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Show "were" democrats. Councilman Helss Stirs Up in Inspectorship Inspect-orship Hornets' Nest, Al't'OIMEIH AltK tlOUII L00 KIM,. That l'it:t Cnuici Uanttstid (o Doubt TlulTliry arc llcmocralj. lln t'ttio (Joia Ovir. Hvery stulon of tho City Council lias Hi warm IreixtlnuJ the meeting ot the municipal lathoia last nllil was not without its chmcok. lluilntai Was proceeding In a humdrum sort of a way when the ricordorread a rerort from the board of publio works announcing an-nouncing tho appointment ot In-sectors In-sectors uf l'eicy II. llamtden, Ueorgu Ol..u, Qrorgo It. Cualiltg and David Hvatui, the Hist named gentleiuau to net a chief Inspector at a aalary of 31-3 ptr month. When the csmes of Curbing anil Kvaua weru nached, Helii aroio and nervously moved that they bo "knocked out." "Whyo,"niked Itlch. "I shoull like to hear aome reason udvanccd fcr tuch a motlou." ilel.t Will, I don't llko to say why, but I want them taken oil. itlch Hut, Mr. l'naldent, tnu gen-tleniuti gen-tleniuti tliould bo ablu to glvotoniu lUUtanllal retain why bonlutia to confirm tlieapolutiiientof llirae men. It It ticcaupu nicy nre lticouiprtetit, or what la thoinaltel? Hel-s (healttlugly)-I Cun't want them opiolulcd aud don't care particularly partic-ularly to ray why I am opposed to them. Itlch Then I will tell you, Mr. I'rtildcut and gentlemen, ItnUcuwio theio incu aro Democrnti and aro op-twnd op-twnd to Liberal methoda and Mr. Helss ahculd not criugo about the mutter. He knows that I am telllug thu truth and I should have thought more of him if he bad dated to speak cut llko n mau. Theogoitlemen, how-over, how-over, are good, ellicient muu and I think we should confirm their appointment. appoint-ment. Helm remained perfectly quiet niter filch tat Uown, auJ Waulland broke thesllenco by laying: I tiw those men oil thettreet today, aud, Judging from their oppoarauce, I would ray I don't bellevo they are Democrat. (Laughter.) Slmoudl What cautoi oil to doult It? Wantland They were uuusutliy fine looking men. This caused another outbreak of merrl-men merrl-men which was general aud whlchtbe Democrats members accepted ac-cepted as n part of tbelr rewnrd for thu comj any they keep. Hell, whoreceutly Utciared that bo u candidate for territorial Itglslt-tlve Itglslt-tlve honors an tho straight Republican Republi-can ticket this fall laid Mr. Helta' conduct con-duct In tho matter was too glaringly imllilcal. Such a scheme ought not te work. "Thla thing of Hying right up In the face of the board of publio worke I repreheuilble. That body hie certainly luqulred luto the fitness of these men and until 1 know something more against thrm I shall not oppcto their appointment." Helta hardly anticipated lucli opposition oppo-sition from a member ostensibly of hit own parly, and thu matter Weut over until Friday night. |
