The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-13
AMENDMENT MEN PROTEST.
Direct Vote Advocates Object to
Tabling Petitions.
70 90 TO COURTS For AID.
Aetion OF the City Fathers In Not
Fsvoring Petitions for submit-
ting proposed Amendments TO the
People Meets with Opposition at
Z GatAering Of $50 Men = An-
ether Meeting Saturday Night.

0yRGE SxGEsA1o S&s1Ao sss
movement Is afoot on the part Of the
rosn ynittee Of one hundred and others raw
oripr the proposed charter amendments
tahled By the city council Monday night
~ 10 to the courts to get, IL possible. tesai
action compelling the council to suomit
m propositions at the next election This
sfen has grown out Of the after meeting
ma Il the stock exchange rooms after
~ council meeting, and concurred In az
smnther meeting held at the same place
~ night, at which $50 men attended.
Il was announced by DR.. Titus that the
,ssri subcommittee OF the committee or
81 hundred had taken up the matter IN
rorlfsInction with Judge Winsor. Charles
4 Rtddell and J. C.. Alien. An advisory
counsei was appointed last night, consist
~ 81 Judge r. s. Greene. Judge Langley,
YSSnes Hamilton Lewis, A. W.. HASTE and
= ~ Craven. This committee Is at work,
IA expects to be In court With plea In
~ days.
The meeting last night was largely one
~ denunciation of the act Of the council.
Iudre w. d. Wood was elected chairman
ana Judge G.. F. Bogue secretary. The
following were the prominent speakers: Or.
n. 4. Titus, william Koran. Anthony Cor
coran Judge Wood, j. w. Goodwin, George
=. Cotterill. Michael Phillips. Richard
f,owan. ]. ]. Holman, C. E. Cline, Prof.
]. b. Curtis Rev. Edwin NJ. Randall, jr.
Aver the deliberations Of the evening
! committee Of nine men was appointed
- arrange the details of q mass meeting
to Be called for probably next Saturday
,.s.ht when further measures will be dis
cssssd to ret the amendments before the
people and, II possible, to force the coun-
ciI 10 submit those already on the table.
TIT committee consists OF Judge Wood,
Njchaea Phillips. DR.. Titus. Judge Bogue,
4. II Holman, g. r. Cotteriil, Swan Lewis,
Ammo Hull and r. w. Way, and Is SUBJ
divided into three committees on finance.
programme and hall and advertising.
The Cowucfl,s work.
-. 1890, $500. .. 49, .~a,,,,,a. ~.
80 az a,,,,,c,, hss snvsass ths r,Ss.. ~
s s,,ss ysrr,a nv rey,,sinr ~ snhn,t smard-
rsnts hat ware claimea 10 bava been
isssliv iaid before " and signed nv N ner
cent. Of the voters. This action was VIC.
lation Of the liberty Of the people. and was
I question Of good government ana wheth-
er the people were to serve their servants,
or their servants were to serve them, as
Dr. Titus expressed the general sentiment
Of those present All legal requirements
had been complied with, the speakers said,
and this made 1t the plain duty of the
council to do the peoples bidding.
William Koran said: The corporations
are weaker now than they ever Will be In
Seattle. referring to the street car com.
panies. and now is the time to down them.
y We We, wall tney vii pc 30 intrenched that
y VII e impossible 70 90 anything with
mem; we can carry the amendments
ac ..s,. .,.
. slu"lu az no", saio Mr. Cor
Inc 49,, 1885, as.ts,s W y. ~. laas s,, nee.
.h AZ s.ssi... . ..N,. LIS. VIII nlan
the streets for fear az the nn,ers NJ scorr
that will be pointed at them.''
Said Judge Wood: IT had no idea that
majority OF the councilmen could so
stuiufy themselves as to take the action
they have. No words are strong enough to
use IN condemrin;- this outrage. And then
they add insult TO injury after laying the
amendments on the table to appoint COM
mittee to hold open meetings and dictate
what amendments We shall have. / never
dreamed that 1t would be necessary for us
70 appeal from our legislative body in
every case, as this instance forces us to-
]. w. Godwin--I want to express my In
dignation against this treatment of the
council It IL outrageous when the council
Ignores the organic law, when It Is so ex-
pressly stated IN the charter.
Ana 80 the speeches went. all along the
same line TT is not question Of whether
loooo00 or 100000 people across the seas
are capable OF self-government, but wheth-
ef 1V0 or $1,000 people here In Seattle are,'
said MI Cotterill.
Michael Phillips was in favor Of passing
councfmen, who have defied the will of the
people In the sternest tones to resign their
omces; but this was voted down, as the
majority hoped to compel the council to
summit the amendments
ResoIutiou. pa...a
Richard c,owar1s +ho,o -, 49,.
the charter ~ tbts oit,, - az 10y
provided. II Is aaennata a,a ean.,,,a
you can land than, T., ;,;, -. ,,.,,. 49, a..u
submit those an,sna,,a,.s " ''aAe 'hehi
c. q. cline sa,d he nn,',s 49,
out Of the tahi,na e,ta soou eoihlnS
as It saemsa fain as.,on u the eouhci,
sentiment ,noons, 49,, $3.50. a ''o' sas