The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
D|SC0RD IN THE CITY COUNCIL
A Fight ON the Mayor to Rcinstate
the Suspended City En-
ployes.
CITY S0lUns Who Seem to Have Queer
Notions of Their Duty
to the City.

At least 100 persons we're in attend
ance at the regular meeting Of the city
council last night and greatly enjoyed
the comedy. All the members were
present except Joscelyn, who is out OF
the city.
The mayor appointed a committee to
draft resolutions of respect to the
memory of the late city treasurer, T. D.
Elliott, and the committee reported rcso
buttons which were adopted.
The question of the suspension of
some of the city officers was cautiously
referred to and awakened great interest
and it was evident that this subject was
the attraction. Randall said that the
votes of IA majority Of the entire council
were necessary to suspend an officer, but
the mayor said that rule did not apply
to hold-overs. The matter was then
laid by aud the council ordered Con
tractor Vogel to properly repair the Cen
trail avenue roadbed and sidewalks.
The city attorney gave an opinion that
an action could not be maintained in
this state against Thesis q Foster of
Spokane. who furnished a certified
check to purchase certain city bonds.
but that the action must be brought IN
the United States court at Spokane,
and that the Washington National bank
might be forced to relinquish its charter
for certifying to "a check and refusing to
pay it when demanded. No action was
taken.
The police magistrates report showed
that S3GJ.2j had been collected in fines
during July; the city %marshal'e, that l21
arrests had been made, and that the
total street work done by prisoners was
14J days; the fire chiefs, that the salary
and expenses of the paid department
had been $2,1O0 and that ten fire alarms
had been received; the poundtuaster's,
that twenty dogs had been killed, and
the weighmaster's, that SlS.25 had been
collected.
Cowherder Richardson asked hat his
permit be transferred to Henry O'Reilly,
and this was done and the bond of
O'Reilly accepted.
A petition for a saloon at Eighth aye
nue. north, between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets, was received and re
ferred to the committee on licenses, but
before this was lone Sullivan said he
would like to have the petition pub
lished. aud denounced every signer as a
scoundrcl for signing a petition for a sa-
loon in that district.
The council Their allowed a LOT of mis-
cellaneous bills, two Of them including
the discount suffered on city warrants
previously obtained. which item was dis
allowed.
The question of the suspension of Of
ticers was then brought up by an unfair
trick Of ItandaIl's. \ motion to adjourn
had been made and he asked that it
might be withdrawn in order to amend
an ordinance that was unfair to the gar
bage inspector. This was done and he
then took advantage of the o adjourn
mcut to get his cOnfcdcrates f. start the
fight on tho re instatemcnt OF the Of
ficers. he claimed that the suspension
must be ordered at a regular meeting of
the council by Il majori'y Of all the
members.
Randall moved that the mayor and
council give up Their salaries, but the
mayor refused TO put the question,
claiming lilegality.
Ito tuen asked why the MAYOR had
suspended the officers, and was tod that
it was lone because ii was right and the
TAXPAYERS favored if. As for Engineer
White he had incurred more expenses
in his Office than in Helena and Butte
combined. and had ruined the city iE
three months and done no work.
Mr.. White was asked to explain why
be did not work and characterized the
statement as absolutely false and re-
prated the statement.