Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-23

Resolved, That this council does
not recognize such powers to be vest
ed in said committee; ard be it
further,
Resolved, That this council will not
be held responsible for the creation of
any such debts.
Whereas the mayor has seen fit to
remove the regularly appointed and
confirmed officers of the city govern
ment. seemingly without cause; and,
Whereas, He has failed to give to
the council good and sufficient reasons
for such removals, and has refused to
inform the council of the names of
parties making formal charges against
said officers; and,
Whereas, The mayor has replaced
said officers by men whose confirma-
ton has been refused by this council
and,
Whereas, The council does not rec
ognize as legal the appointment of
such men. without it's advice and con-
sent, and does not recognize such ap-
pointees as officers of the city; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the city council will
not be responsible for their pay. and
hereby gives notice to that effect.
Removal of Officers Disapproved.
The above resolutions were offered
at last nights adjourned meeting of
the city council, the. former by Aid.
L. A. Fender and the latter by Aid. G.
w. Aster, and were both adopted, the
first by vote of to 6, and the last
by vote of 9 to 5--Gall, the eight
representing the votes of Aids. Beck,
Heidemann, Winter, Aster, Wheelan,
Fender, Elwell and Lawhead, who are
upholding the councils rights, and in
which Aid. Gall supported them in
numerous instances.
The council likewise recorded it's
disapproval of the action of Mayor
McConochie in removing Fire Chief
j. ID. Collier, Supt. of Waterworks J.
A. Murrin, Police Captain Frank Eek
ard, Park Commissioner w. II. Aster
60 to 5-Gall). Chief of Police j. III.
Fender, Street Commissioner III. l..
Kinner. City Weighmaster Milton
Jones, City Collector f. J. Burns,
Desk Sergeant NJ. +. Archer, Health
Commissioner j. p. Comegys, PATROL
men William Ryan, David Fitzgerald,
j. b. Ainsworth. Charles Zeis, Dennis
Mccarthy. Lawrence Kramer, III. A.
Lohse, Fl. l.. Baker, George PAIL, and
Patrol Driver Henry Thode e to o..
Upon the motion to disapprove of
the dismissal of Plum bling Inspector
T. F. Burke and Toll Collector j. b.
johnson, the vote stood to Win
ter voting with the minority. Mayor
McConochie cast the deciding vote,
defeating the motion.
When the council was called to or
der the room was crowded to the
doors. The first motion made was
offered bv Aid. Wheelan, that the in
vestigation of the charges against re-
moved officers be resumed.
The mayor was asked by Aid.
Wheelan if he had any specific infor-
nation to sustain the allegations he
had made against the deposed officials.
He answered that he had not. Aid.
Wheelan INQUIRED if any of the re-
moved patrolmen, several of whom
were present. wished to make state
ments in their own defense, but he
said he did not consider this neces-
sarv, as from the admissions of the
mayor there were no charges against
them in their official capacities.
Thereupon n batch of resolutions
containing the names of the removed
officers and disappearing of the may
or's arbitrary action were presented,
and all excepting two adopted.
When the resolution refusing to
paw the acting city officers was
passed there were cheers from the
spectators
sand Boats Must Go.
Tropp, Darling & Co., were ordered
to remove their sand boats from
street TO the foot of Twen-
tv-fourth street. Aid. Wheelan. who
offered the resolution, said it was a
shame the manner in which the new
levee improvement was being disfig-
ured by the teams engaged in hauling
sand, and the city officers should
adopt strict measures to secure a dis
of this practice. Aid.
Beck also said the city should protect
the leyee against such damaging mis-
use.
G. B. Marshall and j. l.. Haas were
employed to defend the city in the
motion for n new trial of the Drost
damage suit, pending in the circuit
court.
The waterworks committee reported
that it would require $40. 1906 to
complete the reservoir Slight |
changes viii he made, having been