The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-11
THE COMING MAYOR.
WHO WILL BE sFsTTLE-s CHIEF
ExECITIyE AFTER OCT. IL
Unavoidable That Mayer Weed VIII
Return Tkis Week. Thsf .
Longer Leave of Absence VIII Sc
Granted - Choice of Cezaeiimen-

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ioszI hzrss7r nefsrs oc.oaer =. crlrglng
an erscszl message fraE Mayer = eo1
70 rk@ cir CcSnesE. tbs city VII s@o1
awe znoszsr mayer Hss s.ec1ic1 a. tie
hands q TIE city o01Ee1l VIII snt4Ile Il
% ha.9 oss9cs u2tL 1Ezt Msrch. ard Z -
= su1scsea-lv eiSgsr - capture ths naaa-
sna.sGz Ear MAJOR EAs- sre rext Ezp&S-
uc&n essv coaxsnF4ez rssis zroua6. hs u
very Eke.y 20 - fhe as1zzsl head q tns
city Cor two years scngs-- II - gsns-atIy
hsli@Ts9 ftzs - message VII eorzz t-9T2
8zvor weed ne = t2e busy g1Ih Is
XGkcn trczaIss 70 take ttzse . wxzrs .
tEs eeunc1I. Tasre waCl3 - bat cEs Cd
teGt In writing. tnzt wo&15 he 20 ask 1sr
a further iezws = absence TIE cry con-
CT refused that 0rcs T7zat was VIXEN "a
asked for an Indefinite cave. r ne wsre
% present az Application for 3 smart
leave. say twenty Or tnsrsy days, soma q
tie cou1cz1Een -hizk he wood get T.
But that zoui1 no. materially sf3 hfr3.
and 80 those w1a have been watching
city Affairs are unanimous Il prsdlstiEg
thai Mr. Wood All erase % De mayor q
ths city about October It.
Mayor Wood left the city AuguEt =.
Before Isavtng he askeG the clsy council
70 grant rim an Indefinite leave That
applies tioa came before The city cc1ncSI.
the council concluded that Mayer wood
VAS asking too much, ard trey promptly
esntss. the Application. Mayor Wood went
away without the consent e Tire council
The charter gives him that privilege b..
X he abssEts himself froEn the city fer
more than slrty days rs once becomes
vacant TIE charter IS very plain OF that
po.nt. Section q article 3 xayz:
- oNles becomes vacant OF failure %
Q1ALfy Sl.h11 the Eans limited by szA.rlzsr-
tss. upon - death CT removal .ro17 e-iEs
g resignation q the Incumbent, CT rs -
nova from - saSszce ron the civ for
SKY days without leave - Ehs city co1n-
Ell o. upon ~ a7tUcicasson u ias8ai.y ~
= court ef competent Jurisdiction: ~ 2
conviction Of drunkenness OF ~ any per-
rAnent clss betty, preventing re proper
discharge % his duty"
The part OF TIE section relating 20 "ab-
se1ce from the city FER sixty days wlthou;
ieaEe q ire city council" VIII zrrIy .
Aayor Weed K he fails 20 put In At ap-
pear4ncs q ths city by October =. SgEne-
thing he = Eot likely 10 ID. Some have
said mat Z Mayor VOID dsd nos return tne
Gig council iced not act. that Z 4 DID Eo-.
Acting Mayor CriehEeu would hold the
01lcs Until the .xplraGon IF the regular
term Bus ne charter ul2Aes = usaad@-
tory on the city council 20 elect Mayor
Woods SUCCESSOR 1zsl & SAYS - section >
article 70:
II any elective Office becomes vacant
the CRY council shall within twenty days
thereafter proceed - elect 5y ballot pei
son % ~ S1ch vacancy WHO saa--I possess
ina a9sl5Eica ions % the original facuHl-
sent; provided. that Z any such oItee shall
not Dc ELieG within ths sIs above limited
ne city council shah meet and oailo. az
least once each day until such vacancy
shah have been Sled
While Corporation Counsel Brown has
not been asked 70 give the council sn
opinion as 70 his legal interpretation cc
these provisions OF the city charter he
has. IL is said. expressed ths opinion II
members q the council that Il Is the duty
os the council % elect . successor 70 Ma
yor Wood Immediately after October IL
That is what the council proposes 70
DO. and tire Interesting question has been
asked many times, Who viii Be t1s rs%
mayos7 Il Is stated tnat 9. L. Webb and
ex-FIrs Commissioner Meek are the only
Two candidates who are oEsn In express
ing a desire 70 b= Mayor Woods success
scr. Both are, il Is said, working for the
place and they have supporters. q the
council. as wei as among the influential
ones on the outside Councilman Rude g
believed to be II. Mssk's champion Il
the council he IS working, and working
hard. FOR hirn. MeArdis and Navin are
said % ts friendly % Rude. but IL Is "
10 means certain THAI they viii vote Fer
Meek. McArdle x IS stated. IS even more
favorable % Meek than Nzvia. At any
rate. NcAraie aud NGyt1 want q new
mayer Capt Taylor, CT the Seventh
ward. Is said % - for J. NJ E Atkinson
Atkinson wanted ths Republican nornlra-
ton for mayor whsl Frank Black re-
caived t. and Il is certain that II raads
Mayor Wood's successor Re would con-
si3er L but the stepping stczs % the nom
iuat3on fer the oeflcs az the hands q the
next Republican ely convention
50 far as Is known Councilman GiIson
has 70 candidate bgt he wants a new
mayer He Is said - Be ere q ths city
cf5iclals VINO believe that the present pol
Icy Of the city s too conservative Tor
Western city that IS growing with zap
Idltv unknown n the history q ether
cities ellison has rad bur Little 20 say.
but Il IS none TIE less true that new
mayor and a broader policy would bs
rscre - his liking
Councilman EeEruan's friends n ths
Third wara are urging him % vote for
rev nayoF. and = dong 50, for ran
" no VII be liberal EerrTnan's constttu-
enfs are said % be violently opposed %
granting Mayer Weed a leave % absence
in ease be shouia make new application
- that his old one should ts taken Up
for reconSfteratscn- They argue that
Mayer weed e thousands ot rites from
TIE city. working n the interests - pri-
vate business enterprise, q watch he =
ths heaa r has further been stated y
s7n1e people THAI Mayer Wood IS drawing
rts saiarv while absent from the city.
That Is a mistake. Or. Crfchtcu. as act
gug mayer. draws e snd the city Is s.
better o~ each rso1th. becsus hfs ssl8Tw
as councilman STAYS n the coSers C lhs
city.
II ia Fourth war3 the friends az Com
Gilman Do66s sre crying for q rev mayer
with 4 liberal policy. ard Il Is believed
that hs vii vets - s'1ch : candidate.
Euay. q ~ Sscon3 ward. so@s not. g =
rzsa know where Ia stands II tFe p~eseat
rzsyoralty crisis hut Viii vcts FOR q rev
usavc- wha VII give satisfaction 70 rs
friends and supporters Councilman
James wants g move slowly t1 the mat
ts- Hs believes that ire Republican
-euncf,rns- shcul2 consider FspubEkcsa
interests n selecting rev mayor. Es .
rns oc1oseSs 70 granting Mayor Wcc3's
apulscartar for ~ indefinite leave. bat z
the ether cou-cflr-e- Wart rev mayer
ha win vote with sNeI II "a sad hs VII
InStst &C re selection q q rrs7 who "a
a7t the ra,-oEr5Ee3 candidate q aEv Eae-
tsan- Wkas be waits IS a mayor who wi}l
- credit 20 TIE Republican party aEa
whose slectsoa wo-,a give general s4S@-
fa~sfe-.
Coun-E=ssu Ray--o-3. E9rE an5 CeaP-
nan are warm f~te-&s az Mayer Weed.
ard nothing weuId please taeu mere than
- have tha council reconsider NzyoT
Vests original a~r4ca-fon Nr6 Ersut
hin he desired lnzeGntte leave There -
not usuch hcps tnRr tAts WI b@ dose
Z has beer arEzs8 tsat = fes present
caurssl desires Sc -r- re cry t1&v es.Eld
Go s., hv granting Nir. WcodS s-pIl 3 ton. .
= fhxE wsre Ga1s Or Crichton wozI8
Confines acting rsvc-. A=d - wsul4
lave 2, 60 as ths council satA Y ~os- u
e = csstr sewer - remove n az zEv
rt-.s As president - Ia courcg ard slsct