The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-02
BLANKET FRANCHISE
Fight WAS BITTER

pointed a committee ~ ten To car
rs the protest "a the city council
The committee appeared before
the council the following Monday
night where It's members were In
suited and mallgned BY members
~ that body, The resolution waa
introduced by Councilman Homer
NJ lilil who asked that the petit
TONERS be given an opportunity 60
be heard Over the prot,sst Of Couu
Gilman J. A. James. the chief eoun.
eilmanle agent Of the franchise
grabhera, they were allowed thirty
minutes Tor discussion. Council.
man Giil called the petitioners
chronic politicians" and sore.
heads without hraina"
Il developed during the discus
)slon that the eommsiteo had been
excluded from meetings0 Of the cor.
poration committee held irs exccua
tive session except when Jacob
fnrth wss present This revola.
ten Atdng Councilman James TO
the point OF wrattsal reeriuinatIon
II came out also tss dufips the
day eaehg % aevsssas t~ssnssxsss - the
council lsss se'sess.e< aas lss.ss sss %,
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10 assss s.-sst uapsn thes ssss
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The ssuss-tees ssssssn. tsKe slss,
vsssa a ses@luslon By gsosnc.snsss
s.as'.sl al support OF T. w.eref 10.
ssrrcd TO the sonsr-.l eee 81 .th.'
nSlsse
Navln Resolution
The Nivln resolution proposed
Ssnat the franchise be submitted 70
vote Of the. people with the alter
native proposal Of municipailzirg
the car lines. The meeting of the
committee OF Pie whole al which Il
was considered was attended by a
gathering which iammed the eoun-
ell chamber Favorable action on
[ the resolution was advocated hy
I Prof = Allen smith II the state
university. and Richard Wiasof
and the franchise grabbeFs we're
represented In the discussion by
Jacob Furth. Sam piles. George
sonworth. james : Goldsmith. A.
? Mitten and r. G. kiibourne.
Mr., Goldsmith advanced the ar
gument that the worklngmen Of
the city didn't care whether the
street ear fare was tents or :
cents. Mr.. Piles expressed viii.
lngness "a trust the council % de-
eide. but none 10 trust the people
Mr.. Furth explained that the np
pllcania had purchased a bunch Of
street railway lines which didn I
pay operating expenses Mr.. Nit.
ten protested against persons par
tleipating III the discussion Who
were noe taxpayers
The public discussion ended at
r 20 In the evening. the petition
ers and spectators wera excluded
/ from the room and the COMMITTEES
went into executive secession. M
furth and his attorneys remaining
90 direct the eummigtss'e dHlfbsra
4 tons. Councilman McArsils. who
np % that stage vas opposing the
franchise. moved that the commit
Tee rise ard report progress
+ Pres. Rlnehart refused to reeog.
nixe the motion hug pag instead 4
motion hy James that the commit.
tee recommend that the Nayin rsao.
luton b. indefinitely postponed
This motion carried By vote az ae4
en- 70 SIX. those voting for II heins
James. GIN, Castieman. Taylor.
y Muldoon, nllleF and RlnehArt
When the committee made It's re-.
port to the council It was adopted
BY the strictly party vote uf nlne
to four. all the republicans having