The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-11-27
CITY FATHERS MEET
FAIR LADIES ASK FOR AID AND IT
Is FREELY GRANTED.
Mccall Goes Minick twenty-five Bet
ter in Municipal Generosity-Dis-
cuSSion Over the Value of the Le-
gal Services of Mr.. DouglaSS-EX-
ecutiye Session Held.

When the mayor called the council to
order last night he looked into the faces of
as many ladies as there were councilmen.
Ten IF them We're present and they were
chaperoned by NJ. l.. Carver. James Alli-
son and George +. Campbell Dr. Min
nick was speaking with them when the
rap of tie mayors gayel called him to his
desk
These ladies representa- ed the Humane
society Of Wichita. and they were before
the council asking for monthly donation
for their charitable enterprise.
Councilman MinDick broke the ice. He
recalled the fact that ladies appears often
before 10 ask fer financial aid, that he op-
posed their petition 10 every Instance.
After explaining his position he asked per-
mission for James Allison to speak.
Mr. Allison gave n brief sketcn OF the
Humane society. He said that last year
they gave over 81. coo TO the poor besides
innumerable articles of clothing he'd
by the generous people OF wichita lie
said that they had n complete system OF
dispensiny = charity, the city being sup-dlyid-
ed into IweEty-oue districts over which
resident committee presided. He said that
the money was used Very Judlclously,
much better than the poor could use IL
themselves for the society bought shoes
and clothing through the general commit
tee and thus received reduction OF from
% to 30 per cent on the price thereof"
Mrs. Helen Robertson also made plea
after which DR.. Minick asked il behalf of
the society the sum of So per mouth for
fonr months Mr. Mccall amended by
doubling the sum to $40 Der
month for four months. Dir. Min
ick said when he moved to
give them s25 he thought it would
1. r.S.s.i
larger sum and rather hoped that some
boGy would amend the amendment by
making tie sum $40 per month. Nobody
offered 10 raise Mr.. Mccall and the
mayor ordered The roll called which snow
ed a unanimous vote of all the members
present for the amendment
Mr.. Carver in "A brief but very satisfac-
tory speech thanked the council for their
generosity.
The mayor afterwards suggested that as
The council ordered $50 per month paid to
the Humane society, 1t would be well to
pay the bulk of the money during
the two hardest months of the winter sea-
son.
The next most important subject be-
fore the council, 30 far the time gwen
to discussion was concerned. was that Of
the services of Hon. George l.. Douglass AS
auxiliary attorney III tue railroad freight
Cases. DR.. Minick also brought up this
subject The doctor asked whether this
city hai a contract with Mr.. Douglass. If
it had he ought to report. II IT had not
be would like for somebody TO tell
him how much money Mr.. Douglass
was charging for his services and thought
il would be a good idea for the City clerk
to ascertain. He said he was a taxpayer
as well as II councilman aud would like to
know all these things.
Mr.. Oliver understood that Mr.. Doug
la. In
deemed il not more than right to
ask what his bill WAS. Some other MEM
Der of the council thought it would be
proper to state a sum to be given TO Mr..
Douglass, but TO this Burton objected.
We are liberal tonight" " said he, land we
might give him more than he
would ask" +" This was a little sarcasm on
the part of the member from the Sixth
ward and evidently had allnSion to the ap-
preparation made for he Humane society,
but as the said Mr.. Burton voted for the
Humane society appropriation the other
members couldn't see where the sarcasm
c.. me in. The wind up or the matter is
that the fiuHnce committee viii ascertain
iIom Mr. Douglass what his bill Will be.
Inc telephone company asked for old
hose to experiment. on their wires with
and eighty feet was given TO them.
Mayor Cox asked TO lave the freight
rate committee relieved from active par
request, for an indefinite period. The
Quest was granted and the committee con-
Unued.
Councilman Mccall made full report
of his trip to the irrigation convention at
Hutchinson,
Claims and accounts We're read and re-
ferred to the proper committee.
4 petition Tor wagon scale at ll4l
South Lawrence avenne was granted.
An appropriation ordinance OF $3.50 was
read and passed.
On motion an ordinance 10 widen
Lincoln street west of Main, was read aud
passed. and the following appraisers We're
rppointed: W. B. Mead, j. c. Redheld
aud o. ID. Draper.
After some other routine business the
council went into executive session before
adjournment.
After the Bsli''-an ice, and cake
u -, H. d.