The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-14
OFFICIAL
 OUSTED BECAUSE
 MAYORS 'SMASTERS
 WERE INSISTENT
Clerk-Inspector Lynch Re- ceives His Reward For Conscientious Perform
 ance Of Duty.
Advanced Information of What Was to Transpire Proved Silly Attempt
 Made to Humiliate
 Mir. Lynch.

Martyr to the playing Of party poll tics and a brazen application of the spoils system, David W. Lynch, for 12 years a faithful. and competent clerk. and Inspector of the Health Board under Republican and Demo cratic ministrations,I was ruthiessly sacrificed at last nights session or the commissioners to make place for I Howard 0. Dunbar. a party worker. Bitter cold as was the night o1t- side, it was no frostier than the treatment accorded Lynch by Mayer < Wilson and the commissioners heed ing ssthe masters voice. . Even af- ter their wish had been realized and Lynch had lost, Mayor Wilson went out of his way to criticize the proce- dure of the inspector and tried to nu- tniIiste him in cross examination. In fI1is he was unsuccessful, the inspec- 1 tor s'having the goods in explaining his official procedure
 1 After replies without hesitation to number of questions the mayor ceas- Cd his probing and settled. back in an an easy chair to gaze thoughtfully at the end of a, cigar.
 Tie meeting, held at the home of Commissioner Ives on account of his recent illness, was called to order 1 by Mayor Wilson, who remained on
 
 that his pet plans.to oust Lynch would be thwaFted.
 k esonr1lissionerr Fred D. Ives, hold- I over Republican commissioner, was unanimously elected president of the ] board, Commissioner Schwerdtle ma,k- I ing the nomination. There was no I delay tfen. everything was going i smoothly. and the selection of clerk l was called for. Commissioner Schwer- dtle nominated MT. Lynch and it was seconded by Commissioner Edward A. \ Lambert, attending his first session i Commissioner Ives nominated MT. J Dunbar but, as far as could be- determ- fned, no one seconded the motion. Fl This did not matter, the mayor call Fl ing for a ballot. There were two |5 votes for Lynch and two for Dunbar, H Mayor Wilson remarked that tHere was clearly a tie and place where the ! mayor could vote. He did and asked zI Clerk Lynch to read the vote that set ] tied his fate. Commissioners Schwer-
 dtle and Lambert. held to the candi- Fl date, the failure of third name te Isbe introduced preventing deadlock . The same procedure followed in the
 selection of a. sanitary inspector. Even the Republican commissioner:
 could not prevent expressions of sur
 prise when Mayor Wilson. his purpos' !. accomplished, hauled Clerk Lynch ul for a gri1ling and attempted hum1l1as
 ton concerning his procedure as Tn
 spector. Inspection of Water stree P lodging houses was the basis of tn @ questioning and attempts made tt show that there had been negligence - The commissioner CTS, at least outward1y : failed to support the mayor in tai 9 Estand. The comment was heard t. : Ethe effect that it seemed vindictive f Enesssson tn hes rnayerss part and an at ;. tshnpt std kick a man when 4he'1 va | down. It was noted that the Demo 3 Ieratic commissioners did not appear a
 surprised over the procedure as .di, $ their Republican colleagues.
 n The mayor wanted to know hoy . many inspections had been made i, was informed He was informed also ! that the Inspections had been mad ! before any newspaper agitation began : fconcerning the subject. It was show that there had been a general clean :, up and improvement through the ac
 tivity of MT. IlSnch and Assistant Tn Espector Grace. Mayor Wilson als T tried. to imply that tips concernini } when inspections were going to b
 made had been received in advanc ; by those desiring such informatioR 2 Following this cross examinatiol !. the bills were taken up and Comn1is : sioner Schwerdt1e made a r1otio /tf :. g was passed to the effect that here e after bills be checked up and signe : by the persons contracting them. Dl
 
 t- board, secoRded this Two applica : tons for positions as school nurse 4 were received and ordered filed a There were grins of tolerance whe 6 Mayor Wilson made a little speech and n what seemed to be irony, compliment e ed the members over their work an ,- also at the absence of partisan fee1in if and artifice in the selection of sue
 cessor to MT. Lynch sHe made tb a usual speech about the impor rtane
 of the boards work. Garbage wa ' touched upon, he said 1t is a bi ! problem, and the desire was ,expresse T to have some other method of dis n posaL s- There was an informal discussio U of slaughter house conditions and tn a election of other officers was continue l- until the next meeting. sAdjolrr
 nent was in order, followed by a
 executive session. The members
 the press were made to feel that thei
 presence was not wanta and left. M Lynch was also made to feel that |
 was being subjected to the game {
 freeze out'' and also left. It was c chilly night for all believing in eff
 cier1ey and faithful service.