Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-21
OUT OF ORDER.
So the Mayor Ruled Aids. BIa.
del and Kennedy.
HIS FULL RIGHTS ARE ASSERTED.

Biadel Doesn't Want to Pay Kautx and
Carnes at An-His Motion to strike
Their Bills for e9l. sc From the Ord,-
nance-kennedy's Attempt to Help Him
Appeal From the Chair.
Aid. Bladel is out of order.
Thus ruled Mayor Medill at last
evenings council meeting thereby not
only asserting his parliamentary
rights, but throwing a great imped-
iment in the path of those aldermen
who are depriving all city employees
OF their wages, though through per-
sistency. on the part of Aids. Schnei-
der. Bladel, Kennedy, Cramer, Nelson
and johnson, the city employees may
all be indefinitely deprived of their
salaries. Aid. Bladel, who from all
appearances prides himself on his
knowledge OF rules, arose and made
a motion that the bills of Max Kautz
for $9l.66 and Richard Carnes for
S91.66 be stricken from the ordinance.
The mayor explained, at length,
why the motion was out of or
| der. At length Aid. Nelson arose
l.
ing his motion was to strike the
| bills Of the two officers for $41.66
each from the ordinance, thinking
thus to help out his worthy apostle,
Bladel, but the minutes of the meet
ing were consulted and it was found
that although Nelson did make the
motion to deprive Carnes and Kautz
OF their money, yet he did not speci-
fy how much. He insisted that he
did specify the amount, but it was
too late: the minutes had been read
and adopted.
Kennedy to the Rescue.
Kennedy came to the rescue of
his pals. but with motion
similar to Aid. Bladel's. but that
was ruled out of order also. Bladel
moved and Nelson seconded mo-
ton to appeal from the chair, but it
was lost. The ordinance was then
read, and when put was defeated. as
may be seen by the official record,
and city employees must wait another
two weeks for last months pay.
The mayor has very evidently
stood as much nonsense as he pro-
poses to with the republican ring.
Patience has ceased to be a virtue
with the city executive, and he has
determined to assert the rights and
powers which he possesses as head OF
the city. The responsibility cannot
be shifted from the council to the
mayor of keeping the city employees
out Of their pay. The mayor pro-
poses to place the blame where it be-
longs and to keep it there until the
aldermen wake up to realization OF
the light in which they are standing
before the people.
There is one among the republican
aldermen, however. who has a sense
of the responsibility reposing in the
alderman, and he is Aid. F. H.
Schroeder, of the Third ward, who
believes in the city paying its debts
and not keeping innocent people
who may need the money, out of it,
merely to satisfy spiteful spirit.
Nineteenth Street Paving,
The Nineteenth street paving con,
tract. to pave with Rock Island brick
has almost fallen through. At least
the Edwards & Walsh Construction
company does not feel disposed to sign
any such contract for the simple rea.
son that the National Clay company
cannot furnish brick quick enough
1t has therefore become n necessity
to look in other fields for material
and with that end in view, the Ed.
wards & Walsh company will be seer
regarding its willingness to pave
with Galesburg brick. If it consents
to sign such a contract the work NAV
be finished this year, but otherwise
it is hard to tell when the work will
be completed