Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-13

order.
The Pfesident-- / think that tho
fullest and freest discussion should be |
allowed Ia this matter, tut the mem. |
beers should lseep W thin proper bounds
nevertheless. The point Of order IL
well taken.
Moran was about to protest when
In, president said on etconu thought |
no wouli reverse his ruling and allow
MIR. Lawson 10 proceed.
Lawson--t do not think there IL any |
mcnnber ia this Council who has more |
rt.pect for tho mayor. position thaN |
myself. hut / asst you In All cafnior,
Can we allow our brother officers 10 be
Inundated and treated by tho mayor
n. they have lneu when we know that
they were serving the city and serving
II well? This mayor talks Ironically
Of spllcOuutitund committees. II WAS
lac who constituted himself 10 o com.
mittee Of one and held u secret in'
yes,lsation for his owl private benefit
aud then endeavors 10 brand honorable
men with dielnce. ! shall vote for the
majority report
misunderstanding has been said
about these fouf cOuncilmen not being
on duty ON tho night In question.
LhAN INV NAAuN ANhN NANh wv N'AN
elected wcd.d itwlth the understanding
that VIC should always he on duty and
so we arc. Those gentlemen should
be- exonerated. They have done moth.
ing WRONG. have heard their state.
mrnta and believe they are correct,
Notwithstanding the attitude Of Mayor
Baskin.
Ewing-I deny that We are on duty
all the time. anu not ard would not
he for the paltry $3.50 Per year that |
receive na salary. These cuuncilmen
| after they leave biis chamber are mere.
/ ly private citi2snH. They took an I'm.
/ fair advantage VI the proprietferses
aud inmates OF the places they
/ visited on that night. These
/ peopls did not know that
/ they were city oiliciaia. They
shuuil have been appraised as
/ 10 who they were and for what pur-
| posi- they were coming, 20 that the
women could have been on tholrguafd.
These men should not he held up rs
Martyrs.
At ,his junction Of Ewlnp's speech
he hada personal tilt with Moran. Alter
order was restored.
Hardy took the floor. lie said; II
| Mr.. EWING singular way Of reason
ing H. correc, and when We leave this
! council chamter we are no longer on
duty-nO longer tepTesei tstiyts Of the
pr0ple-then our committee work II
all Illegal, for II IL done during every
hour Of the week, ana all outside Of
council capacity. All the cuuncilmcn
diu their plain duty.
Poland said the tide, Ia at there WIS
any conspiracy wsa all wrong. There
we're certain charges against police
man, and several members Of the COM
mlttee determined 10 visit the house,
where II was said the information
could be had. They did 70. ON their
way home from the first house they
were toll that tho marshal and his
friends were at Hattie wilsOn's. lie
said he hoped II would he understood
he believed no had right TO iuves-
tighte all actions OF the members OF
the police force or any other city en-
employe. lie went there ON June II,
IN Tho liue oi his duty, and he had uO
de-ifr 20 shrink from the consequences
Of such action. Ho had heen dubbed a
membcr OF the smelling committee"
hut he cared nothing for that. He
denounced tue statement that there
was anything In the nature Of n con-
! FlAAA III AfAiAh " Nhah W VAhAA
members OF the Council.
Bell then made another long talk In
favor VI he minority report anu that
the four councilmen directly interested
had no right 20 vote on the majority
report. The president sustained Bell
in his position, and declared that the
vote would now he called on Mornn's
motion to adopt the minority report.
Momu-DO | understand, Mr.. Ptesi-
dent, that you absolutely refuse to al.
low these counclimen 10 vote.
Mr.. Presidout-l do.
Moran (emphaticallyl- Well, all |
have 10 say IL that such ruling II
wrong. II these men were impeached
II would bee different, but they are not.
IL were one Of their number | would
vote or know the reason why.
Evans wanted TO know why the
chairman ruled that be and Others
were deharred from voting.
The President Because no member
OF n deliberativo body has right To
vote on n question which concerns his
own actions.
THE VOTE.
Tho vote on Morsn's amendment
stood as followE Ayes - Beardsley,
Hardy, Lawson, Moran.
Noes - Bell, Ewing, Heiss, LOOT.
borrow, Simondl.
Lost.
The question Of the adoption Of the
min[giiy was put with this result:
ASs - BeardLey, Bell, Ewing,
Holss, Loofbourow, Simondi.
Adopted.
ENPUSGED FROM THg MINUTES.
Moran moved to sxpunge all refer
enoe TO the councilmen from the
Mayors communication. This raised
another protest from Bell but 1t was
Carried all the same. Following Ia the
vote:
Ayes Beardsley, Ewing, Hardy,
Lawson, Moran, SlmOndi.
Noes-B Bell, Helss, Loofbourow.
POLICE JUSTICE KEslER's CASE.
In the case Of Police Justice Kesler,
charged with conduct unbecoming-
public officer, the special committee re-.
ported as follows:
We, your committee to whom was ro-
forrod that portion of the mayors
report rotating to tho conduct or Police
Justice kcsler, M connection with other
city officers, beg leave To ncommend that
this caso be referred to the committee on
police.
80 referred.
The report was signed by Council.
m,n Ewing, Moran, Hardy and
Lawson.