Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-12-11
HILTS MUST
STAND TRIAL
Councilmen from Fourth Ward
To Have Trial We'd
nesday Night
ELEVEN CHARGES MADE
Alleging Interference With
and False Charges Against
Departments
ELEVEN CHARGES MADE

City Councilman r. J. Hits must
stand trial next Wednesday night on
the Impeachment charges fled against
him according to the decision of the
council at its last meeting. Hits is
charged with being disturbing ele-
ment in the government of the city.
as set forth in the following speci-
fications:
l. That the said r. ]. Hits has
made frequent charges of incompent
ency against the engineering depart
ment of the city of Aberdeen; that
these charges have been made orally
by the said Hits; that the said charg-
es have not been sworn to as is
required by the rules of said council;
that said charges have been made in
the council chambers and elsewhere;
that said charges have not been PROV
en- nor suhstantiated
2 That the said r. ]. Hits has
made orally. charges in the Council
Chambers and elsewhere. of incom-
petencv in the engineering department
of said CITY. in connection with the
work in building the North Aberdeen
bridge: that said charges have not
been proven nor suhstantiated
3 That the said r T. FIilts has
made unfounded oral charges against
the mayor of the city of Aherdeen;;
that said CHARGES have not been sub
stantiated nor proven.
A. That the said r. 7. Hits has
made oral charges in the meeting
of the council of said CITY AGAINST the
police committee of said city. imply
ing and asserting that there has been
graft and crooked dealing in the work
of and on the part of the committee.
5. That the said r. T. Hilts hos
made oral charges against the head Of
the street department. in the council
meeting and elsewhere; that the
street department was using his Of
fice illegally to his own personal az
grandizement and enrichment; that
said CHARGES have been without foun-
dation and have not been proven.
6 That the said r !. Hits has
made oral charges of graft in the en-
gineering. police and street depart
ments: that said charges have been
unfo,nded and the same have not been
proven by the said Hits.
7. That the said r. ]. Hits has
been pernicously active in trying to
dictate policies Of the various de
partments.
8. That the said r. ]. Hits, with
ont grounds made A motion in SAID
council meeting to investigate the
mayor. chief of police and police com
mittee of said city of Aberdeen; that
no written charges have been filed by
the said Hits in any of the foregoing
Specifications. nor have the charges
been sworn to.
o. That the relations of the said
r. 7. Hits with the undesirable ele
ment of the city and his conduct and
dealings with said element render
him unfit to hold office as a council
man in said city.
10. That the said r. ]. Hits has
demonstrated against the actions OF
the Chief of Police of said city, when
he ordered certain undesirables to
leave the city The said Hits sought
to counteract the order of the CHIEF
of police by carrying the matter tC
various members of the city council
II. That the conduct of the said
r. !. Hits in the council meetings
has been such that he is menace
TO good government; that he has beer
almost constantly in meetings of said
council, accusing one or another oil
the city officials of graft or incompt
encv and has been trying in every
way possible to disrupt the city gov
ernment and cause strife and discord
in all of its departments: that all OF
said charges and accusations have
been maliciously made and without
any foundation in fact.