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Show SECRET "CMCLHE" In Which President Loolbccrow Is G ten a Choice ol Tno Tblcgi, HIM(IMM) OP. ItlXU.VSIDKItlMl. tlft'ncrallc Connrllnirii "lilcU Their Slilm on tlin Curlnlonri" Millie the .Mcctln; wat llcltig lltld. Tho particularly torrid llmothat tho nknoliR'ouce predated would occur atlhoinacllnKOl tho city council hit nlnlit u connectloM with thuptcseiita-llou thuptcseiita-llou I y I'reflJent liOolbourow of lila reviie I list of ataudlng rommltteci, llkelliwIlna'A letter of Icalgnatlou to the c.'ilef ixocutlvo of tbo Territory never crmc (at liait aa expictcd) and thereby linnga Ilia itory of a atonny tlmo at u secret parly caucus jittcrdoy afternoon, pirtlculira of which a New reporter auoceeded In obtaining last midnight and today lio'n "u rce." that can girjomlly bo rellnl upon to leak lu loita ol emer-goncy, emer-goncy, Asia will known Iijofoourow's re. comtrucllon of commltteea waa not kindly taken to unit for daya poat tbeiuhavo bien ominous mutterluga ofdlaoutentnnd threata us to what wculdbedonolu thu ovont of tbe Hat being forced Uon the Councll.P.very. Ihlng Indlotled a rupture and u scandal scan-dal and Ihe more louiervatlvo Liberal member, camn to tbo comlualou that they bad been given enough publlu notoriety of late on account of their queatlonable conduct In many matters o( lmioitai,co to their ciimtltuenlaao they decided t) fight tho af. air out among tueimulvra ytiltrday alleruoon. Willi that object in view a ccrat ineetlcg waa called to talmplsco lu 1'rraldent Iioolbourow'A office which, by tho way, la a favorite resort for the buldtra ul dark lantern oou-clavts oou-clavts to consider the revised Hit. Of rouraa It was a strictly party allalr, and the Deruocrala wero kept In tl'asrul Ignorance of thla move. Ono by one the good I.llierula appeared at the entranco of tho Com-metclal Com-metclal bl.ck, and took Ihe elevator to tlio offico of Pnaldout l.ootbourow, having llrat resolved among themselves, however, Hut Iho president must either reitcro the commllties to tho (Kisltlona they formerly occupied or bo relegated to thu rnuke of a common councilman. Tbla la tbe language of ono councilman! "Not long ago Mr. Loofbourow was charged with serious olleu.es by tbo Major. He ntoJud our aaalatance theu and bo mutt aland by ua now. Thla reconstruction uct of his don't go down. Ho has got to knuckle to our wlthee. Now m If bo vrsu'l doll." This waa enly a sample of many similar alatementt. When tho mooting moot-ing waa "niado up" Iho doora wero clored and Moran stalled tbe ball rolling by moving that It be Hie seuse of the meeting tbat tho presldeul'e revised committee Hit bo tabled Indefinitely, Indefi-nitely, and tbe standing lommlttiea rcmilu aa heretofore. Thla preolplla'ed n warm dlaouaaiou but all lu one direction and I.oolbourow with tbe utmost tquamlmlty and characteristic coolness remained silent until all had SKkon and then oooly said ho waa willing to yield to the demands mado upon him but ollered n suggestion la the effect that tbo committee ou at rlnkllug ti. reorganised. re-organised. The necetally of thla waaao appartnt that Ibeie waa no opposition. Kelly was thus deposed aa chairman, In fact, removed Irom the committee nltogttber. Ho waa succeeded by Counillman KarrlcL who la no longer a Liberal, but who baa got grip on municipal mattera In general which la n aourco of no Inconalderabla amount of annoyance to aomo of bla erstwhile Liberal colli aguta. Thero wero aomo very funny occurences occur-ences althe meeting aud a good deal of alarm ou the part uf the aeoret session ses-sion holders when Councilman Horn who had observed ouo of tho Demo-cratlo Demo-cratlo oouiiCllmen In tho vicinity of the building wbeu on his way to tbo meeting rushtd upstairs and ex. claimed brnathlisalyi "They atoon touil" Who what do )ou mean!" asked a half acoroof Ihe now startled councilman. council-man. "Why, them Democrats," he said, aa he pointed through thu llltti atory wludow, ntar which ho sought a gush of Irish (air, "Don't you sen them down there kicking their shins on tho curbstones, because wo havo outwitted them." Tbey taw but drew back and settled set-tled down to business, asaurlrg Horn that they were out ol harm's way; that tbo walls wero thick and that It would be Impossible for any eound tbey might mako to reach tho pavement pave-ment below. Chief Hlanton wai represented by proxy and attempted to ehow lila aupetlors Ihat If Lawson should bo retained re-tained on Iho oommlltto on tire de-) de-) ailment that luiurauiuratis would lakn a Jump of ten per cent. "Well, you fee Loofbourow camo right to where wo wanted hint?" said ouo of the oouncthneii tu day aud that was why wu didn't have a re-gular re-gular wake ul our meeting last night," |
