The sun., 1900-05-10
DECLARE OFFICES VACANT
President Of Council May Yield
to Pressure and
Do So.
DEADLOCK MAY BE BROKEN
| egai information Obtained by For
, mer President, Colonel Leitch in
Regard Declaring City Offices
Vacant, Said to be i'm Pos
session of Alexander.

From the many rumors that are atioat
1t is believed that there will be change
shortly in the Councilmanic deadlock
over city officers. Considerable pressure
is being brought to bear 1pon President
ui Council W. S. Alexander to declare
vacant the city Offices, for which there
wa no election last July.
IL was reported last night that Presi-
dent Alexander was seriously consider
ing such a step and that he would be up
hrld by Counciimen Cannon, Monaghan,
Groves, Htay and Operly, who togeti er
Nitf Nj. Alexander, composed which
t,as been known all along as the ''solid
sin
II is said that President Alexander
"a un-, ps-ion oi |, gaI information on tire
a.,lu o c'ty uti en-, which was OIL
talt !! by CAlJnel g. NJ Leitch when he
na- president oi Cunncil.
The save state of affiirs then existed.
Tie coIonei lit ttal time received. an
opinion from the City Solicitor, which
stated that the city Offices were practic-
al!i vacant,
Accor ling to this opinion the colonel
! could have at any meeting declared the
,flices vacant
Counci at that time was composed Of
! 6 Republic and Democrats and had
the lionel declared the offices vacant
the Republicans could not have flied
the offices as il requires a majority vote.
Aiter squire O'NeiIl, Democratic Coun-
Gilman nom the First ward, died, each
paty had an equal number of votes, but
Col mel Leitch still hesitated as he
thought that the Republicans could gain
little by throwing out the persons acting
as city officers, as Council would again
bp dtadlocked.
TIE friends OF the various candidates
for city officers declare that things are
different now that Democrat is in the
pr sidtnt's chair.
There has been a decided change in
the situation since the terms OF the
crtna,rry employees expired. Democratic
workers are raising q big kick aboy:t aIE
IT,. i'iy Offices being tied up. The slight
ipl IT certain persons in the Board OF
H,a'in appointments has added a cew
fer2ul-
if- 'sold six" deny the report cir
Gu ~, Il yesterday that three Of their
nun,'"r were defeated in candidates
the. Wished in having certain persons
made ex -cutiye officers Of the Board Of
Heali!, and would, therefore, join with
forct- with the "big fnurp Councilmen,
Kanr Smi b, Mausiey and Willis.
Cnlrcltnan Cannon vas the ouly one
of tin -iX 20 have o candidate fur tXpcu-
tive fic~r and liz stil swears BY the
'soiid -iX'7" slate,
On mnthtr hand, Cuuncimen Willis,
one oi tie "big f ~" had a candidate
for secretary Of lht Board OF Hrri.h.
1t i said Il at i there is to be . COM
promise slate mad the compromise will
have to lie made by tine big four"
The slate for which the solid six"
. has held ont FIR SO long is as follows:
Clerk ui Council, James Thompson, of
the Eighth; bailiff. John Crozier, Of the
Sevent| auditor, John D. Thompson, of
the Second; clerk of the market, Thomas
. Newell OF the Third; meat inspector,
Matthew j. Gallagher, of the Twelfth;
7. inspector of oil, Michael ]. Kelly, of the
Tenth; city treesurer's clerk, Herman f.
First, OF tile First; city auditors clerk,
e John II. Bong Gilman, OF the Twelfth
The present city officers were reelected
pro tenn on July y last. The law pro-
{ vides that the meat inspector and audi
tor shall hold office until their successors
e are appointed. No provision is made,
: howevt !, in tie case of the other city
+ offices.
!. 1t is claimed by friends of the candi-
: dates TO- city offices and not denied by
the Councilmen, that Council has nc
right to continue the present city officers
in office without electing them by ballot
and that the Councilmen are violating
their oaths by so doing.
y The question has even been raised thai
~ these officers are at present not ever
y bonded as it is charged these expired
after they had served their term.