The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-07
HOW IT SLID THROUGH
Wow, What a Row There Is Over
Mulholland's Bill of $132.5O.
M'ARTHUR VERY WROTH
1t Seems He Arrived a Little Late and
the Other Members of the Finance
Committee Didn't Put Him
Onto the Deal.

There was meeting of the finance
committee yesterday afternoon. and
while not a very long meeting, ii was
quite a warm one. The finance COM
mittee is small in number the members
being Aldermen Dorais, HeilG and Me
Arthur. Alderman Dorais was not
present yesterday afternoon, nut the
meeting couldn't have been any hotter
if he had been there.
1t came about through the bill of
Chief Mulholland for slS250, which slid
through the council Wednesday even
ing as Sticky as though it had been
fried in fat. 1t went through without
Il word OF comment or of objection. and
Alderman Macarthur, who ali along has
fought this bill. did not know unul he
read the Standard yesterday morning
that it had been passed.
1t Will be remembered that a bill of
Chief Mulholiand's OF So enliNened "A
number of recent council meetings, and
brought to public notice the fact that
gamblers We're paying fines to the city.
Mr.. Mulhollanu pin was 10 per cent
of the collections he had made from
prostitutes and gamblers, $40 of the
amount being the percentage from
prostitutes and 81 from gamblers. Al
derman Macarthur fought the bill hard
in the council and succeeded in beat
ing il. An attempt was then made to
get through the bill of $40 for collec-
lions from prostitutes, but that was
also defeated.
When the finance committee met
Tuesday afternoon Alderman Macarthur
arrived a little late. Aldermen Heilig
and Dorais didn't tell him that before
he arrived they had already audited
and approved bill of Sl32.5 so from Chief
Mulholland, being $40 of the old bill for
November already disallowed by the
council, and So. 50 additional for col
lections during December. According
to Alderman McArthur'S accuse ton
made yesterday afternoon, Alderman
Heilig had told him when he arrived
little late that they had merely gone
over and approved the payroll and
that in addition there were only two
bills to be considered. Alderman Me
Arthur considered these two. bills with
the other members of the committee,
and then signed the official report of
the committee, entirely ignorant of the
fact that he was signing his approval
of bill of $132. 30 in favor of Chief
Mulholland.
In the council meeting Wednesday
night the report of the finance COM
mittee was read and in addition to the
payroll and two bills was one which
was read, Thomas Mulholland,
S132.50,' which is the customary way
of reading bills in the council. APP
parently neither Alderman Macarthur
nor any of the other aldermen opposed
to paying the chief more than his sal
airy noticed this bill as it was read by
| the clerk, and the report of the finance
| committee, with it's accompanying bills
| was unanimously approved by the
| council. and warrants ordered drawn
| for the Irrespective amounts.
Alderman Macarthur went to the com
| mittee meeting yesterday afternoon
very wroth, and expressed himself in
strong terms. lie declared that trick
| cry had been used to railroad "A bill
| through the council which neither the
majority of the aldermen nor the peo-
pie approved of and which had already
| been defeated in the council. He &C
cused Alderman Heilig of misrepresent-
ing things to him.
You knew ! had been fighting this
! BILL" declared Macarthur. why, then.
did you not tell me that such bill
was before the copmittee?'
1T was your business to be here on
time" retorted Heilig.
Was it necessary for you To tell me
that you had done nothing but ap-
prove the payroll when you had also
approved this bill of Mulholland
1T wasn't my business to tell you
what we had DONE said Heilig. Il
am not chairman of the committee. |
supposed Dorais had told you all about
| it."
You didn't suppose anything of the
kind declared Macarthur. You knew
I had always fought this bill. and
| would fight it again. So you didn't tell
me anything about it, | relied on your
telling me the truth, and ] signed re-
port which you know + would never
have signed had | known the facts. 1t
is low, mean work and a job.
This wasn't the same BILL said
Heilig.
1T was the same bill" returned Nc
Arthur. 1T was The sarge bill Of $40
which the council disallowed before.
and $3.50 added. You put II through
the council without three of the alder
men knowing what IL was done for.
1t was not my business TO make any
explanations 10 YOU. and am not MAX
ing any" said Heilig.
| Several aldermen said yesterday tina
| they had thought of inuuiring what the
Mulholland bill Of s132.50 was for. but
as McArthurs name MAS signed TO the
report they supposed il was all right
After Macarthur and Heilig got
through chewing the rag YESTERDAY
afternoon they examined into a couple
of warrants which We're issued three
years ago one the library expense fund
and which the city treasurer has just
paid with interest up 70 date. Investi-
CATION showed that call had beer
made for these warrants very soor
after they We're issued. Yet they werr
not presented for payment until a few
days ago The treasurer had paid in
tereSt up TO date, whereas interest
stopped on the day the call for the
warrants was made So more than 81
of interest had been paid when only
about 40 cents of interest should have
been paid. The Silver Row mank
which held the warrants, will he called
on the refund the excessive interest.
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