Show HOLDUPS AND GRABBERS The Tribune calls the present city council holdups and grabbers It calls them this because the members were not elected as nonpartisans and do rot do as the Tribune would have them It accuses the council of trying to wrest the appointive power from the mayor The council is trying to do no such thing on the contrary the coun II cil has been most considerate of the mayors wishes It is true they rejected I reject-ed the nomination for chief of police but that is the only one If the mayor wants to make nominations who is holding him back Certainly not the council The Tribune says it i is tqld that one member has secured places for a dozen or more members of his family In the waterworks depa1tment From whom were they secured From Mayor Clark As yet his honor has made no nomination nomina-tion for superintendent waterworks though it is said he is very anxious to I submit the name of a gentleman who was very active in behalf of his candidacy can-didacy during the campaign Talk about grabbeVs Did not the selfappointed committee that nominated nomi-nated the mayor grab all thQ nominations i nomi-nations for their relatives Some of the I committee have grabbed something for relatives since the present administration I adminis-tration vent into office There was I never such a grabhipg outfit In this I city as the nonpartisans and like the I I moon the devils in the nonpartisans I for mischief and they look so innocent I just like the moon all the while I If Mayor Clark is in hot water he i I started the fire and has added the fuel I that made the water boil i He could I have had everything peace and har I many had he chosen for It was the honest and anxious wish of the council that there be nothing but harmony and that there > eno discord The mayor I still has it in his power to establish cor I I dial and harmonious official relations with the council he is fast antagonlz1 I Ing if he is so mindea |