Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-07
NEW SALEM COUNCIL
Assemblies IN First Session
and 10 Organize,
A CAUCUS SUNDAY NIGHT
Interviews With Aldermen on the
Burning Question

This night there meets for the first
time the new council for 1896.
The Mayor viii read his annual
message, appoint his standing COM
mittees. aud then the council will
elect city officers, police and iiremen
for The ensuingyear.
| 4 COUNCIL CAUCUS.
/ 4 caucus is said 10 have been held
by the members Of the city's new
council At the council chamber Sun
day afternoon, and among the busi-
ness discussed was that Of suitable
persons 10 serve the city during the
year in the capacity OF policemen,
fire chief and engineer, aud street
commissioner. 10 he elected at to-
nights meeting. II is published
that the slate arranged Is rs follows:
City engineer and street commits
sioner- W. j. Culver, the present in
cumbent.
Fire chief o. ID. Hutton.
Policemen John W. Gamble, lone
Of the present force Of the fourth
ward, and y. l.. Fiester Of the second.
Engineer tire department-Wm.
King.
1t is said there will be tie vote in
the council on the election Of Nj.
Hutton aud the present incumbent,
Andrew CosS, but the mayor favors
the former
The other candidates were as fol-
lows; Poicemen-W. l.. Latourette,
John Patterson, Doc Gibson, j. A.
MOthorn; city engineer-A. Gobalet.
Besides the above there are the sew
cral hosemen and the driver of the
hOsewagon who will be voted for to-
night.
WHAT ALDERMEN SAY,
Alderman Ed. S. Lamport was seen
at his harness shop. He has never
served In the council before and
would say but little: The main
thing nowadays is economy and to
look after the interest OF the tax pay
ers. We want well maintained po-
lice force aud lire department-tha
is as well maintained as the city can
afford. There are many things we'd
like to have in our private affairs that
we simply don't have just because we
can't afford IT,"
Geo. G.. bingham: "Our reports
show a gross surplus revenue of $1,000. |
not counting interest ON current en-
pensc warrants, which amounts To
several hundred dollars. We have
$500 interest to meet on bonded debt.
The city hall should be completed and |
moved into az nm early date We paid
$1,000 OF the general fund for keeping
up roads and bridges We should
keep up this work out of the poll and
road tax, not out Of the general fund.
with a slight reduction of salaries.
We could run the city on mills. |
would not favor > mill sinking fund
now, but when the clouds roll by.
People cannot be taxed now to pay
principal. The salaries Of the record
er and marshal We're fixed last March
by the ordinance, The police and
llremen are fixed from year To year"
Fred. A. Legg; II would like 10 see
the city tax reduced II il can be done
without simply having To make up for
II next year Another thing / favor
Is awell regulated license act. A ped
dler is now taxed S25, which Is 50 high
II shuts out nearly all of them. The
city would get more reyenueat a lower
license. The city hall should be
finished up. We are paying rent, and
II is an elephant ON our hands. am
not In favor Of reductions in salaries
during the term man is elected for
our city expense is between 5000 and
5000 year for police and fire depart-
ment, We cannot reduce that much
without destroying its entire cni.
cheney"
Hiram Smith, we should cut
ioWn the expenses until we can get
along with an mill tax. We can do
.hls by reducing the salaries, but we
'annot do il without L.. We have pot
10 FAR along with the city hall we bet