The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-01-05
ATTORNEY BOYLE SCORES MAYOR WEED.
ne Thinks He Has Hcen Unlustiy
Censured and Relieves His mind
tn Plain and vigorous Words.

EDITOR HERALD The following resolu-
ton passed the council last Monday night,
by vote OF to 3. and in all fair dealing
iusti6es word or two Of comment:
Whereas, The city OF North Yakima
was threatened with expensive litigation
resulting from the sewer contract OF r.
Schmidt and deemed it necessary to pro-
cure outside legal counsel to attend to
such litigation and have already paid
said counsel, viz: WhitsGa & Parker
and Reavis & Milroy, large fee for at
tending to same and whereas the city
council do not consider the legal affairs
OF the city have been carefully attended
to by the present city attorney, be it
Resolved, BY the city council OF the
said city that the office of city attorney
by declared vacant and the city CLERK is
hereby instructed TO notify said city at
torney, John g. Boyle, OF this action.
As city attorney did not recommend
any counsel to be employed in the sewer
age case; had | been consulted Judge
Lewis was my choice to attend to litiea-
ton in Seattle and .Olympia, and his fee
would not have been to exceed two or
three hundred dollars.
This resolution is in the mayors own
handwriting and was surreptitiously in
troduced, without giving me chance to
defend myself. lett sick bed to at
tend the last council meeting, and while
there feeling too i'll to remain, sought the
mayor to excuse me, which he did, as
surfing me that there would be no occas
ion for me to stay through the session.
Was he afraid that would have branded
before the council the inuendo that had
neglected the city's business as false, as
now publicly do.
The animus OF the resolution is simply
this; In obedience to the wishes OF the
intelligent minority OF the council, Messrs.
Cox, Needham and Vaughn and resolu-
ton OF the council giving me full power
to act, allowed the city to be garnisheed
at the last term OF court for six hundred
dollars due thirty odd laborers for dig
ging the sewer away last May and June.
Schmidt was sued for this labor done and
the city had the option to hold money
due Schmidt for the payment OF these
just and long delayed claims and 1 ans
money sued for was in the city's posses
sion and abided the judgment Of the
court. Schmidt, having no defense, per-
mitted the case to go by default and judg-
ment was rendered against him, as prin
cipal and the city as garnishee. The
city, as the trial judge remarked, could
in no wise lose anything and so every
experienced lawyer well knows.
The mayor was willing to force the city
to pay over $1,000 to his own bank, the
Yakima National, pending litigation with
Schmidt and this against legal advice,
but after everything is practically ended
he is unwilling to pay the laborer, always
worthy of his hire, his pittance for work
done in the trenches and months over
due.
| opposed the mayor in his tortuous
ways of postponing the opening of the
by the city might grow broader and beau
tify into its rightful proportions, pro-
gressive improvement delayed for months
by inaction and will be for months to
come; | opposed his bank grab in the
Schmidt affair; opposed his building
an unsightly shack on the avenue. in
plain violation OF the fire ordinance, and
finally, opposed his going to the legisla-
ture 10 represent himself alone, as usual,
and hence his unfair opposition to me.
have never missed regular session OF
the council, but one, and have never
lost case for the city and while | do not
care the pairing Of finger nail for the
thankless Office, with its $40 per month
salary, do care for my reputation as
lawyer sustained in public and private
position for a quarter of century.
john q. BOYLE.