Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-21
LIVELY ROW IN THE COUNCIL
The Entertainment Furnished for
the Wichita Visitors.
BLUFFS AND PERSONAL ABUSE.
Kaspar Refers to seayey as n SAINT a
Barbara Freak, and Lowry
Calls City Clerk south
ard Drunkard.
The Council In an Uproar

Bluffs, bluster and personal abuse char.
acterized the meeting of the city solons last
night The mud-slnging was so heartily in
dulged in that committee of the city coun.
Gil OF wild and woolly Wichita, who were
present Mt the meeting, became shocked and
gracefully bowed themselves out OF the
council chamber with their hands in their
hip pockets. The war was started by Couu-
Gilman Hascall, who, acting as the mouth
piece Of o. II. Rothacker, who had seat at
his side, introduced the following rcsolu-
tion:
Whereas. 1t is currently reported that the
mayor is threatening that the chief of police
will do great bodily harm to or probably kill
representatives of the public press who COM
ment unfavorably upon the official acts Of
such officers; and
Whereas, It being the duty of the mayor
to be a law abiding citizen and not law
breaker; therefore
Resolved, That the council take the nee es-
sary steps to investigate the matter, ana il
the reports are true to remedy the evil.
Mr.. Hascail moved the adoption Of the
resolution. He stated that the resolution
was offered at the instance of Mr.. Roth.
acker, who claimed that such reports were
current, and asked that they be investi-
gated. Mr.. Hascall asked that Mr.. Roth
acker be allowed to address the council on
the subject.
This brought Major Wheeler to the floor.
III object" he said Ito Mr.. Rothacker's ad
dressing the council 1 don't think he need
get scared 80 easily at rumorcd threats. 1t is
not so long ago that he himself made an as
sault upon an editor. HIS complaint is very
"Mr. Rothacker :. should not get
Kaspar. "That Santa Barbara freak
has threstened people before. He
gave orders to have me arrested on any pos
cin oh h,,t 7 llx IN OF If
Omaha without any more fear than | have
respect for him and his ilk. Mr.. Rothacker
should not get scared of him.
Mr.. Hascall tried to speak again, and was
He was interrupted bv Major Wheeler
with -
"I ask that Rothacker either shut up or
get out behind the railing"
''He'll get out when the council says so,
and not at the order of one man." retorted
Hascall.
President Lee stated that as Mr. Roth
acker represented newspaper. he was
entitled to q seat in the council chamber,
but would have to observe order.
The question then came to a vote, the re-
suit of which saved MIR. Rothacker the
trouble of making speech.
After some further discussion Mr.. Has
calls resolution was adopted, and Messrs
Hascall, Bedford and Burnham were ap-
pointed by the char as a committee to inves-
tigate the reports referred to in the resolu-
tiOn.
After this war of words Mr. Rothacker
took his departure. and the council pro-
ceeded with the regular order OF business
But the white winged messenger of peace
was not allowed TO act as a presiding genius
very long. Mr.. Wheeler introduced little
three line resolution authorizing the side
walk inspector to employ an assistant at 81. so
day.
81 SUPPOSE" said Mr.. Kaspar, "that Allen
wants an assistant to do his work so he can
have more time to play high five"
Mr.. Lowry, the tire-eater from the First
came up snorting with indignation. "There
are other officials of this city who spend TOO
much of their time playing high fve" he ex-
claimed, glaring at City Clerk Southard.
"it's we'll known fact that the affairs in
the city clerks Office" he continued, "are
not kept as they should be. Last week
two clerks did all of the work
of the office, while he was out
drinking and playing high five. The
city clerk is too busy just now with politics
to attend to his business. II is known, too,
by members of this council, that he is moth.
ing more than drunkard-"
A rap of the presidents gavel called Mr..
Lowry to order, and ne spent the rest OF the
evening looking the words of wrath and
scorn that he was not allowed to utter
After this tilt the council proceeded with
the regular weekly grist of municipal busi-
ness.