The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-03-07
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Some Reasons why the Secretary Should
Not Resign.


Not Resign.
Mr.. r. II. Morgan, who manipulates
the Shenandoah correspondence of the
Mahanoy City Daily Record devoted
space in his column yesterday to the fol.
lowing paragraph;
"rhe strange anomaly is presented in
the slate that went through on Monday
evening Of the Secretary of the Citizens
Standing Committee accepting an ap
pointment at the hands of renegade of
the. Citizens party, at the expense of the
balance of the slate. He should have the
manhood to resign either the appoint
ment or the Secretaryship of the Standing
Committee"
The vermillion- haired correspondent
looks upon the situation through an odd
pair OF glasses. Mr.. Watkins will not
resign the Secretaryship of the Borough
Council for many very excellent reasons
First, that he was a candidate for the
positi N before the Citizens party caucus
and had received assurances from Il
majority of the Citizens Councilmen that
his appointment would suit them ;
secondly, that he bad nothing whatever
to do with any suggestion, or act, leading
up to the deal complained of; thirdly,
that he had no knowledge, directly
or indirectly, that he was to be consid'
cred in the deal, nor did he know that he
had been so considered until the Borough
Council commenced to organize; fourth
that with full attendance of members
of both the Citizens party he was elected
Secretary of the Borough Council by &C
clamation, in the same manner as Presi
dent Mcclure, Treasurer Davies and
Solicitor Pomeroy were elected, and DC
nomination made against him, nor was
there dissen ting vote.
If the Citizens members of the Borough
Council considered that either Messrs
Mcclure, Watkins, or Pomeroy, were
improper candidates they should have
opposed and voted against their election
Fifteen men, representatives of all ISSUES
in the matter, having allowed the elec
, tion to be made by acclamation certainly
prohibits Mr.. Watkins from following
the correspondents advice.
AS to Mr.. Watkins resigning the Secre
,, taryship of the Citizens Standing Com
mittee, there is also big difference o
opinion, and it is much in the favor o
. Mr.. Watkins. The latter was a candi
l date for the position before the Citizen
g caucus and was conceded as Citizen
S appointee under the deal. He now hold
the position as a member of the Citizen
party. AS a member of that party h
! would be justified in accepting Demo
cratic election to the Secretaryship, jus
as much as the Citizens party was justi
fed in giving a Democrat the nomination
j for School Director this fall and just a
: much as the Republican voters of tina
particular ward were justified in voting
. for that nominee of Democratic principles
More than this, Mr.. Watkins is Just a
/ much justified in holding the Secretary
j. ship as men nominated for the Borough
+ Council by the Citizens party have hell
t and hold the positions, notwithstanding
o they were secured by the sacrifice o
Citizens candidates for School Directors
although hand in the sacrifice is dis
claimed.
Had the people voted this spring t.
adopt the Republican instead of the Cit
q zens ticket ther would be some color o
f reason to part of the correspondent
S demand for recognition, but under e2
= isting circumstances we think Mr.. Wat
J. kins is justified in refusing to drop hi
i position and give the correspondent
n chance to snap it up.
Mr.. Morgan is the same correspondent
who some weeks ago declared that sue
men as DIR. J. S. .Kistler P. J. Ferguso
l. and @, w. Dengler were not good enoug
Y to be elected to the Borough Counc
Y because they had not been identified wit
Y the new water works project, a statemer
/ that was just as ridiculous as the one
now makes.
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