The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-04
LIGHT THAT FAILED.
Street Railway Company Attempt to
EnIighten the Aldermen on the
Meaning of an Ordinance.
ALDERMEN REFUSE TO HEAR.
On Account of Resolution to Give Power
to the Acting Mayor the Aldermen
vacate the Council Chamber.

There was nc meeting of the City
Council at the City Hall last evening.
The aldermen were on hand early in
the evening, but when the roll was
called it was shown that all except FIVE
of the aldermen had left the building
and were deaf to all entreaties to re-
turn. Street railway was the trouble.
1t seems that the railway company had
agreed on a grand coup to win out in
Kenosha and for this reason a reso-
luton had been prepared for the action
of the Council, which would have given
the company clear path through Ke-
nosha. The Mayor was absent from
the city and, acting on this fact, some
of the friends of the company had
drawn up a resolution to the effect
that in the passing of the ordinance
the Council had intended that the dis
puted clause should mean Surety
or guarantee company" and recon-
mending that the acting Mayor of the
city approve the bond offered by the
company, signed by z. G. Simmons.
The resolution had been made so
quietly aud so unostentatiously
that scarcely any of the aldermen
knew of its presence until it was laid
on the desk of the acting Mayor and
after that time the news soon spread to
the remote corners of the room and it
caused a veritab1e sensation. Seats
were quickly vacated and it was seen
at once that all the aldermen and even
those who had voted in favor of the
passage of the ordinance, were not
ready to put themselves on record as
taking the power away from the mayor.
In ten minutes almost all the seats
were vacant and an informal meeting
of nine of the aldermen was being
held at a corner near the city hall.
Vigorous tactics were adopted to get
the members to return to the hall and
even goods Police Sergeant Newhouse
was sent out to bring in the de1in- E
quents. By the time the officer arrived
the de1inquents had hid themselves
and he returned empty handed.
Afterl waiting half an hour it was
seen that the aldermen would not re-
turn and Aldermen Schend, Curtis,
Tu11ey, Head, Nelson and Pfennig ad-
journed the meeting until Wednesday
evening.
The action of the aldermen has
caused a great deal of comment and it
is thought that their action sounds the
dead kne11 of the street railway. The
company, it is reported, had banked on
the approval of the bond by the acting
mayor andswith thissapproved, without
fear of Injunction, the road would have
been built as"far'a as the center of the
city and offor route for connection
with the Milwaukee road.
None of"the aldermen were willing
to express themselves on the matter,
but it seems that they were not ready
to take the. matteriinto their own hands
in oppositionc to the action of the
mayor.
Attorneys. hold that the action of the
Council would have no legal weight
and that the actingSmayor has d right
to approve the bond if he can get a
hold of it, but as the bond is now in
the hands of the city clerk, it would be
very hard for anyone to approve it
without it's present whereabouts being
discovered. The bond is supposed to
be with the Mayor, who is visiting in
the East.
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that is why it cures the worst cases Of
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but do you good. H. E. Tanner. dwtf
First publication, Oct 4, 1900.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF WISCONSIN-In Circuit Court