The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
WAR TO BE WAsED
.nArxs4 COMMISSIONER TEaTs.
- Charges Aimed ut Securing
re acknowledgements Friends
n Net Receive 0Mc~s Past
Enosgh -. Marshal Ide Looking
nver the Fi~td-Bow~rs Dr~dxing
Company C1nsinaes WORK on the
rpae-sTox Taii'' Gradually Over
Yuaning the City.

9nec.ai Dispatch "a tne pox.-Inte lligeneer.
TACOMA. July l24--Whst promised 10
b. the soisiest OF sarces has taken =
serious turn. and the Fsuceft-Tnats nRht
has settled down To war 10 the cHata.
Tawcett lnfeEds 10 end the political
career Of MS brother su 1f'lee without
unnecessary delay. Teats quite legally
I nsakes the path OF the mayor a. stony
4 as the cisil service Amendment viii al
low.
But :. IS that same civil service amend
fnent behind which Mr.. Teats has tssen
hiding that the ma or intends 20 uSe as
a club TO defeat Mr. Teats Several n
the mayors particular friends have been
conveniently disposed ~ under the civil
service regulations. ami in bis desp@ra-
tion Fawests has appealed 10 City At
torbey jadson for advtce. This city AT
tornsy has found a way 90 cireumssnt
Mr. Teats' designs on the mayor >
friends. He has written an opinion en
tie charter amendments
The city attorney has decided that -
least four men who we're considered
commonplace employees are heads % d.
rartmsnts. From nhscurity be has Fslsed
the Offices IN n plane equal 30 that 81 ~
own. Tae city electrician. foreman -
machinery. city engineer and c1ty CLERK
sr. declared To b. heads - Departments
The employees of the comptroller and
gfsasarsr's offIre are said to he exempt
from tho eisii service regulations. The
ssisgs stion is made that other Offices
Transferred 10 these departments would
be taken out Of the reach Of Mr. Teats-
The reasons for creating these heads
af department can be set down as poii;i-
cal. Mayor Fawcett has a friend Nne
failed To reach the position Of foreman
-
mission turned a deaf ear 20 the naT0f $
Weddings that he bc rated So = station
AIRY engineer When this decision Was
reached the mayor rehsgsnily exclaimed
That g friend ~ the administration had
been turned down. and tse forthwith af-
peaied tn th. city attorney for a de-
s.isIon. j. II probable that the mayors
friend Will a1cceei the present iueum-
bent as foreman 81 machinery II Is
even so with the city electrician.
With IN. enmptroiierE and treasurer
forces. there appears so be good ground
for the decision. Section 10 Of amend
smens 10 of the charter amendments. IN
specifying those who shalt take the civil
Eefvsfe examinations. Is vague and un-
satisfactory. But Geetion NJ amend
n.ens ] specifically states that the cnml,-
froiicr and treasurer shall appoint their
ewn deputies and further modifes all
charter amendments 10 that effect
city Attorney Juaaon made this discoV-
cry today. and he forthwith notified The
salaries committee 10 that effect. The
semmittee which vas legally assisting
the Teats r.formers to economic by re-
dacing their salaries. dropped the work
10 await further developments. The city
attorney Is preparing the decision. ana Il
will be pre%sn I'd come time this week
Rurnors that once were vague have be-
come more definite and IL IS now ahso-
isieiy certain that interested parties are
preparing aftidaviis rs basis on which
To prefer charges against Commissioners
Teats. That the mayor knows Of this
there Is no doubt but he refuses 10 dis
cuar tho matter further than 20 state that
tf any suen asFdayits are being pre-
pared they Will BE submitted ~ the couu-
ell Thursday. II Is doubtful whether TIE
Republicans In the council would vote TO
Gust Teats. on tho general principle shat
he seits them better than any other ap-
pointment Fawcctt would make II ~ an
upsn secret that the mayor intends 20
name J A. Freddy for any vacancy that
may occur.
The wnaie situation appears 80 he n
strained effort TO get the FawcettiIeA into
office faster than Teats ear provide Tor
them. The way WAS opened M I'm another
direction today for the appointment II
mare Popuists and tho men are already
selected for the positions. There Ia also
another object Teats has lntcrfcred with
fawce.t's friends and Fawcett - en-
deasoting to put stop to H. He clliTns
that the civil serSce commission has no
right 10 dictate the policy Of the heads u
departments. aud especially IN the con-
duct Of the police Department in relation
10 what Is styled "rGrltAnsc laws"