The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Lively Time at a Meet
ing of San Jose's
Council.
Noting Refuses to Sit Down
at the Command Of the
Mayor.
Chief Of the City's Bluecoats Ordered
to Compel Him to Keep the
Peace.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 27.-Everything was
harmonious at the meeting of the
Council tonight until just at the very
close, when the Mayor found 1t neces-
sary to call upon the Chief of Police
to compel Councilman Noting to take
his seat The ebullition of bad blood
between the Mayor and the Council
man was caused by the notorious Rid
dell claims for horse and dog scalps,
amounting to S45S. The Mayor had
completed a superficial and fruitless
investigation of the poundmaster.
Noting asked what the Mayor pro-
posed to do about the bills. The Mayor
promptly retorted that that was his
business. Noting resented this. He
arose in anger and shouted at the
Mayor:
You are making a whole lot of gal
lery plays"
Rap! went the Mayors gavel, but
this had no effect on the incensed
Councilman.
You sit down." ordered the Mayor.
Il won't sit down." answered Nolt-
ing, with the air of a bad boy at
school.
Il call on the Chief of Police to pre-
serve order" said Mayor Koch.
Il have right to speak, your Honor,
and 1 will speak. I am going to make
statement. l rise to a question of
privilege. -
Noting then charged the Mayor with
having signed a bill for $24 in favor
of the San Jose Herald for publishing
the delinquent tax list. Noting
claimed that this list should have
been published without any extra
charge, in accordance with the con-
tract made between that paper and the
city. He suggested to the Mayor that
he ought not TO pick out any particular
bills that were questionable, but ought
to treat them all alike.
The Mayor replied that Noting had
voted to allow the Herald bill.
Noting claimed that the Mayor
ought either to sign or veto the Rid
dell bills tonight.
Il will do as 1 please about it," was
the only answer that his Honor vOuch-
safed. ''I don't want any instructions
from you
An incident of peculiar significance
occurred. in connection with providing
the city with a storage battery fire
alarm system. At a previous meeting
an offer had been received from the
United States Fire and Police Tele-
with new system. At to-night's ses-
sion a communication was read from
the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph
company asking that it be allowed to
put in a bid for this Improvement. No
attention was paid to this communi-
cation, but the Council voted to accept
the offer of the first named. company.
The members present and voting thus
were Fay, Krieg and Noting. The
Mayor announced that their action did
not meet with his approval, as he
thought the other company should
have been given an opportunity to
compete. de stated that he would
veto the resolution giving the contract
to the United States company. This
caused Fay to remark:
There is no use being Mayor If you
can't exercise your veto power once in
while
A petition from the Standard Oil
Company was read. asking permission
to erect warehouses for the storage of
the products of petroleum at the corner
of Seventh and Jackson streets. 1t
was not granted. and Councilman Fay
said that they ought to be prevented
from locating within the city limits.
Another outgrowth of the fatal fire
of last Friday was the petition of the
Chief of the Fire Department asking
that the number of fire hydrants be
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