San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-17

tho veto by "A vote Of twO-thiTds Of the whole
number Of councilman elected, notwlthstah ~,
ing the veto; and should the mayor neglect or
refuse TO sign any ordinance, or return me
same with his objections in writing, at the
next meeting of the council, the same shhlI
take effect without his signature.
He said this veto would te the valid
ity of the Mayor Pro TENS official acts.
Alderman SChreiner had made q good
MAYOR, and had satisfied the members
of the council, his constituents and the
people at large. The work done
by the council was done in
good faith. The veto was an
arrogation of supreme power which
Alderman Gallagher was compelled TO
dissent from.
When Alderman Gallagher was fin
ished. Callaghan brought his gavel down
with an ostentatiOus thump. saying, sar-
castically, That's one"
Eyes, sir; that's one, and there be
others" said Gallagher.
Smye said that when the mayor was
authorized to issue bonds the bonds had
not been sold, but the money had been
appropriated by former action OF the
council.
The Mayor-No. sir; only the bonds
had been authorized.
Gallager wanted tOknow il the special
feature of the ordinance, the Sl.oO per
dsy business, was what he objected to.
The mayor said he was opposed TO the
whole business, and he evaded the direct
question.
Lockwood thought the bringing in of
the veto was little late. II the acts OF
the MAYOR pro TEN at the time were not
legal, no other actions of his were legal.
SChreiner, rs mayor pro TEN, was as
muCh MAYOR as he (Callaghan) or any
other mayor ever was.
Gallagher asked If the city attorney
WAS not present. lie was not.
Lockwood, seconded by Gallagher,
moved that the veto be not sustained.
Mackev wanted to know if the thing
could not be recOnsidered. The mayor
said his veto was before the council to
be acted upon. "Ihis is not only ques-
ton of veto, but it is deeper still, and
goes to the root of the proposition itself.
The council did not have the proper ma
iority when it voted that money. Now,
shall the veto of the mayor be sus-
tanned"
French suggested that the proper way
to put the question was: "Shall the or
dinance be passed, Notwithstanding the
veto of the mayor"
Callaghan Eyes, that is what l
mean"
Hall dozen or more members rose to
ask the effect of yes or no vote, when
the mayor explained that Eyes" meant
against the veto, and mo" in favor OF
sustaining the veto.
The vote was then taken as follows:
Yeas-ConnOr, Gallagher, HambletOn,
Lockwood, McAllister and Smye-6.
Nays-Bergstrom, Degener, French,
Mackey and Schreiner-5.
1.-The veto is sustained" said the
mayor. 81 now inform the council that
l will sign those bonds"
THE HOSPITAL MATTER.
"There is another thing / wish to
say" said Mayor Callaghan. 1--WE owe
the contractor of the new hospital some
money. The tax of ten cents levied this
year on Sl6,00O,0OO valuation, will bring
us about $4,000 to pay for it, and | do
not doubt that we can get the money by
using notes as in other matters. This is
a special case, and should be provided
for"
French moved that the money be
raised in the manner suggested. Deg
ener seconded the motion, and it was
adopted unanimously.
Mayor pro TEN SChreiner was then
called to the chair, and the ordinance to
widen South Flores street was read and
passed, the assessments to become due,
March LIST, 1887.
The abstract of bids on the Oakland
street bridge was then read and Thomas
Franklin was awarded the contract.
The mayor was authorized to place the
subscription lists in the hands of the col
lector, that the money therefor should
be collected, and after this was done the
mayor to sign the contract.
The engineer was ordered to locate
the rock quarry road in the best manner
possible. He reported that the records
of this road were very incomplete. but
few of the landmarks marking it being
visible.
The mayor pro TEN. then got down to
the report of the finance committee, but
before that was presented Alderman
Gallagher suggested that the report of
the special committee to investigate the
wooden cutters on avenue ID had not
been acted upon at the last meeting and
should come up now.
"Well," said Mayor Callaghan, who
had been talking to Lockwood, "if that
is it, want to take the chair" and he
did SO. Contractor Marshall was sent
for, and was present also the city en-
gineer, but he could not be found. The
report of the committee was then read,
which was unfavorable to the city pay
ing for the cutters.
A letter on the subject was read from
the City Engineer Matlack.
"Is that the report?" asked the mayor.
at is" said Gallagher.
Mayor-"The report is signed by Gal
lagher and Smye, and French concurs in
the conclusions. | suppose they have
IN ha
bids"
Gallagher tried to offer an explana-
tiou, but as soon as he arose the mayor
began pounding with his gavel, making
an intolerable noise, while the aldermen
looked on with disgust Gallagher
shouted that the mayor was out Of order,
and the mayor retorted that he WAS al Q
ways in order.
Mayor-"I did not know any
thing about the cutters or curb
ing, until one day | drove over
the street with the contractor and
thought the people were getting very
magnanimOus. The authority for the
cutters and curbing is found in the con-
tract" The contract and papers were
then sent for.
French-"The bids were called for on
curbs and cutters, but / did not know
they were to be ordered on any Of the
streets"
Mayor-"The charge that / did it is
false. Alderman Lockwood, you were
present when 1 spoke to the engineer on
the subject; did he say that | ordered
the curbing and guttering?"
Lockwood-"No sir. He did not say
so. He said that you had not ordered
them"
French haid he WAS sore about this