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Show oo BOZEMAN MAYOR v WILLJOT RESIGN BOZEMAN, Mont, Jan. -1. Developments De-velopments crowded over each other this afternoon In the affairs of Mayor .Maney resigning his position with the city. Tho resignation was withdrawn early today and this withdrawal was ruled on a legal point by the council and H. S. Duel!, a Republican was elected to the position. Mancy's withdrawal was accompanied accompan-ied by a signed statement saying that his resignation had been mado because be-cause of lack of funds to fight the threatened charges of misconduct and malfeasance In office. This deficiency was' made up by friends of the persecuted per-secuted mayor this morning and that tho withdrawal was decided upon. Upon meeting this evening in regular reg-ular session, tho council, with Mayor Manoy .absent went Into executive conncll and after an hour's session throw open the doors and elected llucll mayor without a dissenting vote, completely ignoring Maney's withdrawal of his earlier resignation. Tho new mayor was called out of bed and told of tho action of tho council. Upon appearing beforo tho couhcil, ho stated that he accepted the position In tho hope of harmonizing harmon-izing tho badly disrupted forces of the "city. Tho actipn is approved by many of the city's leaders who attended at-tended tho session. Maney refuses to talk but it is thought he will accept tho solution as it btands despite his desire earlier to fight the case. |