The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-16
RESULTS OF SOME POLITICS
Republican Board of Health
Begins the Interesting
Fight.
Agreed To Let Mayor Appoint Health
OFFICER if He Would Let Board APP
point Its Clcrlt-l}oard Double
Crossed and Lutz appointment Is
Revenge.

Mayor Claude d. Walters this morn
| ing appointed James p. Lutz as SUI
rerintendent Of the garbage disposal
plant, to succeed II. A. Burnett, who
/ as had charge of the place for about
four years.
The appointment became effective at
once and Mr. Lutz assumed his new
duties Immediately. Behind the APP
lpointment lies rather interesting lit
tie story of politics i'm which the new
mayor was stamped with double-
cross that wouldn't stick. And
Health OFFICER Addison Balm is the
man who Is alleged to be the cause OF
the trouble.
It is understood that Mayor Walters
and the city board OF health got to-
gether before appointments were
made and agreed on certain things. It
had boon customary for the mayor to
appoint the city health officer ana
Mayor Walters expected this preced-
ont would be followed. However, II
soon developed that the board OF
health insisted on naming its own
health officer and It was rather broad
~ limited that physician would he
chosen as such officer and would he
given a sanitary officer to carry ont
his instructions.
Incidentally 1t has been customary
for the clerk Of the boards Of public
safety and public service to act also
q. clerk of the board of health, ana
this clerk was always appointed by
tie mayor. Under Mayor Settlers ad-
lmlnistration. Charles NJ. Tohin acted
as clerk of the board Of health at a
salary OF sl5 month. which was
considered fair compensation. mas
much as the board meets only once
o month Then a bargain was made
The board of health agreed to let
Mayor Walters name his man for
sanitary officer, If the mayor would
llet the board Of health select its own
clerk This arrangement was made
and the board of health named Charles
+ NJ Tobin as clerk, at q salary of SIS
. month.
| But when Mayor Walters started to
name James r. Lutz as health officer.
! the board OF health, having won its
lconcesson of the clerkship, refused
to stand for the appointment Of Mr.
lLutz, who is a Democrat. The board
hcreupon named Addison Balm, Re-
publican, al salary Of $75 month.
Mayor Walters, however, finding
/ that he had been double-crossed, said
nothing. But he was doing much
thinking. out at the garbage disposal
lplant was Superintendent Burnett. a
! Republican. drawing $50 month.
Mayor Walters decided that II II was
lrolitics the board OF health wished
to play, ne wouldn't mind taking a
hand himself and this morning Mr.,
Burnett was replaced by Mr.. Lutz.
MI. Burnett takes the change very
! lphilosophically. considering 1t merely
one of the fortunes of shifting politics.
But there is much to he said for Mr..
., Lut1 He Is thoroughly familiar with
the work which he is taking up.
Late this afternoon little story
was anoat in inner circles to the ef-
fleet that If the RepuoIcan city coun-
Gil can be used as the machine, re-
itallatory measures will be taken tn
dislaace the agent of the Marion hu-
lmane society, who is Il Democrat. In
lOther words, a move Is on foot to re-
peal the ordinance providing for the
payment of $50 II month to the hu-
name officer.
Just what action viii he taken can
mot he guessed but this is understood
to be the plan that has been suggested
tc the Republican members OF council
for avenging Mayor Walters dis
placement of Superintendent Burnett