The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-07
Ahey "ans a Much More Radical Re
Vision of the Ctr SI.

1hey Vans Much More Radical Re-
vision of the City Charter.
The Sixth Ward Republican Club held
spirited meeting last evening in the Hull
building, at the corner of Front and Bat
terry streets. The committee on charter
revision reported and the club adopted
resolutions declaring that the charter,
thougn admirable for city of 800, 600 in
habltants and corresponding revenue
had proved itself too cumbersome for the
city OF Seattle, and tended to burden the
taxpayers; that the amendments
prposed did not tend to tighten
the burden, but merely to har-
NOME the different departments: that
1t was the duty of the Republican party to
demand such changes as would bring the
expenses of maintaining the government
down so they could be met by j reason
able tax; that the council should be COM
posed OF one house, consisting of two men,
bers from each ward, with a salary of $500
apiece, and presided over by the mayor.
whose salary should be 81 200; that all the
boards should be abolished and their
duties transferred to the council; the
Office Of comptroller abolished and its
duties transferred to the Office of city
clerk, and that all other unnecessary Of
hcials abolished and judicious economy
applied in every department; and that
amendments carrying out these resolu-
tons be submitted to the voters for their
adoption at special election within six
months after the next municipal election
A resolution in the same line introduced
by III. W. Durant, was also adopted. 1t
pledged the Republicans of the ward TO
the support of such Republican candidates
as are known to be in favor of changing
the charter so as to secure greater eff
tciency and economy in the administra-
ton of city affairs
The discussion on these resolutions was
participated in by John f. Miller, w. V.
Rinehart, William Weight, III. w. Durant.
q. A. La Fayette and several others. w.
b. Tyler made ringing speech on the
principles of the Republican party.
The executive committee presented re-
port recommending regulations for the
holding of the ward caucus and primary,
which was adopted. The substance of
the report was that the ward caucus be
held at 80 O'Clock on the evening of the
18th, under the auspices of the CLUB, to be
participated in by ali the Republicans in
the ward; that the caucls place
in nomination the following candi-
dates 10 be voted for at the
primary next evening: One nominee for
member of the board of aldermen and two
for the house OF delegates and three for
each representative from the ward in
the city convention, from which the
twenty representatives allowed the ward
are to De chosen. Every Republican voter
| present will be entitled to make nomina-
lions, which will be recorded by the secre-
| tary and placed on the ticket, but voters
shall not be limited to the use OF such
| tickets at the primary. The three judges
| and two clerks of the primary election are
| te be appointed by the president of the
| club, and that no one be allowed to vote
| who is not a known Republican voter in
| the ward or whose qualifications as such
cannot be attested by some well-known
| Republican of the ward.