The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-20
VlVlON And GAMBLERS
They Father the Ordinance to Put
Hale'S House in the First Ward.
BUT THEY DO NOT SAY WHY
Alderman Harrington Fails to Draw
Reply to His Question Why
the Thing Was Proposed
AS to Firemen.
BUT THEY DO NOT SAY WHY

dinance for gerrymandering the city of
Butte by moving the Hale house from
the Third ward into the First ward.
Although the A. p. AS. decreed, weeks
ago, that this should be done and al
though nearly all the aldermen are A.
p. AS, there was a big kick among the
aldermen against introducing and
passing an ordinance to accomplish
this, and for a long time the matter
has been delayed. Aldermen vivion
and Gamblers at length consented to
introduce the ordinance, and it was
read before the council at last nights
meeting. The ordinance in full is:
&C. b. No. 1872. A bill for an ordin-
ance providing for changing the boun-
diaries of the First and Third wards of
the city of Butte, and for taking the
Hale house from said Third ward and
placing the same in said First ward.
BE it ordained by the city council of
the city of Butte:
Section 1. That the following de-
scribed portion of area now within the
limits of the Third ward of the city of
Butte be and the same is hereby taken
from the said Third ward and placed
in said First ward, to-wit: Beginning
at the intersection of the east line of
Arizona street with the center line of
Granite street in said city, and running
thence easterly along the center line Of
said Granite street to a point directly
opposite the northeast corner of the
building known and designated as the
Hale house. thence southerly to the
southeast corner of said Hale house,
thence westerly along the southern end
or said Hale house on a line parallel
with the center line of said Granite
street to the east line of said Arizona
street; thence northerly to the place of
beginning.
Section 2. That the present boun-
daries of said First and Third wards
shall remain the same as at present
except as changed by taking said here
inbefore mentioned Hale house from
the Third ward and placing the same
in said First ward.
Section g. All ordinances and parts
OF ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed"
After this ordinance had been read.
Alderman Harrington of the First
ward rose to his feet and moved ITO lay
the ordinance on the table forthwith
That is out of order" said the mayor.
AS the representative of the First
ward, protested Alderman Harring-
ton, Il demand why, without a petit
ton or without the consent of the al
and more votes are added to us AS
the representative of the ward / have
the right ito ask why this is done?''
me man who introduced the ordin-
ance Is the man to answer that uues-
tion, remarked the mayor. There was
no answer from either of the aldermen
who introduced the ordinance
IF the man who introduced that or
dinance has manhood enough to saw
why he introduced IL, let him speak %
thundered Harrington.
Neither Alderman Vivion nor Alder
man Gamblers lisped a syllable or
DATED an eye. Probably they con-
Guided that IL would be embarrassing
Ior uhem 10 state there, in public, the
sole ana only reason why they intro
duced IT was because they were order
ed TO do so at a regular meeting of the
A. +. "A. 1t not being possible to elicit
any explanation, the ordinance was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
AS was to be expected. there was
something of row over the PROPOSE
tlon OF the fire committee to stop paw
ing volunteer fremen for attendance
at nres. The other recommendations
OF the committee were adopted as pub-
llshed in yesterdays Standard, even
the increasing of the fire department
by the addition of two more paid fire.
men. Chairman Schatzlein when called
on TO explain why he wanted the sys-
tenn OF paying volunteer firemen 75
cents an hour abolished, said that only
two of three of them respond 10 fires
now, and consequently more paid fire.
men are needed or the city will be
short. In order to obtain the two paid
nremen the committee had considered
II necessary to stop the cost of volun-
teers. Alderman Vivion objected TO
thus throwing out the volunteers who
had fought fires before there was any
paid department The council should
not slap the volunteers in the face by
telling them that they are not wanted
He denied that only three or four of
the volunteers attend fires. In case OF
second alarm fully 20 responded.
ready for work, and the volunteers are
not supposed to come out except at the
second call
Alderman Schatzlein said no one was
trying TO slap the volunteers in the
race. The trouble is he said, the vol
unteers are debating how the depart-
ment should be run, who shall be chief
and who assistant chief. The volunteer
department names the firemen in
reality. The fire department should be
entirely out of politics and out of the
dictation of anybody whatever. Change
OF administration should have no ef-
feet on the fire department. There IS
lein, that We can ever have a good de-
partment. A man should know that he
can remain a fireman as long as he
lives, provided he proves a good man
at the business. The volunteers. how
ever. are always debating the policy
of the department, and a man must be-
long to the Volunteer association be-
fore he can be a paid fireman. Those
rs men. the big majority of whom are
a n 70 "a a xrvax
from now until April pulling wires for
this or that man for chief The sooner
the volunteer department is done away
with. declared Mr.. Schatzlein. the bet
ter for the city.
The mayor said he had never heard
before Of the volunteers having the fire
marshal and firemen. Schatzlein said
he was giving straight facts. Every
fireman who works under the chief has
his vote for chief and If the chief Is Sc
we're on him he pulls wires for some
body else. The mayor said he had
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