The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-22

deed, had the tOWn DeSn pliied ia az
vance With such announcements as
s'There'H be a hot time in the old town
tonight" and other matter found in
the latest songs. there is little doubt
that the Hobbies would have been filed
to OVERCOMING Had Mayor Glendin-
ming been present the title role would
have been played by him, but his alb
scence probably lent a charm to the
occasion. The citizens non-partisan
reform committee, so called, for whom
Councilmen Romney and Callister had
to stand as sponsors, came in for
liberal share of attention, and alto
gether it was about the warmest, ses-
sion held during the administration.
For the first time in several months
all the members We're present and
every one visited his wrath upon
someone. chiefly upon the mayor.
Consideration Of his honor veto of the
salary reducing and office-abolishing
ordinance afforded opportunity for exc
cutting a. war dance around the execu-
tive's roasted frame. figuratively
speaking, and through it all the mayor
had but one champion Councilman LIE
Prohon.
The proceedings went through with
despatch until Recorder Emery had
finished reading the veto message. OF
course the members gave respectful
attention, as though they had never
before known it's contents, but as a
matter of fact there was not one who
had not read it in yesterday mornings
Herald and thought of it all day A
second reading of the closing para
graph was called for. 1t is:
In the closing months of this admin
istTation it is subject for congratu-
lation that the number of people is eX-
ceedingly small Who will believe it pos
sible to convene another municipal leg
so large a degree as your honorable
bod5 with what has been aptly termed
the disposition of inferior minds to
execute every petty malice and mis-
chief within the circle of their limited
abilities W
MULvEY's SURPRISE.
MuIvey was tne first to speak. He
sprung a surprise by asking the re
corder if any changes had been made
in the ordinance since its passage
Recorder Emery replied that he had
just noticed that the words and and
of resolutions" in lead pencil were in
terlined in the repeating clause, but he
was certain that the changes were
made after the ordinance was sent to
the mayor and before its return With
the veto message. Subsequently the
recorder, in written communication,
refuted the insinuations, that the
changes had been made in his office.
and added that this was not the first
time an attempt had been made to
change an ordinance after having been
referred by him to the mayor. but al
ways the recorders Office had detected
and prevented such attempts. as rec
ord proofs will show, and always CT
dlnances have been officially published
as passed and finally approved.
WARM REMARKS.
The recorders explanation appeared
to satisfy the council that the ordf-
nance passed last Tuesday evening and
the one accompanying the veto were
the same in reality, although LIE Pro-
non protested on technical grounds
First to fan the smoIaering embers
into blaze of oratoricaI effort was
Dale. He stated that recently a doubt
had arisen in his mind as to the pro-
priety OF aboliSaing the police captain
ey, but when he stopped to consider
the language of the veto, knowing that
it was inspired by the maleYolence of
little mind, he felt forced to vote
against ii if he wished to maintain mis-
self-respect. While the mayor had
been courteously treated in his official
capacity by himself and colleagues.
this WAS not the first time his honor
had gone out of the way to insult the
council When the finance committee
called upon the executive for an ac-
counting as to his expenditures from
the contingent fund, amounting to
SdOO0 IN six months, while his prede-
cessor had faithfully accounted for the
disbursement of $685. so for the entire
year, the request was met with re-
Bluffs and the committee was told it
was none of its business. Replying to
lie Frohon, who wanted him called 10
order. Dale said he proposed to take
some latitude TO resent the indignities
the mayor had heaped upon the coun-
ell, and he added that While the conn
ell had acted faulty in some instances.
1t had never done anything 10 invite
insults from the razor and it was easy
to tell where the insulting message was
inspired, (pointing to CITY Attorney
McKay's office
Stewart endorsed the latter part of
Dale's remarks and declared the au-
thor Of the veto was not in his right
mind. and the members should exercise
charity.
MAYORS CONTINGENT FUND.
Romney was the next to take q. ssfaIl"
out OF his honor, and referred to his
highhanded action with respect to fail
ing 10 account for his contingent fund
expenditures or give even a civil reply
to any question asked by the finance
committee respecting an accounting
Romney was impatient to vote upon
the veto.
O'Meara explained why he and Null
vey had retired to I'll an engagement
before the vote was taken on the pas
sage of the ordinance at the previous
meeting, but he believed in the doctrine
OF majority rule, and was now ready
to pass the ordinance over the execu-
tive's objections, although the ordinance
was not sweeping enough as to sala-
ries- he believed the mayor had not
abused the council any more than had
the public press and the bipartisan
nominating committee, which he
termed 1.-THE committee on control Of
the city" He was willing to stand his
part of the odiuIn and would vote for
the approval Of the ordinance solely be-
cause he wanted to see the police can
tain's Office abolished.
Callister briefly stated his estimation
OF the Hselessness of longer maintain
ing the police captaincy and expressed
his eagerness to vindicate his self-re-
spect by voting on the veto
Mulvey conceded with the mayors
reasons for continuing the captaincy of
police. 1t was his opinion that the
present acting chief should be retained.
at least until Chief Pratt is reinstated,
or until a new chief is named. He be-
lieved also that the reductions of sala-
ries had not gone far enough, appoint
i've offices should have been reached
before the new administration came
into power. In closing he charged that
the pending ordinance had been framed
for pOliticai canital and fie71ied Dale