| Show 1 HELLS BOERS BACKERS WW EXPLAIN why republicans elected a democrat SEEM TO THINK ITS ALL RIGHT biehl had agreed to support nota eom ney but only on two ballots and liked record bucklo 13 c klo is hu hot under the tha collar at his is associates desertion of the party pa arty flap flao talk with the new bew chairman 0 councilman elation to the presidency of 0 tho the city council was a much discussed topic about town yesterday As to the political phase pha so of tho republican a action in supporting a democrat I 1 it t was generally conceded a mistake though many of 0 those who so 60 regarded it expressed themselves as satisfied that sir mr newell would prove impartial and nonpartisan non partisan in tho the office many others were I 1 bitter in their denunciations of the t three h ree roen democrats elected as rep republicans they called them who 14 wele recreant to party parly pled pledges ites v there were live alve republican members who ho attended tho the party caucus on the presidency they were romney stewart diehl buckle and Callist Cal llster cr omeara OM cara le lc and refused to enter tho the caucus or be bound 0 O und by its action indeed those who did attend made no agreement ot of any nature with the exception of 0 mr diehl who nho said that he be would support bishop gomney lor for two ballots then exercise his own judgment as to what course he should pursue the other fell tour r attending were tor for Ilon romney incY in preference rence to anyone else they would not S support I 1 aport omeara and insisted on their f a so 60 far ar as 0 opposition to olleara OM caro went diehl was with ith them WHERE STOOD mr diehl sald said yesterday thit that he de fired tho the election of 0 it a republican to the presidency ot of the tha council in order 11 stat st one might be chosen lie he acquiesced in the support L ot of sir air romney upon tho the distinct understanding understand lne that only for or two ballots would he vote that way the street rumor that mr diehl had first put tile idea ot of the presidency into mr Rom domneys romneys head he be denied emphatically bishop romney camo cam e to tile me shortly arter after the election in november said he and asked for my support at the time I 1 gave him no final answer I 1 never asked him to be a candidate ile he said further that ho believed the council should bo be a rion non partisan body for this reason and because of 0 mr experience as an alderman lie he had biad supported him ile ho believed mr A newell would be absolutely fair and impartial and would assist in giving the city an all economical administration cuch as the condition on of its finances ignance rendered ne callary BUCKLE WAS councilman buckle was still a in ling with the defeat he and hla his irie adf had suffered N when lie r ri the tribune reporter accosted him lie said bald tho the cause of tho the support of newell by diehl and le portion was easily explained but lie he declined to make mabo the simple explanation lie spoke of ile he stigmatized the action of the three gentlemen os as worse than treachery and almost perjury 1 I was elected ns as a republican he continued and I 1 havo have acted as such in perfect good faith today my conscience Is much easier than that of the gentlemen elected ou on the same tic ticket c L chose w hose first action was to put a political po t opponent in office mr buckles Buck Tea remark though made to the reporter apparently was waa really a stop clap at councilman diehl with v whom hom the newspaper man was conversing when mr buckle approached mr diehl retorted that lie he d believe any one was feeling ve very r Y badly over it then mr buckle v who ho was standing beside mr diehl went on to eay cay that the republicans of the city were considering seriously the propriety of calling a mass meeting g to denounce the republicans who had bad de dc sorted their party it was vaa only a lauff bluff and when making it mr ruckle buckle winked suggestively at the reporter but mr diehl was on and also cast his big outer optic to indicate ilia his knowledge that his fellow coonc councilman liman was trying to tako take a rise out ot of him HOW NEWELL r EXPLAINS IT president newell atti labutes his election mainly to ills his previous experience in the council and the de bire of 0 the members to begin their duties futics with a nonpartisan non partisan action lie ile said that in n the selection of committees and committee chairmen men he would consider the alie members solely on the ground of their special fitness ile ho would favor neither party to the tit disadvantage of tile the other the co committees amit to would be announced next boxt tuesday night mr newell said eald that he be had no conference u with ith the mayor as 03 to the presidency As to my being called into the office by the mayors secretary ho he continued that was waa upon an entirely deferent matter all ali ot of which la Is respectfully submitted the tribunes information that the democrats caucused caucuses caucus ed in the mayors office Is denied by alt all concerned for that matter several of the members derly deny that auy any caucus whatever was held OMEARA IS FACETIOUS councilman omeara whom it was impossible to find the night of 0 the election had bad nothing to say when wh the tasked asked m why by he had tailed to attend the special p session lie he replied that the session cession was unnecessary and involved a waste ot of public money when the city raqul required red fill of 0 tile cash it had in the treasury for necessary purposes 1 I have always been an all advocate of economy lio lie continued and am still a believer in the ideas I 1 have previously advanced mr OB olleara leara jokingly continued that lie he had no street car pass and consequently attend lie he denied that his brother had bad by telephone consigned any one to the internal infernal regions lie he was waa present in ills his office when his brother fad al the conversation and t though ho did hang up the transmitter somewhat lie be certainly did not tell the man tit at the other end to go eo to hades or else vi here |
