The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-12-03
Leavenworth, Wash, Friday, December ), 1909.
CITIZENS MEETING NOMINATtS
Met in City Hall Friday Night and Named
Four Candidates for the
Town Council

/ anu treasurer, a numDeT OF CIllLSus
slowly gathered at the city hall last
Friday evening. The time for the eau
Gus was set for 7:20, but it was after s
o'clock before things got to going.
When called to order by Judge King
there were twenty citizens present, not
counting the reporter or the three pris-
oners in the Jail who insisted on inter
rupting the meeting at critical points
by strenuous hammering on the door
and an equally strenuous vocal outcry.
Judge King read the call and called
for nominations for chairman. There
seemed to be more or less difidence
on the part Of those assembled regard
ing presiding over the meeting, and
after Chas. Anderson and J. D. Wheeler
had been nominated and declined, the
Judge was nominated. He accepted
and the meeting was gotten under way.
After some casting around Deed H.
Magyar was prevailed upon to act as
secretary.
Under call for nominations for coun-
cilmen, J. F. Hartman nominated J. D..
Wheeler to succeed himself. F. A..
Carlquist was nominated by ]. E. Guth-
erless, and Paul Wiegand by Mr.. Will
cox. After counting the nominations
to make sure that one more was need
ed, R. T. King was nominated as the
fourth councilman.
For treasurer, c. A. Anderson, the
present incumbent, was nominated
without opposition.
On motion of Mr.. Fritz it was voted
that the ticket be known as the Citi-
zens ticket.
The first real speech of the evening
was made by Mr.. Fritz, who wanted
the question fully threshed out as to
whether a mayor should be nominated.
He said it had been believed that Mr..
Gutherless, who had been appointed to
the job, was due to hold over until the
end of Mayor Nelson's term, which
was another year yet. Mr.. Fritz had
been informed, however, that well
known attorneys of Wenatchee had
given ii as their opinion that the ap-
pointment held only to the first city
election-the coming one.
H E. Carr, while expressing salts
faction with Mayor Gutherless, still felt
ii would be safe to make nomination
and thus cinch the position, if possible.
He thereupon nominated Mayor Guth-
erless to go on the ticket as candidate
for mayor.
Judge King, after telling little
story about another Judge, quoted law
to uphold the contention that ap-
pointees to fill vacancies held for the
entire length of unexpired term.
Loud applause by prisoners
Councilman King rather wanted to
second Mayor Gutherless' nomination,
but Mr.. Carr said he did not intend to
make a nomination, merely sugges-
ton. Then Mr.. Fritz declared that he
was satisfied, on hearing Judge King
render his opinion, and he believed it
was safe to go ahead and hold the
election without nominating a mayor.
Mr.. Hartman wanted to know if the
caucus nominated no mayor, and the
''other faction" did, what recourse the
Citizens party would have.
Judge King again repeated his opin-
ion and added that it would then be up
to the interested parties to start quo
warranto proceedings.
Then there was a deep silence,
those assembled evidently thinking
very hard on the problem. Right in
the middle of the intense mental de-
liberations Mr.. Moon suddenly woke
up with the suggestion that ii was time
the meeting got TO work and nom
mated a ticket. He was somewhat
surprised when informed that that had
already been done. (Renewed ap-
plause from the pen.
1t was suggested that as a good
many citizens had arrived since the
nominations had been made the secre-
tary read the names Of the candidates
chosen. This was done and the eau
Gus adjourned at 8:20.
From side discussions that went on
il was learned that the policy behind
not nominating a mayor was that il
they did and the ticket should be de-
feated that would settle the mayoralty
question, and il was thought better to
let Mayor Gutherless hold the fort as
appointee, then the interests support
ing the Citizens caucus councilmanic
ticket would have a mayor anyway un-
til he was removed by the opposition
taking the matter into court, where il
would probably take months to settle