Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-05
ACTION DEFERRED.
In the Seventeenth Street Paw.
ing Case.
WORKED NICELY BY AID. KENNEDY

a oAosson 60 Delay Action Until
Further Instructions From the Council
How Policeman Was secured-rhe Re-
publican Element In the Council Again
Manifest Itself.
Last evening before taking up the
regular order of business at the
council meeting. Mayor MediN an
nounced that the terms of three of
the members of the library board
had expired, namely: c. w. Foss.
Louis kohn and c. L. Walker and
mentioned as their successors C. w.
Foss, c. w. Durham and C. L.
Walker, all of whom were unani-
mously confirmed. He then pre-
sented the names of Dennis Nc
earthly. Max Kautz, George b. Hanna,
John Larkin and John Bender for
police patrolmen. Messrs. Nc
Carthy. kautz. Larkin and Hanna
were defeated by the same old vote
6 to s. but Bender was approved IS
to 1. The idea of one man being an
pointed out of five did seem quite
strange but it was found out later
on that that man was a republican
which is explanatory of the con-
descending spirit in his favor.
In on Misrepresentation.
The public is naturally solicitous
to know what particular superior
merit Bender possesses over the
others whom the council has from
time to time rejected as it did last
evening. The explanation is simply
that the favored one is republican
who got in under the guise of being
democrat, as far as the mayor is
concerned. nor did the municipal
executive doubt for a minute his pol
itics until he saw how promptly he
was confirmed by all the republican
aldermen. Bender represented HIM
self to me as n democrat the mavor
said this morning, land l appointed
him as such" On the contrary, he
is an out and out republican, and
always has been.
The object Of . the MAYORS
course was that recognizing the ex-
IRENE need Of police protection, and
Bender having given assurance to
him that he would have the votes of
some of the republican aldermen, he
named him in hopes of providing for
vacancies on the force as best he
could in the face of the continued
opposition the republican majority
has shown to his doing his duty.
Aid. Maucker. the only alderman
who voted against Bender's con-
tirmation was seen this morning and
said: Il voted in the negative be-
cause / saw in Bender n man whom
the republicans were forcing on the
mayor. and in view of their course
toward him did not propose to be a
party to any movement that would
advance their preferences.
what do They Want:
An ARGUS representative has la
bored in vain to ascertain just what
the republican aldermen want in
their refusal to confirm the mayors
nominations with the exception Of
Bender, but the aldermen are retic-
ent on the subject. One in particular
when piled with questions as to the
relative merits of the appointees
simply said: 1.-The mayor can find out
WHY we do not confirm his ap-
pointees," but that is all he would
say. intimating that the banded ma
jority is simply waiting for the may
or to come around and ask its per-
mission before discharging his execu-
tive duties.
Apparent Determination
The determination which has so
far married the eight republican al
dermen to defeat every move toward
Improvement made by Mayor Medill
manifests itself every council meet
ing. Since the advent Of the new
council hardly meeting has passed
but that some movement has been
presented by which the third section
OF the Seventeenth street pavement
might he knocked out. Indeed it
seemed to be the mission of the ma
lority of the council 10 accomplish
the defeat of this public improve
ment. 1t was by apparent pre-ar-
rangement, the end and aim of the
new aldermen, and when it was dis
covered that the republicans con-
trolled the council the party lash was
quickly applied to bring the hold
overs not already so into ac-
cord with the preconcerted plan
of the new members, so that
the sitting aldermen instead of
assuming the position of lead in sup
port of a project they had previously
sustained, fell in with purely par
tisan movement to defeat public i'm
provements. Aid. Kennedy, though
hold-over. became in due time
the self-constituted leader of the
obstructing movement, and the
resolution which he presented
was Resolved, that the city at
torney be instructed to defer action
in the Seventeenth street paving
from Ninth to Eighteenth avenues
until further orders from this coun-
ell"
Aid. Kennedy Of course moved the
adoption of the resolution. but Aid.
Maucker arose and said that that
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