The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
"GET QUIT
 SAYS WEAVER EjectS Directors He Had Previously Fired. ANOTHER BIG SENSATION The Determined Philadelphia Mayor Scores Again. Supreme Court Also Comes to Oficiars Rescue With supercedeas sus- pending Temporary Injunc-
 tion of Opponents.
ANOTHER BIG SENSATION

feeling that has been engendered by the gas lease fight was intensified to- day when Mayor Weaver practically elected from the office of the depart ments of public safety and public works his two former directors and again put in those installed by him on Tuesday night.
 The moment the news flashed through the great city building that the old directors were out and the new men in, rumors flew thick and fast that a wholesale dismissal of bureau chiefs and other officials was about to occur. The news created considerable excite ment In city hall and on the political "Rialto" and nearly all that were in- terested assembled in the vicinity of the mayors office to learn of the next move.
 This came quickly, but from an un- expected quarter-the State Supreme Court While the mayor was ordering his old directors out of their office his attorneys appeared in the Supreme Court and obtained a supercedeas sus- pending the temporary injunction granted to the old directors yesterday by the county court.
 Another dramatic incident was the ovation given Mayor Weaver by several thousand persons on his way from the city hall to the Union League for lunch. It was sensational demonstration and looked upon Dy those opposed to the lease as an indl- cation of the trend of popular senti- ment.
 In the thick of the fight this after noon came the story, but from where no one appears to know, that the mayor is to be impeached. For what particu- lar offense was not clearly defined. One ha HyOu1d he hrOIi'p f before the bar sof the City Council for his conduct of an election fraud case while he was district attorney and another rumor had it that he was to be made to answer for some alleged lapse of duty while Tn his present condition. All attempts to confirm the impeach- ment rumor failed but at the same lime no one could be Induced to deny khem The leaders of the organiza- kion was closeted all day, either with their small army of attorneys or re- reiving reports from their ward leaders. All were silent on the impeachment story and on all proposed plans for the future.
 Will "stand Pat"
 The organization leaders say they will continue to stand pat" on the gas lease and that their ranks are solid. On the other hand Mayor Weaver an- nounced late today that he mad assu-
 
 chambers when his veto is considered will be changed materially from the vote taken last week. One councilman said today that he would change his vote and 1t is understood that the May or has the direct promise from several others that they will sustain him!
 The situation is daily growing more intense. In all sections of the city the reform organizations and the newspa- pers have aroused citizens to ta1e a hand in the fight. The councflmen who favor the gas lease are having hard time of it. They are being swdmped with protests and delegations of neigh bors are calling on them at their homes or places of business or are holding them up on the streets. Many of them reply that they are for the lease so long as the peerless leader" as Commits sioner Durham is affectionately called by the organization men, is for it.
 The busting of the old directors was the first move of the day. P. F. Cos teJlo was apparently performing his routine duties in the office of public works when Mayor Weaver, followed by former Judge J. G. Gordon. entered the office. After formally greeting MT. Costello the Mayor handed him letter which he asked him to read The let ter recited the action taken by the County Court yesterday in restraining his new directors from taking office and continued:
 This writ and decree of the court I and the officer designed by me to fill the existing vacancy, will scrupulously obey. Since, howeve-, you have re- turned and taken possession of the rooms and property of the office from which you were removed By this act you have constituted yourself tress- passer ana are acting in defiance and in resistance of executive auth ority. give you formal notice to immediately leave the rooms and abandon the office and property of the director of the de- partment of public works. Should you refuse to do this peacefully you will be immediately elected by the use of what ever force is necessary for .he pur- pose"
 Mir Costello read it, flushed up, and said:
 Costello Obeys.
 Highways obey the mandate of the detective was placed in charge of the office and the Mayor Judge Gordon and Captain Donaghy then went to the office of the Director of Public Safety MT. Smyth had been informed of what was to happen before the Mayor step ped into the room.
 After MT. Smyth had read the letter handed to him which was identical with the one handed MT. Costello. he picked up his hat to go. but the Mayor
 
 versation with him. A detective was placed in charge of the office Subsc- nuently the two dismissed director. sent identical letters to the Mayor which read:
 .Tn your letter of this date. you as- sume what Is yet to be decided by the court under the proceedings instituted bv me. viz, that I have been removed from office, and yOu assert an Intention to do what I am advised will be con tennt of court. Until it is decided to the contrary will assert my right to 'Jisoborpe tho duties of my office from iIaL oe vet I am advised, I have not been removed. but in view of your .Sroa+ of violence and of my desire tha: there shall be an orderly determination nS v,iII do nothing which will bring obont oio5i, a breach of the peace"
 While the Mayor was ousting the old mold directors, one of his attorneys ann"arAH