Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-25

and impujence, and seems quite de-
,ermined 10 out do Bennett in one |
particular branch Of reckless assertion. |
1t -til keeps up sort Of wolfish howl
about the Salary Of City Aldermen, as
though il really meant that people
should believe that its whole course
upon this subject was not actuated by
personal spite, and desire to make
party capital at the expense OF truth
aud right reason, for the Spring cleo
ton.
Nine tenths OF the citizens OF Dav
export have long since expressed op'n-
ions favorable to fixing salary for
the services OF oil OF our City Officials
AS "a stronger guarantee Of zeal in the
performance of their duties. All
have admitted the propriety OF such
rude Of compensation.
For two or three years our sister
city Of Rock Island, with about half
our population, has paid her aldermen
a salary OF $500, each, which is one
half more than the recent ordinance
allows To our aldermen. The com
pensation is SO small that it is disgust
ing To notice the pitiful pettifogging
u The Gazette upon that subject.
cur ncighbor has alleged that the
Democratic members Of the Council
procured the late amendment TO the
City harter on purpose to secure the
passage OF this ordinance allowing sal
alics. This is untrue. These amend
mcrrs to The City Charter were unoni
moostv agreed to, by Republicans as
well rs Democrats, and We quite well
understand our neighbours motive for
this Misrepresentation. The motionto
refer this subject OF salaries to
!
unanimously adopted, and when
the Ordinance was reported Aid.
Price expressed himself in favor OF it
- SAID j, ought to pass, but that he
should take nothing under it. AID.
Corlm voted for it, but gave his salary
to the Relief Association. AID. Full
lam was in favor of going back to
Dee. LIST, 1906, (thc time when he
commenced acting as alderman,) Aid
Collins voted for it, end not Il single
npabticeH Atdermw. ercept Price,
decitaod yecetciny II. On motion to
reconsider, al a subsequent meeting OF
The omeil, Ala. Collins, having been
frarluiiy heightened 10y the Gazette,
votc,i in the affirmative. The amend
ment ~ the Chartc, provides that
such an ordinance must he passed by
vote oi two thirds OF the City Council.
Let lis see il We have not been fur
nishcd with precedent by the Black
hepabliean Legislature of Iowa. At
The last session they passed Just such
kind al iaws, but that was all riokt -
Ii was their bull that gored the OK
thrn They did not submit the ques-
tion to the people. They pursued a
course which they deemed right, with
ont fear, or that craven spirit which
looks more to Popularity than to JUS
ti,,. The last legislature increased
the saaics NJ Il large number Of Off
cials aud gaze them hack pay. Accor-
iilI Ia The Gazette II was outrageous
aud fraudulent to give these men q
greater salary than the one fixed BY
law wren they Were elected. II ac-
certlrg "A nomination and being elect,
ed Is u contract To- receive no more SAL
arv than fixed bv law at tho time, there
az - h' st Of Republican swindlers in
J this STATE The truth is the Gazette
Is both dishonest and contemplate in
this small effort TO decry the City
Cornell dec,'se .. majority arc Demo
crsts.
That paper thinks II quite right TO
pay the City Council. but only Re-
pUbI,cJn Councils.
Dining the last year there has been
an average of one session ofthe Coun-
I'll each week. The committees, in
Guiding almost every Alderman upon
some one OF them. have performed
more work than the City Clerk, Trea'
surcr, OF Attorney, and no one thinks
that their salaries are too much, not
wlthstandlng they are more than dou.
tle what the Aldermen get. The
committee OH Streets have laborcd al
most necessarily, and the journal that
can he mean enough to refuse the pit
tancc Of 5000 salary, is mean enough to
lo anything which it Is commanded to
do by the little Clique that controls the
. Republican party.
Aid. Lambritc was raving because
the ordinance was so framed AS to ex-
cludc him from receiving y salary bv
reason of his removal from his Ward.
. But Presto, the little dapper gentle
E man has grown quite modest about sal
aries since, and actually makes one Of
. those who apply for an Injunction
His complaints at being excluded from
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