Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-13
DALLAS.
A Little Dialogue in the Council
Chamber Between the Mayor
and Aldermen.
City Secretary's Report "A Prisoner Success
fully Elules q Couple OF Cops-A
Scattering Of Dynamite.
LITTLE TILT IN THE COUNCIL.

| A LITTLE TILT IN THE COUNCIL.
| Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten, Oct. 12.-The cit,
council meeting held last night accom-
plished more business than any other
meeting held for some time.
Alderman Webster introduced CON-
munication asking for information abou
the grading and paving of Pacific
avenue.
The mayor stated relative to the con.
tract for the above mentioned work thai
it was a peculiar one-a contract between
the Texas and Pacific road and the city
Alderman Kline undertook to speak on
the subject, and the mayor stated thai
there was nothing before the council.
Mr.. Kline-I desire to speak on this
question.
The mayor-There is no question.
MIR. Klire-There is question.
The mayor-You take your seat, sir
Confusion.
get ready.
The mayor (rIsing)-You take your
seat or ! will leave mine, and l will not
leave my seat. | desire to state that to
nv mind many of the questions agitating
public minds for the past few weeks
have in many cases been uncalled for. l
have no disposition as the presiding
officer of this council in any way to i'm
pede any question properly brought be-
fore this body. feel it due TO the coun-
ell and to the city TO DO fair in all my
ic
tanned l do not desire to preside over
this council.
1t appears to me that many unneces-
sary personalities were INDUCED in by
members OF the council, and that they
are not calculated to give the city of
Dallas the advertising she desires, and
this state of affairs is an injury to the
city. l do not desire to be your presiding
officer unless l am treated in genlle-
manly manner. When l call au alder
man 10 order 1 intend for him TO take
his seat, or l shall leave mine.
Mr.. Webster-I am sorry that this
matter has created such discussion.
asked for informal on. and claim the
right as citizen and an alderman. do
not wish to create any reflection on the
city or the council.
you are not entitled to the floor. If you
had wanted an explanation on this sub
ject you could have got il at my office.
You take your seat. o. r.
Some further debate on this subject
was INDUCED in by some of the alder
men and the mayor told Alderman Web
ster that he (Webster) had INDUCED in
more personalities than any other alder
WI oH n q r.
he would have TO do it in gentlemanly
manner. The mayor then said there had
been enough said aud dismissed the mat
ter.
The city secretary's report for the six
months ending September 80. 1890,
showed the general fund 10 be: Re-
ceipts total, S493 ,252 20; total warrants
drawn, S504, 1888 03; warrants outstand-
ing, Sll ,4S4. So.
THE ''sHINERs' ORGANIZE.
The Dallas bootblacks Yesterday eve
ming perfected an organization, or pro-
tective association. Thirty-six names
were on the list of membership. The or
ganization were pleasantly entertained
at the rooms of the Woman's Christian
temperance union and refreshments were
served. request WAS made of the city
council to furnish all "shiners' with
badges.
PRISONER sKIPs.
Last night Officers Rice and Shelley ar
rested a man, and while waiting for the
patrol wagon the prisoner suddenly drew
u knife, made slash at the officers and
then ran. The knife struck Officer
Shelley on the hand, making a slight
out. AS the fleeing man slipped away in
the darkness the officers fred four shots
at him without effect.
GENERAL NOTES.
Mr.. J. q. Cook, consulting engineer
of the waterworks reservoir, telegraphed
that he would be in Dallas sometime next
week to settle the differences existing be-
tween the contractors of the work and
the investigation committee.
Yesterday evening team belonging to
Mr.. Frank Smith became frightened on
jefferson street and ran away. The
wagon they were pulling contained three
gross of cans of dynamite. The wagon
was q complete wreck and the cans were
scattered along the street, but fortu-
nately none of them exploded.