Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-26
DIRECTORS PUT OUT
BY Philadelphia Mayor for the
Second Time in Gas
Lease Fight.
CONGRATULATED Upon STAND
Given Great Ovation by Thousands
of People as He Passed Along the
Streets-Rumors Current That He
Is to Be lmpeached.
Is to Be lmpeached.

Philadelphia, May 26.-The bitter
feeling that has been engendered by
the gas lease fight was intenslned
when Mayor Weaver practically eject
ed from the offices of the departments
/ OF public safety and pubic works his
| two former directors and again in
stalled the men appointed by him on
| Tuesday night. The action or the
mayor was the most sensational move
that he has yet made. 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 wholesale
dismissal of bureau chiefs and other
officials was about to occur. Inc
news 0 ated considerable excitement
in the ,+y hall, and nearly all that
were h'terested assembled in the VI
cinity Of the mayors office to learn
of the next move. This came quickly,
but from an unexpected quarter-the
state supreme court. While the
mayor was ordering his old directors
out of their offices his attorneys ap-
peared in the supreme court and oD-
tanned special supercedas suspend
ing the temporary injunction granted
to the old directors by the county
court. Another dramatic incident or
the day was the great ovation given
Mayor Weaver by several thousand
persons while on his way from city
hall to the Union League for lunch.
1t was a sensational demonstration
and was looked upon by those opposed
to the lease as an indication or the
trend Of popular sentiment
Rumor of Impeachment.
In the thick of the fight came the
story, but from where no one appears
to know, that the mayor is to be I'M
peached. For what particu'a ar otfense
was not clearly defined. One rumor
had il that he would be brought be.
fore the bar of city councils for his
conduct of an election fraud case
while he was district attorney and
another rumor had it that he was
made TO answer for some alleged .apse
of duty while in his present position
The situation is daily growing more
dense. In all sections of the city the
reform organizations and the news
papers have aroused citizens to take
hand in the fight. The councilmen
who favor the gas lease are having a
hard time of it. They are being
swamped with protests and de'eSa-
tons of neighbors are calling on them
at their homes or places OF business
or are holding them up on the streets.
Many reply that they are for the lease
so long as the peerless leader, as Com
missioner Durham is affectionately
called by the organization men, is
for it.
1t is reported that President ROose-
welt will be asked to issue a special
warning to federal employees to keep
out of the gas lease fight. 1t is charg-
ed by some of the anti-gas lease peo-
pie that the organization is calling
upon federal oficeholders to use their
influence with councilmen in behalf Of
the gas lease. This Is denied by or
ganization leaders. Leaders against
the organization say that they know
that the government employees are
bringing pressure to bear on the coun-
cilmen and that if it continues dele
~, Of oif will 10 o.
ton to see the president.
Mayor Receives Congratulations.
Mayor Weaver is receiving hun
dreds OF letters and kilograms of con-
graduation. Among those he made
public were these.
81 congratulate you on the firm
stand you have taken in behalf of'the
people. EDWARD F. dunno,
D.. Mayor of Chicago
Your stand against corruption
thrills all decent Republicans. This
club bids you God speed in your course
and adds that such acts as yours rank
YOU with Roosevelt, La Toilette and
Folk as public benefactor.
FRANKLIN SMITH,
Republican Club, Thirty-irst Assem-
bly, District, New York City"
AS a result of the agitation against
the lease three select and six common
councilmen have now announced that
they would change their votes on the
lease. This would make the vote in
,elect council stand 81 for the lease
md 8 against, and in common council
| IS for and IS against. 1t takes two
thirds vote to pass an ordinance over
the mayors veto John c. Winston, As
chairman of the committee of seventy,
has engaged Joseph C. Auerbach. a
New York lawyer, to represent the
| committee ii its fight against the gas
lease. Eve are going further than
| the mayor" said Mr.. Winston. He
simply wants 10 straighten out his de-
partments. We are going TO investi
gate civic matters and will stir up the
city. When we have finished there