Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-10
THE DEADLOCK CONTINUES
Mayor Webster Makes a L0ug List
Of Appointments to City
Offices.
A Few Are Chosen But Many Are
Left-Democrats and Populists
Vote Together.

The adjourned meeting of the city
council convened last night, all the
aldermen being present. Very little
progress was made, however, in the mat
ter of distributing the offices in the gift
of the administration, and it is 10Y evil
dent that a deadlock exists between the
mayor and council, which may result in
the present city officers holding over for
some time unless the mayor or council
recede from their position. and both
parties have announced theiI intention
to remain firm in the position taken by
them.
After the council was called TO order
the mayor announced the nomination
of Z. w. King as park commissioner for
a term of three years. The nomination
was unanimously confirmed.
DR.. A. T.. Longeway was next nomi-
mated for health officer and this nomi-
nation was also unanimously confirmed.
The name of the present encumbent
Engineer Swearinger was presented for
tuc OllCc vi Clty CuSiuCCl, Dut tllS uOuul-
nation fell by the wayside, by a vote of
8 nays to 3 ayes on confirmation, Alder.
men Holmes, Young and Fletcher. vot-
ing aye, and aldermen Mcdonald. Fitz-
gerald, Williams, Dunn and Mitchell
voting nay.
Chief Burns and the entire fire depart
ment were also nominated and the nomi-
nations were not confirmed by the same
vote.
For pound master w. NJ. McCumber
rejected by the same vote.
NJ. L. Bridgeman was nominated as
food inspector, an office now held by
DR., L%ongeway, the salary being $50 a
month. The nomination failed by the
same vote as the others.
ID. G. Holbrook was renominated as
inspector of weights and measures, and
the nomination failed as before.
ID. II. Young WAS nominated for the
position Of iailer in place of Sol Yates.
Same result.
g, P. Downing was nominated for city
Nomination was rejected, 5 TO 3, as be,
fore.
George Fl. Wardrup was nominated
" pDliCC ECiGCGilL, put niic " ~ Cou'
tirmed by the same vote.
a. b. Hunt was nominated for city de-
~tective in place of John Germ. Same
result.
Mrs. A, M. Scott was nominated as
trustee of the Naleria library for three
years and the nomination was unani
mously confirmed.
The mayor announced that the Offices
he was willing to concede to the council
had been left without nominations, ant
that he was not willing to make an,
further concessions to them. He sug
gested that a motion to adjourn was il
order.
Aid. Williams wanted TO proceed t.
the election of apresident of the council
but the mayor refused to entertain hi
motion, stating that that was a matte
entirely in the hands of the council will
which be had nothing to do. AM
they might meet any time and elect thei
president. A motion to adjourn wa
! then put and lost, only Fletcher an
Holmes voting in the affirmative.
: Alderman Young moved that the cit
attorney be authorized te enter into a
arrangement with the county attorne
looking to the speedy repairing of tn
West Side bridge. The motion carried
Another motion to adjourn till Monda
next was made by Alderman William
and it was carried without opposition.