The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-15
NAY KEEP THEIR JOBS.
,.,..oo City Hall Men See Light
Cn'''s Ahead.
-, BILLING OF JUSTICE FULLER.

....,,ou Now Believed to ne tho no. sam n'a.. :,
s'"r w.. Before the supreme Court f'aoea
u '" 81 departments Under the con'ro'
he'' ,s.ryice-How Corporation Cour
( Oior' obtained the Ruling -Jubi-
"a, over His Success
uo Ian. 15.-Doubt and uncer-
ene' rrovail in the city hall as TO the
, Immediate effect of the granting Oh
iniin' :, error and supersedeas In the
VIII ..ryice decision recently handed
eNn -, the supreme court or THIS
aOs ,a when Chief Justice Fuller OF tie
, r",ted states supreme court granted
IN .,ov an appeal of Assistant Corpora
'hs''~' unset Hin at Hot Springs. Ark
wv ,s,t several hundred city employees
IN a doubtful position
rso law is now the same as IL was
- the Illinois supreme court placed
S v.aas Of departments under the con-
~, :, civil service. Whether these or
v" ~. w,u now be allowed to remain
IN the highest tribunal decides up
- the constitutionality of the civil
O ~ law, or whether they are TO be
sIsrlaced by eligibles on President
v.aus' list. is a question on winch
aninions are seriously divided.
Claims of the Administration.
Not until the dust of the legal Skin
,,sb which is likely to ensue has
. %,o away will it be positively known
s.sa,hsr the action Of Chief Justice Full
w. ia a temporary victory for Mayor
Harrison or a move which merely leaves
PRESIDENT Kraus at liberty to place his
awn Interpretation on the law, just as
So AID before the question OF heads of
aepartments was submitted to and de-
cIded by the state supreme court. IL
,s claimed by the administration that
the following positions in the city gov
eminent will be exempted from civil
service regulations for two years to
come. or until decision Is reached by
the supreme court OF the United
States:
Assistant chief OF police. four police
INSPECTORS. sixteen police captains, all
bureau heads, department secretaries
and chief clerks, thirty-four ward In
,nectors. eighteen district foremen in
the street department. fourteen water
nine extension foremen. and all those
officials exempted from classified serv-
ice by action Of the city council.
President Kraus declines to give his
opinion as TO the direct effect OF the
supersedeas. 1t Is not known whether
he will claim control over these posi-
tons as he did before the controversy
I. was carried to the courts.
Thornton Is Jubilant
Corporation Counsel Thornton Is jubi-
liant over the result Of his Arkansas eff
fort He evolved the plan over a week
ago, but took no person into his conf
dence except Mayor Harrison. He
was given permission to execute the
project and secretly drafted the ap-
, peal for stay order. Full instructions
were given Assistant Counsel Hill and
he was sent to Hot Springs with the
necessary documents. Chief Justice
Fuller consented TO hear Mr.. Hills ar
gument on the constitutionality of the
civil service law in special session. Al
the conclusion of the statement the
court promptly granted the stay and
accepted the bond of Fred Eldred, city
sealer, for $500.
The result was telegraphed to Mr..
Thornton and when the news was cir
culated II produced profound sensa-
ton in city hall circles. Mayor Har-
rlson expressed no surprise at the
grant. He said he had always held
the opinion that the law was uncon-
stitutional. He also stated that Chief
Justice Fuller's action left the matter
IN the same shape it was before the de-
clslon Of the state supreme court.
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