Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-04
CITY FATHERS
WITHDRAWAL OF ALDERMAN "A.
T. PATTERsoN's RESIGNATION
CAUSES A LITTLE
RIPPLE OTHERWISE HARMONY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RE-
TURNS cANvAssED

S84S OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ne
TURNS cANvAssED
AS compared to the last council
meeting the gathering last night was
a very tame and humdrum affair." the
only ripple on the surface arising
when the withdrawal by Alderman a..
T. Patterson Of his resignation as a
member of the council was read
Alderman e. G. Patterson reversed his
views on this matter and as strenuous
" objected to the withdrawal Of the.
resignation as he was opposed to the
resignation at the last meeting. How.
ever the other members Of the council
were CONSTANT, and the withdrawal
was allowed.
The other feature Of the meeting
twas the resignation OF G. A. Rawlings
as auditor and the appointment Of
lF. E. Young to that position, all Of
which was done without objection.
Mayor Webb. and all the members
of the council, save Aldermen Peter.
son and Wilcox, were present. F. e.
Young acting ais city auditor.
The mayor presented the withdrawal
of the resignation Of Alderman A. r.
4 Patterson.
+. Alderman q. G. Patterson moved
that the resignation be accepted. The
mayor held that as the council had re-
fused to accept the resignation at the
last meeting the alderman had the
right to withdraw his resignation if he
| wanted to. A discussion followed as
ito whether the council had refused to
accept the resignation or not at the
last meeting and Richholt wanted the
minutes read to settle the matter. but
the mayor wanted the question Of the
Resignation decided before they went
Iany further. Finally the minutes of
/ the last two meetings were read and
i approved. t5:s. a.
J. g. Patterson wanted the opinion
of the city attorney as to whether the
alderman could withdraw his resigna-
]. ton. ~.
Mr.. Slattery said they had had the
opinion Of the city attorney to the
effect that there was no vacancy in the
First ward as the council had not ac-
Icepted Alderman Patterson's resigna-
ton, and that was enough for him.
Alderman Richholt thought the mat
ter could be looked up before the next
meeting after the city attorney had
been consulted. ~ 4. i
Alderman A. T. Patterson moved
4 that the result Of the election be can
vassed, which motion prevailed, and
I Messrs. Tatley. Mckenzie, Homer
Met ormick and "A. T. Patterson were
named as canvassers.
| The result was announced as fol-
lows: !. r,s. Il
5@S Vote for, Mayor.
F. R. smyth, s47; 3. G. Patterson,
1894; Smiths majority So.
Vote for Treasurer. ,...s..
4 VIM. Fortune, 1874; P. e. Byrne, 2ss;
fortunes majority, As.
VOTE FOR ALDERMEN.
Il IT'D. First Ward.
! slattery, Il; Kunz, 30; slattery's
majority, Al. 9s,&s
NJ astpslg s IL, Ls.s
q Second Ward.
Reade, "a; Vesperman, 81; Reades
1 majority, 90. y lj2
II Third Ward.
Marquett. IS; McGillis, SO; Mar
4 quett's majority. 30. .s ..5.-z: zs..
I; Fourth Ward.
II Fisher (no opposition) 81; scatter
ling, /. n Il 5=ts s==:'s
Il Police Magistrate.
]. John Fort, 1853; scattering. 6.
City Justice.
\ e. S. Pierce, II; G. j. Keenan,, Z;
i scattering, 3; Pierce's plurality, 2.
/ The report Of the. canvassers was
Il adopted and the successful men were
4 declared elected and the auditor in
structed to issue to them the certii
Gates. IN, ~ u
Mayor Webb announced the resigna
i tion Of g. a, Rawlings as auditor and
| the appointment Of +. p. Young as
his successor, which appointment was
confirmed without opposition and tbs
Ebond approved with Lynn w. Sperry
Iand G. A. WEIGH as sureties in the sum
Eof $1,000. Il
ID. G. Patterson moved that the city
attorney be asked to give an opinion
Ion the withdrawal Of the resignation
For Alderman A, e, Patterson, motion
seconded by Alderman Richholt. who
Elater withdrew the second.