The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-27

tic llcmarks--A Resolution for Public
 Meetings.
 The board of finance last evening
 again wrestled with the illumination
 appropriation for appropriate public
 observance during the Yale bicenten-
 nial celebration, the matter which ow-
 ing to the attitude of some members of
 that august body of financiers has at
 tracted the attention of and caused amusement in other places. 9t .-
 It will be remembered that the court of common council recommended that s1,500 be appropriated by the city for an illumination and decoration of the Green during the bicentennial. The board of finance, however, by the vote of a majority of its members, Messrs. Rowe, Atwood, Curtis and Frederick cut the appropriation tu $750, an amount which in the opinion of large num- Der of prominent citizens is inadequate to pay for a proper demonstration by ter not be appropriated at all rather than that such a pitiful sum be given.
 Then the board reconsidered its ac- tion and a motion to appropriate $1,500 was put over for consideration last night. A delegation representing the Business Mems association appeared last night to urge the board to appro priate that sum. The delegation con- sisted of directors of the association, J. Edward Geary of Brooks & Co.,, George B. Johnson of the Edward Nal ley company, Frank J. Linsley of the New England Dairy company, George J. Bassett of the John E. Bassett com- pany, Colonel George D. Post of the c. F. Longley company, and James A. Fogarty. President Harkin of the board of councilmen, Councilman John Elliott of the common council commit tee on bicentennial and Councilman Schollhorn also appeared in favor of the appropriation while Charles Gay and William Trueman appeared in op- position.
 Favorable remarks were made by Col onel Post, MT Geary and MT. Fogarty, while MT. Gay spoke against the ap- After the gentlemen had been heard Colonel Post and MT. Geary urged that action be taken immediate ly. They said that the Business Mems was to take some action to- wards appropriate public decoration during the bicentennial and they de- sired to know first what the city was to do before they made their plans.
 Then there occurred a characteristic by some of the city finan- ciers which the public is seldom per mitted to observe, but which the busi- ness men present found interesting and which would have been amusing to them had not question of such public interest been involved.
 At the close of the public hearing some of the gentlemen who had been present expressed themselves rather 'orcibly on the action of the finance board. One characterized them as boys play" and another said that some ,f the members appeared to be penny wise and pound foolish
 Mayor Studley, MT. Dewell and MT. Wright, who have worked to secure the appropriation of S1,5oo, desired imnc- Hate action, but the other members present. temporized. Mayor Studley | 'tated that at previous meeting he lad voted twice, once as a members of 1 he board and again to dissolve a tie 1 n order to secure to MT. Wright of the | ,oard the courtesy which was due him, | he vote to appropriate $750 having been | aken during his absence. He stated | hat he would not thus vote twice for | m affirmative measure, one involving | m appropriation, although he was | Ieartily in favor of appropriating $1,- 1 CO., |
 Colonel Post then reiterated his re- | uest that action be taken at once, and ! he mayor asked if there was any ob- |
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