Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05
SALARY ORDINANCE PASSED
ALI EXCEPT ~ CLAUSE REI.AT-
ING TO THE POLICE.
The City's Protectors. AIrrndy Two
Month Irhinh In Their Pay. VIII
Law to WHIT Indefinitely
for Their Money.

Mayor Jones called a meeting OF IN,
council last evening at the request of Coun
cilmen Lynch and Wolf. who
they had something mp their sleeves In Re
gard to bringing about n settlement of tn,
police appropriation ordinances. which hay.
been waiting passage for over two months
They failed i'll their purpose. however. 1
they had any. and the Understanding which
II has been hoped would be reached tn,
ilrst of June, Is now no nearer II cunsum
nation thal ii was two months ago.
The appropriation ordinance for the pay,
ment of the salaries of city employees, tx,
cept the police. was the first important
matter introduced. on motion the rule,
We're suspended and the ordinance passed
Then 1t was found it had not been to IN,
comptroller and the action was reconsid,
cred. Later 1t was passed with Comptroller
Lund's signature.
Councilman Lynch. who had his little
satchel with him, preparatory to taking a
late train for jefferson City to attend the
Democratic convention, wanted TO know
whether the claims committee, from which
the ordinance came with a recommendation
for passage, had locked all city nah EN-
plOycs for the time they We're absent from
their duties during the month. He re-
ceived no reply, and sat down with as
much pomp is Il he had done somethinE,
After the ordinance had been passed,
Councilman SimOnds made "A few brief re-
marks, In which he said he did not think
1t Just or honest to pay one department
without paying all before an adjustment
had been reached and all departments cut
alike. lie said 1t would only be proper TO
restore the police and IRE departments TO
fun pay or make all departments OF the
city's government suffer like cuts,
Councilman burrows, said the ordinance
m Was n III, rSS' hani,s of ~ ch nirr.t"1 l.ynch h''S OF
the finance committee, and bore HIS sigma
tt.re as a member OF the committee. coun
Gilman Lynch replied that he could, not re-
mort on the ordinance because II had not
been signed by the other members OF w
committee. Councilman Penderghst SAID
MIR. Burrows had refused TO sign the Ordi-
nance the night before and was Immediate
~ informed to, the contrary by Mr., Bur
rows. who said he had wanted to sign II
on Monday night, hut was not permitted To
sign il. II was then learned upon "Nplanu-
ton by Mr.; Lynch that the document was
in the hands of the clerk, but had not been
placed in. the budget, until after . o'clock
last evening, which fact, following A late
bring II up. Al this juncture Mr, Lynch
was excused to 20 to Jefferson City,
The. ordinace appropriations 81 Hole to
pay the police department for July. was, on
The defeat of the motion of Councilman
Wolf to suspend the rules and pass II. re-
feired TO the hnanc committee.
la the Upper Housc.
The upper house did little beyond passing
d Mere; Officers and employees depart
ment,, sG,2as; lire department, Slsco; IRE
IilTulr sl,1-c. HoSp'thi NV bohii VI H'dltn,
e,ssi; workhouse, Sl,otS: gas, $780,; PRINT
ing and stationery, ssl7;, expense depart
water, ss,s27: charity. tloo, turned over to
the mayor; garbage, s2,ooa; .. *. creek
sewer, s.,,2s,; park board, S3,2ts,.
Chief Irwin. in speaking OF the inability
of the council to arrive at an understand
ing regarding the, pay of the police. said
yesterday: This keeping the police out OF
their justly earned pay works n great in
Justice and Inconvenience to a great many
OF the men on the force. As a rule the
men in the department are poor men and
need their pay from month to month. AS
1t is now they have been kept out of it for
over TIVE months and some OF them have
been selling their salaries to money lend
ers at a high rate of Interest In order to
council is just or honest in holding their
salaries up: They work harder than amy
FIRE department. and have longer hours. /
believe the members, of the council could
pay the men. ! understand the city has
recently. purchased SIC. 900 worth Of jackson
county bonds for a speculation, while the
police department goes unpaid"