The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-15
THE MAYOR TURNS DOWN PROPOSITION
BY MAJORITY TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS
SAYS BOSS WALKER WILL BUT BEALE FOR
CITY ATToRNEY-PoLlcE APPOINTMENTS MUST BE
CONFIRMED coUNc Ito START PAVING

For the information of those Wht
are disposed TO criticise the action O.
the majority of the council in refus
ing to pay the police force (if there
are such outside the coterie that con.
trolls the mayors actions), The Minel
will relate the substance of two con.
versations between Mayor Mowery
and Councilman Gilmore which took
place last Monday afternoon just a
few hours before the meeting of the
council in which the police salaries
were held up and the third nomina
tion of c. W Beale for city attorney
was turned down. This should acquit
the majority of any intention or de-
sire to obstruct action, and it also re-
veals the hidden hand that Yields the
power behind the mayors chair
Recognizing the necessity of ad-
justing the differences that divided
the council as the only means py
which the business of the city coulo
be orderly transacted, Councilmen
Johnson and Gilmore endeavored to
confer with Mayor Mowery Monday
afternoon with the view to effecting
compromise which would involve the
confirmation of all appointments The
mayor, however, was engaged in the
fire investigation and they were un-
able to meet him. But a little later
Councilman Gilmore met the mayor
and presented a plan for his consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Gilmore named four or
five and possibly half dozen wei.
known attorneys and told the mayor
that if he would appoint any one of
them city attorney, he felt warranted
in stating that he would be confirmed;
and also that in consideration of this
action on the part of the mayor, the
majority would vote to confirm his
police appontm ents.
Mayor Mowery promptly declined to
accept this compromise offer and
stated that he had decided to appoint
Mr.. Hull city attorney at the meet
ing that evening. Mr.. Hull is a re-
cent arrival from ST. Maries and has
not been resident of the city to ex-
coed so days.
This statement of the mayor ended
the interview but it was renewed an
hour or so later, when the mayor vfs-
tied Mr.. Gilmore at his place of bust
ness. What Mayor Mowery said to |
Mr.. Gilmore on this visit is lit |
tie short of startling, for it re-
veals the mayor as a mere puppet |
in the hands of those who are trying |
to coerce the council and secure alb |
solute control of the city government |
He told Mr.. Gilmore that he had |
changed his mind in regard to the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Hull, because Mr.. /
Walker would not consent to the ap-
pointment of any one but Mr.. Beale.
The Mr. Walker here mentioned is
Ramsey M. Walker. vice president
and manager of the Wallace National
ident
Could the majority in the council |,
do less than resist the mayor when he
so brazenly and shamelessly names X
the man from whom he takes orders
in the performance of his official dut- S
les? Would the people of this city
have the majority do less? We think II
not Better to block proceedings in Ic
the council throughout its term than II
that the people of Wallace, through Ia
their representatives in the council, II
should weakly submit to such base lie
1ictation.