The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-10
OFFICES PIRe1IED uI.
MAYOR-ELECT NICKErs GIVES OFT
ms LIST OF APPOINTMENTS.
ALI the Important Positiess Fiiea
Except TAst Of CITY Attorney. and
Ii II Cnder.too1 the Place Has
Been rendered to L. D. Campbell.

Special Dispatch to the Poet-Inteiiigencer
TACOMA April 9.-The unrest and ex-
pectaney noticeable among Tacomans VINO
have been anxiously awaiting the appoint
ments OF Nayor4elect Nsckeus VIII %
largely at an end. when tomorrows pa
per shall have been read. While ne was
unable TO make an announcement OF an
hts appointees. Mr.. Nfckeus TINS evening
went as far in this direction as ne was
able. explaining that owing TO the deiay
necessary In Certain matters ne deems !.
advisable to make public those OF MS ap-
pointments already selected.
The first on the lkss Is William t. HACK
err one OF the best known OF young ne
pub,kans In the city. who has been named
80 serve as commissioner OF pubic WORKS.
Hacker has been prominently identineu
with the workers Of the party Ior the pas.
eight years. and Is wel-to-do. succsssiui
business man. His appointment IS espe
csalIy pleasing to the younger element Oh
the party. who 10 a man took on theii
coats and worked for Candidate Niches
and their ticket. Mr.. Hacker has been IN
the insurance business since coming TO Ia
coma is comfortably situated nnSmeiaiiy,
bears an unhiemished reputation in busi-
ness way. and the only comment to he
heard upon his appointment Is either
praiseworthy or the expression OF wonder
al his caring to occupy the place.
For chief Of police the selection has
fallen TO J. I'll. Read. who acted as CHAIR
man Of the city Republican committee
during the campaign, and who. Is In the
front rank among local Republicans VINO
work to win elections. He has recently
been employed in the Northern Pacific
baggage room. at the depot. Under the
last county administration he was Jaiier
under Sheriff Samuel Parker. He is high
in the Masonic lodge. well educated and
credited with being as well equipped Tor
the place he will assume as any man In
the city. When asked this evening wheth-
er he had selected his chief assistants, he
replied that further than to tender George
Ashby the place at the head of the detec-
tive force he had done nothing toward
selecting his men. He explained that the
existing small salaries might make it hard
fer him to get such men as he might de-
sire. but that he would make all appoint
ments as a staunch Republican. and with
a view to securing thorough efficiency In
his department.
The Republican who is TO act as city at
torney is yet to be- designated. Mr.. Nick
eus himself does not know to certainty
who twill be. The assistant. howevera
has been decided on, and will be Walter
NJ. Harvey. a well-liked, brainy young at
torney. who was particularly active In the
interest OF Mr.. Nickeus from the time or
his first effort toward nomination. Attor-
ney Harvey may be considered another
recognition Of the young Republican ele-
ment OF the party, and his appointment
will meet with the approval OF the party
on all sides.
DIR. F. ]. Sehug. prominently mentioned
as a candidate for mayor prior to the
convention, will receive the appointment
OF health officer He is among the most
prominent physicians of the city, thor
oughiy well known and noted as an I'M
compromising Republican.
49,. l<a.s ra1nn tn9
as city librarian. and his assistant is 10
be Miss Amy Hall. who served under the
last Republican administration i'll the
same capacity.
j. NJ Arnston will be named as clerk of
the municipal court. He Is a Scandinavian
and we'll known among his conntrymen in
Tacoma as an accomplished. clear-headed
man. This appointment, with that of har-
borma ster. goes to the Scandnavians for
their loyal support of the ticket. The har-
bormaster has not yet been named. but 1t
Is understood he will be selected. from
among the Scandinavian residents.
The chief of the fire department will not
be named for several days. 1t Is no secret
that Ex-Assisiant Chief Poyns will in all
probability be the man. He Is said 10 be
now en- route to Tacoma from Alaska, and
that soon after his arrival here. barring
new complications, he will be appointed
to the head of the fire department. This
appointment would have gone TO the late
A. j. Bruemmer had he lived. Poyns is
understood to be the choice of the business
men of the Republican party. to have the
Endorsement OF the Republican majority in
the council and to be first favorite among
the rank and file of the party. He served
under ex-Chef Bruemmer. and as assist
ant chief under the present administration.
having secured the place by civil service
examination. He is q dyed-in-the- wool
Republican and known to be fully compe-
tent 10 take charge OF the department.
The fact that the appointment OF the
city attorney is looked upon as the most
important under the mayor: that the war
rant issue makes this feature of the ap-
polntmenis more than ordinarily vital. and
that In view of these things the mayor
elect has not yet named his choice leads
to much speculation and comment. The
feeling that Attorney Louis D. Campbell
is TO take the place seems to have grown
on al sides In the past twenty -four hours.
and the statement of Mr. Nickeus showing
him to be awaiting certain developments.
adds 10 the impression that the pace
may go TO Mr. Campbell.
The general impression prevails that Mr..
Campbell has been rendered the pisee, and
that Mayor-eiect Nickeus IL now awaiting
TO learn whether his offer Is To be ac-
ceptec. This however, Ia only surmise.
but as nothing more derinit. - TO be
learned az present. and there is 10 denial
Of the report the belief is growing that
l.. ID. Campbell will be me city attorney
Ills selection would quiet orc7 md fsY
al the charges flung at the nayor-eiect
as TO the warrant question, aad so FAR "a
Democrats and popuiists are concerned,
would meet with their unqualified ats-
rroval-as nearly as the naming OF any
Republican could so do.