The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-10
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
MAYOR'S VETO SUSTAINED AT 4
  SPECIAL MEETING
tho Fourth of JuIy Celebration Com- mittee-AIderman Corcoran objected Committee of Five Finally Appointed Mayor Studley's Communications.

At the special meeting of the board
 of aldermen last night the veto of May
 or Studley of the order providing for | the appointment of a Fourth of July committee to be composed of three councilmen and two aldermen, was sus- tained by vote of 16 to 5.
 I Alderman Corcoran was the most strenuous in his objections to the sus- taining of the veto, saying that the old plans and had made contracts for which | the city would be liable if the same were not carried out by new commit tee, if it should be appointed. He said that the mayor had no power to with draw his name from the order after once signing it, and that his so signing it made it a law. Alderman Corcoran followed up his objections by saying that there were other committees now in existence that were appointed by previous boards, and that if these were allowed to exist there could be no req son, in his mind, why the committee of which Mayor Studley approved May 29 should not go on with its work.
 Alderman Minor said that this com mittee and any other committees that could be mentioned wede not on the same footing as the one in question, and that the mayor had all the power in the world to disapprove of the resolution passed after his attention had been called to the fact that the city's cele braton of the Fourth would not be un- der the direction of the city govern ment, under the first committee.
 The attitude of the mayor may be seen by the following communication, which was read before the board last night:
 To the Honorable Board of Aldermen:
 Gentlemen-I return with my disap- proval a resolution passed by the court of common council, aldermen May 19 and councilmen May 26, 1902, concern ing the celebration of July 4, 1902, pro- viding that committee of two alder men and three councilmen be appoint ed to make arrangements for said cele bration for the reason that, in my opin- ion, the money appropriated for the said celebration should be expended by committee composed in whole, or at least in part of members of the city government When this resolution was passed and the committee appointed it did not occur to those who made the appointment that the aldermen and the councilmen named would cease to be members of the city government on June 1, 1902.
 On May 20 I approved the order, but l and before it was recorded, l my attention having been called to the fact that no member of the present city government was upon that committee, | Withdrew my approval, and disapprov ed the resolution within the ten days l allowed for approval or disapproval.
 I desire to say that in disa pproving | the resolution did not in any sense re- fleet upon the patriotism or the hon. esty of the committee appointed, but | acted solely upon the belief that the | money should be expended under the , direction of the members of the present | board of aldermen in order that the oc- casion might be, as it was originally in- tended to be, a celebra tion by the city as a municipality.
 I would suggest that you take the matter into consideration. and, if it seems wise to you so to do, that you cause a committee to be appointed, to consist of members of the present board of aldermen, to act in the premises.
 Respectfully,
 John P. Studley Mayor.
 After further short discussion of the matter the question was called for and an aye and nay.vote=taken. The resulti