Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-13
DAVENPORT, IOWA. SATURDAY,
CITY COUNCIL.
Unusual Proceedings.

Unusual Proceedings.
The City Csuacil we're to have met last
evening for the purpose Of takipg some ss-
tisn towards msstiag The rsquifsmsnts Of
~ esurt IN ths case II Gems - City sf
Davenport, - reported in these eslumns
yesterday. The meeting Vas called fer
: o'clock, and q half past six the Mayer
called the meeting to order. The roll WAS
called with the following rssuls.-prsssnt,
Alasrmen Bryant. Clausssn, Dsrmsdy,
Frizzsll, Mueller. and Rungs,-abssnt, AL
dermen Cunningham, Cenklin, Kruss. Lit
tig. and Matthss-no quorum.
Thipking that the sbscntees were snten
tionaly delayed, it vas decided to wait
their appearance. After an hour spent in
discussing tho situation Of affairs in hu.
morous sort Of way, patience ceased to be
. virtue, and Alderman Claussen moved
that the Council compel the attendance Of
absent members.
, The motion Was cai,isd by vote Of Eve
10 one.
The Clerk made out the papers for the
arrest Of the absentses, and placed them In
the hands Of the Marshal. AZ it was then
late, and the absent Aldermen lived some
distance from the Council chamber, il was
decided 70 adjourn until three o'clock this
Saturday afternoon. which was occord.
ingly done.
This kind Of beys' play on the part Of
those Intentionally absent, 10 most unbs.
coming the dignity Of their positions in .
matter Of this kind, which will not admit
Of any trifins. Their constituents would, /,
Of course like to be excused from pay ing
these judgments, but the exigency sxists-
oil know that they must be paid, and We
are OF the opinion that such actions will
not reflect any great amount Of credit upon
Aldermen. Ifthey desire martyrdsm in
the shape Of arrest for their fidelity in
dsfsrring paymsnt-whsn il must be made
why, let them say 90, and We will &C.
credit them the glory.
Such delays ~ they are ineurring only
Increases shs expenses Of Aarshal's fsss
etc., which the people csnnst we'll afford to
pay for trihing. They should seek the hen.
ers Of martyrdom at their own expense
aud not at the expense Of the people.
"A EPEclxEN or LlrsaARY OosafusY.-
We give the following. sample from the
Rock Island Argus, showing the spirit Of
the Gable organ, (bought dirt cheap, As .
specimen Of courtesy
There is no railroad in existence in which the
name Of Davenport appsars, and there probably
never will be. A few people in Davenport,
however, have formed some kind Of an sssocia-
tien, which they call the Davenport 4 st. Paul
RAILROAD Company If any one knows what
that is. They have made q garrulous, chronic
old .snarler and fault finder what they call
''prssident' Of the visionary afair, and they
resort to the most amusing expedisnts IN order
to keep the name OF the irnpesunious coacern in
print For instance If the man falls cut Of
buggy, the Davenport papers give detailed ac-
counts Of an accident 10 the President of the
Davenport h ~. Paul Railroad Company y If
he is delivered OF . column or two of nonsensi-
cal gsbbe about railroads, we'll interlardsd with
personal abuse Of better men than he, Shsss
Davenport papers head Il, in staring letters,
Com % nication from the President Of the
Davenport ST. Paul Railroad eonpany y II
he rides out, the Davenport papers all announce
that "our esteemed fellsw citizen, the President
of the Davenport + 81. Paul Railroad Company,
10 recovering l"-aad 80 ON, and 80 forth,
eur cats got y "Aow We apples swim y
Such are the personalities, prevalent to
the case, that for waut Of argument. the
Argus INDUCES in. which ws know will
receive no reply frsm Mr.. Holmes, who has
other and better business on hand.
To say the least, such reference to the
personal injury Of Mr.. II. is in very bad
taste, and especially when . man narrowly
escapes with life. Our opinion Of Mr.. Gable
IS . man would BE- very much changed did
We for moment think it was written With
his sanction. To illustrate the difference
between men, we will say that Mr. Helmes
was in our efIice when the news Of similar
accident TO Mr.. Cable Was received, and We
remember we'll his words as be expressed
regret and sympathy, saying. while
wish to defeat Mr.. Gable as a Railroad and
Coal monopolist. l cannot but regret such
serious and probable permanent injury to
the man." Mr.. Helmss is at present unable
to devote much time to business, but, il
the Cable Hamilton party have any facts
v give or plausible reasons for voluntary
and unnecessary surrender TO the man whs
publicly told US he "would control the
line II ever built" We doubt not
he will defend his position in due
time, but II he DONE, ws will, nor shall W
s,nsult the genius Of the Aspus. - to the
manner in which our articles ere worded
In relation to the sneer a. the De-.
vsnpert and st. Paul Railroad, We
will only say, that if The laws ol
Iowa permitted vcts Of bonds, in aid Of
the Railroad, rs In Illinois. This Ilins
would probably have been built while Dr..
Ha milton was trying to locate some ten OF
dezsn miles Of The Peoria road, srtaking
time to srrange matters ~ that Gable
would hsvs sure thing for bic coal ~
nepsly.
Az il 10, the 81. Paul Osmpany alrssdv
had voted, ct the time NJ last snquired
to il, as gifts not represented BY stoek,
ever $500, 900, and elections srs bsiag held
almost every week ssssmswhors on the line
II our Supreme Court sustains the validity
Of the TAX Law, this road vii: be built
speedily, and will greatly help Rock Islsnt
aud Nolins,as it viii W. A. 10 The Prssidsn
cy,it was not Of Mr.. Holmss' seeking hi
prsfsrsnes, being At all times. epeslv end
freely expressed fer another we'll knews
citizen, and he only consents 70 held tn
plac. pro tenn, Ill: the people here unite %
that man, o. some one, who will Do then
moro good.
A Qussriexss RaeaT.-Hsw for publia
ofissrs have the night to make aSbitssrl
rulss Tor ths esnvsnisucs Of their soplyese
which directly aiIsst the rights Of thes'
whs pay these smploys ses. 10 qusssios