Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
CwOUNCILMANlC LOVE FEAST
Burmester Of the City Coun-
Gil Provides the Spread.
HEART TO HEART TALKS MADE
All Agree thai city Charter should
BE Revised at Coming Session
OF the Legislature Next
Winter.

President Burmester of the city council
gave a dinner to the mayor and councilmen
Thursday evening at walters cafe. This
was done in response to a resolution Of
the city council, passed in a spirit OF josh
some time ago. Mayor Dahlman vetoed
the resolution, but President Burmester
voted with the other members to pass the
resolution over the veto; and last evening
he made good in handsome fashion.
Mayor Dahlman, as tho first speaker,
called on by Toastmaster John j. Ryder,
struck the keynote Of the gathering when
he said: Omaha is now experiencing its
era of nonpartisanship in city affairs" He
complimented the members of the council
on the buslnessllke way in which they have
been discharging their duties and paid high
compliment to the host of the occasion for
his fair and g~entlemanly conduct in a diff
cult position.
while the council has handed me sew
eral vetoes OF ~vetoes,'' said the mayor, II
feel it's every action has been along the
lines that seemed to the members best for
the good of the city. So far as 1 am
concerned. there is no sore spot; on the
contrary. I feel we can flatter ourselves
that there is very little ground for com
pldlnl dbuul IN way AHN III VI tAiO
city has been done. We are handicapped,
Of course, by the unwise, ineIastie provl-
sions OF our city charter, but the citizens
whose good opinion we want understand
that fact pretty thoroughly by this time.
1t Is not flattery, but a statement of fact,
to say to you that the present council is
open to less criticism than any other coun-
Gil we nave had in twenty years, the public
! k.-ag,..s a.. ,pa,fanftongI aVtaua,d a.
and despite a kick now and again, the city
is cleaner and more prosperous than at
any other time in its history"
All COunciImen Talk.
Following the mayors talk, the toast
master called on every member Of tn,
council in turn. Every one of them gavi
the other eleven heart-to-hear talk. The,
all told their real names. as the saying is
admitting hat at that time they had mis-
understood each other, perhaps; but in M
case hat any OF them could recall haC
there been a hint Of anything but a stric
consideration for the city's interests in tn,
actions taken.
All the councilmen agreed that the cigS
charter should be revised at the coming
session Of the legislature, carefully anC
with a view 10 the increasing needs of 6
growing city. They also tossed a unani
nous bouquet to President Burmester FOL
his ~unwavering fairness and the exercise o.
patience and good common sense. 1t wa,
also agreed hat a similar function shall
hereafter be a fixed event, to be given by
the presiding officer, whoever he may be.
POSTMASTER Ryder remarked, toward tn,
close. that he had been trying all eveninl
to call on the next president OF the council
and believed he had succeeded. although
not yet a. liberty TO disclose the name
Each councilman said he thought the toast
master had achieved his desire. and they
severally accepted the duty Of providing
a similar feast whenever called upon
Councilman Brucker was very modest IL
his declaration, but he brought a big round
OF applause when he said. III it should be
me l will endeavorto Guido what BurmesteI
has done. and that's saying more, maybe
than a quiet man should say"
II was midnight when the gathering
broke up, and yesterday the eouncilmeu