The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-25
Whittemore as President
Causes Some Fun.
GOT TANGLED UP BADLY
LAWMAKERS DO CONSIDERABLE
BUSINESS.
Matter of Painting the Eagle on
Eagle Gate Goes Back to the Com
nittee on Improvements-Devire
Asks Right to Secure Bids For
1000 Feet of Hose.

The meeting Of the city council last
evening was as amusing as any snow
there has been in Salt Lake for some
time. 1t was hugely enjoyed by quite
a large audience.
In the absence Of President Buckle,
Councilman Whittemore was induced
to take the char. There are members
Of TIE council who think that Mr.
Whittenrore is a statesman just be-
cause he looks like one His ideas on
the subject Of parliamentary usage, as
they were practically developed in the
business of the meeting, were fearfully
and wonderfully made But the preSl-
dent pro tenn had nerve, and held ms
petition even in the face Of rOar6 OF
laughter that greeted some Of his oe-
CisiOns. He didn't finch and at enc
time he came very near having Ine
sergsant-at-aImS force councilman
Robertson into his seat when that gen
tIeman was having fun at his expense
On another occasion. when Council
man Robertson insisted that a report
was out Of order because it was not IN
conformity with a rule Of long standing,
the chair admitted that ne was cor
rect, but refused to declare the report
improper until some one had made a
motion TO that effect. The chair would
not understand the difference between a
poirt of order and a motion
Considerable Business Done.
However. there was considerable bus
ineeis done at the meeting The veto
Of Mayor Thompson on the report OF
the committee on WaterWOrks, recon-
mepding an extension OF water mains
for 100 feet from Sixth South and Sixth
/
mayor declared that he was in favor OF
the work, but that it should be done by
the beard OF public works.
The report which recommended that
the eagle on the Eagle Gate should
be painted excited some debate Ed
gar Howe declared that 1naSmuch as
! the board of public works was doing
/ all this kind Of work, that as it and It
alone could do such things as repair
water MIGRANTS, this job should be
/ given to it. On motion Of Councilman
! Buckle to the bid of T. Z. SchODpe 70
/ do the work was referred to the COM
/ mittee on improvements.
A communication from the chief Of
/ police relative TO the matter of working
/ city prisoners was referred to the COM
] mittee on fire, prison and police. The
/ chief recommended substantially what
/ was given from him in The herald
some time ago. He showed that ac-
| cording to his ideas it would be much
] better TO have the prisoners in the city
I jail work than to let them remain Idle,
| and he declared that he had a reliable
/ person who was willing to feed them at
! the rate of ~ cents per meal and then
; give them food on which they could do
. a hard days work.
/ A communication from Chief Devine
: of the fire department asking that he
be authorized TO ask for bids for 1000
feet CT hose was referred to the fire
I committee. There was some discussion
to the effect that as every city depart
ment seemed to be under the board OF
public works the fire department should
{ wait upon the board.