Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-05
THE MAYORS APPOINTEES
Merit and Efficiency Sacrificed for
Political JObbery.
MUDDLED BY HIS OWN DUpLIeITY.
The C1ty's Executive Carries His Va
ciiiating Disposition 10 an Ex-
ueme That il without Piece
dent or Principle.
on, what a tangled web we weave,
When tirst we practice to deceive =

ments al last nights council meeting.
With one exception he made provision
for the offices over which the city's execu>
tive is vested with the appointive prerog>
alive. and some of his selections were ap-
proved by the council and some were not.
His most popular nominations received
the largest vote in the council-some of
them being confirmed by unanimous vote.
Before making his nominations, Mayor
McConochie stated that it would take eight
votes to confirm his appointments, as he
would under no circumstances vote X
his own nominations. Here is the
the council stood on the mayors
Superintendent of w.,
Thomas Reddig .sa'er"orAs
Ayes-Bladel, JohnsoS
ter. Kennedy. FrohboS Adamn7 lie'
Noes-Corken, GeIs' H Tiassn II
confirmed. Ok Thiesen-7. Not
superintendeI, of s,ree,szJames
Ay es-.Bsael, johnson, D urmann, Het>
Knox "a, Geiger, Tindall. Huesing.
Adams Kennedy, Froh5oes, Thiesen,
NoeZ F..
ri marshal, Phil Miller; deputy mar
SmS George Long; toll collector, W. L.
oseney; scsvenger, George Greene;
;.rk commissioner, Spencer square. Will
am jackson; patrolmen, Andrew Etzel.
\. Carlson, Lawrence Kramer, John
sSchaab and Charles Sundehn, confirme
unanimously.
A.! City Collector. F. Robinson.
Ayes-Johnson. Durham, Hetter
Corken, Geiger, Tindall, Huesing, Evans,
Knox, Kennedy, Frohboes. Thiesen, Ad-
ams--13.
Noes-Bladel.
Weighmaster-W A. Norris
Ayes-Blsdel. Durmann. Hetter. Gel
ger, Tindall, Kennedy, Frohboes, Ad-
| ams-S.
Noes-Johnson, Corken, Huesing, Ev-
ans. Knox, Thiesen-6.
The opposition vote to NJ. Buucher for
park commissioner of Gsrnsey Square
was merely by way of Joke.
On policemen the vote other than those
| who received unanimous confirmation
was:
John Mulqueen-AYes-Bla Dur
mann, Ccrken, Geiger, Tindall. Hues;ng,
Evans. Knox, Thiesen, Adams-10.
Noes-Johnson. Hetter, Kennedy, Froh
| boes-4.
William Glass-Ayes-Bladel, Dur
mann, Johnson, Hetter, Tindall, Knox,
Frohboes, Thiesen. Adams-9. Noes
Corken. Geiger, Huesing, Evans. Knox
%
George ter-Ayes-Durmann Het-
ter, Oorken. Geiger. Tindall. Huesing,
Knox, Frobboes. Thiesen, Adams-10.
Noes-Bladel, johnson, Evans. Knox-4
Fred Holdorf-Ayes, Bladel. Johnson
! Durmarn. Eetter. Geiger, Hues
ing, Kennedy. Frohhoes. Adams-9
Noes CorkeD. Tindall, Evans. Knox,
Thieseu-5
Charles Sundehn-Ayes, Bladel, john
son, Durham, Hetter, Corken, GaiSer,
Tindall. Huesing, Knox, Kennedy, Froh'
boes, Thiesen, Adams-11. Noes
Evsns-1.
Charles Engel Overseer of the Poor
AYes-Bladel, johnson, Durham, Cor
ken, Geiger, Tindal. Huesing, Knox,
Evans, Kennedy, Frohboes. Thiesen
Adams-11. Noes-Hetter-1.
The appointments, or sumo of them a
least, We're in great measure surprise.
especially as concerned Superintendent
Of Waterworks John A. Murrin
and Police Officer Sexton. in both @
whom the mayor had recognized WORT
and fitness for their respective position
and against neither of whom was Their
any opposition from fair minded people
The mayor being swayed from his owl
sense of duty and fairness by the inf1uenc
If those who are, actuated alone by pre-
;udice and are blinded to all else \ If u,
to the present time there has been on
trait in the mayors character that ha
won the admiration OF those who coul
see nothing else particularly attractive i
mis- nature it was his decision and firmness
but strange to say in the matter G
his appointments this time his vacillating
swaying-from -one-side- to>the-other. here
= today there tomorrow disposition, hs
been most conspicuous. For not onl
j has be developed duplicity in mos
contemplate form, but he has attempte
to shoulder onto others the responsibilitit
which by virtue of his Office are his Il
has shirked his duty and shrunk from il
he has made promises one moment an
broken them the next, pledged himself
his friends in one Breath and betmye
them in4he next. He has attempted t
please all by playing false to a
and has permitted himself to be led 80 fl
into the ways of deception that it is
a charitable view 10 say that he has b
come bewildered. and muddled.s For il
+. stance when frs. approached on the su
ject of reappointing John A. Murrin
superintendent of waterworks, he u