Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-03-25
SECOND WARD CAUCUS.

rhe SrcJud ward at the hail of the
German ciUb, the "bloJdy second"
marsballad it, elan midst the heavy
booming Of cannon. at about nall
past seven lat evening.
The solemnity nf the cannon'-
roar wHs a fitting cUntrrsl
to the vry iudicr rus turn tha'
IN tiers H-.ums .OOu after th- OPEN
ing of the mating. The conduct OF
~ sc npiiss IA work n orler, the
opening heralded 10y the oud helch'
ing Of powder might De cnira'tsrizsI
Ms "m srry war" IN which no one
was fatally killed." but thu comm al.
der was cIrrisi of the field of action
10 au un nconscious condition. having
been hit by IA auaesth.tic bullet.
The meeting beiLg called 10 order al s
O'clock Mr.. X. VI. Hathaway Was Sc
lerIed ~ chairman, and Mr.. Ii, b.
Willy chu-rn a. secretary
The chairman stated the object Of the
meeting to be the ninaiinn of two
aldermen for the SecOud ward, that
being The order OF the moment the
following names were placed before
the caucus: w. l.. Lansing, Geo. NJ.
Miles, NJ. q. Naples, Julius Basinski,
Cna4. Brown, Louis Bach and w. n.
BuIia-d aud Carl Wodzit-ki, who
both positively refused the honor, Mr..
Billiard thinking that he had alre idy
been sufficiently surfeited with honor.
Nominations being closed the chair
man named the following gentlemen
o. tellers: Bob 0rem, Geo. McDon-
aid and j. Cosgritf, and an Informal
ballot was then tskeO, the result OF
which was aunouncei and motion
introduced by Dr.. Whitney that Mr..
Lansing being the apparent choice OF
thu caucu., be voted the nominee. The
ch arm n ruled him out OF order aud
stat, d that the secretary would read a
set OF resolutions whlcl had been pre-
sented 10 the caucus. The secretary
then took from papers upon his table
aud began TO read set OF resolutions
similar 10 those reported in the 6rst
ward. A poin OF order was risen to
l,t tla .h.ir au.taipad tho ra.iinn
A member then rose for information
as To where and by whom the fesolu
tions were prosided, The chair stated
that they were before the caucus, au u
that settled il.
When the resolution was read Judge
Butler rose 10 oppose their cOnsldera-
alton or adoption by the caucus.
While be advocated economy, he could
not adopt this rs a measure of ecouo
my, for cut ssnd dried line of re-
treuchment was false, as question at
the moment must point out leakages
or extfavaga The suggestion ol
the friends of Ihe resolution that Il s25
salary 10 the city attorney would be
saved is not so, for il il intended u
pay HIM out OF the tresssry for each
conviction his fees. Tue city now
limits It liability to this Office 10 SIS,
while under the reform IL there were
more than ten cases the City
would have to pay more than SIS
The fee system Is obnoxious in that IL
might multiply petty and trouble
some prosecutions simply IOr the fee'
| 10 be obtained.
The consolidation Of the office o
city clerk with either that of police
magistrate or treasurer is not advisa
BILE as the city clerk is in fact the au
d tor aud check upon these otiice'
through whose hands thousands OF
dollars may pass, aud if the public, "A,
claimed IS not satisfied with th,
city disbursements (which are no
printed because not paid for) much
less could they he satisfied with tn,
showing when one OF tue Offices il
the only check upon himself. The
claim that people work for nothing lOr
the good OF Others is pretty poetry
but hardly u natural. The claim that
the Office OF city treasurer eau be iilled
and bond OF 5000 furnished with
out salary paid to that Official must
have something back Of 1t.
He then paid n high
continent 10 the moderate
and economic policy OF the present
alderman who went into office with
about 81, 500 aud would turn over 10 the
new board something like $1,000.
Mr. Geo. Rhode followed Judge Bat.
Ter. aud approved the cause Of the retlr.
ipF board aud was glad to hepr such n
good report. tor tnlng- had ~ paint.
ell quite differently before the meeting,
DIR. Whitney moved that the rc.olu.
ti,ns be tabled indefinitely. which
va. carried v Nithout negative vote