The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-22
.THERE'LL Be NO CONTEST
Chief of Police Lavelle Will Soon
Be in Charge.
HOT ONES FOR KNOWLTON
Were Handed Down by the Mayor at
the Last Meeting Some Very Thin
Excuses Policemen Hand
In Their Stars.

The new city officials and the new
members Of the police force viii as
sumo their offices to-day, or at least
as soon as they qualify, which in most
cases will be to-day. Chief of Police
Jack Lavel1e will assume charge of the
police force this morning, Chief Null
| holland having no desire to contest the
legality of Lavelle's confirmation, in
spite of the fact that he only received
eight votes. In fact. it is doubtful if
any of the old officials will contest the
seats of the men named at the meet
ing on Saturday night The only men
| likely to make contest would have
been Captain Dawson or Captain Bran
agan, and the successors of both of
| these men were confirmed by nine
| votes, SO that there is no question of
their confirmation. Judge De Wolfe
might contest the confirmation of Mr.
Lamb, but he could gain nothing by
| that inasmuch as his resignation was
accepted by the council, and whether
Lamb is confirmed or not De Wolfe
| is out. Either Mr.. Lamb is city attor-
| ney or there is vacancy. In the lat
| ter case the mayor can appoint Lamb
or any one he pleases to fill the va
| cancy.
The only aldermen who stuck out to
| the last and voted against every one
of the mayors appointments were AL
dermen Britt and Siebenaler. two Clark
men. Every one of the republicans
voted at some time or other for some
| one of the mayors appointments. 1t
| is certainly no worse for republican
| to vote to confirm several Of the may
| ors appointments than to vote to con-
| firm one or two of them. If it was
| wrong for republican aldermen to vote
| for all of the mayors appointments, it
| was wrong to vote for any of them.
| There was not a single republican al
derman who did not vote for some one
| or other of the mayors oppointees, and
| so after the meeting was over Alder
| men Kroger and Elderkin had the
| laugh on their republican associates,
| contending that their action in voting
| in support of the mayor was sustained
and Endorsed by their comrades who
had also all voted for some one or
more of the appontees. The differ
ence was only in degree. Most of the
| republicans seemed well pleased that
| the trouble was over. They had come
| to realize that they we're getting the
worst Of 1t in running in the face OF
| public opinion.
The mayor, in the progress of the
| meeting, handed up some pretty hot
| ones to Alderman Knowlton, who had
promised the mayor and had said to
others that he would vote to confirm
all but one or two of the mayors ap-
| pointments. His excuse that he could
| not vote in favor of the mayors APP
| pointments until the mayor should ap-
! point his standing committees was even
| thinner than the excuse that he was
| sick last Wednesday evening. At three
previous meetings he had voted for the
mayors appointments before the COM
| mittees were appointed but it was not
| until Saturday night, when he ascer-
| tanned that he would have to vote
against the appointments if he expect
ed to beat them. that he suddenly dis
covered that it would be wicked to vote
for the combinations until after the
committees We're appointed. 1t is a
certain proposition that the mayor
could never have had Knowlton's vote
at any time when it would be Of any
use to him.
A number of the old policemen hand
ed in their stars yesterday, and new
men took their places.