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Show NO SUPERINTENDENT SUPERIN-TENDENT YET The Mayor makes two appointments But the Council refuses refus-es to confirm. The city council met In special session ses-sion last Fiiday evening to consider the appointment of a superintendent tor the city light plant, and a depot policeman. Kphiulm lllaucliaid was named for the latter place, but the council failed to conllim either of two appointments made for the former. Mayor Robinson piesented the name of K. H. South with the statement state-ment that in case lie was icjected, the name of Joel Ricks would be piesented. pie-sented. Councilman Hatch talked against the continuation of South, tiist on the st length or his belief that the mayor's suggestion of two .staunch Republicans Republi-cans was (Ragging the matter Into politics, and second, t lie icsiilt of Ids investigation or Mr. Smith's business ability led him to leftise that gentleman gentle-man hissuppoit. Mr. McNiel was against giving the position to a comparative stiauger, and Mr. Hell spoke a few words In Smith's behalf. Mr. Crawford atgued that any or the men would have to he educated to the place, and said that none of t lie applicants for the position were such men as he would entrust his own business busi-ness to. However he thought the people's limited knowledge of Soutli would woik to Ids and the eity'sad-vantage eity'sad-vantage as they would have less opportunity op-portunity to criticise him, etc. Mr. Kvans'diiTeicd very ludically witli ( law ford, insisting that it was foolish to vote for known Incompetents Incompet-ents when tlieie ate many of ability within our midst A vote was taken on South and it resulted in a tie, Llndquist, (Juaylc, Craw foul, Hansen and Hell voting for liim. This was a falluie to coiillnn. of course, and the name of Mr. Ricks was then presented. Mr. Hatch again made a lengthy talk and against Mr Ricks, lie cited that gentleman's uiistublllty, etc.. anil asked for a man wlio has made "a success or his own business." In the vote that followed Smith, McN'lel and Llndquist voted foi Ricks and tlic lemaiuder against him. j The session was a warm aitlele audi Hie falluie to name a superintendent, I togethei with the spiiited debating leads to. some lather amusing atticism. atti-cism. Somesav Mayor Robinson hasn't the backbone of a chicken: otheis say that Hatch ran the whole allalr and inns it all the time hir that matter: mat-ter: others suy that C i aw ford is so stuck on hiinseir that he can't see ahead or his nose and his lemaik that none or the applicants weiehaid-ly weiehaid-ly competent, is a letlection which even blood couldn't wipeout: another says "young" Ileischel Rullen's dominating dom-inating linger Is seen in the icsiilt, and at least one or the candidates says tlieie has been considerable tinhorn tin-horn politics demonstrated lately. Whatever (lie icsiilt, the same seven- oi ridiculous cilticlsm would have icsiiltcd. so theic need be lelt no paitleular concern over the ie-maiksor ie-maiksor disappointed fi lends or open anil avowed enemies. This matter of seeming a superintendent that will meet the expectation of all and satisfy satis-fy the discordant elements in Ixith paities, as well as the friends or the defeated candidates Is not an easy-task easy-task and and the council deserves a heaity sympathy. It's simply a matter of "youi'e damned if you do and damned if you don't." |