Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-21
COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
The Machinery of the City Government
Arranged by President Thomas
Last Evening.
I Revised Edition of the SpreCh-The
Mak"-Up of the Committees Par
Iiamentary Tin-Large Gri>t of
Other business Ground out.

As there was a great deal of curiosity
concerning the standing committees To he
announced in council last evening. there
was "A lobby of quite respectable size
present, Council was called to order at :
"cl"ck with all members present except
Mr Mcdonald. Green Michael occupy ing
the contested chair in the sixth ward
After the approval OF the Journal business
pT,rreded
The president made very neat little
speech ~ an opener. lie. SPOKE H. follows
gentlemen of the city Council:
Allow me to thank you heartily for the
honor conferred in my election Ia this posi-
tiom: and in putting forth my best efforts tu
Property fulfill lis prrplrNimg duties. | ash
SujIT Kind tuTht.aIanc- in any mistakes that
mag hr made. assuring y"u that at all
times il shall be my earnest tndcayur to
preside fairly and impartially over the
meetings. and Ia do my full duty tu all the
members.
Zach man is here both as the representa-
tive OF a ward and a. the representative Of
the city; hence it is our duty to look CLOSELY
into all questions that are brought before, llS.
and Ia vote upon them SqUarrly upon their
merits. And tins council occupies a re-
markahly fortunate position. in that most,
and perhaps all, of its members have been
elected without special promises To
local interests, and are therefore in condi- I
ton to act independently and fairly in all /.
matters. And in order to develop the real .
merits of any question: it i> necessary that
nearly all measures should be- referred tu
the proper committee for week. or tive
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a full investigation. and to ascertain all the .
facts. the reasons for and against. and the
advantage or disadvantage of passing the
measure. This Investigation each commit
tee should give to subjects referred
to il, and be able. when the mat
ter comes before the council tu discuss
il fully and intelligrmtly: and in this public
discussion. before the open council all
members. new and old should take part:
for | firmly believe that any measure. or
bill, that can not stand the full light of a
free and public discussion. is not good
measure or a correct bill and should not by
any means be allowed t" pass. Too many
things pass by default Of discussion
or opposition. and II i better to have too
much discussion than not enough and il i
my belief that the city al large prefers that
what We do shall be done we'll rather than
attempt too many things amt half dc them
We will be between two fires On the
one hand We will be urged Ia a lavish and
eNtraYagant expenditure of the peoples
money: and on the other hand We will be
pressed to such holding back of all enter
priseS a. to be niggarlly and Stingy The
true policy Is 10 pay no more attention to
extremists on either side than they deserve.
but to fimd the golden mean between the
two. and by judIciuuS expenditure 10 make
needed Improvements and still keep the tan
o. within a reasonable limit
While passing no criticism upon the pre-
cedimg council, hope the new council will
he the best We have ever had. and that
each member will strive I" do his best for
the trIie interest of the city. without regard
to politics, personal feeling. private inter
e>tS. or pressure from any particular quart I
ct. Let Us aCqult ourselves like men. Tt
membeTimg that Public Office Is public ,
trust" and that He serves his party best
who serves the city best
The president then called for the report
of the sixth ward investigating committee
Mr. Tehan moved to discuss Mr. Cunklim'S
resolution first, hut was ruled out of order
and sat down with the remark. Il knew 1t
would be The report was submitted by
Mr.. Burnett in favor of seating W. &.
Michael. After II was finished Mr.. Telan
protested that some rules should be- adopted
before proceeding. but he was promptly sat
upon by the president. The report was
then adopted, and Mr.. Michael was sworn in.
The solicitor then >ubmitteda set of rules
of order for the government of council, the I
first new ones that have been adopted since t
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care. \ resolution prepared by the solicit
or and presented by Mr.. Ieham. authorized
the committee on rules and printing with !
the solicitor to have 200 COPIES printed. $50
being set aside for the pnrpo~e. Previous I
Ia the adoption of the rules an amendment
to prohibit SmOking in council chamber dur |
ing the session WAS carried by vote of 10
10 :.
An amendment 10 the resolution by Mr.. {
rehan concerning the printing was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Prince the rules were
adopted.
This being disposed of the president then
the standing committees as fol
lows
Finance-Funk, Prince, w. 5. Thomas.
Streets and Highways Burnett.
f. T. Thomas. Funk, korn. AckerSOn, Nc
Donald, Crumley and Rapp. {
City Improvements -Mckema, Prince, I
Michael. Netts and W ). Thomas.
Sewers Mcdonald, kOrn, Crumley, Te-
han and Netts.
Fire Department - Korn, Kidder and t
Michael, fl
Water Works. -Kiddtr, Prince, Rapp. d
Mcdonald and HanIka. /
Police Burnett, McKenna and Kidder
Light and Corporation Prince. Burnett, g
Funk. Russell and KOn. Z
Public Buildings Crumley. NettS, W. ;. Il
Thomas, Prince and Burnett
Claims-Netts McKenna and Nelson.
Public Library-Rapp, Crumley and Te-
han.
Railroads Russell. Tehan and Michael. il
Auditing-NelsUn, L. T. Thomas and y
Russell.
Markets Michael, Funk and Mckenna.
Cemeteries and Parks-AckerSon, Rus
sell and Nelson. d
Health-Nelson. Mcdonald and Hanika. d
Ordinance and Law-Tehan, Rapp and \
Burnett (
Rules and Printing!. T. Thomas, Han
ika and Acker>on.
INOTE-AS the committees were read J
the president called blank" whenever his 4
own name occurred.
MI Funk moved 10 fill in the blanks
with the presidents name. Mr.. Tehan
seconded the motion saying that he saw 4
that it had been previously arranged.
The mayor submitted his appointment of L
j. d. MOler -, City engineer and it was
confirmed by vote of l. Ia 4.
The clerk submitted the bids for the
I.agondu Hose House previously published. !
Referred la Fire committee.
BY the clerk, report from county Auditor !