The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-24
Session Held Last Night Was Not
EventfuI.
ROMNEY AND MULvEY TILT
DISCUSSION OVER EXTRA POLICE
DURING THE CARNIVAL.
Chief Pratt VIII Have Only Ten Ex-
ira Men-Harrigan's ChecIS-AIcAl-
lister Claims SaIary-The Usual
Number of Petitions and Reports
Acted Upon.

The only interesting feature of last
nights session of the city council was
a sharp exchange between Romney and
Mulvey, in which the much-discussed
question of whether saloons in
community necessitate extra police pro-
lection, played the important part.
Romney said it did. and Mulvey-
well, he SAID if all saloons were con-
Quoted the way his was conducted, the
whole police force could as well be
discharged.
The tilt was brought about by
communication from the fire and police
board. calling attention to the neces-
sity of extra men during the carnival,
ten being considered sufficient.
A resolution to allow the police de-
partment ten special men during the
carnival came up under the order of
miscellaneous business. Mulvey did
not want to limit the number of men,
but leave it to the board of police and
fire commissioners. This was objected
to by Romney, who said he was sur
prised at the action of Mr.. Mulyey,
in view of the state of the finances.
'I wish all the saloons could be
closed UP during the carnival and we
would not need any extra police con-
Guided Mr. Romney.
This brought Mulvey to his feet and
he made vigorous attack upon Rom
ney. He was surprised, he said, to
see &, man who was old enough to be
the father of nearly every member in
the council, make such a statement.
He had formerly entertained some re-
spect for Romney, but after such a
statement he believed he was not en-
titled to that respect, and henceforth
1T would pass out of the speakers
breast.
Romney, in reply said he thought he
had gone through as many experiences
in this world as Mr.. Mulvey. He still
maintained that the saloons were the
cause of most of the disturbances. It
was in consequence of the large num-
Der of saloons that it was necessary to
have a. large police force.
After some further discussion the de-
partment was allowed ten men for a
period of seven days at a salary Of So
per day This decision was not
reached, however, until Mr.. Mulvey
had repeatedly called Romney to order
for talking in a personal manner.
Remney denied this and spoke as a
matter of personal privilege.
THE CARNIVAL.
LIE Prohon, as chairman of the special
committee for decorating the joint
building, made a verbal report and
asked for an appropriat atom of $3.50 for
decorating purposes. O'Meara objected
to any verbal report from the commit
tee, and his point of order was sus-
tanned by the chair.
A petition signed by Governor Wells
and other leading citizens, asking that
the city appropriate $500 for the pur-
pose of decorat ting for the carnival,
was introduced. This was referred
without action.
LIE Prohon, in the meantime, had
prepared a resolution to appropriate
$3.50 for decorating the joint building,
but in the rush of business it was not
called up.
HARRIGAN'S CHECK.
In the matter of Frank Harrigan s
request that a check of $50, which was
| forfeited through his failure to enter
/ into a contract according to the terms
/ of his bid for the work of ditchfng
! and fencing at the sewer farm, be re-
! stored to him. the board Of public
works represented that the amount
was barely sufficient to cover the cost
of advertising for the bids. The state
ment by Harrigan that one-half of the
proposed work was under water, which
| he gave as a reason for not entering
/ into the contract, is termed erroneous
/ by the board. The city, which IS now
! doing the work, has not in any way
! been retarded from the water. and
/ the board does not think Mr.. Harri-
gam would have encountered any
| trouble.
Regarding the request of Mr.. Harri-
| gam that THE council instruct the
board that he is in no way disqualified
/ from bidding for other work because
of his failure to comply with the terms
1 of his bid in this case, the board con-
siders it untimely, as no such a ques-
ton has been considered by the board
After a. lengthy discussion a motion
! to refer the matter to the sewer COM
mittee was lost and the report of the
board adopted by a vote of to 8.
FIREWORKS.
O'Meara introduced a resolution in
structing the police to prohibit the
firing of all fireworks whatsoever with
in the fire limits at any time from now
and until after the decorations have
been removed: and further, that the
chief be instructed to post notice ap-
prising the public of this order
The resolution was adopted and there
Will be no firing of explosives within
the fire limits.
McALLISTER'S CLAIMS.
]. G. McAllis.er, provision inspector
sent in a claim of $4S2.75 for salary al
legged to be due him up to July 1, 1896
Mr.. McAllister states in his petition
that the city auditor has refused tC
issue the warrants on the ground that
the office of inspector of provisions was
abolished by an ordinance passed by
the city council February 3, 1896. Com
nittee on claims.
Petitioner called attention to the de-
cision of the supreme court in the case
of A. S. Kendall against the city audi
/ tor where it was held that the Office
Of inspector Of provisions is created by
force of the state law and that the
appointee holds office for a period Oh
two years, which, in the case of Nc
Allister. was on October Is, 1894. I'm
der these conditions the council mad
no power to abolish the Office.
Referred to committee on municipal
laws.
NATURAL GAS.
The Salt Lake & ogden Gas & Elec-
trio Light company sent in a commune
cation stating they were prepared tC
furnish natural gas for heating tht
crematory, and should be glad to con
fer with the committee on sanitary
rules and quarantine regarding ths
matter.
Mrs. f. R.. Farmer, 523 West Fourth
North street addressed a letter to tn,
council SKATING that she would bt
forced to seek legal redress from tn,
city for being deprived of the use o