The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-07
An A1roxsir VINO DOES NOE ACT.
HaItasd'a Mayor ard Coaneilmen Roas
Pstsrs. and Pss~ssss. Too.

HaItasd'a Mayor ard Coaneilmen Roast
Psssrs. and Pss<ssss. Too.
The judgment of 1869 obtained by
Thornton against the city OF Ballard.
whereby the city was compelled to pay
IKE same debt twice. caused the city
council on Tuesday night. to order an
investigation into the of1sesai conduct of
CITY Attorney Edmund Peters. after some
very caustie remarks had been made on
that officials neglect OF duty.
The CITY attorney was absent. bur be
cent q petition asking thc council TO grant
him leave OF absence for sixty days.
The reasons he assigned we're iil-health
and the recommendation of n change OF
climate By his physieian. lie had en-
gagged Fred III. Peterson. of Seattle, 10
discharge the duties OF city attorney.
mashcut additional compensation from the
city.
After the petition was read the mayor
said no bad painful duty 10 perform,
with which frssfnlslap should not inter
fere. The business OF the city had bsen
neglected hy the cssy attorney Ia such a
way that " WAS q disgrace 10 the city.
He then recsled the facts OF the Thoruton
case. telling how the Judge had postponed
she case from Saturday 10 Saturday To
enable the city TO show cause why the
Judgment should not have been satisfied:
that the cssy attorney had assured the
council that he would obtain an ln3,snc-
tion from the court restraining the mayer
and clerk from signing the warrant. that
on Saturday mr. attended the court and
rho city attorney had done nohiug, ana
did not even appear IN coart. ard that
he was then compelled to sign the war
rent fer deht which Judge Osborn
thought was shame the city had 10
gay twice. and which rnagat have been
avoided ii tire case had been properly
attended to. The excuse given by the
city attorney was tha4 Fred IL. retersoa
had promised tn attend to the matter,
but Mr.. Peterson said he hssi made sew
crai appointments with Mr.. Peters. none
Of which he had kept. The mayor pro-
cccsiest.
We have a city attorney We Cannot
depend on. He has the ordinance Tor
the improvement OF Fourth avenue in his
pocket now shas ought TO be before the
eoanosl. and she ordinance Tor the inn
yressnaen, CT Railroad avcnue Is not
ship ccases. and something ought tn be
done. =
The mayor also thought Mr. Peterson
had no, done HIS duty. as ~ had prom.
ised h4m personally 10 attend 10 the case
for Peters.
Beach said; "1ea can rsver depend
upon q sSsiky horse: neither can you de-
pend npon a drunken man think Peters
and 1'herntoa are in 'eahoots' to divide
tho spssls." Chandler called him 10 or.
der. He thea nhevei that the council
demand the resignation oe Mr. Peters
as city attorney. and the mayor caliea
him TO order.
wansor said ne bad always observed
that satsrs-sey Peters WAS never ready 10
give his epanscn uxssii he had seen Peter
son. Thier joint misunderstanding and
ignorance or the tsw had causcs The city
This lcSs IN the Tforn,oa case. Besh
nen were incapable. In ieosirg oSer the
records OF the business OF tbs city at.
soreny he HAD foaad state of affairs
sasst darnsahlc. aad neither Peters nor
Peterson was III 10 be attorney % this
city.
The petition was lssa on the table.
MafSs low NSS NSef aHthSsxtzses 10 ap~
point committee of khrce 10 Investigate
the offelal sseaaucs 81 Mr. Peters.
Chandler then said ho WAS grgeveA q.
the hngssase OF SCENE 90 the councllmen.
II wss ansnaniy and uagentleesanly IA
talk behind the city attorneys back. ana
4. woali be mere dasnitlsd and heeasusas.
80 say whRst they had 10 say before his
fscs.
Chandler, Morris ard wiRSor mere ar
pointed eonamittee TO investigate ana
Divide the city into three warts for el~c-
ioss purposes.
Ths FRS ard water committee was cen.
rcwersi TO obtain centrifugal p,,ran
ana boiler 20 test tho arSssiaa well thas
week
Ten tolAsrs WAS allowed the city clark
as extra compensation for auditing ne
hooks OF ex-tssy Attorney 4. A. Ms,YsAs-
sen, who is reported $50 short in hts sc-
ceauss,
Fssssson Scr retail liquor neerss wss
grantees Cars A. WeSener
Other business done Vas. gslls AZ n
wisseneern. Aabor. s.. saa s,sasssn M.il