The daily sentinel., 1909-04-20
elected chief of police.

whom they had promised the job and
! who was III the council room expect
ing to get it yet he never got vote
| Hayes had helped the anti-saloon or
ganiZation during the campaign yet
mis- reward was a handsome double
cross"
Then Campbell moved that the
council proceed TO elect city at
| torncy. Campbell and his associates
were expecting TO work the aye and
nav vote on this selection and shut
out all candidates but Lacy Nc
| Clintock Dr.. Gasho raised point
of order to the effect that motion to
elect by aye and nay only applied to
the chief of police. MoCary declared
that this was not so. Gasho declared
he could hear as good as McCary and
heard Campbells motion. Clerk
Vorbeck was appealed to and declar-
ed his minutes did not cover the
point" Campbell was very slow to
repeat his motion but finally declar-
ed that he meant it to cover all the
offices.
Having declined to read applica-
tions for any of the offices although
many men had in applications and
were due a fair and decent considera-
ton. Campbell. Magill, McCary and
Derryberry proposed to deliberately
make il almost impossible for any
man but the man they had picked on
to get his name up for an office. 1t
was worse than raw deal.
Mayor Lee in ruling ON the Gasho
point OF order declared that he want
/ ed to give all men an equal oppor-
| tunity and that he would rule that
the motion of Campbell's applied only
/ to chief of police and thus Mayor
Lee demonstrated that he proposed
to be as fair and impartial as he
possibly could, bound as he was by
the shacbles of Magill, Campbell, Nc
Cary and Derryberry.
With this little game defeated
/ Campbell and AIagill passed up the
city attorneyship for the time being
and the selection of a water super
! intendent was taken up.
\ secret ballot was taken and it
was found that b. w. Vedder. who
/ for many years has been water super
intendent, had been reelected by a
unanimous vote, the first unanimous
vote recorded in the new council. The
reelection of Vedder brought forth
! storm of cheers.
Campbell then got busy again and
moved that TIE rest of the officers
( be elected by n nay and aye vote.
! Gasho at once declared that such a
shut-out game was unfair and un-
Just. Being "stumped again Ma
gill, Campbell. ct al. moved a five
minute recess to confer.
When council reconvened the
mayor declared the Campbell motion
ont of order and Gasho in his fight
| for n square deal for all candidates
had won out again.
The election of night policemen
was then taken up. Secret ballots
We're taken, the result was as fol-
lows:
Dragrniere, 8; Mccall, 4. Mayor
Lee voted for Mccall, the anti-saloon
candidate. and Mccall was elected.
For the second night police officer
the ballot stood for Burdette Welsh
and for w. b. Moss. Mayor Lee
voted for Moss and this elected him.
A communication was then read
from the regular and volunteer fire
department recommending the re-
election of G. p. Rogers, A. l.. Tally
and George Bowen as regular fire
men. Such action is always taken by
the department. 1t was given no
heed by Magill. ct al.
The ballot was then taken for fire
chief 1t resulted in Everett Faull-
ton 4 votes. The mayor voted for
Faulkner and the latter was declared
to be elected fire chief.
For the first assistant chief fouI
ballots were for Earl Ninton and
marked blank" Mayor Lee de
clared Vinton elected, after voting
for Drew.
For fire department driver the
ballot showed votes for Mr.. Drew
a brother of Alderman Drew, and 4
votes were marked blank" Drew
v-ac f.ad ~ 81
after he had voted for Drew.
Alderman Drew announced that
his brother would not accept the of.
flee. Therefore. another ballot was
taken and resulted Lee Gilbert 4
blank" 4. The mayor voted fol
Gilbert and declared him elected.
Then came the selection of cit.
physician. The first ballot was as
follows: H. S. Day. 4; Reed. L
Second ballot resulted as follows;
! Day and Reed 1. DR.. Day was de
clared elected.
For thirty minutes there was !
/ lively contest over the selection o.
police magistrate and many ballot,
were taken. John II. Hill was SLATED
| for the job by the anti-saloon organ
ization. The first ballot resulted a:
follows: C. B. Hill. 3: J. p. Sweeney
]; j. Ii. Hlll, 4. no election as lneT'
was no tie or no majority.
The second ballot stood same a
: first ballot Then Campbell agaiI
; moved that the rest of the officer
= be chosen by a nay and aye vote. Th'
vote on this motion was TO 4
: Mayor Lee voted nay and again
g Campbell and Magill's little shut-ou
4 game was defeated.
Then McCary moved that TIN
council take ballot vote for polic'
magistrate and the lowest candidate