Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-29
MAYOR SAYS He WILL RUN
Dshlman Formally Announces His
Candidacy for Reelection.
SIX OTHER DEMOCRATS ARE OUT
Comptroller RcRarded as the trOnR-
est Opponent Our JIm VIII
Have in Race for the
Nomination.

Mayor Dahlman will be a candidate foi
reelection, whether the election is In the
spring or the fall. as 1t would be were the
democrats plan to enact a charter bill pro
longing the present administration be sue
cessful.
The mayor has beeen deferring his deci-
sion until he knew what sort of legislation
for the government OF metropolitan cities
the democratic legislature would enact. but
he has decided not to wait for the legis
lature.
In this early decision Dalhman hopes to
put to sleep several little boomlets which
have been springing up in the camp of
local democracy.
81 will be a candidate for reelection
which is the same as saying that l have
decided 20 be mayor of this city for another
three years" said the mayor. Il hardly
think there will be any opposition to me
in the primaries. and you know what l
did to them in the last election" and he
laughed at the recollection OF his 5000
majority.
You see, IL is this way. The republicans
will not only have to nominate a liberal
man to beat me, but they VIII have to
nominate a man who is well known. why.
every man. woman and child in Omaha
knows Jim Dahlman and knows where
Jim Dahlman stands and knows what Jim
Dahlmsn believes in. Well. the republicans
might nominate a man who believes the
same as l do. but the people don't know
that man as well as they do me. There's
the rub, you know. and there Is where |
am going 70 beat 'em.
Il think the majority, II not all, Of the
present councilmen will also be candidates
again and we'll all win
There are six other democrats who have
the mayoralty bee buzzing I'm their bon
nets. The other would-be mayors in the
democratic camp are Ed p. Smith, whom
| Dahlman defeated for the nomination
three years ago; Colonel Ed p. Bergman.
one Of Dahlman's appointees on the Board
of Park Commissioners; Charles II. With
nell. city building inspector and elected on
the same ticket with Dahlman at the last
election; Willard f. Funkhouser, council
man from the Eleventh ward and elected
with Dahlman; L. b. Johnson. councilman
from the Fourth ward, elected on the
Dahlman ticket and made president on the
city council by grace of the same Dahl
man; c. o. Lobeck, elected city comp
troller on the Dahlma ticket OF three
years ago and worsted by the mayor in the
capturing Of the home support for the
gubernatorial nomination last summer
Comptroller Lobeck probably would be
the mayors strongest opponent in the pri-
maries, but the executive looks to the leg
i~slature to remove him from the field. The
ran be done by repeating the law combin-
ing the offices of city and county comp
troller, thus giving Mr.. Lobeck a chance
10 run for that office again. instead OF
cunning FOR mayor.
Building Inspector Withheld prides him
self with having received a larger vote
than did the mayor I'm the election of the
spring OF 1906, and for this reason his
friends think that he is stronger than
Mayor Dahlman, but IL the legislature
should raise the salary of building in
spector, Withheld will not run for mayor.