The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-19
THE POLITICS OF BALLARD.
Wrangle With Police Justice-Factfon
Fighting for Once.


At the regular meeting of the Ballard city
council on Tuesday night the petitions of James
NJ. Smith, John Graft and Others for reduction
In their taxes were rejected. The petition of
James Mcdowell for reduction of tax on per-
sonal property, was allowed Marshal George
p. Holden submitted the following report of the
moneys received by him during the month of
October: For street improvement, s2,l56e5; de-
inquent tax, 1890, s2f50; dog license, s.;
peddIers licenses, 1885, city tax 1891, 1850 %;
total, $s,s2o.66.
Police Justice G. W. Vernon for the month of
October showed four criminal cases and so for
fines turned in to the city treasurer.
statement of accounts between G. w. Emer-
son, the former police justice, and the city of
Ballard was adopted as reported from COM
mittee. IL shows q balance due the city of fines
collected from October l. 1890 20 October l, 1891,
OF 1885, and after allowing credit for salary and
deducting for warrants paid, shows a net bal
ance due city OF &i40
About six weeks ago G. W. Emerson handed
In his account, which showed balance of
some SIS due him from the city. He claimed an
allowance OF s. mouth for Office rent, and
that the law allowed him to have the fines. The
council rejected the claim for Office rent, be-
cause the salary of $50 a month was held 20
cover Office rent, and City Attorney Peters says
the law does not allow the police justice to re-
tain the fines in criminal for his own
the city Tor the balance he claims to be due
him. The city council has requested the judge
TO turn over the balance claimed TO be due the
city treasurer, but whether action will be
brought to recover from his bondsmen will
probably not be decided until after the city
election.
Two more notices of conventions to uomin-
ate candidates for municipal Offices to be voted
for at the election on December have been
posted about town. The first will occur on FRI
day night and the second on Tuesday, the 24th
Both take place at the opera-house, and both
claim to be from the citizens party, although
they represent different factions Each charges
the other with petit larceny by trying to fitch
its good name.
Municipal politics decidedly muddled, and
II Is difficult TO discover the principles, il any,
the different cliques are striving to uphold
The Hadfeld Peabody Morrow combination
formerly dyed-in-the-wool Democrats, now
known as the Peoples Non-Partisan party
IN favor of bonding the town
and OF defeating the opposite tickets,
mas held Its convention and nominated
its candidates. The Murphy -Calighan- Doyle
1unta styling itself the citizens party, Is sup
posed to lean toward granting franchises to pri-
vate corporations and is bitterly opposed to the
Hadfeld- Peabody Morrow combination. The
third party, composed OF still hunters, who
arrogate to themselves all the earmarks of re-
spectability, also call themselves the citizens
party, and are supposed to be opposed to bond
ing the town and are very anxious to defeat the
other two cliques. Holden, Leader, Grover and
Dow are accused OF manipulating the ropes of
this clique, which dominates its officers on the
oath. Still another party thinks the whole
business an unseemly scramble for Office and in
trying to be annexed TO Seattle