City Council Drama Unfolds
Councilman Glasford resigns and withdraws his resignation in a tense standoff with Councilman McLean.
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Councilman Glasford is again chairman of the street committee and everything is apparently moving along smoothly now with the council. He withdrew his resignation at a special meeting of the council held last night. This action was not taken until the resignation of Councilman McLean as a member of the same committee had been presented and accepted. When the council convened, Mayor Hunt asked what they would do about Glasford's resignation. The members urged him to remain, but Glasford insisted he could not serve with McLean. McLean then resigned, saying Glasford was the best man for the position, and Glasford immediately withdrew his resignation.
“He said that he would stand by what he had done and it was useless for the councilmen to urge him to make a withdrawal.”
Local government politics in 1903 were just as personal and performative as modern council meetings. The procedural maneuvers to force an opponent off a committee remain a familiar political tactic.
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