Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-24
The Political Caldron

VIZ ELL. YES a city campaign IL now IN progress. It
w is going concern The forty-two-eentimetcr
political popsuns been placed upon their mount
inga and the opposing forces lining up for the
gymkana. There must be something to fight about
that Ia certain just there is in every fight In TINS
coerie OF want 70 retain their places IN
the city hall and another group believe they have a
call TO administer the publos business. On May the
public will referee the bout and announce the winners
Up to date the campaign has been a sort OF
Cheserfeldan affair but the participants begin
ming inject little tsbasco into the menu During
the primary campaign the worst words used were
capaisc coekroach." but the final contest promises
now to overshadow the prelimnaries.
Mayor Dahlnan the other evening, conferred the
degrees of green guys" upon the six peoples eand-
dates" they now known. being otherwise
designated the "ants'' or outs" The mayor said
a mouthful when he called his opponents green guys
To be green guy means quite lot. Green Is quite
a popular shade much in vogue In the sprngtime To
be plain everyday guy would be ali indefinite
description. because there good guys. and bad
guys just ordinary guys" But to be green guy
my word-thst Is the something which makes the
popuace sit up and take notice. The peoples cand
dates smarting under this classification OF the
mayors. however. and they threaten to search Web
sters book of words for orthografic connection
which will make the mayor and his crew take to the
BOBBY hatch.
This makes us ask, are we going to have cam.
paign OF mud singing and back-biting Gentlemen
Are to hear a lot OF recriminauons. maledctons
invectives expletves imprecatons anathemas, pers-
fage fodero and hadinage7 Are our senses OF hear
ing to be assaulted by noendary aspersions1 Are the
combatant candidates going 20 engage in forensic
free-for-all?
II seems that some certain candidates in danger
OF having their hands tied by some unscrupulous
buccaneer pirate who stalks abroad looking for un-
suspecting officials. II must be because several
candidates have promised that II elected they will not
permit their hands 10 he tied by anybody. They will
repulse iciy anybody who would attempt TO enmesn
their hands way The painful spectacle of view
ing a city commissioner going to work with his hands
tied will not be longer and the base chur
who tieng the hands OF city officials had
better beat it right away
The campaign is bringing out new crop of orators
and of these opponents Of public speaking is Ed
ward Simon. when Mr.. Simon appeared a few even
ings ago before the customary political audience he
made decided hit He ran the gamut from the gay to
grave he used with fine effect all of the arts
OF the forum. He referred TO the mothers pension
Law which he put through the legislature and he con-
jured up touching word pictures OF the tired mother
and her little saved from separation by the OPP
Grafton of his law. He surprised and overwhelmed
even the mayor who is old hand at the speaking
business
Talking Of public takers again. there is Harry
zirman who takes after Bob La Toilette In that he
likes to cite to the records as the best evidence He
will bark back TO councilmanic doings years
by and pour out municipal statistics, physical valua
lions and other refreshing aqueous and electrical
fluids zimman started speaking pieces when he
He learned sef-confidence by meeting the public as
customers from day to day and spoke his first dec
lanation at Sunday school picnic Now he Is ciassed
of the foremost political orators in the
The peoples candidates have few other worth
hearing speakers. too-more less worth-h hearing
such NJ. o. Cunningham. d. c. Patterson. w. e.
Baxter. william Clancy c. f. Harrison and j. Dunn.
not candidates but Just oratorca volunteers On the
other administration side the aeronauts H b.
Fieharty. L. j. Piatti. L. J. TePoel. J. A. Rine and
Tom Flynn.
Before the battle OF the ballots on May we are
promised a battle OF the bottle, according 10 the
mayors latest pronouncement He that he will
make the ants draw cards in the game OF wet and
dry whether they will not He says he is captain
of the ship and adds that he Ia some captain He is
now learning lot OF nautical terms which he will use
as the campaign progresses.
Which reminds us, has yet promised to so
cunning for the OF which 1t imperative
10 rid Omaha last fall when the political big guns
we're shooting the sovernorship target who frstG
The sate-makers already busy and all kinds
of states coming OF their hiding places The
number of combinations of seven less than seven
be formed out of fourteen is within the pos
sibities Of exact mathematical calculation. That is
the number of states that will be out before the polls
close the last vote deposited In the box