The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-21
MAYOR MCCARTHY HAS
BROKEN THE DEADLOCK
All Of His Nominations Were Confirmed by the Aldermen.
There Were Two Absentees and Some Of the Confr-
nations May Be Contested in the Courts OPP
position Feeble as the End Came. 4.

and on the changes being made he said:
II declare Mr.. Callan confirmed again.
For second assistant city clerk the
mayor named w. F. Scheffel, who was
confirmed by 5 to s.
DIR. j. N. Alexander was confirmed as
city physician by to 6.
For inspector of weights and meas
ures Clinton Mcneil was named The
vote was to z Alderman Kroger vot-
ing no. M.
1T being a tie." said the mayor, II
exercise the authority granted me by
the ordinances and vote aye"
For captain of police James Leyden
was named. He was confirmed beyond
dispute, the vote being to 5, Alder
man KnOWlton voting in his favor.
The mayor next scored a strong point
by reading to the council the resigna
ton of Judge DeWolfe as city attorney.
The resignation was accepted by vote
of to 6. He then named E. NJ. Lamb
for city attorney. The vote in favor of
confirmation was to 6. Alderman Ell
derkin declined to vote.
Il cannot accept your declination to
vote, as you are present. said the
mayor. UNLESS you wish to vote in
the negative | instruct the clerk to re-
cord your vote in the affirmative. The
vote being to s, l declare Mr.. Lamb
duly confirmed
There was much applause from the
large audience at this announcement.
Alderman Siebenaler tried to protest,
but made no Roadway. AS Judge De
Wolfe's resignation had been accepted
by the council, the mayor could tenn
porarly appoint Lamb ito fill the va
cancy, even if the council had not con-
firmed the appointment
The mayor next named John II. Gro
min for sanitary inspector and he was
confirmed by to 6.
Thomas Mckinley for sanitary police
man was confirmed by to 6.
Thomas Boyle was confirmed as jailer
by 8 to 5, receiving the vote of KnoW-
ton, who still did not explain how, I'M
der the decision he had arrived at, he
could consistently vote for some of the
mayors appointments and not for all of
them
For assistant TALLER the mayor named
John GUILTY. He is not eligible to the
Office" declared Knowlton. He only
recently moved within the city limits
UNLESS you have some proof Of that
l cannot withdraw the name" said the
mayor. You can't believe all the re-
ports you hear on the streets. l have
been told SO times that you We're going
to stay with all my appointments. But
you can't believe anything until you get
the proof If Mr.. GUILTY is shown not to
be eligible he can be disposed of after
wards No. ."E
There was laughter and Knowlton
turned white, but said nothing. The
vote on Guilty was to Z, Kroger and
Knowlton voting in the negative. As
+ it was tie the mayor cast his vote in
favor Of GUILTY.
D. l.. Harley was named for electric
ian and he was confirmed by vote of
8 to 5.
For poundmaster Peter johnson was
confirmed by to 6.
For custodian CT the crematory J.
Dwan was confirmed by to 6.
For city engineer F. C. Bickenbach
was confirmed by II to g. the only votes
against him being from Britt, Bausman
and Siebenaler.
The mayor then read his list of police
men. Alderman Macarthur moved that
the list be voted on collectively KnoWl-
ton protested against this, saying that
some he would like to vote for and
others he knew nothing about
well, I've been troubled with heart
disease for several years." retorted the
mayor, and 1 would like to have this
thing disposed Of before I die"
The motion to vote on the list collect
lively was lost, Elderkin, Kroger and
Knowlton voting with the regulars in
opposition.
The list was then taken up separately
and all were confirmed, nearly all of
them by majority of the entire coun-
Gil. .--
D. H. Hastings was confirmed by a
vote of II to 8. Barney Ferns and Bar
ney MeGillic were confirmed by vote
of 10 to 4. The following were con-
Schmidt, David Loughlin, James b.
Curley, ]. G. Mathews, B. H. Peters.
D. P. Fogarty, John Conlon, Thomas
Walsh, John Gray Frank Byrne, Mike
Torpey, Morris Roach, George Wilson,
Cornelius Murphy, John ]. McQueeney,
Thomas Hines, James Curran, James
Byrne, William Yeetz, Walter McGinty,
Frank Coll, John Radmilovich, Ed Fo-
ley, P, Bowling, James ,McHughes, Ar
thur McNally, E. B. Everts, William
Mcdonnell, Arthur butcher and Mike
Mccormick.
The only ones not receiving a MAJOR
ity vote of the entire council were
! James j. Murphy, Robert Reininger
and P. Hughes, who were confirmed by
| a vote of to 6.
The mayor then named for sergeant
Of police William McGrath, who he said
had resigned the position to battle for
his country in the Philippines. Nc
Grath was confirmed by vote. of II
to 3, the only votes against him being
from Britt. Siebenaler and Moves,
The following list of tiremen were
| confirmed collectively by a vote of 5
to s: Henry Behringer, George Herd,
Charles Pearson, Charles Holden,
Frank Murphy, Mike O'Brien, NJ. Crit
fifth, Joe Booz, John Sertz, Dennis
Hines. Tim Thornton. Jerry Shinnick,
Fred Martin, Jack Terrell, Fred No
BILE.
For building inspector w. J. Kennel
ly, the present incumbent, was con-
frmed by vote of to 5.
The resignation was then read of D.
J. Sullivan, first assistant city clerk.
This was accepted by a vote of 9 to
;. The mayor, however, named no one
for the position nor did he name any
one for city detective. A vote OF
thanks to the retiring city clerk was
carried unanimously, being the only
unanimous vote of the evening.
| At the conclusion the mayor said:
Il certainly thank you most sincere
! ly and most heartily for your kindness
and consideration in this matter. Nc
| doubt there has been some misunder-
standing. l don't claim to be an ange1
and | may have been wrong in some
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