Show THE NEW MAYOR A PARTISAN immediately after he had taken the oath of e february 18 mayor scott made a few remarks the tenor of which was creditable to him among other things he declared it to be his intention to be just and impartial in all his acts as mayor within a few moments after he be haa uttered this sentiment he made what will ap appear peari to thousands of out oui citizens to be a striking departure from it at a certain juncture of the proceedings richard W young arose anti and requested in behalf of himself aud and certain gentlemen claiming to have been elee elected members of the oty city coun Cou DeB from the third and fourth municipal wards that their bonds bv be approved and that the oath of office be administered to them not a wor jorj was uttered by any member of either the old or new council relative to the matter indeed there was wa no time for this for mayor scott instantly replied to mr you youngs agla request by saying in effect that it could not be complied with Mr Toung Young made a second request which was to the elrett that the other gentlemen present claiming to have been elected from those wards be not sworn in until the appeal from the decision which had been rendered in favor of mr young and his colleagues should be decided mayor scott promptly denied this request en an the ground that he had had no official notice of any action by the courts relative to the matter y 0 this was incorrect mayor scott had had official notice of judge zanes decision to the effect that the peoples People ls party candidates from the third and fourth municipal wards had bad been elected that decision as soon as it was rendered was itself an official notice to all the parties concerned and to the general public of the facts therein stated what is a judicial decision but an official notice while it may have other elements the very essence of a courts decree is in the nature of an official notice and the instant it is rendered from the bench it b becomes 0 a notice to all concerned and to the public at large A notable feature of these proceedings ce was the fact that mayor scott assumed and exercised the authority to determine which candidates should and which should not take the oath of office whence came he by such power the uni versal rule lie is that parliamentary bodies are the judges of the election and qualifications of their own members were the speaker of al A house of representatives to direct the clerk to whom he should or should not administer the oath of office as a member without a vote bet being ng taken he would hardly survive the storm such arrogance would create all over the union yet such was exactly the nature of mayor scotts act last night it is a grievous proof of what has all along been feared feam namely that the liberal ticket was mostly head a tadpole affair so to speak now as to mayor scotts desire to be just and impartial what course could he have taken after ving assumed the authority to cring I 1 ide in the matter more in line with the aou course roe he had just outlined for himself than to rule that the second request made by mr young should be granted such a decision would have done no injustice to liberals because it had been judicially dici ally found that they were not entitled to seats and it would have given neither set of contestants th the e advantage of possession which is too often nine points of the law P it la Is evident that mayor scott had determined in advance what course be would take it is further evident that head he adhered hered to the prepared gramme pro |