The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-06
RIGGINS WAS REMOVED
AS Mayor by a Majority Of the Civ
Council Of Waco.
NINE COUNTS IN THE INDICTMENT
Trial Lasted All Of Thursday Mich. and
the Vote Was Seven TO Two ui.,
One Absens--Not the End Of II

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gins this morning, and declared tho ~.
fee Of mayor vacant The trial copt,puee
ail night ard The nnal vote was taken
4:2a o'clock. II began about . O'Clock ana
continued without intermisslou until if
closed.
Ihere was nothing CT a sensational pa
ture developed in the case at the last trial.
though good deal Of the ground previous.
" covered was gone over.
The proceedings were begun September
IL. The day before the case came mn ia,
trial the council WAS enjolned by Mayor
higgins from hearing the case. the restrain.
ing order being issued by Judge Po,ndex.
ter Of lin county The case was set for
week ahead, but the council waived time,
accepted service and asked Judge surrat,
OF this county to hear the case. lie did
so and dissolved the injunction. The trial
proceeded that night, through the entire
night and a recess was taken until
o'clock the next evening When The coun.
ell convened there was restraining srari
from the court OF civil appeals, and TINS
"tder was obeyed. The case was heard no
mat court a month ago and the Injunction
dissolved, the court deciding tuat tao coun-
cll nao a right to proceed aud the defend
he a ..1s-.
ings.
in sftaon dove +,, s.,.,- a
motion for -, - -. 49,. ul'u
was acted upon lasr Wednesday and was
refused. Defendant at once made appllca.
ton for writ Of error before the supreme
the rou,ru 30 ofter tE. r.-,,i W. ~
of tbe ,onn,u NJ. go iF ~ 'N,iut9'
ton prevailed that the council 20 into tine
impeachment proceedings. This carried
gu tuv tllal ploee'tN' Inc counsel for
tut mayor urea 20 get q postpougmeLt,
Guy IN VAN,
and after some delay i, was decided TO
submit the case without argument The
mayors counsel asked tor two hours ln
which to present their case. but this was
cut to one hour, aud they refused 10 take
any time. The council vns iu evacutIge
session then for n little more Than nm nour
.ul ,tber tba 51or. 49,, ,.,.,,l n-' '',''
ana r,r,o,.o ri,, r. .ae Hi|"'
and ,.,rrin5 NV 'I ,b g,,,, ".',,' m"s IEgo
IVY w. ,Ill,,N ny i8, '''.t"tH- ''-g' ny
I1@r1tlt,., 49,, '''O'.' ts
i li',l..',0'' w '5.ace ana jameson Noes
'ii' 9'"' S NM A'G5 '''-o Al.Nai'
utt US a'stAl G0l "o"-l nave fotel
There were nine counts r. the resolution
Of !mpeachment They are, first failure
and refusal to carry ont Tine orders of the
council To pay out certain money. Three
Tb, f,rr,b js tbet r'' No nai3 ,t 5,n,'o, ,,itp
out the authority Of the council.
The NTH charge Is that he persisteutiy
attempted to prevent a settlement ana a.. .
Jus Jf ' Wgl Oh 'ne water supply 'l lne '''y
q. His accordance and continuance for
long perlod of time eulplovment nj n large
salary from certain persons or orsauiza.
tlmlS known as the anti prohibition marty F.
OF the state whose purpose Is opposition
to the prnhibltlon movement and that hy
sgid service I'm The caracltv as manager
of this party he has neglected hts duties
as MAYOR of the city and an OF this IA
wInfuI
Z That during HIS term of Office ne
has used the city hall Of the citv of Waco !
as hoedou9rters for the anu-nrohhiron f.
marty Of which he Is the manager and that
I'm doing this he has nrosttutcd the Office
Of MAYOR and the city hall
8 That 10y the aCCentancc OF thn n0si- F.
tion as manager Of the state antiproh'hi F..
ton marty he brought NJ" city iuto., public |
ridicule. hatred and contempt FOR the gov
ornment Of the sold city
.. That by the a"ceptance of TINS work F.
the mayor has allowed the streets or me /
city 10 run down, and TINT tr9tnc is I'M .