| Show j JI B 8 m BURBIDGE I WILL ILL NOT RESIGN Unless the Opposition to Him Can Show Reasonable Grounds For Such Action Acton HE HAS COUNCIL MAJORITY MAJ ITY th mII 1111 I nILI the Clime mm mig 01 oil n thu tho Ho 10 I bit Can Cams Cal Afford lo to loAt At tho Iho present pre writing weltIng It can bo be 10 au authoritatively staled that Iii John JohnB Johl B D of Iho tho to Salt force will wi not resign re his position un unless loss less 1 s the opposition to 10 him can caim show reasonable grounds for tor such actIon Captain WitS was asked for OI a I Statement this title morning tha tho fight that Is hell being waged against him hint by certain members of ut thu tw Inner limiter cir clr circle er cle dc ee Ho ito 10 declined to tn mako u a t statement beyond saying J 1 see seo no 10 reason why I 1 should resign In this It Is understood ho Is 18 backed up lit 1 by b several Including members of the tho American party pt WEDGE SLIPPED Last laEt night tho th opening wedge cal calculated cil lo to widen wion the bleach so Sl as ns to 0 give gho th limiter Inner circle a chance chalco to Lo car carzy ca caT cary zy T y out Its It I desires was Inserted In II tha city el council but tho Iho th ami anti there was nothing doing U il I canto came In the form of ofu a it communication thin tion ton from Chief of ut Pol co Tom root D 1 Pitt PUL removing Mounted Patrolman Jim Tay Taylor ay her lor III The ho sumo samo reason renson that tm t caused fi tm removal of scores of n amid falta ltd fill officers two years carl ago ngo wile was of ot tho the service namely For tor the tho good The rhe News called calell attention las Ils evening to the fIlet fact fiet that Taylor Tailor was on 01 the tha black list because ho was reputed to 10 ho bo a Mormon as us In tho the case cae of oC Bur nUl His qualifications as US an all were wore counted JOSH Ies than titan a 1 cipher tho the rim nut removed The bosses hosel demand demanded ed d his head hence Inc atlo i from Chief Pitt Pit This hll was the intended to lo open opel tho the breach vImle enough to permit the exit of ot but the time breach brench refused to Lo widen and antI the tIm wedge slipped SCHEME WAS BLOCKED It I happened when Councilman L IJ D moved Unit that action In hi tIm the matter mutter mattero to lx o postponed one uno week Councilman Stewart opposed Cd the motion moton but Mr Martin had hod plenty f t backing b and Pres dent Iden Davis Dvis granted the motion toads made b by jy Martin With the tho communication to remove Taylor Chief Pitt Pit sent In the name of ono one James C Conyers as 18 Taylors Tylor successor sor The action of the tho council must have havo been jeen a severe sere shock to the gang gan who want vant to tn make a n political machine out of ot the poll it department and thoy IhlY aro are perhaps w why h President Da Davis Do DavIa vIa vis Is anti and Councilman Martin refused to cringe under the lash Insh They The evidently l lad had their reasons ones and 11 wih wIth the th support f t the tho six minority It Jt will wi be Impossible for tor the tho to oust Capt COpt Burbidge POSITION OF OF FRIENDS FRIENDS Friends I of o tho latter Inter In and out of at atthe the he council counci take this position to quote ono one of ot them Lot Lt thorn thom give some reason why Bur Dur should im That Tnt he ho Is reputed to tn be a 0 Mormon will i not do tie that hat he has hns not boon beeD a I worker for the tho American party part will wi not do Ho ITo Io ha hl served in the tho pollee polIo department for 17 years ears under Liberal party pal rule under a CItizens administration under Demo Democratic cratic cratte rule under Republican rule and now low noW an tin In American party In nil all l that time there th has nev never nv nver nevor er or been brett a n single Ringle charge e against him him Ho lino never been called on the tho car carpet carpet carpet pet he lie has ban never neer taken an active part port for or or against any an political party and 11 hero thelo line has IRS never been anything to cito citto call that he ho has his done dona other than his hla whole duty as I a a pol co Why hy than n should he bo 10 h removed 1 |
