Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-13
THE OLIVE BRANCH
Held Out by Leading Ale.
gheny RefOrmerS, Who
Announce They Are
NOT SEEKING VENGEANCE,
But Merely Working for the Best
Interests of the City.
WYMAN STILL HOLDING THE FORT.
The Trial of EX-MayOr Pearson Promptly
Ends in Acquittal.
NOT SEEKING VENGEANCE,
TYMAN STILL HOLDING THE FORT.
The Trial of EX-MayOr Pearson Promptly
Ends in Acquittal.
CANDIDATES WHO ARE IN THE FIELD

| James u. Myman Is Stlll Mayor OF Alle-
| gheny. There is no way of removing him
save that outlined in THE DISPATCH yes
terdav. City Solicitor Elphinstone says
! Wyman is the Mayor and he does not be-
lieve he can be removed until after the Su-
preme Court decides on the case Mr.
Elphinstone is also authority for the state
ment that affairs are in such condition that
it would still be legal for Mayor Wyman to
afiN his signature to the appropriation
ordinance. In proof of his power as Mayor
he signed warrant yesterday and it was
received as legal tender at the City
| Treasurers office
Major Rush K. Tyler yesterday found
an old act of Assembly by which he
thought he would settle the difficulties. 1t
provided that in case of removal of the
Mayor the President of Select Council
should act in his stead, and that Councils
should at once order an election to fill the
vacancy. This act, however, was passed in
1874 and was piece of special legislation
for Pittsburg alone, and therefore cannot
apply to Allegheny City. City Solicitor
Elphinstone SAYS this act was passed on
January Z, 1874, and does not apply to any
place but Pittsburg.
WymRn Is Not Talking Now. .
As for the Mayor himself, ne refused to
state yesterday what course he would pur-
sue He said he was not prepared to talk
at present. John S. Robb, one of his at
torneys, said yesterday that it was probable
that new trial would be asked for, and also
that the case was likely to go to the
Supreme Court. He also stated that al
though sentence was imposed in the lower
court there was a possibility of its being
suspended, the appeal acting as a super
cedeas Other attorneys, however, state
that in criminal court the appeal does not
always act as a supercedeas.
In spite of all this there is disposition
to wave the olive branch. That is it is
waved with a very light hold on the handle
so that it can be easily drawn in if Mayor
Wyman is not willing to give up the reins
Of city government and retire. A petition
is already in circulation on the Northside
asking that the court show extreme mercy
to e1-Market Clerk David Hastings His
shortages, the petitioners claim, were
caused more by mismanagement
and an inability to perform his duty than
from any intention to rob the city. The
petitioners further say they believe Mr.
Hastings is an honest man at heart"
The Reformers Not After Vengeance.
AS another evidence of willingness to
extend leniency is an interview had with
John r. Henricks, in which he claims that
what is wanted now is not vengeance but a
unity of the people and an administration
of municipal affairs for the good of the city.
Mr.. Henricks has been Chairman of the
sub-Auditing Committee and also repre-
sents the Reform Association element. He
was one of the foremost men in bring
ing about the prosecution, but when spoken
TO yesterday he said:
''The various trials held show the neces-
sity of the audit in Allegheny and Justify
the Committee on Audit in its course. do
not wish that any severe sentence be in
fiicted on either Mayor Wyman or Market
Clerk Hastings, as / believe the worry and
anxiety caused by the trials, as well as the |
cost of the same, in themselves constitute
quite an infiction. 1 am really sorry for
both of the gentlemen, and now that the |
law has been vindicated, l believe We can
afford TO show leniency. The time has come |
Tor members OF councils ana omclals, no |
matter what faction they have trained with |
in the past, to come together and legislate |
for the benefit of the city, see that the |
money is properly collected and expended, |
and needed Improvements in both the old |
and new parts of the city judiciously under |
taken, and above all that the taxes be not |
imposed too heavily, but reasonable |
amount required each year for permanent
Plenty Of Good Men to Be Had.
Gas to who would be my preference to
take Mayor Nyman's place I would hardly |
like to saw, but among such good men as
Thomas Park, William Kennedy, DR.. Gil
liford, Charles Gerwig, q. Stauffer, Simon
Drum, George Snaman, Nicholas Voeghtly,
John Wilhelm good candidate could be
found. Beside there are hundreds of others
whose names do not occur to me.''
care you a candidate, Mr.. Henricks?''
"No; it might appear unseemly for me to
want to step into Mayor Wyman's shoes
after acting as Chairman of the sub-Audit-
ing Committee and assisting in formulating
the charges. Beside my business requires
nv attention at the present"
When Auditor John McKirdy was asked
what effect the acquittal of Mayor Pearson
would have on the other charges against
Mayor Wyman, he said: ''It does not fol-
low that the vindication of Mayor Pearson
means that the charges against Mayor Wv
man shall fall He also said that so suits