The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-14

Buckle also defended the city attor-
neys stand. He said Mr.. Stephens had
stated clearly enough that the council
had no power TO give away the square.
He valued that opinion very highly,
because he knew il was the result of
careful study. At the close of Buckles
talk the amendment was voted down.
Then, in order. as he said, to be
strictly in line with Mr. stephens,
Buckle proposed to amend the report
by making it read that the square was
to be vacated for municipal purposes
only. He made a lengthy talk in sup
port of this amendment. Canning
backed him up. saying in the course
-of~his remarks that these men come
here with nothing at all behind them
and try to hook on TO that square like
buzzaTds.
Cottren Accused.
He charged Cottreu with violating
a pledge to protect the square made
when the three candidates from the
Second were nominated last year.
Cottrei denied fhst ne had made any
such pledge ana Canning agreed TO
produce the minutes of the nominating
convention.
Thomas called for the previous ques-
ton at this juncture and Buckle fierce
ly asked him if he was afraid TO let
the railroad matter be fully discussed.
L
to the discussion, but he thought
good deal of unnecessary demagpguery
was being injected into it. Buckles
second amendment went the way of
the first and the report of the joint
committees was then adopted.
The vacating ordinance was now
placed on its first reading and passed,
eleven to four. Thomas moved a sus-
pension Of the rules in order TO place
the measure on its second and third
readings and final passage. This
opened the fiOOdgdteS to more talk
Buckle insisted that d motion to sus-
pend the rules opened up any matter
that had gone before it. It was half
an hour later that Temporary PTesi-
dent Howe looked up Roberts rules of
order and found that a motion to sus
pend the'rules is not debatable-
DR.. Beatty Speaks Fer Ordinance.
The rules were suspended and Whit
temore was called to the chair and
Buckle made another argument. He,
too. took d fall out of {. .. White
more My colleagues of the majority,
he said, have not found out that it is
ineEpedieut to continue this square as
a public park until after a gentleman
went to Los Angeles to be dined and
feted He said to his friends down
there: You come to salt Lake and
wen give you Liberty park. We won't
stop at BiODGtI SQUARE
DR.. Beatty, who had been hdgeting
around in his seat while Buckle was
talking, took the floor next. II OBJ
ject" said he, Ito the stand taken by
some of the gentlemen of the minority
in claiming to have a monopoly on
conscience in this body. / take the
other view of the matter and / have
reasons which satisfy me that my
course is in the interests of Salt Lake
City Those who take the position that
they are the only champions of the
people will yet find that they have the
shoe on the wrong foot"
CottreU Grows Impatient.
c. r. Howe followed DIT. Beatty. He
made a lucid argument in favor Of
vacating the square and giving it to
the railroad Several times he was in
terrupted by Buckle and he finally
told that gentleman to keep your talk
to yourself COttrell interrupted with
a point of order that Howe was not
speaking to the question.
Whfttemore ruled that the point was
not we'll taken and COttrell Tetorted:
well, you can stay here and listen to
him if you want to. / am going home
if he keeps on much longer" As a
compromise COttrell finally appealed
from the decision of the chair and the
council refused to sustain the presiding
officer.
Buckles next attempt at hi1Dusteung
was q motion to strike out the enact
ing clause of the ordinance The mo-
ton was lost after half an hour more
had been consumed in debate The
previous question was again called for
and ordered and the ordinance was
adopted Those voting for it were
Beatty, COttreIl, Davis, Hartenstein,
Hewlett. & r. Howe. Edgar Howe,
Reid. Robertson, Thomas and White
more. The negatives were Buckle,
Fernstron, Canning and Tuddenham.