Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-14

The Alderm IN and Mayor Lock Horns
in Reference to Executive
Sessions.

The city council held a special meet
ing last night. AS they adjourned In
executive session a motion was made
and carried that they now meet in
open session. J. L.. Beckley and M.
@. McIver made a request that they
be allowed to connect with the sewer
on Circle street. Their request was
granted. Two city warrants in favor
Of G. @. Varney and w. R. Paige were
ordered paid. A. e. Batchelder and
A. E. Nichols sent in a new deed In
reference to the streets they wish to
give the city. These ,streets are A,
B, G, D, e, f, G, II, l, J, Lewis,
Spring, Boston, Valley, Nichols, Green.
Boyce and Birch; also a park on the
property appertaining thereto. A
yea and nay vote was taken, resulting
In s yeas and 2 nays.
Alderman Mackay moved that they
go into executive session, which was
seconded.
"What do you want to go into ex-
ecutive session on?" asked the mayor.
Alderman Mann called the mayor
to order and said 1t was not necessary
to say what it was on, and turning to
the mayor said, "It's none Of your
busine S."
The mayor turned Etc Alderman
Mann and replied with, "Shut up,
mind your own business" Aldermen
Mackay and Scott explained to the
mayor that it was not necessary to
state what the question was on.
His Honor then said "What's the
use of going into executive session?
The press has it the next day, as the
city clerk gives them all the news
but he put the question.
Just before, the city clerk had been
excused as he wanted to 60 to Mont
pelier but one of his friends caught
him and inf 'rmed him Of what the
mayor had said. He Immediately re-
turned and asked the mayor IL it was
so that he had made such a statement
about him, but the mayor tried to
get out OF it by quibbling:
Alderman Mackay said: "Now Mr..
Mayor you distinctly stated that the
city clerk gave away all the proceed
ings, what's the use in saying you
didn't"
The mayor: II think did say"
Alderman Mann "Did say! Idon't
believe you ever told the truth in
your life"
The mavor, IL do, 1 don't, 1 do tell
the truth" and then he retired to his
office for a rest. The meeting came
out of executive session when the fol-
lowing motion was made and carried:
"That the matter of the purchase
Of the water plant Of A. E. Batchel-
der be referred to the water commit
tee to investigate the extent of said
plant and report at a future meeting.
Adjourned.
A peru-al of the newspaper accounts
Of Tuesday nights city council meet
ing will apprise the citizens of Barre
of the exact article for which they are
paying 30 cents an hour to each Of the
city councilmen, making a total of
s2.lo for every sixty minutes that is
!. onsumed by the City Fathers in a
futile attempt to discover which is
the more notorious liar, the mayor, an
alderman, or any other person that
may happen to come along.
First the mayor vents his spleen
against the board by abusing the city
clerk because he thinks the clerk is
friendly to the aldermen and it may
hurt their feelings or he NAV have
any other equally childish reason for
bis absolutely false statement that
Mr.. Wells has been In the habit of
to the press an account of all
the proceedings Of the executive ses.
That matters not, however.
The public is acquainted with the
city clerk and it has met the mayor
before and it does not even take the
trouble to smile over the mayors in.
against the veracity aud in.
of Mr.. Wells. The point is,
how long are the people of
Barre willing to pay out money
70 hire men to wrangle over mat
'ers that school boys would scorn
10 trouble themselves with. 1t has
,ome to a point now where the only
way the taxpayers of Barre can in any
way get the value of the money laid
nut by them in salaries for the mayor
Ind aldermen is to attend the enter.
given by them and even
hen the council chamber is not large
to accommodate more than one
mall delegation at a time.-ED.