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Show AFFAIRS MUNCIPAL. H Fifty-one omployes of the city have made the M atmosphere look swarthy at the city and county building since the mayor declared their positions B vacant and refused to place the mayoralty signa- B ture on the payrolls. The laborer are particu- B larly virulent, and much of their wrath Is directed B at Viking Fernstrom, whom they seem to consider B the premier of the present mayor, and the causo B of the present municipal turbulence. H The men who are unable to connect with the B city coffers are employed in the following depart- B ments: Waterworks, 15; Street, 8; Health, 3; H Land and Water Commissioner, 4; Cemetery, l; H Engineering, 20, H It is apparent that there is a political color to B the mayor's attitude, from the fact that these men B comprise the most active political workers in the B municipality. For that reason it is believed that B tho mayor and his advisers are particularly anx- H ious to control these positions, as it would enable H them to build up a formidable political machine, I which would be of vast value in the important I campaign of this fall and would remove a heavy I handicap in their effort to wrest the county ma- I chinery fiom the Republicans. For the same reason the Republican majority I in the council will fight desperately to retain I these politically useful municipal appendages, and I unless the mayor soon decides to distribute some I bullion among the incensed workmen, proceed- I ings will be commenced in the courts to deter- mine the legality of the mayor's position. I |