Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-03
The Political CaldrOn

" the selection Of candidates for the city commits
--tch color Of eyes s the most desraole7
hazei. brown-gray
Sray-brOwn1 The electors may select from thcee
-. l..4udon records kept by
.....ia4ioner MOorhead. there are thirty
three pairs OF eyes the seveny-three can
didates who have filed. The browns next with
nineteen, gray third with fifteen and then hazel.
black and mixed.
Voters who like hazel eyes may vote for w. N.
Chambers, IL b. zmman and Robert Druesedow. the
only candidates having the kind Of eyes which in
spire poets w. f. wappich Is the lone candidate
having a pair Of black optics, and they normally
black too. T. c. Birmingham is recorded as having
brown-eray eyes and James r. Nfusgrave has gray
brown eyes The ooiors Of the eyes Of the present
city commissioners Withnell gray; Kugel. gray;
McGovern. brown; Butler. gray Hummel blue; Ryder,
gray; Dahlman, brown
It has been said that nobody loves fat man,
but Julius Caesar il reported AZ having remarked:
Surround with fat men. who sleep wen o. nights;
not like the lean and hungry Cessius Mister Caesar
had deep regard for OF wide girth. After hav
ing selected the right color bf eyes, the voters
choose from many weights from r T. Morrow LIZ. TO
Peter Mehrens at 40 ringside The other heavyweight
candidates John Drexe 40; Thor Jorgensen 200;
w. c. shrtveY zoo T. r. Stroud. 2S; A. A Larnoreaux.
200; James H. Cusck. 20; Henry p. Haze, go; II. H.
Claiborne. 900; Anthony T. Monahsn. EOS; Ed Walsh
40; M j. Lacy. 30; r. q Howell nm; W. +. wap-
pich. ZOO Nes j. Anderson. 40; Julius Schmidt Cooley,
800; Dan B. Butler, 25
Those who are not taken to men Of embonpoint
have this list OF lghtweights to select from: r. l.
Morrow. lH; Albert Il Hidinger. 100; A. W. Bonner
49, David II. Christie 49, Nicholas Cherek 1856 Harry
A. Foster. 40; j. G. Dahiman. 40; W. N Nash 142
The weight of the present commissioners is
lso pounds Dahlrnan ana Butler being the extremes
Is height any qualification In the candidacy Of
aspiring to greatness a. city commissioned
Nicholas Cherek 10 feet inch and one of his op-
ponents Patrick J. WEIGH is feet ~ inches these
Fne tha longa udf hn harko ~ thn n,tr4o
shown in the registration records. Here the six
footers; Patrick J. WEIGH feet III inches: John II.
Cusick. feet inch; James w. Mcdonald, feet
Albert Mitsaff feet NJ. r. Funkhouser, feet; T. E.
Howell. feet: Dan B. Butler feet The sawed
Offs are; Albert L. Hildinger 8 feet s1h inches;
Nicholas Cherel, feet inch; Fred II. Hoye, feet
inches; Jacob Kopp feet inches G. T. walker
8 feet inches; Frank Barker. feet inches. The
average height OF the commissioners serving is
fraction feet inches.
When II comes to ages the candidates range from
3 to TO- In the younger set Edward Simon 81
A. W. Bonner. %; Frank Qugley. 20; Frank ]. Riha
80; Emil Abln Ericsson 80; Harry b. zmman, 50; w.
N, Chambers, So The candidates OF years are; T. G.
Birmingham. 70; JEFF w. Bedford 70: Jacob Kopp 81;
I'D Leeder. "a; owen Slaven. 81; W. N Mash, Jerry
Howard, 60; James A. Davis. 81; T.. F. Stroud, 90;
Edward Walsh 60; John Yirak co; Patrick Hyiand so
The age of the present commissioners is
501s years.
The city commissioners have learned a new stride
OF moving the feet in sort of doubie-shuffie the
effect being that the body Is moved forward at
alactritous rate OF speed rather undignified for
public official
There's reason.
This IL the season when candidates stopped by
all sorts and conditions OF with ali sorts and
conditions of requests and pleadingR
This state of affairs has become so marked that
public business s threatened with serious interference
special policeman placed in the city hall to
keep out professional political moochers the police
has been withdrawn and the old order returneth
Then the commissioners hit upon the idea OF as
Stunning nyopic condition and acceleratng their gait
by throwing their feet into high speed This works
like charm ERE IN
II is amusing TO see Commissioner KugeL for M
stance doing hot foot up Farnan street toward the
city hall and then do marathon until reaches the
elevator.
Say. AL just a minute!'' importunes wayfaFer.
Kugel speeds on. turning neither to the right nor
TO the left
Say. Al, can see you for seeondr' is another
esalutaton
Az the rate Al is going II is possible to see him
only for second
This sudden and simultaneous burst OF speed by
the votechasers lends bit OF levity otherwise
dull campaign. II is good moving picture stuff