The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-12
Councilman K0ontz Causes Delay in Or.
ganization of City Fathers ByRepeat-
ed attempts to Secure Something for
~Hin1seE:.Fzeming Is Again City Clerk
and Names Same Force of Assistants.

Quietly and without frills or dem
onstrations Mayor Floyd Daggett
took up the duties of his new office
today succeeding Mayor Frank Boyd.
With the same quietness the new
city council was installed and organ
lied
There was but one flash in the pan
before the council voted for George
Koontz for president and that was
brought about through the insistence
of Councilman Baines for recogni
ton in the committees and appoint
ments.
The council was called to order by
City Clerk Fleming at 1915 o'clock
and immediatel yafter the roll call
Councilman Gray moved the nominal
tiOn of Councilman Baldwin as tenn
porary chairman. MIR. Baldwin de-
clined the honor and Councilman
Baines was named by Snyder and
elected.
For president of the council Snyder
named George b. Koontz.
Mr.. Pratt named Baldwin. who de-
clined in favor of Pratt. The latter
also declined and Councilman Funk
was named.
On the first ballot Koontx voted
for Funk and the latter returned
the courtesy.
The votes for Funk were Gray,
Baldwin, Koontz Pratt. For Koontz
were Funk, Estep, Snyder. Horr and
Phillips.
Councilman Raines cast his vote
for Estep, thus defeating the cleo
ton OF Koontz.
Councilman Funk moved that a
vote Of thanks be given to the out
going president, J. II. Boyd.
Councilman Snyder declared thanks
were due to Joe Lindsey, his col
league. and In few remarks threw
many boquets at the man from the
Fourth. declaring he was good man
despite what The Press said against
him and that the gratitude of the
people was due to Mr.. Lindsey in
large chunks Baldwin moved to in
clude all outgoing members in the
vote of thanks. which was done
Councilman Snyder moved to take
n recess for 80 minutes, but n spec
tator In the gallery yelled out:
"ren minutes"
1t was only when the councilman
pointed out that outsiders were In
terfering with the proceedings that
the 1O-minute recess was voted down.
II took nearly an hour to get Coun-
Gilman Baines and the democratic
members into line.
Councilman Baines first held out
for the appointment OF City Clerk
Fleming. who was being fought by
the Spol<esman-Rev AS Fleming
was certain of the election the re-
publicans agreed to this and then Mr..
Raines declared for the chairmanship
of the finance committee. This his
republican brethren refused to grant
him.
The matter was finally fixed up and
Koontz was elected on the second
ballot with vote of Q to 1, Koontz
voting for Funk.
For president pro tenn Councilman
Estep moved the election Of Council
man Phillips, which was made unani-
mously.
Baldwin nominated Charles F'lem-
ing for city clerk and Snyder named
A. c. Burrows Mr.. Fleming received
eight votes, Snyder and Koontz vot-
ing for Burrows.
On motion of Councilman Baldwin
n committee of three was appointed
70 wait upon the outgoing mayor
and ask him to address the council
While the committee was out the
city clerk announced the reappoint-
~ al
l.. Frank boyd was escorted into
the council chamber and In brief
speech thanked those who had stood
NV him. He referred to the Jack
not" in which he had fallen through
the dissensions In the council and
the handicap under which he laboreo
in trying to give good administra'
ton
There were tears In the ex-mayor's
eyes az he referred to the slanderous
abuse to which he had been subjected
by the Spokesman Review during his
two yca\Is in office.
He cloced with n pretty compliment
10 Mayor Daggett. whom he described
as clean and capable official, II
whom the people had made gooc
choice, and said:
81 am n good man-always was
but they objected to my policy.
can only say in the word of a grea
man who, when subjected to bas'
calumny. said I shall so live tina
the world will not believe it."
At the suggestion of Councilman
Baldwin the outgoing councllmel
were asked to express themselves
Joe Lindsey was the only one to re
spond and made "A clean little speech
in which he thanked his former col
leagues and declared against the har
boring OF political feeling.
All this time Mayor Daggett ha'
been sitting in the council chambe
an Interested observer and APPARENT.