to the council Tuesday night
TO drive the Rosewater appointment is
regarded as his biggest oftense ard prob
ably equivalent to signing an out-and-out
declaration OF war with his council.
In the contest over the state delegation
the mayor is accused OF trying to control
the bunch that goes to the capital, and
lnasmuch as the remarks hostile to this
Hitchcockian senatorial candidacy cam,
from the Dahlman crowd. the perennial
got scared and decided to get into the
. game himself.
Therefore the scrap is on good and plenty
and bids fair 10 grow with the rising anC
setting of each sun. One thing the anti
Dahlman factionists would like to know
very much, and that is II the mayor think
he is a gubernatorial candidate.
rhn 10
last night to 'legaliEe" the primaries
July 3. The democratic state convention
comes in less than seven weeks after tn,
primaries, the intervening time being re
CURED by law. Lawyers say the commit
tee, by agreeing to endorse the successful
delegation. can make the primaries effec
tive, and this is the plan to be carried on: