The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-08
FIGHTS FOR HIS SEAT.
Winsor Appeals to the Court
Against Removal
ADEMAND TO BALLARD COUNCIL.
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"A iargs crowd attended the session OF
the city council Of Ballard Tuesday night,
draNn there BY the expectation OF seeing
some occurrence more than unusually ex-
citing. q Is vas stated that ex-Ccunciiman
Thomas Winsos would attempt 70 take the
seat be was removed from ~ the last SEES
sion Of the council. He was on hand. &C.
eompanisd By Attorney Norris. Of Seattle,
and made formal demand for his seat -
preliminary 20 legal proceedings TO -
cure his reinstatement, which hs began
yesterday.
Mayer Edmund Peters read . communities
ton to the council, giving his opinion that
the council had no power to remove >
councilman: that in order for ths council
TO remove one Of Its members suit must be
commenced In . court Of law. He would,
therefore. veto the action Of the council
removing Councilman Winsor.
keans and Chandler held that the mayor
had no power 20 veto the councils action
The latter grew eloquent. saying he had
no warfare with the chief executive OF the
city. with whom he agreed in politics. but
held the council was the only and best
Judge Of the qualifications OF its members.
and his vote would be recorded to pass
over the mayors veto. He therefore
moved that tho decision of the mayor bs
not adopted. Winsor attempted to speak.
bnt the mayor ruled that he Was out Of
order. Winsof then asked that his a.
torney b heard, and SIR. Morris then
made . formal demand for tho rsinstats-
ment Of Winsor ia order, he sfterward ex-
plsinsd, to bring suit to compel the ccun-
Gil to allow his client TO take bis seat.
Chandler said: bring suit ~ quick as
God viii let you. The people Of this city
propose to govern their city without any
assistance Of any Law firm in Seattle"
The motion not 20 sustain the mayors
veto WAS then carried. Looney, Lucas,
Keane. Chandler and Startup voting yes,
and Mr.. Mcdonald. no.
Winsor yesterday began proceedings to
test the legality Of his removal by fling
petition in Judge Lansiey's court asking
for an order to the council to reinstate
him or show good cause for not doing 20.
The writ prayed for was granted, and the
case will come mp for hearing tomorrow.
In his petition be says that he was
charged with selling lumber 10 the city
while sitting in the council, and on that
ground his seat Was declared vacant.
Winsor says that he was given no notice
Of the councils intention to remove him.
and thst the alleged crime he committed
has never been charged against him by
indictment or information Of the prosecut-
ing attorney. This being the case, he
thinks that the council never hei jurisdic-
ton over him and that tho resolution re-
moving him from Office was without
authority Of Law. He further says shat.
though he protested, he was given no OPP
portunity to have hearing or disprove
the charges.
George n. Armour was Immediately
thereafter elected to I'LL the vacancy.
The petition Of Ole Anderson to move
his building vas granted. and that of
Charles A. Williams for reduction Of grade
tar was referred to the street committee
for Investigation.
The ordinance providing for payment of
officers salaries was passed on it, first
reading