Show A special meeting of tile the airen firemen ien was called on wednesday evening last at tile instance iastan cc of tile the council committee thereon for the durpos burlo pur lO p of considering the appointment of a chief for the department the city council and mayor presumably ac acting ting upon the advice vice of ther city attorney lad eardly become seated in their new positions when they named and installed as chief fire fireman mati a man who was not a m of the dopart department part ment inasmuch is as therom the company is composed of volunteers rs a nd is in no sense a q bation this move of the thel new icly administration is regarded as a deliberate in insult to tile alie men who have worked with tho the company in tile the past part who have 0 given their time and money to lo its support and organization nor can the lie matter bo be viewed by any fair minded man in other light tho the boys want as their leader one of their own number who has stood shoulder to shoulder wit them at fires where they have worked who has bel belonged onfred to tile company when the question ofaf of office leec did not concern them they the want a leader who thought 0 ello enough urill 0 of the organization to bo be it i inc member for tile lie love of tho the work and without habip laviage 0 to bo be coaxed into its ranks by V holding 0 out to him tile the office of chief and this is their right no man inan can gain by it and nono will vill deny it except those bigoted partisans who cast insinuations upon tile the company because its members member s dare assert their rights rig lits the question of politics never entered into tile the organization until it was injected into it by the ultra partisan intolerance of such men as Pe tereon and partin partington 0 ton let such men bear in mind that they the are dealing 0 with a voluntary association which certainly has a right to choose its own lead head I 1 why b y the very life of such an organization depends upon the tha unity and COD congeniality geniality of its members take that away and you remove tile the bond that holds them together take that away av ay and you destroy the he company if this is the result sought ought after by these men r jio 1 nil e fill i r b 7 enwin alana els upon tho the insults insult the they have already offered the fire delai dehait t ment they are pursuing the proper course to obtain it it is to be hoped however that the council will for once cast its partisanship aside when tho the welfare of the community demands it as it certainly does docs in the 1 preservation reservation of the present fire company some action will be taken on the matter at the next regular meeting of tile city council |