The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-27
HAS A CITY GOVERNMENT
NOME ADOPTS 4 CHARTER AND
ELECTS MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Are From SeattIe-'.Anvil city" II
= Name of the Past-T ID. Cashell
Special Correspondence

NOME, Alaska, Sept. ls--Anvil City IL q
name OF the past. Another stride has been
taken In the growth OF this wonderful
camp The name of Nome has been adopt
ed by a mass meeting OF the miners and
citizens generally. A charter has been pre-
pared and adopted for city government
Nominations have been made for the vari-
GUS city officers required for complete city
government. and an election has been held.
Yesterday. September r. was election day,
and marked sreat step forward In the
development OF civic interests and personal
rights and Liberties In this new and latest
candidate for worldwide renown as a min
Ing camp without parallel in popularity
or conditions.
The miners pure and simple had made up
their minds. after the attempts made by
certain corporations and supposed power
full aggregations OF capital and influence,
10 interfere with the alleged rights OF the
miners, 10 take the initiative and In fact
and by Inference the referendum and
choose their own leaders. organizers and
governors before they we're committed 10
tho condition OF the Submerged element"
Your correspondent had been honored by
being one OF tho leaders Of tho movement
at Us spontaneous burst Into NE
some weeks ago but was unforta-
nate In not being present NJ the adoption
of tho city charter and the nomination OF
the prospective oi,ctre. Suffice II that
understanding the honorable efforts o.
those who opposed this movement with
good will and reasonable aspirations for
Office and the usual dlshonorabe efforts OF
various cliques and factions seeking tho
defeat OF candidates for personal spite. or
seeking office for spoils only, the original
miners ticket was triumphantly elected.
Consider the ncwrcss Of the camp, the
rapid succession 81 these events. the num-
bors Of miners ~ work on the claims or
stampedlng mountain creeks ana the ocean
beach. and II II surprising to chronicle the
fact that $50 votes were east at the frst
election held In this norheynmost and
woe,ernmost city II the United States.
There have arisen many mooted ques-
tlons as to the force, effect and legality %
the election ana the acts 10 he subsequent
thereto and resultant thercfrom. but the
miners aud citizens In general ana IN great
majority nre determined that tho laws
adopted shall ne obeyei and the proper
intent and purpose Of the al least quasi
LEGAL conditions carried out.
II II quite complimentary TO Seattle that
the majority or at least largo proportion
OF the officers elected are former residents
and respected citizens OF that great city
Following IL the ticket elected Mayor
T II. Cashel treasurer, J. i. Rudd; mu-
nicipnl Judge. Aionyo Rawson. chief Of
ponce. wizard NJ. fddNs coOnCilmeu. tAfst
ward Chas. H. Pennington. Albert Lowe !;
Second ward. Geo. n. Wright. Tracy H.
Robertson: Third wari, c. i. Dam. J. r.
Miller
Mr. Cashel mayor elect will be rerncm-
hered by the Seattle business public IA an
agent for the Great Northern Railroad
Company, and by the Seattle Athletic Club
members especially.
J. L. Ruda. treasurer~elect was formerly
I'm "a responsible position IN one az Taco
mas banks
Judge Alonzo Rawson 10 now cour, COM
missioner NJ Nome. and ia well known at
Port Townsend and elsewhere on Puget
sound.
Willard N. Eddy is from the Middle states
and Ia a splendid man.
The names % Charlie Pennington Tracy
Robertson ana G. = Dam are too well
known In Seattle for extensive remark
Geo. ~. Wright IL also well known IN
Seattle. formerly In business there and 10
n0w postmaster here
Albert Lowe 's, I believe from Boston
ana 70 highly respected nv the miners
J. II Miller "a very highly spoken OF hy
all who know him.