Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-12
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regard TO tie large p0iigs f0so- icing
retained by The ciGy. and be understood
that Mr. YJgng hsd petition from
nary tA1psyer- asking for the redas
t.on u tie present. force, ~hien lie
surii ike - hear rs-1. CoaneiiIb an
Yong thea p.e@eHtsS ~ tue CounSh
q Of tire foii0wiug pers1us. whom DC
ssia fnesi had been oOu=alted and sno
!. ID syn a-d tsslr d-slrs q save ihelf
q me- ased on 4 petition 80 taFe tLe
u,lice force reduced :. DAVIS, >
-sarafn, I.sdserEOod q Wells, Fargo a
Cas- ErtrsSs, &. Hsuford, ID. ID Tn
more. { l. Szhsr. l.. X y. Smith. 4. D..
Lar. z. G. Young, y. CciisefE, Il
hniue. W.P. BOvd, 49, SorEsgsr, Bal
lard & SoI, GsrdOn Hardware Company
Mackintosh & Co. Tresa. Raymond q
TurreIi. J. r. Both sell. H. Bode, Fred
jaSnh. j. II. Lyon, O. L. stone, founR
a Mekson. Hugbe- a Miller, q. T. FRYE,
Lyueh a wood. Lsrour 4 Co. W. L.
staul~y, Kretdell q Co, T.. Lobe Il %,
HI. HsrscnberR a Co, l. Hams, u. Da-
yies. Adam Orth. l.. +. smith, valid i
Campbell, NJ k1rD, Kline Co, ID +
Levy, ". 4 BrsViey, l.. L. Brock, NJ u
Ter Bros. Ink!As 4 SIEgsrman, Z. W
la-ton, - Seunan. Lang & CO.. NJ J..
Heating. Geo. Caari-s -orth, Frssce
Bgos., Jones a son, Goodman, Andres
Cnilberg. NJ 4. Kelly, Geo. II. smith.
John sullivan, A. Montgomery, Otto
kanke, Posi- lSrgLLigESCEE, tArsHie<,
CAL syn.igg ,fsr. Joaa Collins. John
h. McDoU0id, hDbssI Abrams AEd IL.
McAndrevs-
Ceuneilman FuF;h said be thought
The mat er ~.s very indefinite As iI vas
set forth 10 the petition. as many OF
those same parties had been % him the
sans day asking him to u-n hls i1h1-
euce b. retain the niiru force. tie was
ia favor of reducing the f0roe soon ~
u could be done vita safety 10 tue city
lie ack nOvledS sd that he considered
,he Council largely % blame for the re
osnt troubles ia oar eiEy for 10; kespln9
a larger polio. f0rc-. Az member of
The Coaacil be blamed himself for ad
yocating 4 small foros previous to tue
late trouble. lie thought the old fierce
was sufficient to eniorcs the laws, but
foand De had been mistaken. lie
wanted the force kept on a vsiie longer
a. De was certain tbe prime ca3se OF
our iate trOuble-the ChiEese-woold
ali be gone in about four weeks, and
then the force could be reduced with
more safety.
Councilman Young said he thought
three fourths Of the citizens wanted the
force reduced immediately. de had
talked with all those named on the list,
and they all wanted the foros to be 10
duoed. tie could taks an oath that all
those parties had sigGi6ed their desire
to have the present police fierce reduced.
de was IN favor % good strong police
forse, but thought the present outlay
too great for the services rendered.
Councilman Calligan was IN favor OF
eo0Romy, bat did not think tue Council
was at all to blame for the late diff
ouIty, and would not believe the old
force was bot a Sufficient one until he
Vas shown that the police force had
been overpowered. Not a single in
stance Of that kind can be shown" he
said. He thought there we're only one
half az many men In the town now a.
then, and az there were nearly 30
drilled men in the military OrRaniZa-
tons, be did not ,hink the city should
pay out Sl700 per month for 50 large &
police force.
Councilman Hall thsneht the enor
nous expense of $l700 per month
should be reduced, and be thsught thai
fifteen policemen would be suffoien'
Eumber He considered Il a duty Il
reduce expenses, and thought the ma
jority OF taxpayers wanted the force re
duoed
Councilman Post thought il vas to,
soon to reduse the force. Probabl,
there would not now be- 50 many larg,
bills Of extras presented II We bad has
a larger police force before. Many o
| the men whose names appear in thi
list asked me TO do what could TO re
tain the present force"
COuneilman Mcdonald wanted tn
| force reduced because he thouRht tina
the trouble ever tbs Chinese would Ne
end az long as there we're parties her
urging them to stay, and he did no
favor keeping on large force of police
Every DAE who owns q dollars WORT
% property here should be a police nAl
a. to helping Ia keeping general goo'
| order.
Mayor Yesler favored large force o
police fer soaie time longer. and state,
that all the sudden troubles 10 this CHI
took plsee when the police forc- ws
small. He thought the trouble here !
not anti Chinese but sooiallstic In nd
tore.
Councilman furth sAid that social
isiie ideas had Iothina 10 do xith tn
case IN hand. Do we need the presen
force or noIp ! AN net willing TO vot.
10 reduce the force At present. Their
are only about IS Cinnamon In tow
nov. and Wa ChonR j Co. state tina
Ehev are ali willing TO 20 bat have n
money. lie waited the matter lai,
over until the next regular meeting
that . proper estimate Of public opinion
slisht be obtained.
Councilman Young urged that tn
names on his petition we're correct. ans
they wanted immediate action.
On motion the entire matter was lsi,
on the table until abe next rtgula