The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-08


 received what two papers would get the contracts, then do you think the papers would combine?"
 Mayor Farnsworth-'I don't think they would. l heard @ newspaper man one time, just before the sprinkling assessment advertising was given out, say when told that if one inch or LOGO inches of advertising were brought to his paper he would charge $1.20 per inch, Of course l would, why not.
 Commissioner DoWe-'I think we ought to settle on the reports before us now for newspaper advertising before we go into new plans for advertising. Enough laughing stock has been made already"
 MT. Mansfield thought that the com mon council could act in regard to de- visins new plan of giving out adver- Using, but the mayor said that the mat ter would never be attended to if the common council was expected to take action in regard to it. He advised rec ommending the common council the plan he had suggested.
 R. H. Brown suggested that City Clerk Lyon be requested to get rates
 
 that advertising could be placed advan- tageously to the city by competition be- ing aroused among the papers, then a recommendation might be made to the common council.
 Commissioner Mansfield thought that the papers would not submit bids eX- cept to some one authorized to let con- tracts.
 Mayor Farnsworth--'I don't think that this board should approve bills from any paper at $1.20 per inch and every one approved at such a rate is a swindle''
 Captain DoWe-''We haven't approv- ed any vet at that rate.'' Mayor FarnsWorth-"Yes you have, just now''
 Captain Dowe-'It wasn't for thou sands of dollars"
 Mayor Farnsworth-"Well, I don t think that we will get much out of the common council about getting bids from the papers. When MT. Lake was city auditor young member of the councilmanic board offered a resolution to call for bids from the papers MT. Lake told the young man if he wanted to get on in politics he must drop the matter or every paper in the town would scold him. The resolution was never heard from after it went to the committee Many councilmen now want to be aldermen, and they go carefully. If this matter now goes to the common council you must remember that it is a matter about which the members of the council can't stand newspaper bang ing"
 l Captain Dowe-'I for one am here to l look out for the city's interests. I don't 1 expect to be an alderman. I have no ax to grind"
 l Some doubht was expressed as to whether the papers would bid against each other.
 l Mayor Farnsworth said: Ask them l for price and see. They know about the space the city uses each year. They have got it down to q hayseed.' Again when some one suggested that the newspapers might combine the mayor said: You just ask them and see" Finally the vote quoted above was passed requesting; the city clerk tc ask for bids.
 l This matter disposed of MT Mansfield wanted to know what was to be done about the big advertising bills. He said that he expected to go to Milwau- kee soon and would not return before November 1, so that if the bills were no considered soon there would be no ful meeting of the board until in Novem- ber
 Captain DoWe-''If the city clerk is tC | get bids I think those bids would dc for some of the work already done ant not yet paid for" The opinion of the board seemed to be, however, that bids made now could not be made to cover work done.
 R. H. Brown-''These bills amount tc $4,200. l don't suppose you are going to approve them as they stand"
 MT. Mansfeld--"I don't know MT White. I want time to consider them I All I know about them is what I have read in the papers. I have some doub as to whether this board ought to con slider them, as to whether we have tn, authority"
 Captain Dowe-'I am not disposed t, sign the bills for $4,200. It is a wonde to me that those people don't pres their claims
 City Clerk Lyon was then directed tt Tread the bills ard did so. MT. Mansfield then said that he would like to hay, the bills disposed of when he was il the city as he did not wish to appea1 to run away from them.
 Controller Brown thought that tn, charges having been investigated b, the Investigating committee, the board of finance had nothing to do but t, consider the amounts to be paid.
 R. H. Brown-'If we say we are will ing to approve S1,000 or s2,0OG, or what eyer the amount may be, the paper must accept our decision or go to tn courts, that is all.'
 It was finally voted to consider tn, big bills at the special meeting Mon