The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-19
KERN AS CITY ATTORNEY
HE WILL SUCCEED CAPT. j. Ii. CURTIS
IN THAT MUNICIPAL OFFICE.
Montgomery to Go on Works Board
main-street Repair Foreman.

ana Clans, ana for the last two or three
days he has abandoned his private office
at the Grand Hotel for a room that has no
number where he can consult with his adj
visers. Last night reporters remained in
the lobby of the hotel two hours to see the
mayor, only to be told that he had gone
home He could not be reached at his resi-
dence by telephone The statement is au-
thorized that the bookings for the cabinet
so far made are:
Board of Public Works-M A. Downing,
w. 5. Moore and q. j. Montgomery.
City Controller-E NJ. Johnson.
City Attorney-John w. Kern.
Deputy City Attorney-Joseph f. Bell
1t is asserted by those in position to
of the Board of Public Safety, Messrs. Chas.
Mcguire and Fred Mack. are to be reap
pointed. To succeed Thomas Morse, the Re-
publican member, Colonel Ruckle. John Q.
Hicks, J. b. Fletcher and others have been
mentioned. This end of the cabinet is still
somewhat in doubt.
One Of the most embarrassing boards to
appoint is the Board of Public Health. 1t
was said last night that the present mem
bers. Drs. Morrison, Cline and Fields, had
all privately said that they would insist on
their designations being accepted. 1t is well
known that when it comes to making up
board of physicians there is more or less
jealousy among the different schools, and
for this reason it is difficult to make APP
pointments that will be satisfactory to all.
Each school, it is claimed, desires to con-
troll the board on account of advantages
to be derived from the management of the
City Hospital, with it's clinics and other fea-
lures.
Controller Johnson received formal notice
of his reappointment last night, and has de-
cided to accept it, Notwithstanding very
good offer he had received from a private
financial company. 1t has been tacitly I'M
derstood that President Downing and w.
s. Moore would be reappointed on the Board
of Works. The difficulty the mayor ex-
perienced was to fill NJ c. Anderson's place.
There were several candidates who worked
hard for this office, among them George
J. Dudley and James T. Smith, ex-Council-
men julius Reinicke and Charles A. Gauss.
Sunday night Mr.. Montgomery's friends
suddenly sprung his name, and petition
was circulated in the Council, to which he
was elected a week ago on the ticket at
large. 1t was signed by all the Democratic
members Friends of Mr. Montgomery in
the trades unions-he is member of the
typographical union-also urged his ap-
pointment In the two years he has been
in public life he has grown popular, and
when his name was suggested as q dark
horse it was regarded as solution Of the
difficulty. He is a resident of the South
Side. 1t was expected that Mr.. Montgom-
cry would tender his resignation as council
man at large last night, but ne was not at
the Council meeting. There was a good zeal
Of talk as to who the Council Will elect 10
succeed him, and it looked last night IKE
I Drif rH at candidate Council
in the Seventh ward, would be the man. In
Mr.. Pritchard's support the strong night ne
made is urged. He was defeated by George
w. Shaffer by eleven votes. Mr.. Montgom-
cry was last Thursday night elected presi-
dent of the Council for the ensuing two
years When he retires 1t Will be necessary
to elect a new president. Frank S. Clark,
from the Ninth ward-he of GameWell fame
lis q candidate for. the place, but on ac-
count of his connection with the police pa
troll some of his associates do not take
kindly to the suggestion. Albert u. Rauch
was last night looked upon as Mr.: Mont.
gomery's probable successor as president or
the Council.
STREET-CAR COMPANIES INTEREST.
The Citizens Street-railroad Company is
taking hand in the fight for foreman of
street repairs George Herpick. the present
street foreman. went into that office from
the street-car company's service. AS this
department of the citys government has
much to do with the street-car company in
the way of requiring it to make its grade
conform to the street and to keep the space
between its tracks repaired, the company
naturally has much interest at stake.
Tom Lewis, the company's road master,
is anxious to have Mr.. He,pick continued
in the place he filed so satisfactorily to the
company for two years. Failing in this,
Lewis would like to see Charles S. Butts,
an engineer in the companys service, APP
pointed Mr.. Herpick has been tried, how
ever and the company would be greatly
pleased to see him reappointed. Lewis was
actively engaged with the politicians at the
Grand Hotel last night.
Thomas ]. Montgomery to the Board of
Public Works will be caviare to the silver
Democrats. 1t was asserted last night that
he was one of the sixteen sergeants-at-arms
appointed to guard the doors Of Tomlinson
Hall while the National Democratic con-
vention was in progress last fall. In answer
to this his friends say that he did not APP
pear for duty. The silver men retort that
while he ''hunked he was gold bug at
heart.
There is a great deal of uneasiness in the
minds of many minor city officials and en-
ployes as to what their fate will be when
the new boards are appointed. Silver DEM
ocrats will insist that all so &c, golSd,
there is feeling that there is to be
general shaking up, but many of the clerks
appear to feel confident that their heads
will not fall. Gossip in the courthouse
basement has it that Richard c. Herrick,
clerk of the Board of Public Safety; Will
liam G. Ripley, in the Board of Health of
flee; Martin J. Murphy and Charles HI.
Adam in the controllers Office and Bart
Parker, of the Board of Works, will have
10 go, as well as William A. Hughes, chief
clerk in the assessment bureau. While APP
pointments to the subordinate positions are
nominally made by the heads of depart
ments, the mayor dictates them in reality,
and he is being overrun by young men who
want places and friends who come to urge
their claims. The competency of the clerks
mentioned is not questioned. 1t is just said
that they are gold bugs" and must make
room for the push"
Police Captain Quigley seems to have the
best end of the fight for superintendent of
police. but there is strong antagonism to
him from certain elements. Ii is said that
Charlie Polster and other statesmen of
that ilk are again - him. On the other
hand, some business men have urged his
appointment urging his long and unin-
peached service in his behalf. 1t appears
that the SUPPLEMENTARY will not be de-
termined for some days. There is a posi-
bility that the mayor will direct the board
to go outside the force to appoint man
present members of the board and the
mayor himself would prefer TO promote
some person from the force If the depart
ment would be thereby subserved Friends
of Superintendent Colbert seem TO think
that his chances are not so good as when
his name was first suggested as some pol
iticans have tod the mayor that it would
be impolitic and unwise to reappoint him
so soon after his enforced retirement. Man.
ifestly, they say, he is the best man that
could be found aside from recent unfor-
tuuate occurrences.
1t was given out last night that the mayor
intends To leave the city tomorrow for sew
eral DAYS rest, after announcing the most