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Show -GpiEF OF POLICE SAYS HE WILL HOLD HIS OFFICE m ' DUMNG THE CAMPAIGN I "I Know of No Reason Why L I Should Resign," He Says, & "and I Have No Intention , of Doing Soat Present." Y Those politicians tvIio have expected Chief of Police Lynch to ' fresign his position, in view of the fact that he is candidate for iMayor against the. man Mayor Morris who appointed him and also against the man Ezra Thompson who may have the opportunity, oppor-tunity, to appoint him again, will.be disappointed. Chief Lynch de-! de-! elared"to The Telegram this morning that he had no intention of resigning. '.' ( Chief of Police William J. Lynch, Re-' Re-' publican nominee for Mayor, does not ' propose to resign his office. -"Nay, nay," he warbles, when the matter Is brought to his attention. The Democrats Demo-crats are insisting that Chief Lynch ehould resign now that he is the opponent oppo-nent of Mayor Morris, who appointed him to his present position, and in sup-, sup-, . . - port of their ..contention they point to the example of Judge Alton Bf Parker, who resigned a lucrative Judgeship , -when "nominated for, the Presidency by, J ' the Democrats. . 1 .Chief Lynch's friends, however, take the ground that he is under no obligation, obliga-tion, -moral, political or otherwise, to resign his position, and as a precedent point to the fact that United States Senator Fairbanks held to his office with a Arm grip while running for the Vice-Presidency. Talks to The Telegram. A representative of The Telegram .bad a short talk with Chief Lynch this, morning regarding the .question of his resignation. -It went something like this: -j,.- . . . ... : "Chief Lynch, there are rumors to the effect that you will resign yodr "office "of-fice as Chief of Police now that you have b?en nominated for the. Mayoralty." Mayor-alty." . ' "That so? Haven't heard anything In particular about it." , "Do you intend to resign?" Attitude of the Chief. "Well. I can't see that I have done anything that would call for my resignation." resig-nation." "Yes. but then you see the Democrats Demo-crats are saying that now that you are the political opponent of the man who appointed you to your present position, you should step down and out." "They may be saymg that, but I don't see why I should resign. If I was a good Chief of Police when Mr. Morris Mor-ris appointed me, I am a good one now. As to the Mayoralty, the people will decide that matter at the polls." Will Not Resign. "Then you will not resign?" "No; that is, I haven't any intention of resigning at present." Irrespective of what the politicians may say of the candidacy of Chief of Police Lynch, however, it cannot be denied that he occupies a unique position. posi-tion. In the first place, Mr. Lynch Is opposing op-posing -the man who appointed him to his present position Mayor Morris and in the second place he Is opposing the man who would have the authority to reappoint him former Mayor Thompson In the event that the American party wins. |