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FOOLED THE BOYS
Mayor Hoos' Little Joke
Puzzled City Hall
Politicians.
NO APPOINTMENTS APRIL 2s
And the Reason Had to be
Explained Gossip About
Candidates.

! Mayor HOoS startled political circles To-
day by the announcement that he would
not make any appointments on April %
! next That is the day the Mayor is
supposed TO appoint Police Commission
| er, Fire Commissioner, City Comptroller,
| City Treasurer, Tax Commissioner and
several members of the Board of Educa-
tion, consequently the declaration that ro
| appointments would be made exercised
| number Of people
"What's the matter now?" was asked
HAS there been row."
SIS it because of Colonel Dicknson's BIZ
partisan bills?"
The mystery could not be solved, and
not few went about scratching their
heads with vain hope of figuring out the
cause of the difficulty.
The answer to the problem is this,
April % falls on Sunday this year and the
Mayor is not certain whether he Will
make his appointments April 22 or "a
He will make them, however, bipartisan
bills or not. There has been much specu-
lation as to the new members OF the
Mayors official family.
Leader Davis and Mayor Hoos find
great amusement in reading the specula-
tions of the outsiders. The Mayor has no
| objection to people speculating, neither
| has Leader Davis.
"If it gives people any relief says the
| Mayor, "let them go ahead. So far as am
concerned / have not really given the
matter serious consideration. The time
for that is not yet. The Democratic party
now has before 1t hard campaign AS
| Democrat 1 am interested.
| 1t is quite likely that Mayor Hoos and
Leader Davis will come together. when
the time for making appointments arrives.
At present. however, no appointments
have been agreed upon, nor will any be
fixed until after the Mayoralty election
has been held Candidates for the various
offices are leaving no stone unturned,
however. They are hustling day and night
and all claim to be in the lead.
Today Felix Lowe, Patrick McArdle F.
A. Kohlund and some other downtown
storekeepers waited on the Mayor and
urged the appointment of ex-Alderman
Moran for Police Commissioner. Patrick
McArdle was chairman of the delegation
He extolled the merits of Mr.. Moran and
dwelt at length on the fact that there is
no more energetic worker in the ranks of
the party.
Had Mr.. Moran heard all the pleasant
things that were said about him he
would doubtless be walking about today
with an inflated chest The gentlemen
were much in earnest and wanted to
bind the Mayor down to a promise.
His Honor avoided that, however, and
gave the committee the encouraging as
surance that he would give Mr.. Moran's
candidacy due consideration when the
proper time arrives. 1t is said other. COM
mittees will make an appeal on behalf
of the husting ex-Alderman.
Leader Davis this morning had in his
possession four very important petition
blanks. One was for Mayoralty cam
didate, the second for an Alderman-at-
Large, and the others for Street and
Water Commissioners. The petitions will
be filled out today and they will be for
Edward Hoos, William F. Midlige, Fer
dinand Heintze and John Sullivan, re-
spectively. This fact makes it almost
| certain that Commissioner Botwood will
not seek a denomination. Mr.. Boltwood
| has concluded that without the support
| of the City Committee 1t is useless for
him to run at the primaries And he
| says he is too much of a Democrat to
| think of running for any office except
| on the regular ticket, as a regular nomi-
nee of the Democratic party. The retire.
ment of Commissioner Boltwood leaves
an open field for Sullivan and Heintze.
| The petitions which Mr.. Davis has SUI
pervisfon over will be filed with Secretary
Murphy either late this afternoon or the
| first thing Saturday morning. Leader
Davis is not superstitious but he does not
believe in doing important things on Fri
| day.
Leader Davis will not take any part in
the Aldermanic fights.
Secretary Murphy has received a few
petitions. They are for the offices of Con-
stable and Justice of the Peace. The only
Aldermanic petitioner is Thomas B. Crot-
ty of the Second ward. James D. Me-
Herman is said to be preparing petition
and also Dennis Sweeney, from the same
ward There will be merry scrap in the
Second
In the First, James Burns the present
incumbent is lated to retire in favor of
Barney- Farrell, of Grove street.
In the Fifth. Charles Maxwell vii be the
man in the Fourth, William Calnon will
have no opposition.
In the Third, Howeth runs again.
In the Sixth. Otto Wittpenn may be
named although he has one opponent.
The Seventh will name Mr.. Ritter.
The Ninth is undecided and so are the
others