Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-04
DEADLOCK
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Mayors Appointments Rejected
by the Council
AlTKEN WANTED TO RESIGN
But the Council Refused to Accept
the Resignation..Little Bus.
mess Transacted.
AlTKEN WANTED TO RESIGN

The standing room only" sign might
have been displayed at a very early hour
last evening in the council chamber of
the city hall, for the space allotted to
spectators was taken up long before
Mayor Mccarthy called the meeting Of
the council to order. While many of
them We're there out Of idle curiosity,
there were others who expected to get
some plums from his honor, but they
We're disappointed. for the deadlock be-
tween the mayor and members of the
council still continues in full force and
effect.
When Mayor Mccarthy succeeded in
elbowing his way through the throng of
office seekers and others, there was a
ripple of applause, emphasized by hand
clapping, to which the mayor bowed his
acknowledgements. His c~ountenance
bore a look of grim determination as he
took his seat and silently surveyed the
members of the council. A few seconds
later the municipal machinery was in
motion and the old battle was on again.
The roll call showed that the unlucky
number of 13 was present, but Alderman
Knowfton arrived a minute later and
removed the spell. Elderkin and Medin
were absent. After the reading of the
minutes, Alderman Bausman moved that
all matters for the consideration Of
standing committees be held in allegiance
until such time as the appointments were
made. The motion was adopted.
The city clerk read the following COM
munication from George K. Aitken, ten
dorin0 hiS ~r0Sipnaf1On 9S civ electrician:
Butte, Mont, May 3, 1S99.-To the Hon.
Mayor and Council: I, the undersigned,
do herewith tender you my resignation
as electrician and fireman, knowing that
l will not be re-appOinted again and be-
lieving it my duty to the taxpayers, who
have treated me SO generously In the
past, to turn over to my successor IN per-
feet order the most important piece of
apparatus belonging to the city. l would
| like my successor appointed Immediately,
SO I could extend to him every courtesy
in my power, and at any future time,
should the alarm not be working salts
factorily, my assistance Will always be
subject to your call. Thanking the alder
| men for their assistance in the past, l re-
main your humble servant,
GEORGE X. AITKEN,
Superintendent Fire Alarm.
The mayors face wore a roubled look
while the reading of the communication
was in progress.
Hand me that paper" he said abrupt
ly to the clerk. IT will attend to this
later on" he added, as he placed the doc
ument in a recess in his Prince Albert.
isn't that communication addressed
to the council?" queried Alderman
Knowlton. 'If it is, the council should
be allowed to act o n it,"
ut is addressed to the mayor and u
Gill; replied the mayor, glancing over the
| 1o+tc,s ssHoWQVa1s the m4VOr made The
appointment and I am his successor in
office. I will attend to the matter after
1 look over it,
Just before the close of the short ses-
sion, however, the ago again produced
the letter and called for a vote on the
matter Of accepting Athens resignation.
The council refused to accept it by the
following vote:
Ayes-Ferns, Kelly, Macarthur, Paige,
Seibnaler-5.
Notwithstanding, Bausman, Britt,
Bryant, Knowlton, Kroger, Noyes, Sieb-
enaler. Virtue-9.
In an almost inaudible voice the mayor
announced the vote. and hen delving
into a pocket brought out his list of ap-
pointments, which. with n exception,
however, are carefully guarded.
Gentlemen said the mayor, II hope
you will not think I am springing any
sensation on you but I have a few APP
pointments which I wish to make. The
first is the city clerk, n I nominate
Joseph P. Callan for the position. The
clerk will call the roll"
Before the roll call John G.. Holland,
the present city clerk and county treas
urer, stated that he would consider it a
pesronal favor If the council would Sc
lect his successor at once. The force in
the city clerks office had been informed
by the city attorney, that they could not