The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-03-05
CANDIDATES ARE
COMING OUT
CONTEST FOR MAYORALTY PROM
lSEs TO BE INTERESTING.
CORCORAN AND WEBB ARE OUT
AIdermanic Contests to Be Lively
Also TrombIay and Weeks
the Issues.

didate for Mayor Of this City," said
II. B. Webb to a Diamor : Drill Re-
porter last Tuesday
IL have had this matter under adj
visement for several weeks. was
asked by large number OF prominent
men OF the city TO run for the Office
and have been receiving calls from
different individuals, off and on, all OF
them asking me TO run for mayor. |
gave the same answer 20 ALL ". that
! would think it oyei and ad<ke them
later on. ] have given the matter
serious consideration and have decided
to enter the race. take this means
OF advising my friends that will
run"
"What will be your position regard
ing the Weeks & Co. claim, If elected
Mr.. Webb, inquired the reporter.
II feel that that is a subject upon
which it is necessary for me to declare
myself. was the reply.
when Mr.. Afford came here TO
start work on the dam he came to my
place. He was from Waukeegan and
SO was ! and we felt ourselves to be
acquainted by the ties of old associa-
tions. Naturally a friendship grew up
between us and when, later on, the
diSagreements between Afford and
Sturtuyant began TO arise | sided with
Afford, for had some inside informa-
tion about the work from Afford that
convinced me that the best thing the
City could do would be to "fire' Sturt-
uvant and let Afford go on and do the
city good job. think that subse-
quent events proved that was right.
There is not man in Crystal Falls to-
day who does not think that Sturtu-
want was playing into Weeks hands.
They are brother-in-laws and many
think that the relation OF the two in
the Crystal Falls contract is closer
than they would like TO have known.
During all those scraps" ! sided
with Afford for very good reasons and
when the settlement came on and
Weeks came here he trailed after Al
ford and as Afford had always made
my business place sort of headquar-
ters, they naturally staid about my
place. Thus the impression got out
that / was friendly to Weeks. There
is nothing in my connection with Mr..
Weeks that would induce me to favor
him i'm the least and from the fact
that this Friendship" idea has got
out would feel, II elected, that was
watched by the people closer than
were l not acquainted with Weeks,
and for that reason would deem IL me-
cessary to bear down harder upon him.
tin racr, from the size Of the claim
which understand he has filed, ]
doubt very much IL a settlement can
be effected outside OF the courts.
When Weeks presented his bill first 1t
was approximately $4,000. At that
time the council felt disposed to settle
for So, 200 and / went TO Mr.. Weeks
one evening in an endeavor TO get
him to state what figure he would
name as acceptable TO him. IT my
memory serves me correctly, he inti-
mated that 50 400 would satisfy him.
Since that time many of the items in
his bill nave been paid, and he still
claims 81, 900 due him. lt can readily
be seen, therefore, that the chances
are all against a settlement outside
the courts and If should be elected
shall prosecute the case Just as hard
as | cam
"ify you are elected, Mr. Webb, will
you re-appoint John Tfomblay city
MARSHALL
Mr.. Webb smiled and replied: "ot
the twenty five or thirty men, who
have approached me ON this mayoraf-
ity matter everyone OF them has asked
me that same question and | must re
ply to you. as have to all others, chat
/ 10 into this matter unpledged one
way or the other. will say that i
would consider IL the height OF folly
TO appoint q man whom the large ma
iority OF the people do not want.
From the vehement expressions l
have heard on this matter, and they
have all been from the better element
OF the people, / should say that the
people OF this city are satisfied that
Mr.. Tromblay hes prostituted his
ONCE, that ne hes been q violstor, not
only Of good msoicipal order, but Of