The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-27
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"'rhe ono thing above all else that
should bo sought is the permanent
elimination ~ Mayor ON"
THIS was the climax 81 IA report
signed by representatives Of five
civic organizations Monday night
who assembled 60 confer over tho
vice situation and the solution being
worked out by tho Minute Men.
They met IN the office Of G. j.
France. IN the Burke building, and
the report was signed by the follow
ing. g. = France ana Walter n.
Johnson. OF the Municipal league.
Helen n stevens and Mrs. W y.
Griawoid. ~ the Women'a Good Gov.
ernment league. Wv IAdd. OF the
Central Labor council. J. a. Justice.
Of the Rotary club. and Mrs. r. y.
Weeks and Mary q. . Meara. of tho
women's vigilance committee.
Their report follows.
First That Immediately after
Mai Gen Greene issued the order
prohibiting soldiers Of Camp Lewis
from coming 10 Seattle. "A meeting
was called Of committees represent
ing the Municipal league. the Won
ans Good Government league. the
Central Labor council. the Rotary
club and the women'a vigilance com
-.
cent mass meeting OF women. Sew
rrai Of these Joint committee meet
lnRs were held. and u WAS the sense
% the Joint committee that the only
solution 81 the vice condition was the
permanent elimination % MIR Glil "a
mayor The joint committee was
working 10 s~e n charges. with evi.
dencs 20 support them. could DO
formulated Of a nature and OF legal
sufflcleney to sustain an ifnpsach'
ment u the mayor by the council.
Second II was also the plan of
the Joint committee Co hold a great
I citizens meeting for the purpose u
Z placing the citizens Of the city. b. a
large petition nnd open drmonsira'
Z ton back - the impeachment
charges or 70 find some other salts
factory solution ~ existing condi
/ lions
Third Before the Joint commit
tee had fully decided the question ~
TO the possibility 81 Impeachment o,
the mayor. the report came that the
I Minute Mcn were going 10 hold CIT
lE~ns' meeting and also we're working
upon a solution - ~. problem We
| Immediately cont out a committee n
confer with the Minute Men. which
/ committee reported that the
I Minute Men were working upon q
| plan which they could not diyuiE~
but requested that our COMMITTEES
await the development 81 the plan
Z To this cur committee agreed.
"Fourth-on Saturday evening
7 November "a. representative os the
. Minute Men appeared before the
Z loin, committee and stated that the
I Niinut. Men had obtained the con
s~n, - Mayer Giii 10 The removal o,
that Mayer Gu had agreed TO APP
point as chief % police q man select.
81 by them. and that Mayor Gni had
Z further agreed that this man. when
appointed. would have n free hand 10
clean up the city In any way he saw
I TT
~Fifih--Ths members OF the Joint
committee agreed with IN. request
" the Minute Men u defer the plans
upon which the joint committee had
been working and 20 give tho Minute
Men an opportunity to work out the
I plan proposed by them Tho joint
I committee was led 10 believe tha, the
I mayor WAS 20 Jep aside and tina, the
Z new chief % police and the Minute
satisfactory conclusion.
Nov that tho plan has been pyb
liciy announced. tho joint committee
feels that Il would not be posslhi. 10
secure the removal % Mayor GIN.
bus tho committee also feels that tho
one thing above All else that should
be sought 10 tho permanent eiimins.
ton Of Mayor GIN. The committee
also has considerable apprehension
tssHh e4ANNH VII VIII mako fsANtliAf
capital out Of HIS co operation with
patriotic Organization like tho Min
ute Men.
We feel that the daily press and
the public at large should never io.e
sight Of tho fact that Mayor ellis
consent 10 the removal Of tho chief
Of police. and his consent 10 tho plan
OF the Minute Men. Was done under
compulsion of a practically unani.
nous public opinion. and. We he.
lievc. not from any desire on his part
Co remedy existing conditions. and
no matter what may result from tho
appointment Of now chief. all oie
mente OF the community should not
forget that a temporary relief from
Scattie's present embarrassment H.
not nearly as important m the per.
nianent elimination Of Mr. GIN from