Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-11
ACTION ON PETITION TO REIN
STATE FORMER CITY MAR
Shall Rifles HERMAN.
SAYS NICHOLSON WANTS
APPOINTMENT TO RESIGN
mick" to Be clicked Out'-Jones
Refuse. to Second Herman's Motion
to Reinstats, and Herman Threatens
to Block Future City Business.

| Claiming it was unfair to W, E.
Nicholson TO be kicked OUT as city
marshal. and not be given a chance to
| resign. and that If Nicholson were re-
| instated he could resign, Councilman
George Herman. superintendent of the
department of public safety. introduced
a resolution at the council meeting Mon
| day afternoon, calling for Nicholson's
reinsta tenlent. based on petition
signed by business men Of the city.
| The resolution proved of no force.
however. because Mayor Jones refused
TO second it to get it before the house.
Thereupon Mr.. Herman was riled. and
the first sign Of squabb1e in an open
| meeting of the new council was shown.
Mr. Herman threatened to block all
further attempts at doing the city's
business until the third councilman is
seated.
The Elks' Petition.
Judging from the petition presented
to the council by Mr. Herman. the
Elks' lodge of the city was largely
responsible for the circulation of the
petition and its signatures. Mr.. Mich
olson is an Elk. and it was natural that
his brother Elks should stand by him
in an effort to get him reinstated, as
against some other candidate who is
not member of the lodge The petit
ton was not signed by members Of the
lodge alone. but by many business men
along Main street. The petition re-
ferred to Mr. Nicholsons competency,
capability and trustworthiness," and
declared that che had earned the con-
>F =, y ,,rj,, tn
terests Of the city by his fair dealing"
Mr. Nichoison's 'Iong experience IN
dealing with the criminal clement"
was given as one of the reasons why
he should be reinstated. and was de-
clared to be "of especial value to the
city" Another claim was ''his close
rea tons with the detective forces Of
other cities and the railway corpora
TONS" which were said to make him
better able to perform the duties Of
chief than some man OF less expert
ence'
ApoIoeizins for Signing.
After Mr. Herman had explained that
the idea in the petition was to permit
Mr.. Nicholson to resign, and moved the
| reinstatement of the former chief,
Mayor Jones announced that he would
not second the motion, SO that it could
not come before the council.
The petition is large said Mr.. Her
man, and is signed by most all the
merchants in the city. 1t ought to be
taken up and disposed of. Mr. Nichol-
son does not like the way he was
squeezed out, and if given the oppor-
tunity he will resign"
| Mayor Jones said that the petition
did not cut much figure with him, for
! there had already been a dozen men
who had come to him to apologize for
signing it, and that they had fallen
over themselves to let him know it.
! Altho Mayor Jones did not say SO in
open council it is presumed that he had
! been informed that the former city
marshal had prepared his resignation
/ to be handed in the night the new
council was organized a week ago, but
! later thought that he would take his
! chance. 50 tore up the resignation after
| ne had written it,
Herman Thinks He Should Have Say.
Councilman Herman thought that.
as the head Of the department of public
safety, he should have the say as to
+, who would be chief OF the police de-
parlment. and that he wanted some
man with whom he could work har-
mOniousy. If, Mr.. Chairman said
Mr.. Herman. Il am to have no voice
in saying who shall work in my depart
ment. the city business is at an end un-
til the other man is installed, which
may be a year or So.
1t is up to you if YOU want to do it,
replied Mayor Jones. The law pro-
vides that all of us have hand in the
appointments, and l believe the law
gives me supervision over all the de-
partments, and l think 1 have a little
right to say who shall be appointed Of
ficers.'
The council then went into executive
session to consider bills that had not
been disposed of during the afternoon.