The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-13
THE FIGHT On HUNT.
Ex-Chief Kellogg Tells How He
Came to Be Elected.
THE ATTACK ON HIS CITIZENSHIP.
The Records Of His naturalization Be.
ing Searched-How He Earned
the kelleys' Enmity.

LIE ASAt On - D. GAAASA Va bAS
/ FIRE department. on the ground that he i.
! not citizen, has reduced itself 20 the
/ point where actual proof is required TO
! subs.antiate the charge No written
| charges have been preferred, On. IS Is
| claimed that transcripts of the records Ct
| Tacoma and Mount Vernon viii be pro-
/ duced IN few Gays 20 show that the
chief is no: citizen. While the light Is
going on, Hunt IS attending 10 business at
( headquarters and, when asked if his scalp
was IN danger. only smiled and said
nothing
E1-Chief Of the Fire Department Gard
ner keliog was seen By Posr-ISTELLI-
eEScEa reporter yesterday and asked II he
had anything 70 say about the rUmors
OF Chief A. B. Hunt not being a citizen.
He replied that he was willing TO tel the
truth II the matter and continued:
"Csps- 4. B Hunt applied for e position in the
Department. in October, l5Ss. That was at the time
OF me formation OF the pad department. By
the terms O. the ord nance person hs1 70 De
citizen and resident Of the territory and c!ty.
NJ. HINT stated that he WAS & Ua,ive-oorn cid
zen o. the United states, that be never q
citizen Of any other country and has continued
70 affirm Iasf state OF affairs - 20 the time ie.t
/ the department. ! had heard Il ruraoreo 3: dit-
teraat times that II INT not i citizaa. Com
missioner M@sel told ne ne was not CITIZEN
and :ast Hunt had so told him. MAJOR Ronald,
few Gays previous 70 EuoIs election IS chief.
said 10 me; Il have lost co., deace in thai
man Hunt don't be.isve be IS citizen" !
1e1 no proof OF evidences OF aur kind 20 warrant
ne II taking any action u the natter. simply
wen; 20 Hunt Win the epor.s / had heard and
ne FIoutIy asserted he was natiye-b0,n citizen.
"Commissioaer Mssei, before he was elected
ana " lille Ronald was the stump eulog zing
the department, was called before the Demo-
cratic central committee and maize 70 promise
il writing that he would. if e.ectei, vo;e Tor a
( certain party ioE chief, or in The event OF his
being U2av2l.a IL 20 vote tor some & % Demo
Graf Hunt expectet 20 receive the vote Of The
commissioners for CHEF at theic first meeting
Alter the election, but James Campbell! pre-
!udiccd Mssei against Hunt Masers candidate
for eniei was J. j. sullivan. now sssis,an; chief,
and bang unable 20 eject Sullivan he sacrificed
his personal feeling against Hunt AMI agreed 10
support him Tor chief If HINT would appoint
sullivan assistant chiet. HunIwss the pill. tina.
Masel had TO swallow TO secure sEll.van's pres
ent position Il seems TO me rather smusing
tina, while Ronald was posing the ir!enc OF
the department these eonspirato.s were seeking
the overthrow OF the department By any means
fair 0. ioul.''
"In Ell this business what stand cid Commits
Eiouer Foster take?'
We'll, that introduces funny proposition
4IsO LllS COLE nat man IS the greatest
ignorainas l ever met H, TOO. was seiec,ei oy
the gang to acquire eontro! OF the fire depart
Dent, and more sUoservient tool coa!d not
have been selected He knows nothing that has
not Democratic label attached, and anything
with Democratic label he IS ready 20 swallow.
Ny Judgment is tbs: he would vote for TIE
devil, be he 8 citizen or not, or whether he ever
saw piece OF FIRE apparatus, to carry out his
Democratic procliv.ties. He was too ready 10
support Hunt and, by extorting promise from
Hun: 10 appoint sullivan his assistant, readily
fixed Ronald-.he fifth wheel OF the commits
sion"
How did Tom and Bill Kelley figure in this
affair."?
THE Kelley boys were schoolmsEes OF Hunt in
Canada. Hunt had promised them positions II
the department If they would aid IN having him
appointed chief. They were faithful 70 their
pledge, anu to their efforts Largely Hunt owes
his position. Hunts ambition being satisfied,
lie had no further use ior the keller boys. Ron
cid would not have Fom in the department, and
Hunt did not care whether Bill was il or not,
SO the Kelley boys, not being able TO get into the
depsr Inent, gave away the snap Hunts eIii-
zenship."
Are you taking any part in hunting this mat
ter up?'
LAS told Ronald / would not hold an Office
under his personal government for the entire
revenues O: the city, The isct!onal Quarregs are
o! no concern 10 ne. am sin ~ interested n
the department: as ci.izen. hoping aul praying
that 10 disaster viii oyer;ske u before the
changes, which are sure 10 come. lake place. I
have earned from reliable parties that tram
scripts of the gn2l na;uraliZa papers
both frs, aud f;nai, being gotten Is base o!
further proceedings
Commissioner Masel. when asked las,
| evening if he told ex-Ch ef Kellogg that he
! did not think Hunt was q citizen. replied;
( 7 him snI laiS
! time. When Corporation Counsel Donyyur,h
/ gave an opinion, 10 his citizenship had
/ nothing more TO say. A. 10 my wanting sI!!i-
| van for chef and voting 10. Hunt or the com.
promise that sullivan should be made assistant
/ chief, there is nothing - ii. favored George
/ NARROW for chief. and sullivan VIII say 30 him.
/ self. don't remember that jim Campbell pre-
/ JUDGED me against any one. In tac.. don,
! think Campbell had sny special tavori.e for the
! 20, t.on at ;he time Hunt was chosen.
! When Campbell was seen last evening
! and told his supposed part in preiuiicing
! Nase. against Hunt he laughed oui ana
( said that i; was bosh and what Kellogg al.
! was did when he was defeated
/ Tom KELLEY sad last evening that had
! been reported that he was in consultation
/ with Gardner kellogg al his store on P;o-
/ neer place. Il want 10 saw" said he
! tina: have not been in consultation with
/ NJ Kellogg or talked viii him for more
/ than wear ana half
II appears tina; some time yesterday
! morning an effort was made 20 attack
/ kel.ev's private character. AMI this NAV
/ lead 70 some interesting disclosures By
Kelley himself.
spencer Wants Prompt Decision.
: James kieter. counse' fer Thomas ".