The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
ASHAMED TO BE A MEMBER
a HOT TIME. IN TIE OLD CHAM
BER. LAST NIGHT.
howe's Attempt to Create Com
mittee On Engineering Depart
msnt Fails-Membsrs Charge Each
Other With Resorting TO Dues
ticnable Methods.


That am ashamed to be known as a
member Of this council. We have but
eleven months more to serve, and. by
the way, at the rate we are carrying
on don't think any Of US will ever be
Reelected Why not quit these dis
graceful tactics"
HIS voice quivering with emotion.
every nber in his body, as il were,
lending impressiveness TO the words,
councilman Komney last night uttered
the above while the council was in
duiglng in the biggest kind OF d mon
-and-parrot time. The incident
winch called forth the solemn declaTa-
ions OF the councilman from the
fourth was a motion by Howe to
amend the rule so as to create u com
lnlttee on engineering department. The
committee on sewerage, OF which
Buckie is chairman, has the engineer
ing department in charge, signing all
the payrolls etc. The attempt to ere
ate a new committee was regarded as
a direct insult TO the committee on
sewerage, and L WAS openly charged
mat Howe introduced the amendment
Tor no other purpose than to insult Mr.
Buekle, and by carrying the point be
himself appointed chairman of the
new committee, thus practically super
seding Buckle in his present position.
reward the close OF the meeting, and
under the head of new business Howe,
IN accordance with the notice given at
the last meeting, got up and moved
that rule IA be amended SO as 70 pro-
vide for the appointment Of a commit
tee on engineering department.
Robertson gained the floor. and with
a good deal of fervor declared the mo-
ton gratuitoUs insult TO the chair
man Of the sewerage committee, Mr..
Buckle, who, he said. had been a mem
Der OF the council for a long time had
proved a faithful servant, enjoyed the
confidence of his constituents. as eVi-
denced by his reelection. He charac-
terized the motion as cheap attempt
of the Democratic majority 10 insult a
member of the Republican minority.
1t is nothing hut peanut politics"
he said, and 1 say so advisedly. I had
not been a member of this council very
long when / heard the statement made
by a member from the Third precinct
that the president acted unwisely in
living the craftsmanship Of such an i'm
)ortant committee as the sewerage
committee TO a Republican. l suppose
l ought not to say anything. But when
1 see a member Of this council who has
served with honor and distinction. di-
rectly insulted, cannot SIT in silence"
HOWE DISCLAIIS
Howe got up and diselaimed the mo-
tive attributed to him. He did not think
the sewerage d proper committee to
have charge Of the department. He has
given the matter serious thought, and
had come to the conclusion that a COM
mittee on engineering department
would be benefit to the city.
Robertson-It took you long time
TO find out
Howe-Well. that may be So. I want
to deny emphaGically. however. that /
have anything against Mr. Buckle. I
consider him one of the ablest mem
beTS OF this council He has made a
good record and am proud of him as a
friend.
Fe7nstrom believed committee
should be created TO look after the en-
gineering department. Other depart
ments had committee, and no good rea-
son existed why the engineer should be
exempt.
Canister opposed Howe's motion on
the grounds Of being a direct insult TO
the committee on sewerage which now
signed the payrolS OF the engineering
department, and had general supervis-
ion.
Howe took issue with this declara-
ton I don't think the Sewerage COM
mittee has anything to do with the en-
gineering department" he said. = am
a member of that committee, and
ought 70 know
Mr.. Buckle. do you not as chairman
of the sewerage committee, sign ali
payrclIs OF the engineering depart
ment2"
BuckIe nodded affirmativeiy. Then
why do you Mr.. Howe, now want a
new committee? Why do you want a
change"
That's easy responded Robertson.
81 want 70 be made chairman of that
new committee.
Robertson's expressed this very sar-
casticaIly. at the same time bowling
reverently III the direction of Howe,
as if to convey the Interpretation that
Howe wanted the craftsmanship.
Patrick arose 10 say ne had received
new light on the subject. The engineer
had been isrepresented 50 often and
this was but another cropping out of
the fight against the engineer.
This charge was too much for Fern
stro1n. who bounded to his feet and
angrily demanded that Patrick take
back his charge Of misrepresentation.
Patrick did not appear frightened 10
any great extent, and intimated no de-
sire 10 accommodate FernstroIn.
Ii was at this point Romuey arose
and uttered the words quoted above.
de regarded Eowe's effort as a direct
insult to the committee on sewerage
and depiored such action On the part of
some members
Siddoway said he mad received new
light on the subject and stood ready to
vote down the motion
Allen said politics was not part of
1j,a move and too extreme views Of the
subject had been taken. He regarded
Buckle a very good member Of the
council ard III voting 1or the amend
nent intended no insult toward that
gentleman
MOTION WAS LOST.
Weller followed in the same strain,
while Howe made a closing talk IL
faZ-or of his motion. The attempt TO
create the new committee was lost by a
vote % s to Z, as follows;
Aves-Allen. Fernst from, Howe, Nor
RS Weller and Barnes.
Navs-Callister, Diehl, Patrick, Rob
ertsoIi, Romney, Siddoway and Wal
lace
Councilman Romney scored tempo
rarv victory for the opposition when
+ba report of the committee of the
hole on the matter OF increased water
sunniv came up for consideration. by
demanding that it go over for Il week
c.s,-eral members objected and some
zen pleaded with him not to insist on
mis- rule. but be was Obdurate and so
the matter went over.
Tho mayors message, printed in fun
ia another column of this issue, was
lad and referred TO the committee on
enrollment 10 have loo copies printed
in pamphlet form
-r5ehl introduced a resolution to ap-
,,,.orriate 81 $50 for the purpose OF codi-
fy,;nr and reprinting the city ordi-
,,ances. and upon his request the mat
fer was referred TO the finance COM
mittee.