, 1900-10-23
MILLER
is STILL A RESIDENT AND STILL
AN ALDERMAN OF LAR
AMIE.
Former Action by Which Alder
mar Milier's Seat Was Declared
Vacant-Ar interesting Session
and Some Acid in the Speeches.

The city council at a special meet
ing last night rescinded its action vi
the previous meeting by which the seat
of Alderman Lauritz Miller of the
Third ward had been declared vacant
and the clerk vas ordered to eXpunge
the former resolution from the rec
ords.
This action was due to the decIara,
ton made by Mr.. Miller to various
members of the council that he still
maintained his residence in Laramie
despite the fact that he has taken his
family temporarilyto his ranch. lnas.
much as intent is the chief element in
the determination OF residence this
statement was taken to be the deter
mining fact in the case and Mr.. Mil.
Ter is saved the trouble of ~Contcsting
the action of the council. as he had
announced his in purpose to do.
Mr.. Crumrine's Motion.
Shortly after the meeting was call
ed to order by Mayor Miller. Mr..
Crumrine stated tlat his action on the
former occasion had been the subject
for considerable talk around the city
and he wanted to set himself right.
He said he had proposed the resolu-
ton by which Mr.. Miller's eat had
been declared vacant at the sugges-
ton Of the mayor and because he had
supposed that Mr.. Miller had removed
from the city. He would show his dis
interestedness in the matter, he said,
by moving now for a reconsideration
of the motion by which the resolution
was adopted.
Mayor Miller promptly declared this
motion was u of order. for the rea.
son that parliamentary Law did moi
same meeting in which the original
action was taken. There was some
discussion of this point but Mr.. Crum.
rine presently cut it short by putting
his motion in another form. He NOV
that the action of the council in dc.
claring Mr.. Miller's seat vacan be re,
scinded and that the record of that &C
ton be eXpunged from the minutes.
Mr.. ArnoId's Opinion.
Considerable talk. some of it fun.
ny and some of it serious, followed
this motion. Mr.. Crumrine called up.
on the attorney for a declaration OF
opinion as to the residence of Alder.
man Miller. Mr.. Arnold t%hereupon en-.
tertained the council with some pleas,
ant sophistry to the general effect OF
maybe so and maybe not. AS nearly
as it could be interpreted this opinion
was to the effect that Alderman Miller
has forfeited his right to sit in the
council by having moved his family tC
the country. He said a man might
technically be a resident of a town
and still by his frequent absence be
ineligible to hold Office in the town
This statement. while it did not eluci
date anything in particular. had the
effect to keep everybody in a good hu
NOR with himself and with Mr.. Arnold
and was therefore worth all the men
tai labor the attorney expended W
it.
Well, anyhow. you will all grant that
| did not ask you to take any actor
in the matter"
Could Not See It.
1t was apparent at once that the
members of the council would no
grant any such thing. Mr.. Crumrin'
promptly arose and said Mayor Mile
did ask the council to take action. Al
dermen Jones and Schwatke corrobor
ated this statement. Then Mayor
Miller called upon Clerk Symons tC
read the minutes. They had been tax
en- down in short hand and We're tc
the effect that the mayor had called
attention to the section of the cit!
charter providing for action in case
of the removal of an alderman from
the city; had stated that Lauritz Mil
Ter had removed from the city: and
had asked the council what action il
would take.
Mayor Miller denied the testimony
of the aldermen and the minutes and
persisted that he did not ask the coun
Gil to take action. The barometer was
rapidly falling at this point. However
there was no further manifestation OF
a storm and the motion was put
Crumrine. Hicks and Schwatke voted
to rescind the action of the council
and Brands voted against 1t. The mo
ton was therefore carried and tn,
council will welcome Mr.. Miller bacl
to the fold.
The viaduct Question.
Mayor Miller reported he had a con
ference with Assistant Superintendent
Whitney on the viaduct question ant
that that oficial had not given nue.
encouragement. Mr.. Miller though