The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-11
Leeislative Department Of New
City Government.
r,,e MEN WHO WILL coMPosEIT.
- he Nafn They Are Regarded ~
r,wsrsrn. ,nservatfve aaa Safe
Most % Them Have Had Large
Experiencc and Cannot he Re-
~,rd~d as N0sfces-Notes and
fk,.tches az Their Public Life.

The membership Of the new city council
which will 10 into office week from
sext Monday is exciting faycrable COM
: snent among the business men Of the city
INA Republicans will have a safe working
majority. fhe new council standing to
- strict party vote. The personnel OF
ne body renders II extremely impro0a-
HE however that sacfl a division on party
nnss will often occur With such men
= Leonard DtIIer and Homer II. Hin.
mare is little 70 be feared that any meas
IRE dssrimsntaI 20 the best business inter
ex;s Of the city wiJ find any support.
The two hold-over members Of the coun-
4 afe James A. James and William Nc
Adj Mr.. James mas been in the council
~ four years and mis- record there. as
weE q his general life II too well known
Tar him 10 need any introduction TO the
puhjic At the city election two years ago.
vheu he vas returned as alderman from
~ Fourth ward be received the largest
pHfcentage ward vote that was cast. beat
inx both bis opponents by more than 800
majority and an almost two 10 one vote.
ne vote al that time stood as follows:
James SCI. Emnnds 1855: Wincapaw. 81.
NcArdle who Is also well known In the
city. and particularly In the FIRST ward.
vas elected TO the city council TWO years
ARC as alderman from the First. beating
his Republican opponent. Carstens. by a
vote OF 40 TO 900.
OF the two eouncilmen-at-large elected
ias, Tuesday. III. p. Rude. the merchant
tailor is already well known as member
of the council. 10 which he was elected
two years ago as alderman from the Sixth
ward defeating both his opponents by q
clear majority OF se the vote at that time
standing: Rude. t0T: McGrath. go: Ed
ware, Il. Mr. Rude Is q native of Nor
way he was born In the rural district.
s ha, received his training and education in
the capital After. completing the course
Of study IN the common schools he began
In apprenticeship In the tailoring trade.
70 which his life since has been devoted
While serving as an apprentice he worked
during the day. and at night for four years
he attended the evening schools of the city
IN which his education wac thus com
pieted. He came TO America eighteen years
ago Landing at Quebec. he came west
ward 10 Chicago. where he stopped for a
while Thence he came to Eedwsng and
afterward to MINNEAPOLIS. where he lived
til he came To Seattle in isp9. In Mime
apoEs he served as president OF the tall
ors nnson His election>two years ago was
mol matter OF MS own ~eklnEs ana II
gave him his FIRST introduction 10 public
Office.
r.. NJ Muldoon. Rude's running mate for
councilman-at-large, who shared IN the
s Republican victory OF last Tuesday. Is a
wei-known real estate man. his office be-
sag In the Halter block. lie lives at $50
. Twenfy-ihIrd avenue south. and Is just
: now confined 10 his home by a spell OF
a. IA. "a 70 Ia cay raj
ago from Minnesota. and has since been
identified with the business interests Of
the eisy.
Thomas Navin. who led the fusion ticket
In the First ward and won out In the
face of a Republican landslide in the ward
fcf the rest OF the ticket, is member OF
the present council. TO which be was
elected two years ago as delegate from the
; First. lie Is native OF Massachusetts.
though he was reared n Iowa. lie came
20 Seattle IN fsN6 and engaged in the lum-
Der and logging business. with which he
has ever since been more or less identified.
He held the position of hrst deputy In
spectcr Of buildings under the Ronald al
= msnstration. and supervised the inspec-
lien Of many OF the large business blocks
Ia the city. lie IL prominent In single tax
circles. His course I'm the council has
been marked mainly by his chronic oppo-
ssion 10 corporations ana franchises
asains. which be has made number of
tahld speeches. He lives at teiT Dearborn
street.
One Of ths brightest and strongest Of the
rev members ~ the council r. Hiram g
\ GIL. the wel-known attorney. Mr. Gill
re youngest member os the new coun-
GU being lust & years o.a. He Is = nati.e
81 Waisrtawn Wis. s1d received hls ed
ncaton a; the University OF Wisconsin.
graduating from the law department In
NV He came a, orce 10 Seattle. and
ia' Tour years worked rs stencgraphef In
sne e5ice ~ Rochester Lewis & Gilmaa
~ BE SUCCESSORS of thar nrm. lie then
n~sAn The Practice of law as n member Of
the nrln q Gil s keCnc now GIN. Keene
9 shaw. lie was elected 20 the council
: we years ago RS alderman from the Third
vafa ere woe sfan.l.er- c." &e9. pr,,yver.
-. Weld. g. complication arose. how
- y reason 81 ihe adoption % ths
ns" Charter ard thc fourteenth counsel
'za Was dforne6 ont. Mr. Cfi was iuS.
\ - Nsies behind Mr. RU6e an1 VAS thrs
ea' oet n the sect 20 which ne bad heen
's'sa By a handsome ira orlty.
: Homer - lF}n councilman from tbe
ssoohd wal. is 0c'l known among the
'tss r"n 80 seattle having been
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$50 fefrs {1frr-ra~ 20 asa locating %, tl,ts
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