The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-12
PETITIONS on Tue Table.
Council Refuses to Consider Pro-
posed Amendments.
D,ss.nrERs M1grro PROTEST.

OISSENTeHS NEE ~ NV ST.
Leave Council Chamber In : BODY
ana Resolve to Have Mass Meet
a. Tonight-spirited Discussion
over the CITY Fathers Action
Council Appoints . Special Conn
mattee 10 Consider Amendments.
There was q congestion OF single tax
people, amendment favorers and members
Of the committee Of one hundred, az
the meeting OF the city council last
night to see what was TO Do
done with the much-discussed pro-
posed charter amendments providing
for the initiative and referendum ana
municipal ownership of street car lines.
Everything was ripe for heated discus
sion, and many men IN and out OF the
council were ready and anxious for It: but
the opportunity did not come. The coun-
cil. however, by Z straight vote OF eight
to five on all propositions. turned down
che propositions and. finally. after tabEng
the whole matter, committee OF nve
straight Republicans was appointed to
consider all charter amendments after due
discussion in open meeting with the public
The people In. the lobby who favored
the amendments thereupon left the haii.
and at session held ut the Stock Ex-
change resolved to hold a mass meeting
of protestation tonight.
Tho matter came up on the reading
OF the petitions OF the committee Of
one hundred. After these petitions were
heard In full. on motion OF James.
seconded by Diller. the petitions were
tabled by the following vote: In ia
vor-C astleman, Dilier, Gill, James, Null
doom. Rude, Taylor, Rinehart; against
Crawford, Crichton. Hill, McArdle, Nav.n.
Castlenan then moved that a committee
OF ave be appointed to draft such proposed
amendments as 1t might see Mt, which
should be sumbitted TO the council, and
that that committee hold open sessions SO
that the people could present their wishes.
The motion carried with It that the COM
inittee should be presided over by Gill;
chairman OF the Judiciary committee.
This committee. as appointed by President
Rinehart, IL composed Of GIN, chairman.
and Castleman, Diller. James and Rude.
Chairman Gill gave notice that the first
session would be held at the council
chamber at o'clock next Saturday even
ing.
Then Hill and Navin made one more ef-
fort to get the council to do something be-
sides tabling these charter amendment
propositions. by the Introduction of resolu-
tons directing that steps be taken to sub
NIT them to popular vote at the next cleo
ton.
whereas, There has been presented
and Is now before this council a petition
purport.ng to be signed by more tnan 20
per cent Of the qualified voters Of the
city," read these resolutions. /" - Be
it resolved, That It is the sense Of this
council that the said amendment
be submitted as petitioned for" following
which was direction to the city clerk
to verify the signatures to the petition.
and report to the council December lS
and to the corporation counsel to prepare
the resolution providing for the submission
Of the proposed amendment resoiu-
ton was introduced for each Of the two
petitions.
Like the petitions. these resolutions were
tabled, though not without premonitory
symptoms OF acrimony. Navin and James
called for the floor about the same time.
and the latter was recognized by the
president. Crichton appealed, claiming
that Navin was entitled to the floor, and
called for the support Of the house which.
however, supported the char. Another
time Navin, McArdle and James called
for recognition about the same time, and
James again got it. This was followed by
Kisses from amendment favorers In the
lobby, and loud cries of disapproval from
the solid five favor.ng the amendments in
the council. 1t was 1.-The only demonstra-
ton OF the evening, ard Crichton resign
eddy voted aye on the tabling Of the reso-
buttons
AS soon as the council was through act
ing on the matter, there was numerous
exodus from the gallery and Navin's seat
was also vacated. All went to the rooms
OF the Seattle Stock Exchange, in the Holy
oke building. where an instantaneous meet
ing Of indignation was called for the pur-
pose of protesting against the councils ac-
ton. ]. w. Goodwin presided Among 9TH
er things the president of the council was
denounced for giving James the floor,
when 1t was held by. the speakers that
Nayin should have been recognized. After
numerous speeches, in which DR.. Titus,
Anthony Corcoran, Richard Gowan, Eu-
gene Way, A. A. Booth and others partic-
ipated, the following resolution was adopt
ed unanimously. and the meeting adj
journed:
BE it resolved. That all citizens of the
city OF Seattle be invited to meet at the
Seattle Stock Exchange First avenue and
Spring street, Tuesday night, December IL,
for the purpose of protesting against the
acts Of the city council in their efforts to
delay the submission to the citizens of Sc
attic of the proposed charter amendments
and against the disposition of the city coun-
Gil to kill the said proposed charter amend
ments. and thereby nullify the provisions
Of the charter OF the city"
ROUTINE OF THE COUNCIL.