Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
MAYOR TAKES 10 WARPATH
Denounces Democrats Who Helped
Elect Burmester President.
MEN HE TRIED TO DEFEAT
CommendtnE B~urmester, D%RhlmRn
scores Democrats and Their
Friends Say they simply Got
Even with Him,

Mayor Dahlman is mad at those demo-
Gratis who Joined hands with the repub-
licsns and elected a republican president
Of the city council. Some of his demo-
cratic friends. 1t is said, have evened up
old scores.
Il can not possibly conceive of anything
worse than a man who will betray his
party said Mayor Dahlman. "A man who
will betray is unworthy to be called a
party man and he should be subjected to
the severest OF criticism. And when II
comes to criticising, here is one man who
is going to do it to those four so-called
democrats everywhere and anywhere and
all the time"
The mayor saws 1t was all a put up deal
TO elect Councilman Burmester Of the
Third, republican. president Of the council;
that It was cut and dried before the coun-
cilmen went into session Monday after
noon and that the first twenty-four ballots
we're merely taken for r blind. Further,
he says he has known all along that the
four democrats have never been friendly
to him and that he has always feared
them.
While only three Of the six democrats
voted for the republican. Mayor Dahlman
classes a fourth, FunkhOuser Of the
Eleventh, with them. The other three are
Brucker of the Fifth, Sheldon Of the Sixth
and johnson of the Fourth.
"Fuukhouser," he says, was in the deal,
when he saw that his vote was not neces-
sary, he played double traitor-traitor to
his party and traitor to those in the com
bine-and voted for a democrat as a blind.
Dirty shame, He Says.
are {g a dnunriobt dirty abarna IN elect
as president of the council a republican
who will act as mayor in my absence or
in the event of my sickness or possible
death. The people of this city have now
twice elected a democrat for mayor by
overwhelming majorities.
by their votes they have said they want
a democrat for mayor. But these so-called
democrats, for the sake of a few com
mittee c~hairmaRships, sell out their party
and elect a republican who may at any
time during the next three years become
mayor. we, none of US, know how long
we are good for in this world. and these
four councilmen have sold their party to
the republicans by their Infamous action
yesterday.
The election OF a republican was wholly
uncalled for. and Councilman Bridges, a
ueT1OCTdlt COulu nave btth tl6NNCu olS
time. This ! know. IL they had balloted
for several weeks without result then a
break might have been excused. But their
going over to the republicans on the TWEEN
ty-fifth ballot was a brazen act, palpable
on its face"
Get Even with Jim.
The result of the council organization
calls to mind the p~re-primary campaign
when 1t was plainly seen, say city hal
men, that the mayor started out to de-
feat Brucker, Sheldon, Johnson and Funk
houser. Ed Lawler was put up against
Brucker, Dan Canon against Sheldon, Bot
Holmes against johnson and r. A. Schnei
der against Funkhouser. Colonel Berry
mans entrance into the campaign com
plicated affairs and the mayors hands
were kept full with his own fight and tht
Objectionable councilmen were renomi'
mated.
"Councilmen Bridges and McGovern are
the only democratic friends have in the
), council" said the mayor. II have moth
ing against Mr.. Burmester, he is better
than any of these other four s~o-calleC
democrats, but it is the principle Of the
thing l object to. 1t was a complete sell
out of the party"