Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

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read and approved.
On motion the finance committee
was instructed to take the bills for re-
pair of water wheels, adjust the mat
ter and when adjusted have warrant
issued for not to exceed one-third of
the amount.
The following claims were present.
ed and ordered paid:
W. d. Pinnlck. coal ......................S 2.76
Frank Hemstreet, work on str, ETC.,. .... $50
Matt Powell, work on street. 30
Ed. johnson, work on street. ............. ! -
| steve Carroll, work on street. %
| II. $. Walker, salary, &c................. ~ W
| N. II. Gardner, salary .................... 800
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Meserve and read by the clerk :
Whereas, Samuel II. Smith, city at
tornoy for the city of Baxter Springs,
Kansas, has wilfully and Intentionally
failed and neglected to perform his
duties as city attorney according to
the instructions and wishes Of the city
council, and
Whereas, He is an:agonizing and
opposing every public enterprise OF
said city, to the great detriment and
prejudice of the business interests of
the city, and has accepted legal en-
ployment against said city, and has
announced and stated to said council
that his employment was TO him only
a matter of fees, and
Whereas, Said Sam1 H. Smith was
directed by the council of said city to
commence legal proceedings against
one A. Willard to determine the rights
of said city to certain real property at
Spring river claimed by said Willard
and owned by said city, and
Whereas, Said Smith has neglected,
failed and refused to proceed with such
action, and
Whereas, In the last suit of Stone Il
Cove VS.. the city of Baxter Springs
said Smith was instructed by the
council of said city to defend said suit
in conjunction with W. II. Horror;
said Smith wilfully and intentionally
neglected said instructions and has
filed an answer in said suit without
consultation with and without the
knowledge of said w. II. Hornor.;
said answer being unwarranted and
prejudicial to the interest of said city |;
now, therefore, he it
ReSolved, That we, the city council,
do hereby demand the immediate res
ignation of said Smith as city attorney
of the city of Baxter Springs, Kansas.
When the resolution had been read
Mr.. Smith requested permission to say
a few words in his own behalf. Mr..
Meserve objected and moved the pas
sage of the resolution, which was sec
onded by Mr.. Fribley.
The resolution passed by the follow
ing. vote: Yeas-Fribley, Meserve,
Polster. Nay-Gregg.
The council then adjourned.
Mr.. EDITOR: Permit me to add a
word here in reference to the above
resolutions. After those resolutions
had been read / requested council to
permit me to say a few words, but
Mr.. Meserve (having been duly in
structed, presumably violently OBJ
jected to my saying a word. DR..
Gregg and Mr.. Harvey thought l
should be permitted to have hearing,
bu; Meserve, Fribley and Polster, hav-
ing come to that meeting with the
purpose of throttling the truth and
passing a series of resolutions they
KNOW to be false, would not permit me
to say word. Was this fair?
Iwish to say here that there is not
one particle of truth in those resolu-
lions. am laboring earnestly for the
good of Baxter Springs. propose to
20 right ahead doing my duty and
those three men and "the power be-
hind the throne" pulling the strings
cannot move me from what l kRoW 10
be right-yes, what they, too, know to
be right. SAMUEL ID. SMITH.
Jan. 3, 1890. Since writing the
above it has come to my attention that
there is being freely circulated state
ment TO the effect that while holding
the office of city attorney have ac-
cepted employment from and have
been or am working for Mr.. Willard
aud against the city. I have done and
am doing no such thing, for Mr.. Will
lard, nor for any other person. I have
performed no services whatever for
Mr.. willard since the agreement be-
tween him and the city was signed last
May. It was two months later that l
became city attorney, since which time
I have accepted no employment from
any one against the city. l trust l
have a higher conception of my pro-
fessional duty. SAM'L III, SMITH.