Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-06
WATERVILLE'S TANGLE.
The Democrats the Ones That Are
Trigging the Wheels.
Want Democratic Officers, Whether General
Business is Done or Not.

Waterville, April 5.-(SpeciaD. To
day presents new complication in tn c
affairs of the Waterville city officers. 1t
was tho general understanding 1T the
time Of the hearing in court, last Satur-
day, on in the city clerk election case, that
all the other candidates for Office would
abide by the decision in that case. Since
the decision was given and it's appeal to
the full court, the Democrats have not
seen fit to abide by any such action, but
are demanding the offices, although none
of them have as yet been declared elected,
and in one or two cases they are assum-
ing the functions of the offices.
Today, notwithstanding that his bonds
have not yet been approved by the
proper authorities, c. II. Redington de-
manded the books and funds of the treas
urer, and it is understood has petitioned
the court to have the mayor ordered to
approve his bonds, and the treasurer S
accounts turned over to him, and he will
endeavor to get hearing to the earliest
possible opportunity.
The position as taken by the mayor is
that inasmuch as there has been no
declaration nor record of Mr.. Redington 8
election and the matter is pending in the
courts, his bond cannot rightly be acted
on until the matter of his election is de-
termined.
AS each party is blaming the other for
these complications, it is only just to the
Republican members Of the city govern
ment to explain the position taken by
them in these matters.
When the city government first met, in
accordance with the custom of previous
years, orders were presented for the ap
pointment of joint standing committees
and also for the appointment of q COM
mittee for fixing of salaries of officers for
the coming year. These orders We're
promptly voted down by the Democratic
contingent, and although brought up
several times since, they have been
promptly voted down. The city records
show that this has been the first business
done in previous years. The Democrats
refused to consent to any move toward ex
pediting business and insisted on going
into Joint convention at once for the cleo
ton. The Republicans finally yielded in
the matter of the order of business, and
themselves made the motion to go into
Joint convention for election OF officers.
and the mayor voted as he believed he had
a right to do, the Democrats appealing
to the court as before noted.
So far in every city meeting, the policy
of the Democrats has been one of rcfusal
to do any public business until Democrats
were installed in the offices, holding it to
be secondary matter to that. while the
Republican position is one of insistance
on attending to the public business in the
usual way and awaiting the final decision
of the court in the matter OF election OF
the officers AS consequence the regular
roll of accounts. which should
have been passed last Wednesday night,
was nut by and the payment of city bills
will be delayed at least two weeks, unless
the mayor should call a special meeting
before.
To the board Of aldermen, last Friday.
an order was passed, every hepubiican
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