The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-06
aInlE'S FIRST ELECTION.
rxx VOTED TO ExPEL HOGS
SD INDIANS FROM TOWN.
49,, Nuntspni omc~rs Of the
v,ssre civ Were Ais" Elected
,...p.p~- of March 4. 1854, con-
..i.s Interesting Information

.a-sy Gay newsgaper which throws
- Or tha MUNICIPAL affairs az Sc
= ,ssrz-8v. years ago Is IN possession
s.srg.t, City Comptroller Clarence y,
BssssT ,sa a..s.t.. v-sat,v es.za.,a
- i 1s5a. contains taa. ofilessA4 s,zsls-
- 81 TIE FIRST municipal ordinances
-. afges.s6 - Cflarsss {. Terry.
= - q fae board Of trIzs1es-s ard
-. Kaxan. clsrk TIE na9picl pal
- occurred tese January preceding.
- about ninety votes Eefe cast and
Z. .ccessfal candidate foF president een
e ia joF5sy. The ll.jes Of ordinances
~ a. f2.i9~%-
< .-To .evy q municipal tax for the
~ .~coucsruinE swine running al
e-For prevention q drunkenness
u ai.oFseriy aqn5set-
a. .-To regulate me building q SIDE
ts.s II Commercial street from MIL -
Iaeas5ss streets.
No s-F0r the removed of Indians
The latter ordinance provided That no
Isssns shall - permitted - reside Or 10
ais tasI residences en any 2Hrees. !ilgh-
wy aae ~ A8saY. Or any vacant los 10
- towA 81 aeattie. Ercu5 a pC8t known as
= sousA side Of CaaF.es Planners ten
AIRS lot - a patut kuo@n as she south
sass OF Beils land siaszn.
Il sil u seea mat the pioneer good
s@esse % tf9s l.2rea Ci;y wsgt. iIEpaF 81
q taslg aversion ~ Indians ana hogs aud
soos iEe eagliest opportunity 10 ieEt=tgte
tasn eat - ,nH municipality buf Ike
nazy other sown4@ - iafeE days proAsssi-
ion failed 81 prohibit aHd natives and
s~Ise continued - suf@at the sawdusT OF
he main EtFeess for many years
Henry 4. Atkins, says Air. Bagl0y ''is
sssays mentioned a. tbs first mayor Of
s<atIs as indeed m was in name. bat The
exF municipal organization vas effect I'd
n January. 1875. and WAS almost tdent4gaI
81 character % this later one ~ is19 Charisa
c Terry was the first mayor .n fact
sa0aga his Official titie was president Of
rAs beard e trustees This fgUac!pa! yr-
Az Of the opinion that Il remained untH
xs,ss saIsa b. that u lsh3 9lt taus Ear
&c sriclai record has bgsn auearthed 10
sxciosa The facts III the csAze.
~o.e q the Judges % tie frgt election
Esslsonsd IA thc oio nswsps per marked
tAE ballot * citE"a a. he 4 posted IL
4 tas cigar EuS that &eEN&i 40 a ballot
bs1 The coUnt showed that tse citizen
"a set@a Tor ar Terry a.tho4gh .ae had
esdRza bis vote 10 Dexter Horton Wh8
ss the othaT candidate lis du9ilc.fy vas
spss0, bat the judge In marking the hal
b l8d violated The election .aw and ln
NEclse IRE citizen iaia complaint before
tsTai succeeding grand 1ufles asking far
a. indictment OF tGe offending election
Ege.
AZ least tso - the former Judges Of
Srton were members az the grand issry
q these sessions however and their feiA
~ members appeared 20 think the ofTenae
rsre Of joke n an crime ana 81 refused
10 present an Indictment and the matter
"a allowed 10 drop.
ramgel +. caomhs ard Clarence Il.
EEsey were clerks of election ufi this ot.-
ce'0E and afe stlil RESILIENT u taa plaes.
b. iae Judges the candidates texcep' Ar.
gpftoHo and nearly all the voters ays nav
iesa ans almost forgotten. T,i.s election
tsos slsee mofe than thirty-f0ur yesrs assn.
seattle "as then putting OH d.gusfea airs.
has a telegraph ana steamboat service
aat daily paper. yet to-day men who
sxne nere IS railroad are called pioneers
TIE people - the present day loss their
l.fspeeiye and forget that the territory If
washington was orsau3Zed farty-fls.s
LAS age ftat Seattle. Seeilacaonn Port
,r.oshSsfss. oiyspia. Vancouver and Wans
NaAa seF@ teriViuR towns thirty years
aEo sn1 That the Northern Pacific rail.
Esd WAS h0is Through from Ksiana IN
ssg9nia. quarter ~ a century ago
SEATTLE Wa founded sesrfa; Years sar-
~ Than Omaha and several other ~ m.
ifrving Interior ciftss."