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Show I AJifairs Tolitico.1. B A. barbecue among a tribe of famished Hay- B ans would have been about as peaceful a func- I tlon as the 'meeting of the Young Men's Republi- can Club on Wednesday evening. The assemblage was called for the purpose of electing officers for I the organization for the coming year. As soon B as president Viking Lawson mounted the tripod the fusilade began and continued through the B most hectic two hours ever spent by the club. fl And all this was because the Kearns and anti-fl anti-fl Konrns factions had come to the fray with their fl ijolo knives unsheathed. It was clear from the be-fl be-fl ginning that the enemies of the Shifty Senator in-fl in-fl tended to keep him cosily enveloped in the Cim-fl Cim-fl nieiian mists of political desolation which gath-B gath-B eied round him at the late election. fl Viking Lawson championed the cause of fl Kearns, and as soon as the wily Swede observed B that the opposition were in the majority he fl churned up the choppy waters of parliamentarism B in an effort to secure an adjournment. He oper B ated ky two detours. Every time a motion was B iriade he insisted on the calling of the entire roll B f fur hundred names, although there were only B about seventy-five regularly enrolled members B present. Then the remaining of the two hun- B dre(l Republicans present, whose names had been B inadvertently withheld from the rolls were not B permitted to vote.. B Tue horizon then looked very clear to the Vik- B ing, and he would now be singing victorious lulla- B hies had not Fred Loufbourow, his chief aide and fl erewhile Kernsite, deserted him in disgust. Louf- B bourow was then made temporary chairman and B the Swede retfred to his corner muttering. B Parley P. Christensen of the anti-Kearns forces B was tnen nominated by Loufbourow, made chalr- B man hy acclamation, as the Kearnsites feared to B launch their candidate, D. T. Smith, against the H billows of foregone defeat. For vice president fife BE Shifty Senator's hosts were given a little comfort B in the selection of J. J. Meyers without opposition. B Jaclc May was made Secretary and Horace Smith B treasurer, both Kearns opponents. Dana T. B Smith entered the race for the treasurership but H was lost at the barrier and failed to qualify. R Lawson's attitude towards everyone who did B not assist Mr. Kearns in the late campaign was H so hostile that personal encounters were narrow- m ly averted. It is quite apparent that a great deal K of tact will be required on the part of the new K president to bring about a condition of harmony m and to restore the club to the efficiency for which fl it was noted before it fell under the management B of Mr. Kearns through the irrepressible Viking. B IV W w B Mr. A. J. Davis Is following his old plan of cam- fl Pa'gn by alternately polishing up his fences for H the presidency of the council and flirting with the B mayor-elect with a view to securing many conces- Bb slons and much patronage from him. His latest B flank movement was to inform the Democratic B powers that be that the Republican members elect B had held a caucus, to which he was not invited, B and had decided to support Councilman Black for B president of the council. Mr. Davis announced that fl this was the auspicious moment for the Democrats B to do business with him, as he possessed the bal- B anco of power between the seven Republicans and B the seven Democrats. The fact that no such cau- B cus had been held and that Mr. Davis was aware B of the fact when ho made the statement did not, B of course, interfere with his argument. Mr. Davis Bj is a rather shrewd politician, but his schemes are Hj so complicated that it looks as irhls feet would 9g slip unless he puts resin on his shoes. fM Finally, if the political hour glass reflects truly, B It is a pretty safe proposition to "wager that Mr. m Davis will vote for a Democrat for president and H in return for his heroism will receive one or two Hi of the patronage plums he has been clutching at. In selecting Martin E. Mulvey as chairman of the city Democratic committee to succeed J. C. Leary, the Democrats made a choice which was not at all pleasing to the Republicans. Mr. Mulvey Mul-vey is popular and agressive and has just the qualifications needed in a man delegated to manage man-age the affairs of a municipal campaign. i t An amendment which was very pleasing to Mr. L. C. Kelsey, the present engineer, was appended to the new revised ordinances at the meeting of the Council on Tuesday. The old ordinances provided pro-vided that a man to be an appointive officer of the city must have been a voter of the city for one year, a qualification which is not required of elective elec-tive officers. In the new ordinances this had been stricken out, but Mr. Charles Cottrell, Jr., acting in Mr. Kelsey's behalf, rose heroically to the rescue res-cue and had the old clause reinstated, making It a condition of eligibility to an appointive office that the person shall have been a resident of the city for one year prior to the appointment. Now all this would prevent the apointment of Mr. George A. Snow, whom the mayor-elect has announced as his choice for the place, since Mr. Snow has but recently moved into the city. This was very clever on Mr. Cottrell's ' part, but his amendment, the purport of which was not understood under-stood at the time, will bo subjected to extraction, say a number of the councilmen at a subsequent meeting. Mr. Kelsey is of an elastic temperament, and is now .forward with an application for re-appointment as city engineer. He is willing, if he receives re-ceives the appointment, to permit the mayor to control the patronage of his office. Among the distinguished citizens who are endorsing Mr. Kelsey Kel-sey are Apostle John Henry Smith and Bishop Preston, and the firm of Richards & Varlan. |