The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-21

date of the council and if he or any
other city officer did such a thing, Cal
lister declared. he for one would vote
to take his head
Robertson talked next. He said chat
some very radical statements had been
made without any foundation in fact.
Boyce, he declared, was paid 81 % Sc
cure signatures of farmers to me Iro-
poSal offered by Kelsey through Geo
des.
Then Robertson and Hove hal a
heated little controversy over whether
or not Kelsey had refused to furnish
figures for May 1t was you did" and
you didn't" back and forth, until
President Barnes sharply told Robert
son he would have to confine himself
to the question.
After Robertson had finished. Howe
took the floor. 1.-The instructions of the
council 10 the city engineer" he said,
were to report to this council the to-
tai amount of his expenditures.
Claim that he has misled the council.
We have been deceived. Mr.. Kelsey
did not report as the council asked him
to report. and as any city official
should. He has exceeded his author
ity under our resolution, and it looks
to me as If he had spent money with
out warrant"
minority Report LOSl.
This Temporarily ended the debate,
and the question as to the adoption Of
the minority report was put. The mo-
ton to adopt was lost-10 to 4-Buckle.
Diehl, Robertson and Wallace voting
for it and Romney being absent.
Callister then started the ball again
by moving TO strike out the third sec
ton of the majority report. IN he
talk that followed, Diehl took a hand
for the first time. He shook 4 threat
ening index finger at Fernstr0m and
declared that that councilman hal been
trying TO down Kelsey, who, he said,
was the cleanest man in the present
administration.
After Diehl got through, Fernstrom
prodded Robertson with a reference to
the elegant" language Robertson had
used in committee some weeks ago.
Robertson was so mad when he got up
TO reply that he used some more 'eie-
CANT language. After a 200-word eu-
logy of the city engineer. he said: AS
for the elegant language used against
Mr. Fernstrom, / desire to say | have
always since felt that ] owed myself an
apology for lowering myself to the
level of the animal from the Third.
Robertson was sharply called down by
the president.
by Wallace, as it was then after IL
o'clock. further consideration of the re-
port was deferred for one week.
Special Committee Appointed.
Then came up the following, submit
ted by Councilmen Howe, Weller, Wal
lace, Robertson and Fernsrom. 1t was
adopted as below:
I'VE. your special committee APP
pointed to investigate the report of the
engineer on water supply respectfully
represent to your honorable body that
during the progress Of our inVeStlSa-
ton certain charges and inSlnuatlcns
were thrown out by certain individuals
that some members of this body had
made propositions to the farmers of
Mill Creek and Big Cottonwood for an
exchange of waters belonging to the
said farmers, and that said PROPOSE
lions were against the interest of the
CITY. We would, therefore, recommend
that a special committee, consisting OF
five members of this council, who nave
not been associated with this commit
tee or with the special committee on
water supply appointed in August last,
he appointed by the president to lnVes-
tieate these charges and report to the
council
President Barnes named Siddoway-
Patrick Morris, Allen and Calllster as
members of the committee. Robertson
sprang up with violent
protest.
u think YOU should have named at
least one Republican on that commit
tee" he shouted.
There is no politics in this replied
President Barnes. Besides, L have
appointed Mr.. Callister.
Callister Is Denied.
ooh. Canister isn't a straight Repub
ic
question" Robertson raved.
Il want to enter my protest against
this proceeding" said Buckle. The
way you have appointed that commit
tee is in line with your other unfair ana
unjust actions"
Its no use to discuss the matter,
returned the president,
calmly. THE chair has appointed the
committee and the committee stands.
The following communication was
then referred to the newly named COM
mittee, and after passing the appro-
priation list the council adjourned.
Daniel Lunn and n. D. Jensen, |
for the lower half of Mill /!
creek presented a communication re- (
plying to the statement of a. S. Ged- I
les before the special committee last
Friday evening. The communication I
branded as false the statement that the I
.wo watermasters had informed Mr.. /
Geddes that Councilman Margetts and
-wo other members of the council had
proposed to trade % per cent more city .
anal water TO the farmers for canyon .
water: that Mr.. Jensen was hired by +
he councilmen to make such bonus .
to the farmers, and that .
Mr. Jensen had not been paid for his
work. Both Watermasters declared that /
hey had not been hired to promote ne
yotiations for an exchange of water,
,ut that their efforts had been on their
,wn accounts. ana for the benefit to ac-
rue to the farmers. Further they de-
Jared they themselves made the prop
sition to trade to the councilmen. and
they. the watermasters, pro-
ured the signatures of the farmers to
he paper agreeing to make the ex-
hange of water.
Watermasters Lunn and Jensen con-
luded their communication with an
Expression of hope that the council
would afford them an opportunity to
estify before the investigating COM
nittee on this matter.
Leaving the Placers.
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