Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-16
Nipple WILL NOT CONE OUT
Democrats Opposing Dahlmsn Still At Sea
for Successor 10 Ed P. Smith.
LATEST GOSSIP OF LOCAL POLITICAL FIELD
List of Aspirsnts 20 City Municipal
once Filing with the City
Clerk Continues TO Grow
Longer Each Day.

Dr. A H. Hirple has positively declined
to become a democratic mayoralty candi-
date and the anit-Dahlman bunch is con-
siderably discouraged over the prospect of
getting a strong opposition candidate in the
field. DR.. Nipple said he could not afford
to sacrifice his dental practice for what
ever chances he might have for the nomi-
nation and election. Various individuals
and delegations waited on him, but to no
| effective purpose.
One OF the bitterest Of the anti-Dahlman
crowd put 1t like this:
when Ed p. Smith came out with his
platform OF reform and radical dealing with
corporations and the liquor interests he
created the scenario for battle between
the corrupt and the clean elements. The
other end got to work Immediately, organ
lied. put Dahlman in the field and have
been working along steadily ever since
The men who wanted to see the local de-
mocracy standing for the best in municipal
| government rallied around Smith. When
Smith withdrew he left them in bad
lurch. The suggestion of Nipple betterej
! the outlook somewhat. but the doctors
declination has left us discouraged. Times
are good and We find that desirable men,
business and professional, whom we would
like to get behind feel the same as Smith
| and Hipple-that they cannot afford to
drop their business and go into the con-
test"
The indications that after all Dahl
man may have a clear field for the demo-
cratic nomination, though this does not
mean that he will have the united support
OF his party. The democrats who profess
to want cleaner government, free from cor
poration control, say they will never back
Dahlman under any circumstances. Their
votes would go to Hennings as against
Dahlman because they regard him AS a
man, who, by his official acts while treas
urer, has shown himself to be I'M
prejudiced enforcer OF the laws and free
from corporation domination
The same faction of local democracy is
still working on a councilmanic ticket and
it is announced that the slate is almost
completed. II 1t does not have head
OF a like character, however, it is possible
the backing counted upon cannot be rallied
to it's standard. Besides this it is feared
that some of the candidates my funk under
the conditions.
Mike Lee, who intends to be the next
councilman from the Second ward to sue
coed Fred Hoye, is preparing to have
printed a set of unique campaign cards
something on the order of those that did
so much to help him in his campaign for
state representative. On those cards Mr..
Lee recited some of his personal and
domestic achievements since coming to
Omaha The cards for the municipal COM
paign will tell something of Mr.. Lee's
record in the council during the days no
longer quite fresh in public memory.
II is reported among the politicians that
Euclid Martin, once the democratic leader
OF the state, is in a receptive mood regard
ing a mayoralty candidacy. The wise ones
laughed the rumor to scorn. They admitted
: that Mr.. Martin may feel that way. about
IT. but they said his aggressive anti-union
labor record and some OF his past political
tie-ups makes any such thing absurd end
out of the question. He could not get a
handful of votes" was the way one high-ur
: democrat put it.
Every possible effort is being made by the
: Broatch crowd to spread the impression
that Mayor Moores has decided to support
4 Broatch. Authorized reports from the
n mayors home are to the effect that he has
3 done nothing of the kind, but probably vii
come out in week or two with a state
9 ment defining his position. No orders have
3 been given out by the mayor for the sup
port Of Broatch, despite all false reports
insiduously circulated by the Broatci
J., heelers.
Q Following are the new filings:
Republican - Michael Lee councilman
u Second ward; George ID. Rice, councilman
a Ninth ward; Charles Lang councilman
h Tenth ward; James A. Beverly. councilman
Eleventh ward; Mathew L. Muxen, council
!, man, Sixth ward; George Colt, councilman
Tenth ward: William F. Conger. council
a man. Eighth ward.
: Democrat-Lvsle |. Abbott, committee
, man. Third district. Seventh ward; l. J
q Dunn committeeman, Fourth district, Sew
enth ward: Ed p. Bergman. committee
: man, Second district. Seventh ward; Franl
T. Weaver committeeman, First district
A.. Seventh ward; John Hahn, committeeman
: Second district, Second ward.
Socialist-Peter Mehrens, comptroller; {
y F. F. Nicholson, mayor Thomas II. Bower
!, councilman, Fifth ward; Parker S. Cond
councilman. Ninth ward; John Huba, coun
le Gilman, Twelfth ward
The Douglas County Republican club wi
;. hold lite semi-annual meeting in Swedis
a Library hall 11S North Fifteenth stree
g Friday night Officers will he elected.
lie Assistant City Attorney Herdman stick
,e to his contention that the supreme coul
~ decision on the Dodge primary law oper
&. the door wide to any qualified voter to pnl
Or ticpate In the municipal primaries regard
$. less OF whether he was registered for tn
~ election last fall or not He insists that q
Is any voter, otherwise properly qualified, Ia
of to do is to swear he supported at the Ia:
general election the candidates of the part
with whom he desires to affiliate. Herdma
further contends that support" does nj
l. mean, necessarily, voting for these cand
% dates. but may signify mental, moral {
l. financial sympathy with the ticket or III
candida teseupon it. Whether City Attorne
IN Breen takes the same position as his az
w sistant is not stated.
rs The pyrotechnical display booked fC
IL the Fifth Ward Republican ward meetir
IN last evening did not materialze as was el