The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-08
City Printing.

Ment this spring, on the ZOtn OF marcn, |
Aid. Yates introduced the usual resolution
in regard to city printing--in exactly the
same words as the one passed. last year,
substituting THE ARaUs" for the Union +"
Aid. Carse also at the same meeting Ia |
man elected by both parties and who has
no "partizan zeal'') introduced new style
of resolution on the same subject, appoint
ing the Union "city printer" A vote
was taken on Carse's resolution and it was
lost. Butler then introduced the following
which was passed:
Alderman Butler moved that the Daily Union
and TEE ARGUS be authorized to publish the pro
ed,
This was wholly unnecessary proceed.
ing, and showed that Butler did not un-
derstand the subject, for on the Goth of
March 1874 the council adopted the fol.
lowing:
Resolved, That hereafter and until this resolution
shall be repealed THE DAILY ARGUS and the Daily
Union be authorized to publish the minutes of the
meetings of the city council for which each paper
shall be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars a
year,
There was no necessity for Butler to
| take up any time on that subject, for the
council had fixed that matter year ago,
and it could not be changed without amend
ing or repeating the resolution. But it
served Buffers purpose-of staving off
action on Yates's resolution, as he proba-
bly, mistrusted that, after Carse's resolu-
ton failed Yates's would pass, unless by
some parliamentary trick he and his party
friends could stave off vote. Yates's
resolution, not acted on, was still before
the council when it adjourned.
And the Union of Wednesday morning,
knowing these facts, goes out of the record
to accuse Alderman Yates of "partizan
zeal, charging that, on Tuesday evening, he
sprung a resolution on the council order
ing the publication of the ordinances in
THE ARGUS Was it any more an act of
''partizan zeal' in Yates, to introduce or
call up resolution for THE ARGUS, than
it was for Carse to introduce similar one
for the Union? Carses was defeated, and
Yates's was before the council. He
Sprung no resolution-nor did he exhib-
it any more ''partizan zeal' than Carse
Butler, Bailey & Co.
Well,-Bailey, who probably has nc
''partizan ZEAL" but who was afraid thai
Yates's resolution would pass, moved to
lay it on the table.-and Bailey, Butler,
Carse, Davis and Woodruff, who are all
of them free from "partizan ZEAL" voted
in favor of Bailey's motion. But it wasn't
laid on the table, and is yet before the
the council. Enacted on.
The Union says the vote on Bailey's mo
ton was ian indication that Alderman
Yates's resolution would carry if put t.
vote,'' Of course it was. The Union also
admits that "the Republicans resorted te
parliamentary tactics" to prevent vote
on Yatess resolution-but the Republi
can aldermen: Butler, Carse, DAVIS, Bail
ey and Woodruff, have no ''partizan zeal =
of course.
J Alderman Yates's resolution is still be
fore the council, Enacted on-but we have
no anxiety that he should press it to a vote
Butler, Carse & Co. have been made t.
show what kind of ''partizan zeal'' and par
liamentary tricks actuate them. Ant
,, just how two of them appear, with thei
mo party masks torn off, the public ma,
decide.
The city printing matter stands wei
enough as it is, unless the council wishe
to pass Yates's resolution. which is still
before them and in order. We say i
stands well enough, for this reason: Oh
March Goth, 1874, the council adopted tn
following:
ResoI1ed, That the Union newspaper is hereb
J. selected and appointed as the official newspaper
the city government in which to publish the adyel
sements and ordinances of the city for the ensuin
r year.
r The then ensuing year" having ex
pred, that resolution is Dead but tn
, other one, appointing The ARGUS and tn
o Union to publish the council proceedings
is alive and will remain alive until re
t pealed.
As Aid. Butler, the other night, didn'
p know of any ordinance or law requiring
city paper, we took occasion in Tuesday
q paper to call his attention to nine diferer
r places IN the city charter requiring such
n 1paper. And we now call his attention t
an ordinance of this city, (see page 2S4 {
ordinance book entitled "An Ordinanc
for the preservation Of the Ordinances
the city council" as follows
s 2. Such ordinances as are reqnired by law to I
0 published the clerk shall. when the same ha,
been recorded, and not before procure to be prnte
from the original draft, in the newspaper pubtisj
r ing the proceedings Of the city council
e And as THE ARGUS is one of the paper
selected to publish the proceedings, etc,
9 has, beginning with this political year, pub
t lished the same legal articles as the Union
and will continue to do so for the balanc
of the year, unless the council shall Other
wise direct. We quite agree with tn
: Union, when that paper says:
n ''All that concerns the council is to sci
s tie upon which paper is to publish the OF
+ dinances of the city for the present mum
: eipal year, and if it sees fit to take n
further action, both papers will publis
n the penal ordinances, as would be require
n by the laws of the city,"
e Is there any objection to this? Th
: printing bills for this city are mere trifl
J. they are not one-fourth what they are i
l. Davenport,-and all people ought to hav
f chance to see everything done by thei
: representatives. No man ought to b
e comnelled to subscribe for nausnann