The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-13

Tacoma. Oct f1-0pecial-A suN vas
snsstsused today by D. =. Nur~y. resident.
citizen and taxpayer % Tacoma against
fne city. Edward 8 Orr. ~ mayor. II. III.
Warner. a. president o. he city council.
r v Benhsr1. as CITY comptroller. ard
W A. S.erpoerg. ~ city treasurer. 70 pre-
seas the funding Of the s.. - ~ o. osst-
s.aa4iag warrants drawn On the general
find as was contsg- plated by ordinances
No liz This or1saGnce. ferIe. the
wxrrsn, ean6lng orGinAce. was passed by
The council September Z. vetoed By the
aetsrg mayor A. Y. Fawcer. and passed
ag2.a b. the council over the veto Sep
tender Is BY il ferma the municipality
u-sAersook 10 fund ali Of the outstanding
general fund .arransa. FOR the purpose OF
re1eesasnS saen CT exchanging them fer
aoncs 80 Be issued IN pursuance OF shs
ordinances. Advertisements calling tor
bids for sne warrants have Already been
printed.
The psairGiH Mprry IL IA attorney who
has always opposed he funding or pay
nse5t IN saY manner * the bulk OF TIE
oC saian1E7 warrants. which &c ana oSnsr
citizens cf Tacoma declare 20 have been
once gala or redeemed BIZ city fa1ds %
Treasurer George W Roggs. Nj Aurry
In lis osnpiAin- makes \ great many
sert3as atlegs Esols. Including charges OF
conspiracy between t6e city officials aao
"A. X Aacoi. assier OF The Union say
sn~s sank aaa Truss Company. who =
declared 20 be rae representative Of the
warrant holders. La The eozn paalni X -
alleged tss&i The ordinance Is uiS<A De-
c&ass II xas never submitted 20 rae pres
enG Gully elected an1 qualified mSycf OF
the ely. Edward $. Orr. and couit not
become saw antil Il bad been % submitted
10 ian. I, also alleged TIA; al OF me
warrants soagas 10 De tEr-e1 sere ardan
Hasa Re city was ever ~ffs constitutional
laas.i ct indebtedness. and thas therefore
tie co1Eci.x sEse7sDle1 action - void
Various errors Ii ls ALLEGED exist IL the
ordinance itself and In the method adoys-
81 5f aGver Using FOR bids for botss-
The city officials we're served with cop
les ~ The COMPLAINT late gnis afternoon.
aud aere notified that Messrs Lsuders
4 go. council for the plaifsin. would
appear before judge Staiieap tomorrow
a. O'Clock with an application for an
order reslr aiDiax them from further pro-
ceeainx In tie funding of the warrants
or the disposal OF the bonds.
Bs long olAss the action 5 lie most IN
porsans begun IN this city In It's bearing
upon municipal finances since Judge stall
cup fled his famous suit attacking the
LEGALITY OF the bonds sold in payment OF
the water and light plant The Aorry
sui, has this effect: Ii will stop the city
from funding the warrants and delay for
the vexatious problems Of q financial ma
sure that have beset the municipal gov
eminent for more than two years past
Since the Orr administration went into
power in 1884 strong efforts have been
made 10 sfra'ght~n out the ctfy's financial
muddle bu, each time there has been
some hitch Al least TWO cases having an
intimate connection with city finances and
the settlement OF the problem OF how 20
resume cash payments By The city, have
been carried TO the supreme court The
last and ore OF the most important cases
was that in which Fred Eidemilier was
PLAINTIFF In this case the supreme court
held that all moneys received by the city
from general municipal taxes. and except
from street Improvement assessments.
should be applied 10 ne general fund and
10 redemption In the order Of their issue
Of the outstanding general fund warrants.
Tie city council had adopted = plan for
Applying cirrent revenues 70 the payment
OF current bills and salaries. but the de-
cision, which was rendered last April.
killed the pan Then the council re-
res.ed an old ordinance on which a por-
ton Of the Eidemiiler decision was based
and attempted TO so ahead ana pay cash,
without making any provision for the re-
eemption Of tire outstanding warrants. Al
this stage. r. A. Cove brought . suit re-
strainjnx che treasurer from complying
current bills. ana tNe case was decided
swairst the city Finally an ordnance
funding the warrants. which amount 70
g. 40 asn with frtercs. was introduced I.
Passed and was vetoed hv A. V ravcs.t.
acting mayer TIE council sustained the
veto. bat sh~ nsvt week the ordinance re-
drafted. was passed TIE following week
II was vetoed. r,t the veto was not sus-
taircd s-s he ordinance Became law
without the sigma tr-e ~ Mr. rawcett
This was the status az the case until to-
day. when Mr.. hurry upset all the plans
OF the council and rendered OF no avail a
vast amount OF work. A. the city hall II
II believed ira; the funding plan Will he
held to be legal when the case finally
reaches tire supreme court, hus until the
FINAL adjudication OF the case tNe city
employees are compelled 20 tis~count their
time certificates from - TO ~ per cent.
ard the merchants who supply the rnu-
r!esrahsy with f'srl and supplies must go
without their ray. At ne same time in-
sfrcst anon tire outstanding warrants Is
rllsrg NJ at the rate OF and 10 PER cent.
per AMMAN. and what revenues are col
iec9es IN from the current tsyes are forSed
M tale IN the city treasury after the inter-
est payments are met.
This II the last day for rewfstrs