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Show Ill The 'President of the Coun- citUhe Fight to "Retain SI ' Office. ii t 'jj! III Now that the official count has definitely oblit- H i jj j II erated the hopes of several councllmen who were H ' n i confident of being elected and the personnel of HB i'j it the council is a matter of history, there is much H i A j ; inflated ambition in evidence for the presidency j,' f Si of the body. H j I I The three men most conspicuously mentioned Hi" ' I if I for tlie place nre Councllmen Hewlett, Black and H' j u 1 '. A. J. Davis. Mr. Davis expects that his claims H , 'If will be advocated in a redoubtable manner by V ii GQiincilmen-elect Neuhausen and Martin, and as H ) ' I j he is unable to predict what other Republicans H ' i j will come to his rescue, is apparently basing his H ' ' hopes upon Democratic support. It Is difficult, H , however, to see where he can base any hopes on H 1 1 1 j i so fickle a basis, since one of the strongest argu- H ' jj! t 'i ments used by the Democrats against him in ad- B , ! J ' vocating the election of Hon. M. E. Mulvey was B I s II '" nc was ne secretary of Mibiah Bruce John-. M , ' J i son in the unholy Fifty-second district. K K f ' I But Mr' Dnv's is alert anci nas enlisted the sup- H ' W I Port of Mr. J. U. Eldredge, Jr., and Mr. Charles B Mj 'I I I Cottrell, Jr., both adults, in hin behalf. Mr. El- H ! i J dredge will attempt to secure for him the sup- K , i j 1 1 I port of the Republicans in the Second precinct K ; , 1 I nnd Mr- Cottrell will attempt to deliver into his B j i if I caravan a choice selection of Democratic votes. m m Ir Cottrell is the present president of the coun- K ,!$' II cil and advocates Davis among he Democrats be- B 'ill cause, he says, he believes the council should r ' ffll have a dinifled president. Mr. Cottrell is ap- 1 ' i H 'Si parently a believer in sharp contrasts. Mr. Black f -if"!! claims Neuhausen and Mr. Hewlett claims Mar- KI II ffli tln' and unless t-Ir calculations be askew, Mr. Hlfffjil Davis will be left like a mallard duck on the K iSpI breast of the deep sea, supported alone by his own lilPSf lusty vote. Under the circumstances Messrs. B! I '"'til Black and Hewlett are quite confident that the H 1 1 presidential lightning will not strike anyone hail- 1 J ing from the Fifty-second district. ' if, ' & ' Ht t ' y I Mr. Kessler says that if Mayor-elect Morris re- H S j 1 fuses to appoint him street supervisor over his H'l i m present chief, Poter Condie, he will be satisfied HUi m with either of three other positions: land and i""Jihj water' commissioner, city sexton or park keeper. li'lffi Mr Kessler is an extremely accommodating In H young man. - - - 1 1 j ! 1 If AR Tlie three leading Democratic aspirants for J the position of Street Supervisor are Bishop Wat- :?w son of the Sixth ecclesiastical ward, Bishop Sed- I 9 don of the Fifth ward and Bishop Maxwell of the .UK Twenty-seventh ward. "With such bitter rivalry 01 t M impending, why not give the place to the polished whispering-deplomatist, Bishop H. B. Clawson? Frank Hines is not making any particular fight for the retention of the superintendency of waterworks, but L. C. Kelsey and Joseph Mack-night Mack-night are working assiduously to retain their posts as city engineer and land and water commissioner. com-missioner. It is said that the position of engineer has been offered to George W. Snow, which makes the sky look indigo-wise for Mr. Kelsey. And if Mr. Macknight is really strenuous about remaining remain-ing in his present office, he should hold an executive execu-tive session with the silver-larj-uxed orator, Hon. Ben D. Luce. |