The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-17
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
orfentai Steamship Pelican Arrives
In Port-JaPancae Couple Attempts
"a Eiere, bat Are Pvt ON shore at
Yokohama Goosie steals . DOG
From the Empress Dowager-New
Conveyor Works Satisfarforfly-
The Ledger sold 10 q Chicago
Newspaper Man.

spscial Dispatch to The Pest
TACOMA, July fs.-Bue ti.tie else Was
Ia xsd OF sE the city hail today than the
ass3davits presented 20 the city council
las, night ~ Mayor Fawcett. The pee
PIE opposed to Teais and Torlhnson did
Rot say nacn, bat they chacklsc conslc-
eTably. vale tbs accused were cei3Aas
and stated that they courtea AT iuvestiga-
ton, claiming &c have something Up 'neir
sleeves that wo3.a cause the sA@sn On
tae other eide O. the face
GuVDor Teats was especially d=aant ana
talked readily on tie subject. he said:
The attack Is the result. Or one Of the
results q the Inability OF the saHrTS
regime, headed Dy sIcn frauds as IttIe
III D.. Wolf. 70 work Ine civil service CON-
Mission Ia tie queen taste 1ass nave
AL tried Il. Noit and HOLM, the sett-roi4-
stiiutssd COMMITTEES OF the People parry
commenced tsleIF work " hen the cAanalsiA-
tons for Eight watehmen tor the clty nan
w&T. gong on, and demanded or Eae com
Mission tIaT y s4E. Wakefield, VINO f@Ai~o
10 pass the examination, should he rated
above t1e successful men They Kept IN
s4at2ag On ihis for about TWO weeks, 9hen
/ told them IL would not so. and that " as
the end o: 1t. ard that the eoinrnls-
sion would rot DC prostlt4ssd Il any sAch
way.
Then. when the examinations fer city
electrician were 10 be held. an a1ininIStra-
iion man came 20 me and said that ne had
wanted six questions for Emil Bacnelet. /
told him no IL Bachelet passed tt would
have 70 be on his Own merits. There Was
a colGness sprung up then, as Bacheiet
did not appear for examination. Then
this ciblei affair came up. Both Mayor
Fawcett and the administration man
wanted him put on as an engineer after
they bad been unsuccessful III Try ing TO
Seg the commission 10 rate him above
wnes he was entitled 10, in order 10 make
nIm foreman Of machinery. When they
were told that this could not be done
without putting out engineers VINO stood
eligible and who mad taken the eXamina-
ton. Mr.. Fawcett expressed his regrets,
and said that Gibiet was great friend of
the administration,
Now 50 Tar as Denny Dwyer and this
Policeman Rachel are concerned. ] have
4 written contract with them by which
they agree 10 pay me the amounts sub
scrso-d In case we won the Mullen Do
befty suit, This came about from their
motion. n1s from mine. Several of them
came 10 aie and asked me TO tight the case
on their behalf as they had passed the
examination and stood eligible and would
be the parties benefited. / considered the
matter. and as ! had nothing further to
do in my capacity as commissioner, SO far
as they were concerned, / saw no reason
why they should no, pay me for my work
il the suit, Iii case We We're successful
The list was made up, and | scratched
out several names of men who had not yet
been examined for The very reason that
did not want anything that had the APP
pearance of not being perfectly straight
about f. Dennis Dwyer Is on that contract
for s.. did my part or the work and the
suit was successful, but he did not pay the
s.. and has never paid X. Jack Ellison sub
scribed So. and has never paid Il. | an,
going 10 bring suit against them and get
Judgment, whether l am able TO collecr Ii
or not. That Is all there Is about their
case. IL was a business proposition. and
there Was nothing about II that | an.
about. The reason Hoge Ellison and Faw-
cett. and such things as NJ. %. Wolf do not
like my style Is because l have insisted
that the police shall do their duty. and be-
cause ! have not been ready 10 fall in wit h
their little political chicanery- If they
want 70 make war they viii find me right
here waiting for Them"