The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-01

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had, in his absence. taken a vote ON
the bill and Passed it wieh thu excep-
ton of a dissenting vote by the chair.
Ali the balance voted fer the payment
of tlsa amount
to Chairman Clawson and he refused TO
sj=n IT.
Well This action. CIR the part of the
( chairman was the cause of a whole
| lot of discussion Colborn took the
floor and made a speech. He did not
ask for the payment Of his bill; in fact
at his request he was given leave TO
Withdraw the matter and it is safe to
presume that he will never present the
same again, but he did most scientific
! ally rake the chairman over the Goals.
Several CID sores were opened and
many instances where Chairman Claw
son was alleged, correctly or incorrect
| ly, TO have taken upon himself to over
ride the will of the commission we're
cited Colbon wasn't sparing in his
! words By any manner of means and the
sentences he employed were of a char
acteT calculated to make heavy and
lasting IMPRESSIONS
When Colborp had finished. Nelden
made few spfcy remarks in which he
demanded TO know the reason why the
chairman took it upon himself to con-
commission: making a veto power for
himself and all that sort of thing.
whitney endeayored to pour oil on
the troubled waters ana made q few
suggestions in manner indicative of
a desire to smooth matters over, but
they didn't smooth worth q cent.
The chair made a, statement relative
to his position. giving the reasons why
he declined to sign the warrant. but Il
! didn't pacify Colborn and his friends
at all Colborn remarked that he had
| Withdrawn the bill and that was all
there was to it and he did not ask the
chairman to sign it. although when
presented, the same was perfectly
proper and right.
There was a whole lot of criTnina-
ton and recrimination INDUCED in and
when this matter was dropped-for it
wasn't disposed of, just droppad-the
feelings Of the commission, one toward
the other. were by no means of the
best.
The question of collections was next
INDUCED in and the action Of the com
| mission IN relation to collecting the
amount Of money subscribed by one
well known and prominent individ
ual was discussed. 1t appears this man
is wen liked, or presumed to be,
and when the collector called
on him a stand off resulted This
performance was repeated several
times, and finally the commission
threatened suit. Yesterday the debtor
asked that he be given time until the
9Th of this month. and that was talked
over, finally resulting in agreeing that
the time should be given.
Then there was q whole lot of talk
about the manner in which certain
vouchers had been made and signed,
and the commission spent quite a bit
of time in this direction, but what it
said concerning it would not interest
the public, as nothing came of it.
After the meeting adjourned there
was considerab bic talk INDUCED in One
member of the commission said Col
born had not been treated right and
! that the action of the chair in declin-
ing TO pay a. bill which had passed by
unanimous vote was entirely wrong.
! He stated that this was not the first
time this had happened and that he
proposed to see whether the commits
sion or the chairman was supreme.
In the matter of the publication of
! figures, he stated that the celebration
cost something like $4,000. as stated
by The Herald, and that there was a
balance in the treasury right now of
something near $1,000. although there
are some bills to be paid, and what the
surplus viii be remains to be seen.
There is no use concealfng it, he
added, because the public is entitled
to know 1 for one viii give any in
formation in my power to give when it
! is asked for. The commission was Gre
ated. as CoIborn stated tonight. by law.
1t has been handling the money of the
people and they are entitlva to know
what has become of it. There is
enough on hand TO pay all the bills
which are due, and that's the way the
matter stands There are some col
lections to make. which will be made.
and when all is finished, we expect to
have a surplus on hand which the COM
mission viii dispose of according to
i law, and that's all there is to the mat
! ter There is no use denying the cost
Of the celebration and the amount of
money collected This business has
been in the dark long enough, and it
( is time we finished I'D and had done
with it, That's the way [ feel and 1
am not going to bride my tongue and
/ equivocate when asked for tnforma-
| ton"
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