City of Seattle Records

472 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 7/84 And now Councilman Wusthoff files his written answers to said report, which are as follows, to wit: In the matter of the accusation of the Honorable U. M. Rasin against F. W. Wusthoff member of the Common Council of the City of Seattle Said F. W. Wusthoff comes by his Attorneys Jacobs & Jenner and for answer to the accusations made against him and which were referred to this Honorable Committee for examination and report, says: First. That the first and second accusations contain no matter or charges which can subject this defendant to examination by a Committee of the Common Council. Secondly. That they are privileged communications and that he violated no law, ordinance or usage of the Common Council of the City of Seattle in making the same. Thirdly. He denies the right of the City Council or a Committee of the came to call him to an account for such declarations as are contained in the first and second accusations made against him. As to the Third accusation he answers. First. That on the occasion referred to in the accusation he did not mention the Mayor personally by name or officially by the term - describing his Office. Secondly. What he did say was founded on a misapprehension of the facts of the case - in this to wit: The original draft of the Ordinance which was shown to him and which he supposed passed the Council had certain pencil interlineations regarding salaries to which he was unalterably opposed, and which were left out of the Ordinance as published and as he honestly supposed from the information furnished him under a misapprehension of dates, was changed in the meeting on Sunday in the Mayors Office And Thirdly. Believing that the Mayor had no right to make such changes - and from the information he had - honestly believing that such changes had been made on said consulting Sunday, without mentioning the Mayor by name or by his title he denounced the principle as improper and dangerous. He is happy to know that he misapprehended the information conveyed to him and which he at the [?] deemed reliable, and that our honored Mayor did not attempt to do or do anything that he denounced

We the undersigned property owners owning property abutting upon Washington Street hereby make the following proposition to the City of Seattle by way of compromise. That we will pray to said city the amount of original tax or assessment and the costs thus far accruing by reason of writs now pending against us in the Superior Couts for said tax: the Cityof Seattle to throw off all interest and penalty which had accrued by reason of non payment of said tax: F M Guye Estate of Philena C Comstock for lots 1,2,4,&5 of Block 5, W R Brawleys Addition, the same being all properly assessable to her. By C K Jenner, Exec. Wm R Brawley By his Attys Jacobs & Jenner George Kinnear by Jacobs & Jenner