Show I 1 STATEMENT hafl THE pm A Y 0 0 editor news I 1 trust you will grant me a little space in your valuable paper it if your circulation was was only in bilgram city and among people who know me I 1 won would not make this request but as your field is wider I 1 deem it a duty to refer to the attack made upon tile me by three of the councilmen of 0 brigham Brig hain city my greatest offense seems to be that I 1 appointed the present incumbents cum bents who are good am cers and who are members ot 0 oth political parties the republican i appointees poin tees having du during ting the past two yeas years drawn lille the democrats received anty these servants helped to boake ake the democrat UP tic J and yero ert entitled to ra r altof imen Lin aa as ill the e people endor endorsed ed the mayor Mayo Fand and tits his a administration I 1 have stil etly followed the law in making the appointments and followed a precedent which is over ajmo ns hur hurt dred years old I 1 fancy c dould wea ct ster or some other one ol of our worthy statesmen who are dead see the application that our three republican councilmen make of the phrase by and with the consent and advice of the senate council lie would bo be surprised to know that lie he has been laboring under tinder a delusion so long and that the alic precedent pie followed loll owed was erroneous the governor will have to take notice ile because call 8 e lie he consulted no one in making his appointments and while the senate refused to confirm them they were appointed to office after the adjournment of the legislature our councilmen seem to have lost sight of the fact that the council Is not a council save only when n in ill session and that others were elected to help look after the general welfare of the city I 1 have re appointed good clean representative men who have been efficient faithful officers olli cers who I 1 dare say will go as far as anyone in fit protecting the interests ol of our fall fair city the members of the council beem to be very much incensed in that their presumed prerogatives have been encroached upon and in order to show their resentment to the fancied slig slight lit are willing to reflect upon the ability and integrity ot ol my lily fifteen appointees it poin tees the language used in fit the attack Is not worthy ot of notice save only to say that one would hardly expect that three councilmen would seek a private interview with a person at his place of business and then make public a garbled statement of the interview and insist that it be made of pub lie record and published in fit the newspapers it is plain to be seen that a tittle little hell heap politics was attempted 1 I expect that the conservative people of the city feel that the business interests of Brig brigham hain are passed tile stage of personal bicke rings and that it Is harmony pull that the city needs and dema demands nils and if I 1 have made any mistake in the appointments the place for adjustment Is in the council when in ill session respectfully bouis THOMAS 11 BLACKBURN feb in 10 1910 na mayor or |