The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-16

! AT this juncture the fire depart
ment came sailing past the city hall
with changing gongs. No public
alarm was heard, but the call is said
to have come from Box s3.
As Clerk Bailey started to call the
roll for the vote for marketmaster,
I Constable Bert Jones pushed his
head in from the hall and asked il
there was a man there named Sam
I uel Hill. from the Fifth ward"
i Mr.. Hill arose and replied, and the
constable told him he was wanted at
the telephone. The telephone over
which the message came Is in the
hall upstairs. and Mr.. Hill, when he
asked what was wanted, was told
that his house was burning. and his
little girl badly injured. He did not
wait for formalities, but rushed home
as fast as he could. He lives near
Fourth and Norton. and when he ar
rived he found that there had been
no fire. II became. apparent then
that he had been duped. and he re-
turned immediately to the city hall.
In the meantime the vote on mar
ketmaster was taken, the first ballot
showing: a.
Num- received the following:
Bell, Farley, Miller, Starks, Bar
nett, Kolb. Katterjobn and McBroom
Clark got only one vote, Oehlschlae-
ger; Ingram, Greif and ellison voted
for Estes Walker got no votes.
while Smedley got Davis. Durrett
Krause, Gallman. Rehkopf, Rgles-
berger and Taylor. This made y for
Num-. Z for Smedlev, 3 for Estes.
one for Clark and none for Walker.
Councilman Hill. having been sap-
ed away by ruse. of course did not
answer, ant another ballot was taken
This one resulted In the ter demo
cats concentrating on Smedley. ana
the nine republicans voting 70. Num-
President Davis aslsri that Council
n.an Hills name be called three
tines, and when he failed to answer
declared Smcdley elected.
The republican members then be
gan to suspect that something was
Wrong They did not know what
had become of Councilman Hill. but
never a suggestion was made by any
of the democratic members to show
the republicans the courtesy of even
the briefest respite, The republican
members made search for Mr.. Hill
but were unable to find him about
the hall.
President Davis then announced
that the next election would be that
OF wharfmaster. Capt Frank Brown.
who was also the choice Of the re
publicans, was unanimously chosen
for the Office. I
The election OF license inspector
was not so bad. George Lehnhard
the republican caucus nominee. was
elected by a vote of 10 to 9 over Ed
win Rivers incumbent. Councilman
Young Taylor, democrat, voted WITH
the republicans.
II. II. Mcclure was nominated foe
city weigher, by the republicans. ana
Mendol johnson. incumbent, by the |
democrats. Mr.. Johnson received ]
the ten democratic votes, and Mr.. |
Mcclure the nine republicans.
The election of milk and meat in |
spector was passed. as the Office is to |
be consolidated with another.
Councilman Hill returned and
took his seat in time to vote for city /
physician. The nominations were.
DR.. W. J. Bass, DR.. II. Y. William |
son and Or. J. S. Troutman. on the |
hrst ballot nine democrats voted for |
Bass. one democrat. Taylor. and one
republican, Alderman Farley, voted
Tor Troutman, and nine republicans
voted for Williamson. 1t required
eleven TO elect The second ballot
Bass got 8. Williamson 9. and Trout
man two, Farley, republican. and
Greif, democrat voting for Trout
man. The third ball6t the ten demo
Gratis voted for Bass, Farley for
lroutman, and the other nine repub-
licans for Williamson. on the fourth
ballot Bass was elected, getting all
ten democrats and Farley, republl-
can, while Williamson got the nine
ANHNbh'oho.
The election being over, the repub.
lican members crowded about Coun-
Gilman Hill and learned the details
OF the despicable plot by which he
had been narrowed with information
That his house was burning and his
little girl badly injured, and while
away his absence taken advantage
of by the democrats.
The republicans were naturally
very indignant, as IL was as dirty
piece OF politics as could have been
The democrats deny all knowledge
Df the scheme, and Constable Bert
Jones states that he was an innocent
DOL of the perpetrator. as he knew
nothing about IT, and simply called
Sfr. Hill TO the telephone, as whoever