The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-22
Chosen President Of the Nsw City
Council.
VERY DECISIVE xAJoR,TY.
Hafernal BALLOT GsT Henfnal1sas RE-
veais Ne rssssiAsbse Rival. Pre-
ASetions - The Contrary Asswtth-
stealasg-Crtehaen Receives Osly
I've vetss, ana niseharf's Esse-
ties u Then 1a1s Iaaatosas.

The new city council held sa Initial Sea-
sion yesterday afternoon. pursuant to .
cal frsm Mayor Husnes. ana efTeetsd an
equalization By adopting the report * shs
COMMITTEES Oh credentials a;s1 ~ essctsnss
MAI w. v. Hsaehart president OF sae
council. for the ensuing year.
~ Nal Rlashan re>elyed esght cat OF
fss twelve votes cast. enc Of which sas
blank, II caa be easily seen that al the
fuxs and feathers raised In certain auar-
tsrs IS 10 = combine between the fusion
members OF the counsel and certain Re.
puhl.cans amounted 10 naught.
The cali issued by Mayor Hnmes yeater-
Cay mern.ng summoned the members of
the new council 10 meet Fs o'elork p.
m, FOR the transaction Of such business
o. may come before IT, The hour arrived,
and with /, all the members except Naysfa.
The others waited and Iounssd about for
. few minutes. expecting Sssln 80 come
%. He conipsh not. they sad. Then they
dispatched BaGiiff Nelson In quest Of him.
The hsiilH went ard stayed a long while.
He Waited Mr.. Nayins place Of business
and ali his usual hauntS. but for SONS
reason the member from the FIRST waga
could net be found. Senatorial eoartesys
WIS stretched 70 It's extreme limit and
Mr.. Savln. simply because rs wss a nsmv
Der Of the minority. WAS waited for fer
Q solid hour. Al o'clock II was eslsiss1t-
~ the sense Of the house t1atsis was not
worth while waiting for aT. Sav.n any
longer. City Clerk Party walked TO his
desk and with mild rap stated that II
Was his duty as city clerk 10 call tn. new
council TO order and that nominations
for temporary chairman were Ia order.
James moved that AcArdle be- elected
temporary chairman. Dt.lef seconded the
motor. and IL was promptly pat and
carried. McArdls. takias tie chair. sad
the first order Of business Mould be the
reading OF the call from Mayer flumes.
Deputy Clerk Coryei rad the cal. which
was addressed 10 the several members.
Rinehart moved that a committee OF three
be appointed on credentials The motion
was carried and the char appointed oa
the committee cr!ehtoa Rinehart ard
Hill I; did not take the eomlt.se two
minutes 10 formulate It's report. inasmucti
- all the members had already i,.ed their
cath and bond. and 50 after raiIytng n
moment at the clerks desk they signed
iii. Dilier. MeArdle. Navin. EInehars.
james. Crawford Hude. Tayior. Dodss.
Gill and Muljeon to sfets In the body
On molten OF James the report was ac
cepted and adopted and the new council
was ready for business.
Esl~ction Of a President.
James moved that the council proceed
10 elect a president for the ensuing year:
that all nominations be by ballot. ard that
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ton was carried and the chair appointed
Dodds. D.lier and Taylor "a telisrs. when
these gentlemen had passed around their
hats and called out the written ballots
60 City Clerk Parry the following decisive
result appeared:
Rinehart =. t<richtan 2 siiII l. blank l.
This ballot settled the matter Gree and
for all. and the result maufest.y would
not have been changed even II Sayiu had
bssn present The vote II worth anaisxins
~ a study n rho new municipal rositits.
II Ia reasonably certain that the eish.
men who vetea for Riushett were ~ fol-
Jews: James. Rude posids. Tavsor. Hat-
doom. Gil, I'm and niiler, This leaves
shs other four votes divided between
Crich,an. iiisi and one blank. Further
particulars need not ha given. although
they could he II necessary.
This ballot was Of course as previously
ordered, purely an Informal ans: but Il
was 81 conclusive that NJ It's rios~ when
the rssui, OF II was announced crichton
moved that the council proceed Ia elect
= president by reclamation. and placed
In nomination The name ef Mai pinehsrt
paying high tribute 70 that gentlsman's
competency and impariiaiiss fi.il ssse-
ended the nomination. speaking warmly Of
Mai Rlnehart's uns~orvtns integrity and
eaylng thar he felt warranted I'm second
.Ag the nomination because someone had
been reckless enough 10 cas-; a solitary
vess for him ttiun
1smar. ever alert - poiat % parlis-
Ksntary tactics. moved "a amend hy in.
acus',ing the clerk 10 east twelve votes
for Rnehart for president The amend
maat was accepted and fhs motion az
amended was carried unanimously CIfv
CtSk Parry shereupen announced that
the twelss votes Mere dusy east, ard the
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