The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-06
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20. do the city printing THIS, the OntoR
Co. having done it last year. AID. Bailey
moved to lay the motion on the table.
Woodruff seconded it, and Bailey. Butler, !
Carse, Davis, and Woodruff voted for the
motion. 1t didn't carry, however.
Then Carse was siezed with notions of
reform. 1t should not be forgotten that
this man Carse was the candidate of both
parties, last year, for the position he holds.
He was first talked of by Democrats, as a
Union candidate and was voted for by all
the Democrats. He has lost no chance to
do them all the harm he could in return
for their action. Nobody would find fault
if he would try to be fair and give each
side show. But his narrow, partizan |
bigotry knows no such thing as fairness. |
Nobody would find any fault with his last
years action as to printer if he would now
say: 1--WE gave this little bit of patron
age to the Union last year and in all fair
ness let us give it to the other paper this
year." Last year he was fierce to give it
to the Union. This year when he fears
that straight vote will give it to The
ARGUS he seeks to set the printers to
bidding against each other. Carse said he
understood it had been settled that the
printing should be given to the lowest bid
DER" That's the way it reads in the OH
Icial report. How did he understand
this? Where was it ''settled?" No such
motion was ever made. Who settled
lit-and where? Did he understand 1t
that way last year? o no. He now sees
. possible chance that this little JOB may
60 to The ARGUS this year, and he is con-
trying some way to prevent 1t.
And Bailey,-he is reformer now.
! Last wear he had no idea of setting the
' printers to bidding against each other, any
more than he had of setting candidates FOL
|, clerk, marshal, attorney, ETC., etc., to bid,
ding against each other. If he is sc
anxious for economy why did he not ash
for bids on all the city officers? They
had bids on the Office of street commits
4 sioner. Why not on marshal 3? There ar
~ several people who can do that work jus
,. as we'll as Charlie Halves. Why dldn'
~ these reformers think of that, as well a
on street commissioner and printer?
AID. Butler said he was not aware of an
ordinance creating the Office of city printe1
ell The city charter, page SIS, Art. vi Sec.
J. requires certain things to be publishe
ID for 10 days in the newspaper publsshi'
be the ordinances of the city," In Sec.
,ft page 81, notice by publication In the ne'o
x paper publishing the ordinances Of the cits
is required. Sec, IL, page SO, the clerk
required to give certain notices by publ
cation in the paper publishing the ordina
N ces of the city," Page "a, Sec. 2, tn
S.. clerk is required to give certain notices ''l
se' publication in the paper publishing the 0
he dinances of tte,eity." Page 66, Sec. 6, "
lc- the newspaper printing the ordinances
an the city," Sec, 9, page &c, by notice
ers the newspaper publishing the ordinan'
ids of the city," Page IA, Art. XI, Sec.
requires certain advertisements ito
published IN the paper publishing the orr
, nances of the city" Sec. 5, page Is, al
.. requires ordinances to ''be published TIL
MT days IN the newspaper publishing the or
% nances ofthe city," Sec, 6,same page
lley quires, in certain cases, the affidavit Of
IL publisher or proprietor Of the neaospol
nat publishing the ordinances Of the cit
DIG These are some of the charter or consti
res tioual provisions, and they rather look
cur though some paper must be designated
city the paper in which to publish, etc. {
IS OF Can Aid, Butler tell us the name Of
per paper selected? The present council
l'ng not selected. any such paper. Does it
Oh look as though they had neglected tt
De duty in that respect? Who then is
Ilca- blame for the neglect?
way Ala Mosenfelder ;nnocent,v inonire
'oeo the city printing was let sby contract
year.
Aid. Butler said, No" but he did
H. vouchsafe any further information.
ID a Aid Mosenfelder still DESTROYS of und
and standing the reasons for the propo
,atic change of policy, propounded a ques
cart or two in that direction, but Carse, But
hem Davis, Bailey, and Woodruff were dunn
lady made no reply They had probably agr
king on their tactics, but we doubt if they
shin. be gratifed with bids from either of
tied AS far as The ARGUS is concerned, if
er at city wants any work done it will be q
icing at the same rates that it is done for citi,
10Th no more, and no less. The ARGU
Sin. not so anxious for that little position al
pay premium for it. The city cha
her requires certain advertisements and o
p. N. uances to be published and it is quite Ii
= the the city will have to pay the usual p
h. of charged citizens for that sort of work.
lonl' City Licenses.
III We continue our list of city lice
from yesterday:
SALOON LICENSES-$l00.