The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-22
WHO rs NOW MAY0R2
The Once Lies Between Swee-
ney, Klocber and Miller.
ATTEMPT TO REMOVE SWEENEY.
The Beard u Aldornea Deelare the
0Aes q rresiasns vacant. bat
Break Up IN Ceafusien.

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Do you mean met Do you mean acting pres.
iesnts
Alderman Ingram replied that to make
~ more definite he would insert the name
OF ;. T. Sweeney. The motiop was sec
onoso ana sne question put. Al voted
aye except Carrie. when J0rdan's name
was called he asked to be excused, but his
vote being insisted upon he answered
AYE" with view. he explained later. to
move 70 reconsider. This gave vote OF :
20 !, the ayes being Brewer, Cram, Ingram,
Dsulton. Jordan, Miller and Stocks.
At this moment Acting Mayor Sweeney,
who had been In the house Of delegates,
re-entered and took . seat. Clerk Stone
man continued reading routine bills until
u:5O. when Alderman Brewer rose and
said:
Al there 10 . vacancy in the once Of presi-
dent Of the board Of aldermen. movs that It
- nlied ~ the election Of Lsandsr Miller.
Jordan moved to reconsider tho vote BY
which Sweeney was removed.
Ingram seconded Brewers motion.
The roll was called, but Mayor Sweeney
stopped it by asking If the vote affected
the position Of acting mayor.
There was dead silence, but earle said
he did not know: al this vas . surprise to
him.
Sweeney said he wanted to know. 30
that it might b Q matter of record. He
seemed perfectly composed and spoke
quietly.
9TH, nam bling oueatim Il On. :" he continued.
"and you want to undsrstand what You are do.
ing. lnasmuch .. was elected for . year, the
removal should b. made in formal manner"
Alderman Brewer said there Vas An nm.
doubted vacancy and he simply moved to
have it flied.
Alderman Ingram said that was the case:
they ought to proceed to the election of a
president, Who should qualify - acting
mayor a soon a possible.
The roll was then called on Miller's cleo
ton; Brewer, Cram, Ingram, Daulton and
Stocks voted ave: earle and Jordan voted
no; Miller was excused.
Mayor Sweeney said that before they
complicated matters he would remind
them that it took Q two-thirds vote to
elect. He also called attention to rule 20
Of the board. that before . final vote il
taken ON any measure affecting individual
righta seven days' notice must Be eiven:
therefore it applied to him. Il was imma-
terial to him whether he was acting MAYOR
or sat a alderman from tho Sixth ward
Still, it took two-thirds vote to suspend
. rule.
Ingram replied that il took two-thirds
vote to suspend rule. but the vacancy
had been declared by more than q two
thirds. It only took q majority to elect.
The discussion became general and the
chair declared . recess in order to examine
the rules. Immediately great confusion
arose, and charters and rules were
in demand. Sweeney sat quietly
in chair near the door looking on, until
Carrie went to him and they discussed the
rules. Other members stood around in
groups animatsdly talking. Garlic 1t
length reascendsd the rostrum and called
the board 70 ORDER. he declared that MS
previous ruling was wrong and that the
vote to elect required tw0-thirds majority.
This was controyerted by Ingram and
R,er.r vho ,n.;.ted that thu vacancy
me-. d.c,sr.d hv r,o,e ther t~o-th;,d. .n1
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