Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-19
CRITICISM FOR MAYOR DUNNE
Glasgow Herald IntimatcS that Chi
cage MAN ~ Playing Politics
with DnIrrmnle.

GLASGOW, March 1S-tspccial Cable
gram to Tho Bee. 1.-The Glasgow Herald
takes Mpyor Dunno Of Chicago to task I'm
the following language in an editorial
leader.
The correspondence which has passed be-
tween Mr., Myles, as representing tho
town council of Glasgow. and Mayor dunno
OF Chicago, az representing htmscir, and hy
no means the city of which he is the civic
mead, regarding the republication Of Mr.,
DAfNmpie repntt upon the ttHmway sNs-
tenn of the first great city OF America. "
can scarcely be made even by the stretch
ot charity to cxonerate Mr.. Dunno from
charge OF playing tho game a trihe
unfairly. II was Enthusiastically understood.
not only by the corporation Of Glasgow.
whose consent was required but by every
body interested in municipalizatiOn, that
when Mr.. Dalrymple obtained leave of nh
sence to visit Chicago he was doing so at
dividual, probably destined to achieve civic
eminence, but Of Mr.. Dunno already vested
with certain authority % speak for 1.-The
first great city," and consequently that the
report TO be prepared by this admitted eN-
pert would be submitted TO the council and
citizens of Chicago. Mr. Dunno contends
that the report is his personal property,
because. first. he was not authorized when
he sent his cablegram to speak for the
municipality, and. secondly, because he
himself paid the whole Of MIR. Dalrymple's
expenses to and from Chicago To this
contention 1t may be replied that while
the phrasing of the cablegram may have
3. 1906 Mr.. Dunno was still only mayor
elect and so incapable of pledging the COM
munity to any expenditure whatsoever. The
reference to Chicago's decision In favor Of
muniCipalizatio ton, the implication that the
mayor-elect would In all probability soon
possess a stronger title to appear as the
representative Of a progressive municipal
ity and indeed the tone of the message IT.
self, so buoyanuy and even aggressively
confident. were circumstances that left no
doubt in the minds of the Glasgow people
that here was an invitation from Chicago's
most prominent citizen. in his public ca
pacity, to investigate and advise on a sub
1ect of pressing interest to Chicagoans.
On the second point. that of expenses, Mr..
Dunno is convicted out of his own mouth,
for where, in or out of America, would he
find an expert willing to travel many thou
sand miles TO spend laUurious days, TO
meet and engage the ubiquitous Inter
viewer" to formulate no doubt ex-
haustive report on the bare possibilities OF
an "etcetera 2" What man Of sense
equipped to discuss and advise on a mat
ter involving the management of proper
ties worth millions of dollars would cross
the Atlantic and half continent for the
sake of "all expenses, hrst-class travel,
hotel bills, etcg' We are afraid that Mr..
DUNES apologize is an afterthought con-
ditioned by polite considerations with
which we have nothing to do, but marked
chiefly by its lack Of candor A bad case
and worse defense Is the best we can say
for this attempt to pin the corpora ton
down to the verbatim ct literatim of a
and its tramway manager to the
details of bill of expenses.